Retronauts Episode 719: The NES Launch Ranking Hootenanny
more like the Nutmeg Entertainment System
Alongside human sexuality and the platypus, the Ranking Hootenanny represents God's most chaotic creation. Who can possibly predict how a team of experts will assess the merits of classic video games. especially when recorded in front of a live audience who get to influence the vote.
Following up last year's mascot ranking panel at Retro World Expo in Hartford, CT, this year host Jeremy Parish sat down with Kurt Kalata and John Andersen to rank the launch lineup of the Nintendo Entertainment System on account of its (forthcoming) 40th anniversary. The stakes have never been higher as grown adults must decide the value of Ice Climber, Hogan's Alley, and Gyromite.
Description: Jeremy Parish, Kurt Kalata, John Andersen, and about a hundred of YOU definitively rank the 27 games that debuted with the NES 40 (!) years ago from worst to best. This is the final word on these games!
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Artwork for this episode by Nick Wanserski and editing thanks go to Greg Leahy.
