An American Tail: Fievel Goes West moseys on over courtesy the Movie Game Mini-Randomizer. We had all missed this movie and game as a kids even though we remember the marketing very well, say thankee. Since it’s about a mouse we have to have a fictional mouse draft, followed by some talk about the new … Continue reading → The post Ep. 762 – An Amer…

Muppet Adventure: Chaos at the Carnival connects its rainbow to TADPOG. Remember that Muppet draft we didn’t have time to get to on our last all drafts episode? Well, we just decided to go in “whole hog” (Wokka Wokka) and not only do a Muppet (well, anything Jim Henson) draft but we did the only … Continue reading → The post Ep. 761 – Muppet Advent…

All Drafts: Eclipse Edition comes to blindly on this hallowed, the day of eclipse. Well, for us anyway. TADPOG happens to lie right in the path of totality so it was quite the day for the area. And quite the day for Ian, his has finally been bitten by the COVID zombie. He didn’t hide … Continue reading → The post Ep. 760 – All Drafts: Total Eclipse…

Jurassic Park finally dino DNA’s it’s way onto TADPOG shores. Sure, we have done Jurassic Park on the Genesis and The Chaos Continues AND The Lost World but somehow we completed missed the SNES version of the original Jurassic Park. Is it cool and shadowy like the Genesis? Can you play as the Raptor? STAY … Continue reading → The post Ep. 759 – Jur…

The Hunt for Red October has starting being…hunted. The hunt has begun? Began? We have hunted our hunt for The Hunt of Red October? Whatever. We watched a the movie and played an SNES game based off of it to continue our SNES Movie Games series. TADPOG brushes up on our best Scottish accents and … Continue reading → The post Ep. 758 – The Hunt for …

All Calls: The Michelle Prophecies has finally come to pass as it was foretold in the days of old. And by old I mean so old you may know it by another name. Classic TADPOG. We had to dona double recording this week because of life, so rather than stress ourselves out really hard we … Continue reading → The post Ep. 757 – All Calls: The Michelle Pro…

Bram Stoker’s Dracula FLIES on into TADPOG studios. You know, cause he can be a bat. Or mist. Does mist fly? I guess it does but maybe not in a traditional sense. It just sorts of mists around. Anyway, we finally get to Bram Stoker’s Dracula on the SNES and the movie in its full … Continue reading → The post Ep. 756 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula appeared…

Leap Day Shenanigans, courtesy of Leap Day William – fresh from the Mariana Trench – with candy to trade for our tears. Why tears? You know what is coming next week. BUT UNTIL THEN, we only had 2 days of turn around so we had to do something different. So let’s do that. We talk … Continue reading → The post Ep. 755 – Leap Day Shenanigans appeared f…

All Calls (Definitely Not AI Generated) come back. We are not AI for the purposes of this episode. We are old men playing old games. The games are not right now but there are calls coming instead. It is our hope that you enjoy the calls that you made to us. Terrified Michelle is a … Continue reading → The post Ep. 754 – All Calls (Definitely Not AI…

Casper ectoplasmically slides its way into our episode list this week! We just had to see what other gems Absolute Entertainment could cook up for us. Ian and Tyler had some very positive memories of this movie and Dave had never experienced it before so we’re ripe with movie talk on top of the game … Continue reading → The post Ep. 753 – Casper ap…

Toys! That long lauded movie that all sorts of kids completely misunderstood and had totally different expectations from has come to the shores of TADPOG. Worry not, we watched the movie and come fully equipped to talk about it as well as the game. Oh, HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY. We celebrate that by taking a romantic … Continue reading → The post Ep. 7…

The Karate Kid kicks through the nostalgia wall directly in TADPOG studio. We all watched, or re-watched, the original so we could get into the proper mindset to play and review this NES game. So we talk plenty about the ins and outs of the movie (and dip our toe into the rest of the … Continue reading → The post Ep. 751 – The Karate Kid appeared f…

Top Gun flies into TADPOG studios! Does it safely land to proper fanfare? Or does it do a nosedive into the water right before the carrier like 99% of all landing attempts the general population did attempting to play this game? We discuss The Boys, Fargo, Final Fantasy VI, and even do a particular draft … Continue reading → The post Ep. 750 – Top …

