WhoDatJedi Podcast: The best Halloween themed video games to play in October

We had a really great conversation on this week’s WhoDatJedi podcast with the creators/hosts of the Nerd Cave Retro podcast about the best video games to play in the month of October.

In the mood for some spooky, Halloween-themed video games this month? Read on to see/hear our choices.

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Tecmo Super Bowl — Retro Gaming Essentials (No. 2)

There’s something to be said for polish. Sure, innovation is great, because it lays the groundwork for everything that comes afterward. But when that innovation leaves vast room for improvement, sometimes that improvement can feel like water in the desert.

The original Tecmo Bowl was a smash and critical success, introducing a fast, arcade-like feel to the game of football. Playing fast and loose with such trivial concerns as physics or the rules of the game, the decision to go this direction was without question a good one, as it upped the fun and general sense of chaos beyond what they might have achieved with strict adherence to those guidelines.

The challenge for the sequel was to improve on the original game’s limitations while also preserving the original’s “feel.” While it wasn’t the lone NES sequel to be charged with such an enormous task, it was absolutely among the most successful at rising up to said challenge.

Tecmo Super Bowl

Genre: Sports
Released: 1991
Platform: NES
IGN’s Top 100 Games: No. 24
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Chrono Cross — Retro Gaming Essentials (No. 1)

What happens when a sequel isn’t really a sequel, but more of a thematic continuation, but only because it deviates so wildly from the source material, but ultimately in a good way, but not in a way most fans expected or wanted?

Welcome to Chrono Cross, one of the more fascinating non-sequels in the history of video gaming.

Chrono Cross

Genre: RPG
Released: 2000
Platform: Playstation
Metacritic Score: 94
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WhoDatJedi Podcast: Nostalgia for video games in ‘High Score’ and PLANNING in Star Wars

We went a little off topic this week, but it was about another of our favorite topics, video games.

The new Netflix documentary dedicated to video games’ humble beginnings was a fun topic.

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