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On this week's episode of Retroquest Erron and I take a trip back to the early '90s to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog 2, the game that we both feel represents the high water mark of the Sonic series.  Later games would start adding a ridiculously large cast of characters and suffer from blatant money grabs likethe infamous "lock on technology" that was touted as a neat feature for Sonic & Knuckles but in reality summarized everything that was wrong with Sega of America as they barreled towards the Saturn and console oblivion.  But Sonic 2 stands as a pure entry filled with welcome improvements on the first game's mechanics and the first example of multiplayer in the series.

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This week on Retroquest I dive into the original Super Mario Brothers for the NES.  Shigeru Miyamoto's sidescrolling platformer was the killer app of the late 80s that almost singlehandedly sold the NES as the tie-in game that came with the system.  It's also, by extension, largely responsible for rescuing the slumping video game market from the lingering effects of the great video game crash of '83.  Mario is the title that sold millions, launched thousands of sidescrolling imitators, and dozens of excellent Nintendo tie-in games.

Basically it's safe to call it one of the most influential video games of all time.

You can check out the Retroquest entry here.  The podcast is available for your listening pleasure at the bottom of this post (click through if you're on an RSS reader) or you can subscribe to the Retroquest RSS feed with your favorite podcatching software.  Retroquest is also available through iTunes.

Presented for your listening pleasure is the first episode of the Retroquest podcast where Erron and I discuss the first Commander Keen game: Marooned on Mars. You can listen to or download the podcast directly from this page, or you can subscribe to the Retroquest feed with your podcatching software of choice.

This week's podcast comes in at a little over twelve minutes.  We'll be trying to keep all of our podcasts under the fifteen minute mark for future entries to save everyone's time.  So give it a listen and let us know what you think!