Drac’s Night Out is here and we are PUMPED! Get it? Because the game is sponsored by Reebok Pumps. Because Dracula needs those. But really, he does in this game. He’s like a reverse vampire where touching people kills him. We know this one sounds a little different (we do address is right away) but … Continue reading → The post Ep. 749 – Drac’s Nig…

All Calls Michelleaganza! YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. IT IS AN ALL CALLS EPISODE. THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE IS HEAVY ON CALLS FROM TERRIFIED MICHELLE. We love her and we had a great time doing this. We know all of you were craving that sweet sweet Drac’s Night Out unreleased NES game content but you’ll have … Continue reading → The post Ep. 748 – All C…

Clue is here! We know the SNES game isn’t really based off the movie but it’s a really great excuse to also rewatch the Tim Curry classic since there may not be a huge amount to say about an SNES game based off a board game that plays…very much like a board game. So please … Continue reading → The post Ep. 747 – Clue appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler…

The Blues Brothers! It’s an 90s Super Nintendo game based off an 80s movie based on a 70s SNL skit, that is how you know it’s quality stuff and totally appropriate to all the material its based on. But first we must discuss the Blues Brothers movie at length, and even before that we draft … Continue reading → The post Ep. 746 – The Blues Brothers a…

Wayne’s World schwings on over to the shores of TADPOG as we go one more game into our “Saturday Night Live movies that were turned into Super Nintendo games” series. We had to go back and refresh ourselves on the movie, the skit, and we even played the video game. We visit a special Holiday … Continue reading → The post Ep. 745 – Wayne’s World app…

Dirty Harry asks us just how lucky we feeling playing his NES game this week on TADPOG. This week may not get us any closer to finishing our SNES list but it’s a good continuation of our “R Rated Moves turned into video games” series. Yes, it’s another series. We love them. Get used to … Continue reading → The post Ep. 744 – Dirty Harry appeared fi…

Alien vs Predator comes along in our stunning series of SNES games with VS in the title. So that’s 2 out of the 3. We think. There is a list somewhere but it’s long. We’ll get there. You know what we’re about here at TADPOG. We congratulate Ian on winning an award. We talk plenty … Continue reading → The post Ep. 743 – Alien vs Predator appeared fi…

RoboCop 3, that means the coming of RoboCop not once, not twice but THRICE! And this time on the Super Nintendo! Was it a good movie? Was it a good game? Let me ask you this – was there a RoboCop 4? We do a deep dive into not just the game but also the … Continue reading → The post Ep. 742 – RoboCop 3 appeared first on TADPOG: Tyler and Dave Play O…

RoboCop Versus The Terminator robotically walks into way onto TADPOG shores. This sorta counts as an Arnold tangential movie, right? The streak continues? We make a strong come back with “Anime I?” since Ian has a very strong recommendation. We talk some about Thanksgiving (it was Thanksgiving Eve when we recorded this, after all), discuss … Contin…

Last Action Hero completes our SNES Schwarzenegger Series and we come full loaded to discuss what we thought not just about the game but also the movie – this is one Ian hadn’t even seen but Tyler has, that’s the very first time that has ever happened. But even better than all things Last Action … Continue reading → The post Ep. 740 – Last Action H…

Judge Dredd has come to conclude our Stallonesgiving series in style. We have now all seen Judge Dredd and give our very detailed feelings on both the movie and the game. We also talk about the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie, we take a quick dip into “Anime I?” territory, look at Warthunder, Treehouse of … Continue reading → The post Ep. 739 – Judge…

Stallonesgiving is on a Break, so you know what that means – ALL CALLS has come again! Don’t get mad, we were on a break when this happened. Apparently, Terrible Michelle is the copy girl to our Ross. We take all sorts of calls that prompt us to discuss where you bury parents and step … Continue reading → The post Ep. 738 – Stallonesgiving Is On A …

In the immortal words of Cliffhanger, “Hang on for your life!”. That’s right, pack your gear because we’re headed on a journey through the icy peaks of Cliffhanger for the Super Nintendo. This notoriously “bad video game”, based on the action film of the same name, was developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Sony … Continue reading → The p…

