Bucket List Gamers

In episode 22 of the Bucket List Gamers we return to the Mushroom Kingdom to take a look at 1985's Super Mario Brothers (40) and Super Mario Brothers 3 (11), before jumping into Miracle World to talk about Alex Kidd (92)!

Super Mario Brothers is the quintessential side-scrolling platform game, and if you believe the hype it single-handedly rescued the dying console gaming market after Atari's disastrous E.T. debacle! SMB3 builds on all the goodness of the first game (not so much the second, but we'll get into that) and gives it a good old polish.

Over in Segaland, Alex Kidd stepped up to the plate in 1986 looking to topple Mario's dominance and assert himself as Sega's new mascot. We all know how that went, but is Miracle world really a bad game? Listen in now to find out!

Episode 22 also marks the half-way point in our journey to look at all Retro Gamers 100 Games to Play Before You Die, so that's something, isn't it!

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Creators & Guests

Host
Eddie
Having been friends since college, when Jay revealed plans for what would later become BLG, Eddie jumped at the chance to be involved. Eddie has been a gamer for as long as anyone can remember, citing The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask as his favourite of all time.
Host
Jay
Coming from a writing background, having spent over a decade running WWEBlog, Jay decided it was time to go in a different direction. That direction was gaming and thus the Bucket List Gamers (and Bucket List Board Gamers) were born!

What is Bucket List Gamers?

Each show we take a look at one of the '100 Games to play before you die', as well as discussing the latest releases, consoles, successes and scandals in the gaming world.

From Defender to Daytona, Mario to Metroid and Sonic to Street Fighter, if it's in the 100 the BLG team will play it... eventually!