Episodes
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
R.C. Pro-Am vs. Adventures of Lolo 3 (NES, Round Two, Match Thirty-Seven)
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Round two is HERE!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as the second round of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament begins as racing classic R.C. Pro-Am takes on puzzler Adventures of Lolo 3. Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round! Will it be a little red remote-control car, shooting missiles and trying not to come in last? Or will it be a little blue puffball shoving worms into eggs? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Rygar vs. Legendary Wings (NES, Round One, Match Thirty-Six)
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Round One comes to its thrilling* conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the final first round match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as metroidvania Rygar takes on rail shooter Legendary Wings. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the legendary warrior, throwing his chain/shield thingy at monsters? Or will it be an angel trying to avoid Bullet Hell? It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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* "thrilling" means different things to different people. Your mileage may vary
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Tetris vs. Journey to Silius (NES, Round One, Match Thirty-Five)
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
It's the penultimate episode of round one!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as the Tengen version of the puzzle classic Tetris takes on run-and-gun actioner Journey to Silius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be blocks falling to make neat little rows and disappear while Russian folk music plays in the background? Or will it be Jay, avenging his father's death by killing terrorists in spaaaaaaaaaace? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Vice: Project Doom vs. Power Blade (NES, Round One, Match Thirty-Four)
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
We've entered the home stretch of round one!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as multi-genre action game Vice: Project Doom takes on platformer Power Blade. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the detective going up against aliens to stop their illegal drug trade? Or will it be the security officer going up against... aliens, again, to save Earth's supercomputer? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
October comes to a spoooooooooky conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as graphic adventure game Maniac Mansion takes on platformer Little Nemo: The Dream Master. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Dave and his friends, microwaving hamsters and feeding wax fruit to tentacles? Or will it be a little boy getting over his fear of cooties to save a princess by turning into animals? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Spooooooooky month continues!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game takes on rail shooter Zombie Nation. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the four amphibious brothers pummeling generic ninjas while engaging in shameless product placement for Pizza Hut? Or will it be the disembodied head of a great ninja, sent to America to save us from being overrun by zombies by shooting its own eyeballs and vomiting on them? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Our month of spoooooooooky games rolls on!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirty-first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Ghosts 'n Goblins spin-off Gargoyle's Quest II: The Demon Darkness takes on vehicular combat game Cobra Triangle. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the demon/gargoyle engaging in some timely political commentary with the people of a doomed realm? Or will it be the boat that shoots stuff? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Ghosts 'n Goblins vs. The Goonies II (NES, Round One, Match Thirty)
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Our month of spoooooooooky games rolls on!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirtieth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as arcade port Ghosts 'n Goblins takes on movie tie-in The Goonies II. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the extremely fragile knight who dies all the f**king time? Or will it be a the game that's a sequel to a game that's a port of a game that's based on a beloved movie from our youth? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Kid Niki: Radical Ninja vs. Demon Sword (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-Nine)
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
It's October, which means it's time to play some spooooooooooooky games!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as frustrating platformer Kid Niki: Radical Ninja takes on frustrating platformer Demon Sword. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the most radical of all ninjas, running through a world of oatmeal to throw knives at farting babies? Or will it be a wu xia nightmare of running and jumping forever? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-eighth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as frustrating platformer Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos takes on licensed Disney game Mickey Mousecapade. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Ryu Hayabusa battling sloth creatures and the elements? Or will it be Mickey and Min-- oh, geez, we need to rescue Minnie again? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Super C vs. Tecmo World Wrestling (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-Seven)
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-seventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Contra sequel Super C takes on pro wrestling game Tecmo World Wrestling. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be two dudes with machine guns mowing down hordes of aliens while performing impossible acrobatics? Or will it be Max Beat, who is most certainly not a Road Warriors rip-off, no sir? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Oh, and hey, we've got a Twitch channel now!