Demolition Man explodes onto TADPOG in our SNES Stallone Series. We keep our movie game standard and watch the movie so we can discuss it and compare it to the game, so if you love Demolition Man the movie, this is the episode for you. Even more so if you love the reunions of TADPOG … Continue reading → The post Ep. 736 – Demolition Man appeared fi…

The Itchy & Scratchy Game is here and concludes our SNES Simpsons Saga! None of us had ever heard of or experienced this game in any way so it was brand new territory for all of us. But before we talk all about Itchy trying to kill Scratchy, we visit the Horror Hole, chat about … Continue reading → The post Ep. 735 – The Itchy & Scratchy Game appea…

Virtual Bart. That’s right, Bart is back in virtual form! Did you know Bart’s Nightmare had a sequel? We didn’t! So join us for a deep dive into all the little mini games that comprise this game. But before that, we discuss the new Frasier and Ashoka. The we hit of Ian’s Horror Hole and … Continue reading → The post Ep. 734 – Virtual Bart appeared …

Bart’s Nightmare has arrived on TADPOG shores, officially cementing our TADPOG Simpson Series where will cover all the SNES Simpsons games, back to back to back to back. To Tyler’s amusement, we dive into Bart’s Nightmare this week. We update you our Sea of Stars progress. Dave gets back into Phasmophobia. Ian loves The Exorcist. … Continue reading…

Krusty’s Super Fun House has finally made it’s way to the TADPOG shores. Did it come courtesy of the Randomizer? No, we totally forgot to do that. What would have been a good game to fit into our Sea of Stars playing? This one. Tyler and Ian have some history with this game, while Dave … Continue reading → The post Ep. 7312 – Krusty’s Super Fun Hou…

One Calls! That’s right. We take exactly 1 call. Is it particularly long and cucumbersome (I realize) call? Does it take us deep into our souls and yield the fruit of beautiful revealing conversation? Or do we go really long on a draft we enjoyed and only had time to take a single call? You … Continue reading → The post Ep. 731 – One Calls appeared…

Sea of Stars has finally arrived! It hasn’t been out long and we have had several requests already to talk about it so here we are! Don’t worry, this one is spoiler free. All three of us took the dive into this game and discuss it’s mechanics and layout in this episode, we wanted it … Continue reading → The post Ep. 730 – Sea of Stars appeared firs…

Frantic Flea! We’re back to The Randomizer this week and ohhhhh man did it serve us one up. Have you had a deep yearning for a flea protagonist, everyone’s favorite creature? This may just be the game for you, and only you, we imagine there is only one of you. We hit the ground running … Continue reading → The post Ep. 729 – Frantic Flea appeared f…

Dave the Diver has come ashore on TADPOG. It looked really fun and we all agreed we wanted to buck the Randomizer and play it. Did we like it? Did we really like it? Or maybe just sorta like it? Well, before that we do part 2 of our Marvel draft with villains this time, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 728 – Dave the Diver appeared first on TADPOG…

All Calls Marvel Edition! Why is it our Marvel edition? Because prior to taking calls, we do a rather extensive 10 spot draft of Marvel Heroes. We had a very busy work week so we needed something simple to turn around quickly and you know how much we love to do a therapeutic All Calls … Continue reading → The post Ep. 727 – All Calls Marvel Edition…

Pizza Tower! It’s been talked about, copies have been purchased as incentive for us to discuss it, and it’s been batted about the Discord server – here it finally is. We might run the full gamut of emotions on this one. We’ll let you guess on who falls where. We a more heated draft than … Continue reading → The post Ep. 726 – Pizza Tower appeared f…

SimAnt! Finally, the time of the TADPOG ant has come AND IT’S A PHIL EPISODE! So come join us, and our foremost simantics (you’ll hear that a lot) expert, one Sandwich Pope Phil Hawkins, take a deep dive into SimAnt for the SNES…and for DOS. We talk about some games we have played, remember playing … Continue reading → The post Ep. 725 – SimAnt app…

