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The Old SwitchAroo
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Dust off your d-pads and join lifelong friends Mike & Jaymo on their quest to research & review all 200+ retro games in the Nintendo Switch Online catalog.
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and what a pleasure it was to join you guys for it. Best Box Art was a particularly fun category, too
nickcoffman.com Nick Coffman @nickcoffman.com · 18h
Thanks to Mike and Jaymo from @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social joining us for this one!
smashinggametime.bsky.social Smashing Game Time @smashinggametime.bsky.social · 18h
Day 2, featuring @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social is here!

Best Box Art
Best Blueprint
Disappointment of the Year

www.smashinggametime.com/podcast-1/19...
January 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
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smashinggametime.bsky.social
Our Game of the Year stuff is a little later this year, but we hope you'll tune in. Full schedule below:

Day 1 - 1/7
Best on the Go Game
Best Boss Fight
I'll Never Touch it Again Award

Day 2 - 1/8 Featuring @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Best Box Art
Best Blueprint
Disappointment of the Year

1/2
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
And thank you for letting us try out your Analogue 3D (real convenient that they're back in stock again now that the episode is live, since they were sold out when we recorded)
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Our friends at the Cable Club League now have the voting open for the best retro games that they covered over the past year, with voting open to anyone. 🎮

s.surveyplanet.com/nggnuz9w
The Retro Game League 2025!
This is it! Help us pick the winners and prize recipients of The Cable Club's Retro Game League 2025! Select two games in each cup before moving to the next.
s.surveyplanet.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Our friends at the Cable Club League now have the voting open for the best retro games that they covered over the past year, with voting open to anyone. 🎮

s.surveyplanet.com/nggnuz9w
The Retro Game League 2025!
This is it! Help us pick the winners and prize recipients of The Cable Club's Retro Game League 2025! Select two games in each cup before moving to the next.
s.surveyplanet.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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retroblastpod.com
'Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball' was released 32 years ago for the SEGA Genesis!

I remember when it came out, and for some reason I was obsessed with getting it even though I didn't have a Genesis.

I guess I just wanted any game with Sonic in it! (and a Genesis too)

Are YOU a fan of Sonic Spinball?
Cover art for Sonic Spinball for SEGA Genesis featuring Sonic running along a pinball track with Robotnik looming behind him! Sonic dashing forward Sonic balancing next to a Robotnik Spider Bot
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Always good to see a great podcast hitting a checkpoint like this
stillloadingpodcast.com Josh | Still Loading Podcast @stillloadingpodcast.com · Nov 4
Hit a milestone!

It's taken a long time but my show has over 100k downloads now! It took a while, I've been doing the show for 11 years now, but man am I proud to hit this.

Thank you all so much for your support and giving my pod a try. I truly appreciate it.
100,010 total all time downloads for the Still Loading Podcast. There is a graph underneath showing the changes in download numbers per month.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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nintendolife.com
Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic.
Nintendo Expands Switch 2's GameCube Library Next Week With A Spooky Classic
Horrifyingly good news
www.nintendolife.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
And a big thanks to all the guests featured in this episode, including @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social , @houseofkyle.com , @hagfish.bsky.social , @warboss5.bsky.social , @kylthesheikah.bsky.social , @timmywkuk.bsky.social , and @mersaloon.bsky.social !
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social The Old SwitchAroo @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social · Oct 8
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're celebrating the end of season 3 by looking at the highs and lows of this season's games and playing a trivia game featuring this season's guests.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "24-game-pak 16th bit retro-spective" with an illustration of a number of video game heroes and enemies. The additional text below the label reads "Season 3 Finale" and the text to the side reads "with Kat and 15 guest cameos!"
October 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're celebrating the end of season 3 by looking at the highs and lows of this season's games and playing a trivia game featuring this season's guests.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "24-game-pak 16th bit retro-spective" with an illustration of a number of video game heroes and enemies. The additional text below the label reads "Season 3 Finale" and the text to the side reads "with Kat and 15 guest cameos!"
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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wildmousepodcast.com
New episode! @lowbacca.bsky.social of @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social returns to discuss ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and other things that go bump in the night at Knott's Scary Farm!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gsZ33uo9asLHqfhUoR2n5?si=RjiAFqKZSVqI7k6ZI9IJjA

#podcast #halloween #themepark
Collage with "Wild Mouse: A Theme Park Podcast" logo, a man with Donald Duck and José Carioca characters, and a Halloween skeleton display.
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Happney joins us for action RPG Crystalis (NES, 1990).

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Crystalis" with an illustration of a hero surrounded by enemies. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Periodic Fable of Elements" and the text to the side reads "with Happney"
September 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Cyril from @defunctgames.com joins us for Ghosts 'n Goblins (NES, 1986), Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1989), and Super Ghouls 'n Goblins (SNES, 1991).