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Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-sixth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as iconic football game Tecmo Super Bowl takes on side-scrolling beat-'em-up Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Barry Sanders and Bo Jackson running roughshod over opposing defenses? Or will it be a mash-up of two of the all-time great side-scrolling franchises? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Battletoads vs. Willow (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-Five)
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Battletoads takes on action RPG Willow. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be three anthropomorphic toads named after skin conditions who are definitely NOT a blatant rip-off of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? Or will it be a surprisingly good movie tie-in game? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Aug 27, 2020
Thursday Aug 27, 2020
SO. MANY. DRAGONS.
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as side-scrolling beat-'em-up Double Dragon II takes on ambitious puzzle platformer A Boy and His Blob. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Jimmy and Bimmy, avenging deaths by punching women in the face? Or will it be a boy and... well, his blob? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Metal Storm vs. Double Dragon II: The Revenge (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-Three)
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
After five weeks of warriors ending in two Dragon Warriors, we now shift to a different kind of dragon (TWO dragons!)
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as gravity-defying mech actioner Metal Storm takes on side-scrolling beat-'em-up Double Dragon II. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be maybe the greatest "unsung gem" in the history of the NES? Or will it be the sequel to the action classic, now with 100% more plot holes? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Dragon Warrior IV vs. Section Z (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-Two)
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
IT'S WEEK FIVE OF WARRIOR-PALOOZA*
* = not actually called that
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as JRPG hall of famer (if such a thing existed) Dragon Warrior IV takes on railshooting "Metroidvania" Section Z. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be one of the most iconic roleplaying games ever made? Or will it be the memory game mixed with a shoot 'em up? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Batman: The Video Game vs. Dragon Warrior III (NES, Round One, Match Twenty-One)
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
IT'S WEEK FOUR OF WARRIOR-PALOOZA*
* = not actually called that
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twenty-first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as movie adaptation Batman: The Video Game takes on JRPG pioneer Dragon Warrior III. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the purple-hued Dark Knight? Or will it be the-- oh, hey, another enemy encounter! It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jul 30, 2020
IronSword: Wizards & Warriors II vs. Stinger (NES, Round One, Match Twenty)
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twentieth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as sword-swinging sequel IronSword takes on colorful rail shooter Stinger. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the knight who underneath all that armor looks like this? Or will it be the rare Konami game that doesn't use the Konami Code? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Wizards & Warriors vs. Spy Hunter (NES, Round One, Match Nineteen)
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as tree-climbing medieval adventure Wizards & Warriors takes on arcade classic (and probable Fast & Furious inspiration) Spy Hunter. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the brave knight who needs to make sure and search every nook and cranny or else he will find himself faced with a jump he literally cannot make? Or will it be the game with maybe the best soundtrack for a driving game until the release of Crazy Taxi? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Rad Racer vs. Ikari Warriors (NES, Round One, Match Eighteen)
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as sorta-kinda 3-D racing game Rad Racer takes on two guys who would go on to appear in much better games, the Ikari Warriors. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the car-racing sim that feels as much like a tech demo as it does an actual game? Or will it be two kings of fighters, two metal slugs, two rage warriors? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Micro Machines vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES, Round One, Match Seventeen)
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
It's IP-palooza this week on KoC!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the seventeenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as tiny-engined racer Micro Machines takes on Splinter's pupils and Shredder's nemeses, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be tiny cars and boats trying not to drive off the edge of the table or bubble bath? Or will it be four reptiles named for Renaissance artists, trapped in a Sisyphean bomb-defusing nightmare? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jul 02, 2020
StarTropics vs. Kickle Cubicle (NES, Round One, Match Sixteen)
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
It's hot vs. cold this week on KoC!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the sixteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as island-hopping action RPG StarTropic takes on chilly overhead action puzzler Kickle Cubicle. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Mike Jones (who?) battling aliens and rescuing dolphins to save his missing uncle? Or will it be the lone survivor of a delightful cartoonish holocaust, kicking frozen foes into the water? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Klax vs. Lode Runner (NES, Round One, Match Fifteen)
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
The Games-That-Start-With-X-But-For-Legal-Reasons-Are-Definitely-NOT-The-X-Games come to a dramatic (?) conclusion!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fifteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as Tetris-style puzzle classic Klax takes on Dig Dug-style platformer Lode Runner. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it still be the nineties, meaning there's still time for Klax? Or will it be the the prospector who's being pursued by environmentalist ninjas? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page, buy us a cup of coffee, or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Faxanadu vs. Little Samson (NES, Round One, Match Fourteen)
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Black Lives Matter.
