Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo continue the Round of Sixteen as, for the first time in the tournament, two games from the same franchise collide when Mega Man 2 tries to hold off the challenge of Mega Man 5.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the quarterfinals!  Will it be Mega Man battling it out with eight robot masters on his way to a showdown with Dr. Wily? Or will it be Mega Man battling it out with eight robot masters on his way to a showdown with Dr. Wily?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo kick off the Round of Sixteen as legendary arcade puzzle-platformer Bubble Bobble takes on Disney/Capcom platformer Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the quarterfinals!  Will it be Bub and Bob blowing bubbles at the bosses before Baron Von Blubba? Or will it be a pair of chipmunks, throwing apples at robot dogs in a casino?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo fill in the final spot in the Round Of Sixteen as generation-defining platformer Super Mario Bros. 3 takes on loosely-adapted movie tie-in Batman: The Video Game.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Mario, traversing eight themed words to beat up the children of his enemies? Or will it be the World's Greatest Detective, shooting guns at jumpy dudes?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo FINALLY return to the studio as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament nears its end, with genre-bending action RPG River City Ransom taking on re-skinned promotional tie-in Super Mario Bros. 2.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Alex and Ryan, pummeling Generic Dudes on their way to school? Or will it be Mario, Luigi, Toad, and a Princess who's not yet a peach beginning a dreamy adventure by plummeting from the sky?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches toward its conclusion, with the one that started it all, Super Mario Bros., taking on hidden action-adventure gem StarTropics.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Mario and Luigi, jumping on turtles and throwing fire at dragons? Or will it be Mike Jones (who), hitting mosquitoes with a baseball bat?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches toward its conclusion, with genre-bending platformer Metroid taking on... genre-bending platformer Kirby's Adventure.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Samus, breaking barriers for female video game protagonists by shooting a giant brain with missiles? Or will it be Kirby, devouring enemies and stealing their lifeforce but in, like, a cute way?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with remote-control racing game R.C. Pro-Am taking on the lowest seed remaining in the tourney, Mega Man V.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be the red car, driving around and shooting missiles? Or will it be Mega Man, hoping Gravity Man's level can get the Metal Storm "rub" from the hosts?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with legendarily difficult shooter Contra taking on RPG/platform hybrid Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Bill and Lance shooting aliens on their way to finding more aliens to shoot? Or will it be Link, dying and waking up in the same temple like it's some sort of mythical Groundhog Day?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with horror classic Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse taking on sports game pioneer Baseball Stars.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Trevor Belmont, whipping vampires and making friends? Or will it be a team of players with names that are very similar to real players but we promise they're not because we couldn't get the license it's totally a coincidence you guys?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with RPG pioneer Dragon Warrior taking on spooooooooooky classic Castlevania II: Simon's Quest.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be a hero on his way to-- hang on, encounter. Okay, I won, will it be a-- oh, another encounter. But I just walked two-- another encounter? Or will it be Simon Belmont, headbutting mountains and being taken to a good place (heh heh heh)?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

THE FOURTH QUARTER BEGINS Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament marches on, with groundbreaking RPG Dragon Warrior IV taking on Disney classic Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Ragnar, traversing a tower to rescue missing children? Or will it be Chip and Dale, braving a casino to rescue a missing kitten?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

75 DOWN, 25 TO GO! Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament reaches its 3/4 mark, with puzzle platformer Bubble Bobble taking on Disney tie-in DuckTales.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Bub and Bob, bubbling their way to a blowout with Baron Von Blubba? Or will it be Scrooge McDuck, a continuing inspiration for billionaires who want to go to the moon?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

WE'RE BACK, BABAY! Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament FINALLY continues after an eight-week absence, with open-world innovator The Legend of Zelda taking on Capcom quadquel Mega Man 4.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Link, who knows it's too dangerous to go alone? Or will it be Mega Man, blowing up enemies and breaking his own game with new and improved weaponry?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Pat drops into the regular feed to give an update on why there hasn't been a new episode in three weeks. The reason sucks, but not to worry, the show must go on.

Join Pat Dooley and Ricky Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with console RPG pioneer Final Fantasy taking on nigh-impossible platformer Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be four class-based characters, trying to restore elemental orbs while rescuing a princess and maybe kinda becoming pirates? Or will it be Ryu Hayabusa, climbing up walls and j-- NO JUMP TO THE-- GAH!?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with legendarily difficult platformer Mega Man 3 taking on re-branded Terminator tie-in game Journey to Silius.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the fourth round!  Will it be Mega Man, fighting through nigh-impossible stages for a rematch with a boss he already beat in the last game? Or will it be Jay McCray saving the day so everybody says "Yay?"  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with iconic platformer Mega Man 2 taking on Cinderella story Little Samson.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round!  Will it be Mega Man, fighting his way through the air, sea, forests, and... um... metal? Or will it be a quartet of adorable individuals, battling wizards who turn into horrifying monsters?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo as round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament continues, with nontraditional platformer Bionic Commando taking on licensed arcade port Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round!  Will it be Ladd/Radd, swinging over giant venus flytraps on his way to kill robo-Hitler? Or will it be Leo, Raph, Mike, and Don hack-and-slashing their way through New York City?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the first episode of round three of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where racing game launch title Excitebike takes on gravity-manipulating platformer Metal Storm.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round!  Will it be Hobby, riding his bike across a custom course that spells out the name of this podcast? Or will it be the M-308 Gunner, pulling off another huge upset on its run to immortality?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding. 

Join Pat Dooley and Ricardo Giraldo for the final episode of round two of the Nintendo Entertainment Center King of Consoles tournament, where tank platformer Blaster Master takes on controller-throwing simulator Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos.  Two games enter, only one can advance to the third round!  Will it be a kid following his frog down a hole, then killing mutants with a tank? Or will it be Ryu, trying to make exact platforming jumps in the middle of a blizzard?  It's a fun conversation, so please subscribe to make sure you don't miss a second of the action! Questions?  Comments?  Feel free to reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter!  You can also check out our Twitch channel, follow along with the brackets, contribute to the show financially, or see details on all the games in the tournament by checking out the IGN list that inspired our seeding.