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ghosts n Ghouls trilogy" with an illustration of Arthur fighting Astaroth. The additional text below the label reads "-or- History Doomed to Repeat Itself" and the text to the side reads "with Cyril from Defunct Games"
September 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Don from the Cable Club League podcast joins us for Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, 1994), a compilation of the first three NES Mega Man games plus a bonus Wily Wars exclusive game.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Mega Man The Wiley Wars" with an illustration Dr. Wiley and Mega Man. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Doctor, Doctor Give Me the Pews" and the text to the side reads "with Don from The Cable Club League"
August 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Chico D Mar ( @mersaloon.bsky.social ), creator of the webcomic Wet Frontier, joins us for F-Zero (NES, 1990) and F-Zero 99 (Switch, 2023S, 1985) - and provides this episode's great cover art.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "F-Zero & F-Zero 99" with an illustration of two F-Zero vehicles and three racers depicted above them. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Crashing Out!" and the text to the side reads "with Chico D Mar from Wet Frontier"
August 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Now that's the kind of excitement I like to see behind a game as they let them trickle out onto Nintendo Classics
defunctgames.com Defunct Games @defunctgames.com · Aug 13
"[Chibi-Robo is] a dreary, joyless piece of junk that shamelessly tries to get kids to believe that cleaning is fun." (Game Informer, 2006)
August 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Andrew Linde from “Nothing New: A Remake Podcast” joins us for Clu Clu Land (NES, 1985), Mario’s Picross (Game Boy, 1995), and Mario’s Super Picross (SNES, 1995).

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Clu Clu Land, Mario's Picross and Mario's Super Picross" with a nonogram. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Steganographic Imagery Viewer Discretion Advised" and the text to the side reads "with Andrew Linde from Nothing New: A Remake Podcast"
July 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Nate Brown (NateBlackest on Twitch) joins us for Blast Corps, the 1997 action-destruction game for the Nintendo 64.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Blast Corps" with an illustration of two robots from Blast Corps and one remote controlled car. The additional text below the label reads "-or- I've Heard of a Crash Course, but this is ridiculous" and the text to the side reads "with Nate Brown"
July 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
Mike and Jaymo went over to Smashing Game Time for a great discussion of game of the decade so far, and you'll be shocked what game Jaymo blocked from the top 19!
smashinggametime.bsky.social Smashing Game Time @smashinggametime.bsky.social · Jul 4
It's here! The final day of GOTYSO 2025 and the final category, Game of The Decade. We're joined by Mike and Jeremy of @theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social and Matt of @standnwatch.bsky.social to pick the top 20 games of the 2020s.

Full ep below!

www.smashinggametime.com/podcast-1/17...
July 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Dempsey from the Overthinking Games podcast ( @overthinkggamespod.bsky.social ) joins us for Super Mario World (1991) on the SNES and its Game Boy Advance port Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (2001)

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Super Mario World" with an illustration of Yoshi and Mario in the foreground with Bowser in the background. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Eggs-It Stage Right" and the text to the side reads "Dempsey from the Overthinking Games podcast"
July 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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defunctgames.com
We've looked at the Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy, Nintendo 64, Game Boy Advance and even the Genesis, so there's only one system left to countdown. Here are the Top 66 Super NES Games on Nintendo Switch Online.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysoC...
Nintendo Classics: Top 66 Super NES Games on Nintendo Switch Online (According to the Critics)
YouTube video by Defunct Games
www.youtube.com
June 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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stillloadingpodcast.com
Hey all! Still open for guest spots if anyone is interested!
stillloadingpodcast.com Josh | Still Loading Podcast @stillloadingpodcast.com · Jun 23
Hey! If anyone is in need of a guest for their gaming podcast feel free to hit me up! I got some free time coming up and would love to guest on some shows.
June 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Timmy Williams from Whitest Kids U Know and the Urn Fulla Popcorn podcast joins us for two martial-arts-adjacent NES games, the classic Ninja Gaiden (1988) and the not-so-classic Kung Fu Heroes (1989).

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ninja Gaiden & Kung Fu Heroes" with an illustration of a ninja with a dragon on the left side and a fighter on the right. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Kung-Fool Me Once, Fight on Ryu" and the text to the side reads "with Timmy Williams from the Whitest Kids U' Know and Urn Fulla Popcorn"
June 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
theoldswitcharoo.bsky.social
In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we're going back to Hyrule with KylTheSheikah (@kylthesheikah.bsky.social ) and our returning Zelda consultant RiRiYells as we check out The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, released for the N64 in 1998.

Find it anywhere that you get your podcasts! 🎮
A gold NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Ocarina of Time" with an illustration of young and old Link riding the horse Epona below it. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Time to Kyl" and the text to the side reads "with RiRiYells and KylTheSheikah"
June 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM