The Retro Rankings Podcast

The Retro Rankings Podcast

The Retro Rankings Podcast brings you a ranking of 7 of the best or worst of anything related to retro video gaming twice a month. Join Paul every episode as he provides the details as to why he ranks what he does, with a little humor, and an aimless sense of direction! The Retro Rankings Podcast is brought to you by Potation Rotation. For more information visit us at www.potationrotation.com.

Episodes

June 25, 2022 50 mins

Hello. It's been a while. Here's my explanation of where I've been and why I've been silent. Oh, and also, this is the final episode as well. It's therapy. It's cathartic. It's goodbye.

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Today we go off script and get our hands on about a dozen or so game controllers for a real time review of the top 7 best game controllers for the mainstream systems that have mattered throughout gaming history!

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Welcome to Episode 20 and the second DLC Pack on the Retro Rankings Podcast! Today's DLC is talking about good movies that had terrible endings with a little discussion on Batman and the DCEU.

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Are these games so bad they're hard? Or games so hard they suck? Or simply bad games that are hard and suck? Or are you a crap player that can't handle a good game? All these questions are answered AND MORE while we rank the 7 hardest games on the Nintendo Entertainment System today!

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Today we continue our back-to-back Sega-themed episodes and going full retro with ranking the top 7 Genesis games! Oh, and we are excluding games from the Sonic the Hedgehog mainline series. Visit potationrotation.com for more information on our podcasts and YouTube channels!

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In continuing our celebration of Sonic 30 amongst the Potation Rotation platforms, we bring to you today Paul's top 7 Sonic the Hedgehog games spanning the entirety of the blue blur's 30 year history. Number TWO will SHOCK you! It really won't...

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In this "almost" music episode that was "kind of" a listener suggestion, we fire up some questionable gaming soundtracks of Nintendo games to select the top 7 worst songs Nintendo ever slapped into one of their games. Don't worry: I don't make you suffer through the entirety of all the terrible sounds you will find within!

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Today Paul reveals what his top 7 games of the year are. How different is this list compared to the mid-year list six months ago? He also discusses his thoughts on the year, outlook for 2022 in film and games, what the coming year means for the Potation Rotation entertainment family, and predicts his top 7 games of 2022 as well. 

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For today's special episode we are joined by Cameron of Region Unlocked Podcast who lends the assist to this old man in ranking the top 7 games based on television and film. We guarantee there will be some controversial and most interesting entries in this list! Unfortunately, Jake of Region Unlocked couldn't be with us because he lives in Japan and was sleeping and I totally don't envy someone living in Japan at all...

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It's back-to-back handheld episodes! This time on lucky episode 13 we're looking at the Top 7 Game Boy Games according to your host with the most. What titles are detrimental to have in your Game Boy collection?

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On today's episode of the Retro Rankings Podcast we are doing part two of our Zelda 35 celebration - ranking top 7 The Legend of Zelda handheld titles. Mainline only. Sorry Tingle!

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It's another Halloween edition of Retro Rankings today. LITERALLY! Join Paul and special guest TJ from Potation Rotation as they discuss their top 7 "Halloween" films! If you're a fan of the Rob Zombie pair of reboot films you may want to skip this one...

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Welcome to the first episode of the Retro Rankings Podcast that we are calling the DLC Pack - a non-ranking format story time episode! In this initial episode and first of October, join Paul as he takes the listener through his personal paranormal history. Where it began, where it ended, and all the drama behind the scenes of the once flourishing and popular paranormal field.
BOO!
It's an excellent day for a ghost stor...

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Join us today as we delve into the NES library and pull out our asses the top 7 couch co-op games from that system. Whether you are legitimately co-operating or kicking each other's asses it comes down to a simple question: what are the best NES games two people can play simultaneously? You'll find out quicker than trying to lick yourself to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

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Welcome to the first episode of Retro Rankings Radio! The fine folks at Intellivision sent us a plethora of video game music that we thought we'd turn right around and share with the world today! This first music episode consists of selections from Video Games Live and are presented in no particular order.

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It's time to go off the blazin' trail of retro gaming and talk about what we think are the best 7 superhero movies of all time. And get ready for some of that sweet, sweet score music!

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We're still at it with a new episode of Potation Rotation's "The Retro Rankings Podcast"! Today Paul discusses what he believes to be the top 7 worst game peripherals ever made in the retro gaming era. Opinions are subjective. Except Paul's. You won't believe number five!

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Join Paul today as he continues within the renaissance of gaming brought forth in recent years as he ranks the Top 7 Games of 2021 (So Far...) according to your host-est with the most-ist!

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In an episode where I, your host Paul, wants you, the listener, to get to know me better - I present to you in a very particular order my top 7 personal gaming moments. I'm pretty old. So it gets pretty deep!

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On today's episode of the Retro Rankings Podcast we are joined by Keith of the Main Quest Podcast and Pota Rota's own License to Drink YouTube series as we reveal and discuss our top 7 The Legend of Zelda console titles (mainline only). Strap in for the Snyder Cut because it is a long one! I also urge you to listen to the Main Quest Podcast everywhere and you can find Keith on Instagram (the_main_quest) and Twitter (@_mai...

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