Episode 85: Our Top 13 Desert Island Arcade Ports

Worth it or Worthless: A Retro Game Podcast

On this episode of the show, against all odds, the boys managed to get themselves stranded on a desert island. For the fourth time. Luckily, they brought some arcade ports along with them!

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SHOW NOTES:

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Our Picks (Alphabetical Order):

1. 1943: The Battle of Midway (NES)
2. Arkanoid (NES)
3. Bubble Bobble (NES)
4. Contra (NES)
5. Crazy Taxi (Dreamcast)
6. Dance Dance Revolution (PS1)
7. House of the Dead 2 (Dreamcast)
8. Knights of the Round (SNES)
9. NFL Blitz (N64/PS1)
10. Rampart (NES/Famicom)
11. Sunset Riders (SNES)
12. Tekken 3 (PS1)
13. TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)

Honorable Mentions:

• Captain America and the Avengers (GEN)
• Galaga: Demons of Death (NES)
• NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC (PS1/Dreamcast)
• Rampage 2: Universal Tour (We didn't realize until AFTER we recorded that this WASN'T an arcade port. Sorry!)
• TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES)

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Price Guide:

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Music:

Track: Professor Sycamore's Theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5GT5XmDEq8

Artist: Jokabi

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXIVJDSKlA6TujMe1d11V5w

Album: Chilltendo

https://gamechops.com/chilltendo2/

Label: GameChops

http://gamechops.com/

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Segment Break Music:

Track: New Donk City (From "Super Mario Odyssey")

https://gamechops.com/nelward-new-donk-city/

Artist: Nelward

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnTaGvsHmMy792DWeT6HbGA

Label: GameChops

http://gamechops.com/

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Track: Absolute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbLxCJHB6ic

Artist: Mega Ran, RandomBeats, RoboRob

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• https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dy5LypMH5vMuSVASxS1Rg?si=1zZ6u84TTryc5gtiIZMdcA

Album: Black Materia: The Instrumentals

https://gamechops.com/black-materia-the-remake-instrumentals/

Label: GameChops

http://gamechops.com/

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