All…Calls? Yeah, that’s best sums it up. We had some scheduling stuff and wanted to take 30 calls that Terrified Michelle had left us. There was an attempt made at that, BUT FIRST WE MUST FINISH THE CARTOON DRAFT AND TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO 20 PLACES! Then we have to really go on … Continue reading → The post Ep. 724 – All…Calls? appeared first on T…

HyperZone! Does that sound like a SNES game, a cheap 3rd party peripheral, or maybe a candy game at Chuck E. Cheese? Well, the one we are talking about is an SNES that is a totally new one on us. There is some Six Flags talk, some multiplayer game talk, and even a draft. There … Continue reading → The post Ep. 723 – HyperZone appeared first on TADP…

True Lies (SNES)! That’s right, all these lies are true! We bring on our foremost truelieologist, Captain Gun Nerd Jon Turley to talk about the movie while we talk about the game for SNES. We do a draft, talk about Eastbound and Down, Joe Bob Briggs, that baby crying in Max Payne, stop motion movies, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 722 – True Lie…

GP-1 & GP-1: Part II (SNES), YOU READ THAT RIGHT! We’ve finally decided to do the heralded GP series on the SNES! What? You’re not familiar? and the naming scheme for these games is bad and in the same vein as X-Boxes? I’m shocked. Outright and totally shocked. Well, please stick around for all that … Continue reading → The post Ep. 721 – GP-1 & GP…

All Calls: Independence Day! TADPOG know you were expecting some elite talk and deep dives into the GP racing series but very hard weeks were had and we needed a little more time and little podcast therapy this week. We will hit GP Part 1 and GP Part 2 next week, for now – All … Continue reading → The post Ep. 720 – All Calls: Independence Day appe…

Behold! Mohawk & Headphone Jack! Some sort of Garbage Pail Kid collects discarded AOL Trial CDs in a completely nausea inducing Mode 7 sort of way! Sound good? Well, you should totally try it if it does. We talk about The Abyss, the best darn fair in town, the movie Critters and more. No draft … Continue reading → The post Ep. 719 – Mohawk & Headph…

Hook for SNES is back! Remember when we did it many moons ago but had to delete it for court related reasons but we said all of those episodes would be redone over time? THE TIME FOR HOOK IS NOW! AND IT IS DONE PROPERLY AS IT NOW FEATURES IAN! We do our absolute favorite … Continue reading → The post Ep. 718 – Hook (SNES) appeared first on TADPOG: …

All Calls is back! More Raw Raul Julia style! Why? Dave had to go to Vegas so we needed a very quick turn around and we only have 370ish more calls to get through to catch up. But before we get to our plethora of calls, we talk about Las Vegas, Power Wash Simulator, anime … Continue reading → The post Ep. 717 – All Raw Calls (Julia): Retribution ap…

Hey, look! It’s WWF Super Wrestlemania, WWF Royal Rumble, & WWF Raw for the SNES! All courtesy of the dream team that is LJN and the The Randomizer! We bring a real life wrestler in the form of Brooks Arnold (his family is well and we did out show prep all properly and whatnot) so … Continue reading → The post Ep. 716 – WWF Super WrestleMania, WWF …

All calls! Look at that show art! Ian and Tyler love it so much is deserves extra attention. Why another All Calls? Because Brooks’ whole family was sick and he wasn’t able to record and we don’t want to do these wrestling games without him so MORE CALLS it is. We talk about Heathers, Jawbreaker, … Continue reading → The post Ep. 715 – Revenge of A…

All Raw Calls (Julia)! That’s right, the calls are back! We needed some more time to play some SNES Wrestling Games so we decided to have Captain Gun Nerd Jon Turley on the show and take oh so many beautiful calls. We have a huge backlog but we are incredibly appreciative that so many people … Continue reading → The post Ep. 714 – All Raw Calls (Ju…

Brunswick World Championship Tournament! That practically screaming bowling! And look at all those very recognizable faces on that not at all terrible cover art! It came out so late in the SNES’ life cycle that you know it was of the utmost quality and we are so very blessed by the Randomizer to play this … Continue reading → The post Ep. 713 – Bru…