The Bitpunks present their Holiday Buyers Guide.  Jace, Katie, Kent, and Nate list their top 5 retro remakes, demakes, re-releases, retro inspired, and otherwise retro related games of the past 5 years.

We Discuss:

 Rocket Knight (the new one), Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Epic Mickey, Shining Force (iphone), DC Universe Online beta, Puzzle quest 2, Donkey Kong Country, SMB: Lost Levels, CSI Crime City, Maya Pyramid, bejeweled, Fluffy, Minecraft, Phantasy Star, Fable 3, Halo, Dragon Quest 9, Mini Squadron, Alan Wake, Darksiders, Halo: Reach MP, Dorito's Crash Course

We also discuss:

3D Dot Game Heroes, Castle Crashers, Final Fantasy 4 DS, Mother 3, Cave Story, Minecraft, Mega Man 9, Final Fantasy 6 Advance, Super Meat Boy, Scott Pilgrim, Crono Trigger DS, New! SMB. (Wii and DS), Assassin's Creed(Demake), Perfect Dark XBLA, The Tempura of the Dead, Mirror's Edge(Demake), Super Mega Worm

Episode 4 Links:

Alan Wake: Brightfalls (webisodes) - http://www.brightfalls.com /

Mirrors Edge 2d - http://www.mirrorsedge2d.com 

Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy - http://apps.facebook.com/projectlegacy/

Bitpunks Ep 4 Music notes:

1.  Betus Blues RETRO (Ch 2 Warp Zone) from the Super Meat Boy! Soundtrack by dB soundworks. 

2.  Final Fantasy IV Main Theme from the Final Fantasy 4 DS Soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu, Arranged by Junya Nakano.

3.   Run, My Dog, Run! from the Mother 3 sountrack by Shogo Sakai. Available at http://starmen.net/mother3/music/

4.  Thieves Forest from the Castle Crashers OST by The Behemoth. 

5.  Katie and Kent's Ocarina concert by Katie and Kent.  Available on this podcast. :P

After a brief Hiatus due to technical difficulties, the Bit-Punks are back! On this Episode of the Bit-Punks Podcast we discuss our history with that loveable(?) ape: Donkey Kong.  We Discuss Donkey Kong 1-3, Donkey Kong Country 1-3, Donkey Kong 64, Donkey Kong Land, Donkey Kong Math, Donkey Kong Country Returns, and other obscure Donkey Kong information.

We also discuss:

Goldeneye, Super Mario World, Super Mario RPG, Shadow Complex, Splosion Man,  Super Metroid 2(metroid 2 remake), Super Metroid Redesign (http://drewseph.zophar.net/), Super Mario X, Super Mario Crossover, Trails HD, Limbo, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Mega Man and Bass, Mass Effect 2, Mega Man Zero, Dragon Quest 9, New Super Mario Brothers, Demon Souls, Dead Space Extraction, Cladun:This is an RPG, R Type:Command, Age Of Empires 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Dance Central, Kinect, Project Eden, Steel Batallion 

Bitpunks Ep 3  Music notes:

1.  DK Rap from the Donkey Kong 64 official Soundtrack by Grant Kirkhope. 

2.  Crystal Caves from the Donkey Kong 64 official Soundtrack by Grant Kirkhope.

3.   Sticker Brush Symphony from the Donkey Kong Country 2 soundtrack by David Wise.

4.  Donkey Kong Country Stray Donkey Strut OC ReMix by djpretzel.  Available at http://www.ocremix.org. 

5.  Donkey Kong Country Lost in Jungle OC ReMix by Johan Krafft.  Available at http://www.ocremix.org.

On this episode of the Bitpunks Podcast we discuss horror/scary games.  We also discuss Shantae, Fallout: New Vegas, Professor Layton: The Unwound Future, Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks/Phantom Hourglass, Minecraft, Deadspace, Halo Reach, Resident Evil 5, Castlevania. Phantasy Star, Space Channel 5, Nighttrap, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest

Starring: Nate Baughman, Chris Driggers, Jason Poage, Kent Westmoreland. 

On this first official episode of the Bit-Punks Podcast we discuss Mega Man, Retro News, as well as a Retro Reading!  We also discuss Dragon Ball Z, Phantasy Star 2, Sonic, Psychonauts, Halo: Reach (again), Minecraft, Planescape:Torment, Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch. Magfest, Mario, Braid, Shadow Complex, Comic Jumper, Pic-cross 3D.

Starring: Nate Baughman, Chris Driggers, Jason Poage, Katie Poage, Kent Westmoreland.

Bitpunks Ep 1 Music notes

2.  Mega Man 2 Wily's Requiem OC ReMix by Nekofrog. Available at http://www.ocremix.org.