Remember The Game? #371 - Ristar

Remember The Game? #371 - Ristar

Author: Adam Blank April 8, 2026 Duration: 1:29:08
Are you on social media? Of course you are. So follow us!  Twitter: @MemberTheGame Instagram: @MemberTheGame Twitch.tv/MemberTheGame Youtube.com/RememberTheGame Facebook.com/RememberTheGamePodcast TikTok.com/@MemberTheGame And if you want access to hundreds of bonus (ad-free) podcasts, along with multiple new shows EVERY WEEK, consider showing us some love over at Patreon. Subscriptions start at just $3/month, and 5% of our patreon income every month will be donated to our 24 hour Extra-Life charity stream at the end of the year! Patreon.com/RememberTheGame And you can find ye olde Bradley McCue here: Instagram: @TheGamingOdyssey Twitch.tv/VideoGameOdyssey My efforts to mend the fences between Nintendo and Sega kids continue this week as we review Ristar; a charming little platformer exclusive to Sega's black box. It's a platformer without much of an emphasis on jumping. You control this little black ball with a star face and use its Mr. Fantastic-esque arms to grab enemies, ledges, walls, and try not to die. It's not the most memorable game I've ever played, but it actually doe sa lot of things I normally hate very very well. A hidden gem in my books. Ye olde Bradley McCue is my guest this week and we talk about our likes and dislikes of fighting balls with stars. I'm not sure what else there is to say. Fun game. And before we shoot for the star, I put together another edition of the Infamous Intro! This week someone shouts out the Nintendo 64 for changing the gaming landscape. What modern games are 'NES tough'? And where do I stand on the 2003 TMNT animated series?? Plus we play another round of 'Play One, Remake One, Erase One'!! This one features 3 Genesis games featuring weird mascots: Vectorman, Rocket Knight Adventures, and Dynamite Headdy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian Adam Blank invites you to pull up a chair for Remember The Game? Retro Gaming Podcast. This isn't a dry recap of release dates or technical specs. Instead, each episode feels like cracking open a time capsule with a friend. Adam and a guest choose one title from their past-a cartridge they rented a dozen times or a disc that defined a summer-and just talk about it. The conversation meanders through personal memories, the sheer joy of discovering a hidden level, the frustration of a cheap boss fight, and the unmistakable music that’s still stuck in their heads decades later. You’ll hear the laughter and camaraderie that comes from shared, albeit sometimes very specific, experiences. The goal of this podcast is to capture that specific feeling of being a kid again, trading secrets by the lockers or arguing about which game was truly the best. It’s less about critique and more about connection, built on a foundation of pixels and nostalgia. Tune in for a warmly familiar, often hilarious chat that celebrates the games that shaped us, one deeply personal and wonderfully digressive story at a time.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Remember The Game? Retro Gaming Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Remember The Game? #364 - Bionic Commando [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:45:40
There's few things on this planet that make me happier than discovering a new NES game, and after literally YEARS of people telling me to play Bionic Commando, I finally fired it up and I'm stoked to say that's what happ…
Expansion Pass #240 - The Fifth Annual Blankies! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:13
The Blankies are our annual game awards, where I reveal the games the community voted to be the best of the previous year, let you know my picks, and mix in some stupid "comedy" skits in between.
Remember The Game? #363 - Assassin's Creed [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:18
I played half of the first game back in the day, checked out and never came back. So I fired the OG up last week and played most of it, and while I can't call myself a super fan or anything, I'm intrigued to see what com…
Remember The Game? #362 - Mega Man X4 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:05:54
Many have told me this is in their top 2 X games alongside the original, and now that I've played it for myself, I get it.
Remember The Game? #361 - Mario Kart: Super Circuit [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:40:25
It's been over 200(!) episodes since ww talked Mario Kart, and that just won't do. So this week we're going back to 2001, the flat faced, non-backlit GBA, and the pretty damned good Mario Kart: Super Circuit.
Remember The Game? #360 - Bioshock 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:24
I like to end the year on a high-note when it comes to the podcast, and we saved a bonafide gem for the 2025 wrap-up. I've been singing the praises of Bioshock for years, and finally decided it was time to replay and rev…
Remember The Game? #358 - Donkey Kong Country (Part II) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:45
It's pretty well known 'round these parts that Super Mario World is royalty in my eye(s), but Donkey Kong Country sits right beside it. This is my go-to Christmas game, it's a masterpiece, and in a lot of ways it's super…
Expansion Pass #230 - Astro Bot Spoiler-Free Review [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:21
It's game award season, and my review of GOTY contender Hollow Knight: Silksong is going live this week, so I figured I'd deep into our Patreon archives and upload my review of last year's Game of the Year, the spectacul…