Game Sack

Season 2022

Joe and Dave babble about video games.

Where to Watch Game Sack • Season 2022

30 Episodes

  • The 3D Castlevanias... and More! (#333)
    E1
    The 3D Castlevanias... and More! (#333)I've looked at the 8-bit Castlevanias, the 16-bit Castlevanias, and the 2D Metroidvanias. Time to finish this up with the rest of the Castlevania franchise!
  • Criminally Overlooked Games 4 (#334)
    E2
    Criminally Overlooked Games 4 (#334)Let's check out some more games that more people need to be playing!
  • Forgotten Sequels (#335)
    E3
    Forgotten Sequels (#335)Some popular games have sequels that sometimes fly under the radar, so let's check a few of them out!
  • The Evercade VS (#336)
    E4
    The Evercade VS (#336)The Evercade is a handheld device that plays dedicated cartridges, and the $130 Evercade VS is a stand-alone console that lives connected to your display. There's also a $100 version that comes with only one controller and only the Technos cartridge. So let's see how this thing works!
  • The Sega SG-1000 - Sega's First Console! (#337)
    E5
    The Sega SG-1000 - Sega's First Console! (#337)Sega's very first home console never came to North America and it only saw limited release in Europe. How does it stack up? Let's take a look at the console as well as every game released for it!
  • The Nintendo Wii (#338)
    E6
    The Nintendo Wii (#338)It's time for me to take my first dedicated look at Nintendo's Wii, a console which sold over a million units! Wow!
  • The Taito Egret II Mini (#339)
    E7
    The Taito Egret II Mini (#339)Taito has a new miniature arcade cabinet featuring a bunch of their arcade games that play in a crazy roTATEing screen!
  • 2D Games for Modern Consoles (#340)
    E8
    2D Games for Modern Consoles (#340)New consoles used to mean "out with the old in with the new" when it came to the styles of games they played. but these days that's just not the case and 2D games are quite prevalent in the gaming landscape. This is a good thing. So let's check out some of these games.
  • Last Officially Released Games 2 (#341)
    E9
    Last Officially Released Games 2 (#341)Let's look at the last officially released games for a bunch more consoles.
  • Left in Japan 14 (#342)
    E10
    Left in Japan 14 (#342)It's Left in Japan 14, but with a twist! This time let's look at games with IPs that originated in the West that we didn't get to play because they were only released in Japan.
  • New Games for Old Consoles 3 (#343)
    E11
    New Games for Old Consoles 3 (#343)Old consoles are still coming out with brand new games physically. Let's take a look at several.
  • Regional Differences 2 (#344)
    E12
    Regional Differences 2 (#344)Sometimes they make minor changes when bringing games to the west from Japan... and something they make pretty big changes. Let's check out some of those changes which I find interesting.
  • The Xbox 360 (#345)
    E13
    The Xbox 360 (#345)Anyone remember that oooold console called the Xbox 360? You must be 90+ years old if you do. Well let's look at the console and a bunch of games I find interesting, listening to the 5.1 surround sound that many of these games natively provided!
  • Every Official Neo Game Released (#346)
    E14
    Every Official Neo Game Released (#346)The Neo Geo was an interesting arcade and home system that was very expensive, and the games weren't cheap either! So let's take a look at every game officially released in its lifetime, all played on real Neo Geo hardware!
  • Final Vendetta (#347)
    E15
    Final Vendetta (#347)Here's a review of the new 2D beat 'em up for modern consoles from Bitmap Bureau and Numskull Games.
  • Games That Make the Console Look Weak 3 (#348)
    E16
    Games That Make the Console Look Weak 3 (#348)Time to check out some more games that might make you think the console is less capable than it really is, if you didn't know any better.
  • Arcade vs Console 3 (#349)
    E17
    Arcade vs Console 3 (#349)Ports to home consoles from the arcade often require great sacrifices due to hardware limitations. what was lost and which version holds up the best? Let's find out!
  • Working Designs (#350)
    E18
    Working Designs (#350)This episode focuses on controversial publisher/localizer Working Designs and all of the games they released here in North America. Check out some addendums in the pinned comment.
  • New Games for Old Consoles 4 (#351)
    E19
    New Games for Old Consoles 4 (#351)More new releases for these ancient game systems that you can physically buy. How are they? Let's see!
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games (#352)
    E20
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Games (#352)The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is quite the enduring franchise, and it spawned a ton of different videogames for about every platform you can imagine. So let's take a look at a bunch of the games released on various consoles and handhelds.
  • Dungeons & Dragons Games (#353)
    E21
    Dungeons & Dragons Games (#353)D&D aficionado and all around cool guy Pat Kilbane (MadTV, Evolution, The Dreams in Gary's Basement, etc) shows up to discuss how faithful a few games are to the Dungeons & Dragons world while videogame aficionado and all around bore-fest Joe (Game Sack, etc) evaluates if they are decent videogames or not.
  • Every Expansion Pak Game for the N64 (#354)
    E22
    Every Expansion Pak Game for the N64 (#354)Ever wonder what difference the Expansion Pak makes in certain games? Well let's look at the changes it makes to each game that uses it.
  • Hacks and Homebrews 4 (#355)
    E23
    Hacks and Homebrews 4 (#355)Let's look at some new(ish) community hacks for some of your favorite (and perhaps no so favorite) games and as well as some community homebrew which is new software made mostly from the ground up, and offered for free. I love seeing what fans come up with.
  • Games that Push Hardware Limits 9 (#356)
    E24
    Games that Push Hardware Limits 9 (#356)Games that push the hardware they run on significantly more than usual is always a treat to see, even when the game itself might not be very enjoyable.
  • Left in Japan 15 (#357)
    E25
    Left in Japan 15 (#357)Time to look at some more games that were never released outside of Japan. Once again we'll be looking at games that featured Western IPs that for some reason stayed in Japan.
  • The Sega Genesis Mini 2 - REVIEW (#358)
    E26
    The Sega Genesis Mini 2 - REVIEW (#358)Sega recently released the Genesis Mini 2 and Mega Drive Mini 2 in their respective regions. 61 games are on this thing so let's see how it is.
  • Every SEGA CD Game Released in North America (#359)
    E27
    Every SEGA CD Game Released in North America (#359)The Sega CD had a lot of good games and a lot of bad ones as well. 145 games were released in the North American region, so let's look at each and every one of them!
  • Unreleased Games 6 (#360)
    E28
    Unreleased Games 6 (#360)Sometimes games get made but don't get released. Or at least partially made. Or partially localized for release in this language that I'm typing this in right now. Let's look at some more of these games!
  • 2D Games for Modern Consoles 2 (#361)
    E29
    2D Games for Modern Consoles 2 (#361)2D gaming will never die, nor is it in any kind of danger with tons of 2D games coming out every year. Let's take a look at some choice titles!
  • Left in the Arcade 8 (#362)
    E30
    Left in the Arcade 8 (#362)More games that we could only play in an arcade and were never blessed with being officially ported to a home platform. Thankfully there's always ways to play this stuff at home these days via emulation.

 

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