Before we talk about Faxanadu and Little Samson this week, we wanted to make it clear that we stand with the protesters and everyone else fighting the good fight to finally bring about much-needed changes in the way we talk about race in this country and the systemic racism that has permeated it. In lieu of a pithy paragraph about today's games, here are some great organizations you can donate to that will go toward healing the deep wounds our Black countrymen and women still deal with on a daily basis by bringing about much-needed reform:
- Black Lives Matter - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
- American Civil Liberties Union - https://action.aclu.org/give/now
- National Bail Fund Network - https://bailfunds.github.io/
- Equal Justice Initiative - https://support.eji.org/give/153413/#!/donation/checkout
- Campaign Zero - https://www.joincampaignzero.org/
- Reclaim the Block - https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/donate
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund - https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=15780&_ga=2.203488144.1097920202.1592329703-1651731968.1592329703
- National Council For Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls - https://www.nationalcouncil.us/donation
- National Police Accountability Project - https://www.nlg-npap.org/donate/
There are also several GoFundMes that have been set up to help the families of those affected directly by police violence:
- George Floyd Memorial Fund - https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
- I Run With Maud - https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud
- Justice for Breonna Taylor - https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-justice-for-breonna-taylor
- Justice for David McAtee - https://www.gofundme.com/f/justicefordavidmcatee
New York Magazine has put together a list of 125 Black-owned businesses you can support at https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html
There are so many more great resources out there, just a search engine away. If you can't help financially, there are so many other ways you can help, whether it's through social media solidarity, attending protests yourself, or just working on continual education to make sure you're asking the right questions and having the right conversations. This is the time for real action, and every little bit helps.
Thank you for listening and, again, Black Lives Matter.
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Snake Rattle 'n' Roll vs. Astyanax (NES, Round One, Match Thirteen)
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
IT'S TIME FOR THE X-GAM-- GAMES THAT INCLUDE THE LETTER X! (Please don't sue us, ESPN)
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the thirteenth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as isometric platformer (yes, you read that right) Snake Rattle 'n' Roll takes on side-scrolling actioner Astyanax. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be a snake jumping into the abyss to the sound of chiptune rockabilly? Or will it be the sixteen year old whose name luckily anagrams into "A Nasty Ax?" It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
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Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Crystalis vs. The Guardian Legend (NES, Round One, Match Twelve)
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the twelfth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as overhead RPG Crystalis takes on dungeon-crawling rail-shooter The Guardian Legend. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be (insert your chosen name here), fighting off monsters through the magic of poor hit detection? Or will it be the Zelda clone who becomes a Transformers clone to play a Gradius clone? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page, buy us a cup of coffee, or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday May 28, 2020
Mega Man 6 vs. Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (NES, Round One, Match Eleven)
Thursday May 28, 2020
Thursday May 28, 2020
THE THRILLING CONCLUSION OF MEGA MAN MAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eleventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the sixth and final NES installment in the Mega Man franchise as it takes on the Disney-IP-based Chip 'N Dale Rescue Rangers. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the side-scrolling action game from Capcom? Or will it be the side-scrolling action game from Capcom? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page, buy us a cup of coffee, or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Fester's Quest vs. Mega Man 5 (NES, Round One, Match Ten)
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss baffling licensed tie-in Fester's Quest as it takes on the most accessible MM game yet, Mega Man 4. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the blunderbuss-wielding, lightbulb-powering, potion-drinking Uncle Fester? Or will it be our undefeated hero battling against (or for?) racism in south Asia? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday May 14, 2020
Gradius vs. Mega Man 4 (NES, Round One, Match Nine)
Thursday May 14, 2020
Thursday May 14, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
MEGA MAN MAY ROLLS ON!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the ninth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the fourth entry in maybe the greatest platforming series of all time, Mega Man 4, as it takes on maybe the greatest rail shooter ever made, Gradius. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the feisty blue robot now with charged attack and sliding action? Or will it be the most one-sided fight against a volcano since that Tom Hanks movie? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday May 07, 2020
