Podouken
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A PODCAST FOR ARCADE LOVERS. From the owners of 100+ arcade and pinball cabinets, and the proprietors of a real-life arcade comes PODOUKEN, a brand new podcast that takes a deep dive into the world of video arcade games, and explores the history, story, strategy, art, music, restoration, preservation and fun of arcade games.
Episodes
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- Fighting Mania: Fist of the North Star - Episode 172 · 1 h 35 minIf you think you can punch your way out of this fight… then you're exactly right! We put our auditory fists to your physical ears with an exploration of everything that makes…
- Cho Chabudai Gaeshi (Super Table Flip) - Episode 171 · 1 h 11 minEver wanted to end a dinner conversation suddenly? Is the boy band's choreography not meeting the door fee charged? Did someone heat up tuna in the work microwave again?! All are…
- Prop Cycle - Episode 170 · 1 h 34 minIf Hayao Miyazaki agreed to make an arcade game we doubt it would fit better in his world than this one. We continue the Peripherals Y'alls miniseries with Namco's exertainment…
- The Typing Of The Dead - Episode 169 · 1 h 33 minDid you know that if you finish Typing this entire block of lines That you will be completely Dateless for the rest of your life? The Peripherals Y'alls miniseries starts with…
- Arcade Obscura (Vector Victor) - Episode 168 · 2 h 8 minTime to bring the Vector Victor miniseries in for a landing so please fasten your seatbelts and place your tray tables in the upright position as we descend into an Arcade…
- Star Wars - Episode 167 · 1 h 13 minRemember, the Force will be with you, always. The vector series continues with one of the best arcades to ever do it - Atari's Star Wars. What very Star Trek name did Star Wars…
- Rankdouken - Episode 003 - Fruits · 45 minWelcome to.....NOT Podouken, but Rankdouken. The internet's dumbest named ranking thing. In this episode, we take a listener request to rank......Fruits! Rankdouken is normally a…
- Tempest - Episode 166 · 2 h 0 minHell is empty, and all the devils are here. Any good miniseries must include the best game of that genre, so let's discuss Dave Theurer's gorgeous vector Atari game, Tempest. If…
- Star Castle - Episode 165 · 1 h 30 minHave fun storming the castle! We circle back with Cinematronics to see what they cooked up to compete with Atari's Asteroids - the beautiful vector classic Star Castle. Did this…
- Battlezone - Episode 164 · 1 h 14 minAtari treads new ground with their first terrestrial vector arcade offering, Battlezone! Was this the first game with true military applications? How did constant complaining…
- Space Wars - Episode 163 · 1 h 33 minRoger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor? In 1977 arcades lit up with a new vibrant and high-resolution display that brought a dead video game publisher back to life. This was the…
- Arcade Obscura (Three's Company) - Episode 162 · 1 h 59 minThe Three's Company apartment lease is up and it's time to move out and move on in the only way we know how - with an Arcade Obscura on underrated or obscure three-player arcade…
- Alien Vs. Predator - Episode 161 · 1 h 44 minPastblaster finally gets his flowers as we cover one of his favorite games - Capcom's excellent three-player beat 'em up, Alien Vs. Predator. Where does Alien Vs. Predator rank…
- Rampage - Episode 160 · 1 h 28 minWe return to our normally scheduled broadcast to tear into one of the best 3-player and 80s games ever made - Rampage by Bally Midway. Did Rampage lay out the landscape for…
- The Three Stooges - Episode 159 · 2 h 12 minWhile the episode title could be interpreted as a comment about the three knuckleheaded hosts, we're taking a very foolish look at the little known Mylstar arcade game The Three…
- Armored Warriors - Episode 158 · 1 h 26 minIn the world of three-player arcade beat 'em ups Capcom is king. But which of their games reign supreme? In this episode we're talking about the build-a-mech brawler Armored…
- Turbo Force - Episode 157 · 1 h 21 min · Episode 157In 1991 Video System released what is undeniably the best three-player vertical arcade shooter that retrofits Lamborghinis into flying vehicles that fight a giant Lexus in space…
- Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road - Episode 156 · 1 h 36 min · Episode 156Step right up and spin the wheels (all three of them) on the best stand-up racing game to feature a vague Marvel reference - Ivan "Ironman" Stewart's Super Off Road by the Leland…
- Battletoads - Episode 155 · 1 h 32 min · Episode 155It's the start of the Three's Company series but instead of Jack, Janet, and Chrissy (it's an old joke, look it up) we're talking about Pimple, Rash, and Zitz who star in one of…
- Half-Life 2: Survivor - Episode 154 · 2 h 12 min · Episode 154This episode is about a game you've definitely heard of but likely never knew was an arcade game. Lemony Vengeance joins the show to talk about his efforts to keep this Valve and…
