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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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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.

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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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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Happney joins us for action RPG Crystalis (NES, 1990).

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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
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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).

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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
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There're a lot more RoboCop games than I would've ever guessed.
Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter with the caption "There are too many robocops please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot"
September 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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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.

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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
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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.

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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
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I think you may have cosmically summoned an Overthinking Games episode with some of that discussion (and more power to you for it), but also:
August 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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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).

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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
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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.

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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
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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)

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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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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).

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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
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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.

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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
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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, we fly a little too close to the sun with Josh from the Still Loading podcast ( @stillloadingpodcast.com ) and his frequent co-host Dexter as we check out Kid Icarus, released for the NES in 1987

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An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Kid Icarus" with an illustration of Pitt from Kid Icarus below it. The additional text below the label reads "-or- I Put on my Eggplant Wizard Robe and Hat" and the text to the side reads "with Josh from the Still Loading podcast and Dexter"
May 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, @warboss5.bsky.social is rejoining the party as we check out Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium, released for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive in 1993

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An NES cartridge with a label that reads "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Phantasy Star IV" with an illustration of three fighters below it. The additional text below the label reads "-or- Hazy Cosmic Jive" and the text to the side reads "with Warboss5"
May 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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In the newest episode of The Old SwitchAroo, Kristal of The Lazy Circles returns with her friend Nick to talk about Metroid for the NES and Metroid II: Return of Samus for the Game Boy

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An NES cartridge with the logo redesigned to read "The Old SwitchAroo" and "Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus", with a drawing based on Samus below that on the label, crouching down and surrounded by enemies. Below the label in a hand-written font it says "or Aran, So Far Away"
April 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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In our newest episode, The Old SwitchAroo is taking flight with Colleen as we soar into Pilotwings for the SNES from 1991 and Pilotwings 64 for the Nintendo 64 from 1996

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An SNES cartridge with a label that says "The Old Switcharoo", and the episode title "Pilotwings & Pilotwings 64 -or- In-Flight Entertainment. An illustration in the style of the characfters from Pilotwings 64 depicts Mike and Jaymo, and their guest Colleen
April 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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On our newest episode, The Old SwitchAroo is rolling the dice with @houseofkyle.com, @hagfish.bsky.social, and Jackie as we check out Mario Party for the Nintendo 64 from 1998

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A SNES cartridge with a label reading Mario Party and drawings of several game characters. The left side lists the guests as Sarah and Kyle from the Stream Team and Jackie. The bottom includes the second part of the episode title, "Mad About Mini-Games!"
March 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Season 3 of The Old SwitchAroo begins with The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX for the Game Boy Color, joined by Derick of the Underrated movie podcast @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social and RiRiYells.

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March 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Super excited for the start of season 3 of The Old SwitchAroo, our journey through the retro video game catalog available on Nintendo Switch Online.

Our first episode of Season 3 is out Wednesday, with Derick of @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social and RiRiYells joining us for Link's Awakening! 🎮
March 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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It's not that there's not already a lot of Muppet movies, it's just that I am always up for more of them being made.
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
December 25, 2024 at 8:44 AM
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Given that the Nintendo Music app knows which retro games 🎮 I've been playing, I'm a bit disappointed that the Nintendo year in review doesn't also break down what I've been playing on Nintendo Switch Online by which game rather than by which of their emulators it is.
December 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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Season 2 Episode 16 of The Old Switcharoo is out now, and our season finale episode is packed with returning guests (including @smashinggametime.bsky.social @underratedmoviepod.bsky.social @warboss5.bsky.social ). 🎮

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November 20, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Season 2 Episode 15 of The Old Switcharoo is out now, with Brad from the Arcadiology podcast joining us for two games from Treasure Co, Gunstar Heroes (Genesis, 1993) and Sin and Punishment (N64, 2000). 🎮

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November 7, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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Season 2 Episode 14 of The Old Switcharoo is out now, with Nick and Josh from the Smashing Game Time podcast joining us to talk about Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol for the SNES. 🎮

You can find us anywhere you get your podcasts or at www.theoldswitcharoo.com
NES cartridge with The Old Switcharoo logo and artwork advertising podcast episode about Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Ghoul Patrol
October 24, 2024 at 9:35 AM
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Our most recent episode was talking about Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on the Sega Genesis, and the AI seemed to struggle with what Sonic the Hedgehog looks like.

Weirdly though, the text description it generated had a line about chili dogs. So the AI wasn't entirely clueless.
theoldswitcharoo.com/s2e01
April 25, 2024 at 2:53 AM