Mega Man vs. Rush 'n Attack (NES, Round One, Match Eight)
Thursday May 07, 2020
Thursday May 07, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
IT'S MEGA MAN MAY!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the eighth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss run 'n stab adventure Rush 'n Attack as it takes on the platformer to end all platformers, Mega Man. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the soldier behind enemy lines whose only two weapon options are knives or bazookas? Or will it be the... wait, no. Jump onto that platf-- no, THAT platform! Wait, where did it go? Son of a--! It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Thursday Apr 30, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the seventh match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the poodlecidal Skate or Die 2: The Search for Double Trouble as it takes on the unidirectional gunner, Jackal. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the city whose economy still operates on the barter system? Or will it be the POW-rescuing, helicopter-chasing jeep? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Dr. Mario vs. Ring King (NES, Round One, Match Six)
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Thursday Apr 23, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the sixth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss the boxing game that you 100% should not Google Image Search, Ring King as it takes on the virus-killing plumber we need right now, Dr. Mario. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be two fighters who - and I cannot stress this enough - you should not Google Image Search? Or will it be the puzzle game that looks a lot like Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, which throws one of our hosts wildly out of whack? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Life Force vs. Mario Bros. (NES, Round One, Match Five)
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fifth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss rail-shooter-that-might-take-place-inside-the-human-body Life Force as it takes on not-yet-super Mario Bros. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be a spaceship powering up its weapons only to repeatedly die horribly? Or will it be two brothers who open a small business only to deal with a crab infestation? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Adventure Island vs. Ice Hockey (NES, Round One, Match Four)
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Thursday Apr 09, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the fourth match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss skateboarding caveman (?) platformer Adventure Island as it takes on an ice hockey game called Ice Hockey. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be Lord Higgins, gaining invincibility from a honeybee while throwing tomahawks at icicles? Or will it be some combination of a fat guy, a medium guy, and a skinny guy all moving in perfect unison? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Shadowgate vs. Ice Climber (NES, Round One, Match Three)
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Thursday Apr 02, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the third match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss point-and-click classic Shadowgate as it takes on launch title (and Smash Bros.-fueled comeback kids) Ice Climber. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be you crawling through a dungeon, dying in bountiful and hilarious ways? Or will it be Popo and Nana, plummeting to their doom because they can't. land. on. the. stupid. platform? It's a fun conversation, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Kung Fu vs. Qix (NES, Round One, Match Two)
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Thursday Mar 26, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the second match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss a battle of arcade ports as NES launch title Kung Fu takes on Qix. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the Kung Fu master Thomas jump-kicking his way to the top of Devil's Temple? Or will it be the... lines being drawn to trap... other... lines? Find out which game Pat calls "arbitrary and cruel" and which game they both agree has a theme song that "slaps!"
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Adventures of Lolo 3 vs. Duck Hunt (NES, Round One, Match One)
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Thursday Mar 19, 2020
Welcome to Kings of Consoles: The podcast where we try to figure out the best game for each console the only way we know how - tournament-style!
Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the first match-up of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament as they discuss HAL's underrated gem Adventures of Lolo 3 as it takes on Nintendo's iconic launch title Duck Hunt. Two games enter, only one can advance to the second round! Will it be the blue fluffball shooting eggs at snakes to save itself from being shot by Medusa? Or will it be the hunter, finally overcoming the mockery of their canine companion? It's a fun conversation, the first of many to come, so please make sure to subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action!
Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram! You can also follow along with the brackets on our Challonge page or see the complete list of games we'll be covering by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.