Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

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Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

FromUnlocking What Was Cool

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Aug 17, 2023

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Released:

Aug 17, 2023

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Memorializing the Nintendo GameCube, remembering the early 2000s, and attempting to read the back of 555 GameCube cases while talking with some of our favourite people. Hosted by Mike Laine & Neil Gilbert. Look for us every Thursday!

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The Dreamcast - Sonic, Billy Hatcher, & More: Commercial failure or the most innovative console of all time? Episode 10 features the Dreamcast, Sega's final foray into console hardware. Neil and Mike discuss how ahead of it's time this console really was as well as the games that were ported from it... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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FIFA & Soccer Games: Our first compilation episode comes in the form of Soccer! Canadian Premier League writer Marty Thompson joins us to discuss 11 soccer games for the cube including 8 FIFA Games, ESPN MLS ExtraTime, Disney Sports Soccer, and of course Sega Soccer Slam. We... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Star Fox Adventures, Eternal Darkness, & Cubivore: Lucky episode number 13 brings you three games all released in the back half of 2002 and all games that were originally intended for the N64! Friend of the show Jed Winters joins us to remind Neil that Rare's final game for Nintendo, Star Fox Adventures,... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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GameCube Launch Day! - Nov 18, 2001: From it's humble beginnings to being memorialized as the weirdest and coolest console ever, it's time to dive into the world of the GameCube. Mike and Neil discuss the cube's launch, it's detractors, and touch on the 11 titles launched that day. Specific... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Tony Hawk Games: Mike and Neil are pretending they're supermen for this week's episode featuring Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & 4, Tony Hawk's Underground 1 & 2 and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Friends of the show Jed and Stefan join us as we get on the nostalgia train to... by Unlocking What Was Cool
92 min listen
The Simpsons - Road Rage, Hit & Run: Springfield Springfield, it's a hell of a town! Join Mike and Neil as they take an adventure through two classic Simpsons games on the GameCube, released very close to each other in 2001 and 2003, Road Rage and particularly Hit & Run, are cult classics t... by Unlocking What Was Cool
72 min listen
Resident Evil Games: Just in time for Halloween its Resident EVIL games on the Nintendo GameCube. Quite possibly one of the most iconic gaming franchises of all time, this episode features exclusives such as Resident Evil remake and RE Zero, as well as ports of Resident Evil... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Crash Bandicoot Games: In honour of Crash 4's release, Mike and Neil take a trip down memory lane for the 20th episode of the GameCube Was Cool with Crash Bandicoot games. Since the GameCube era of Crash was mediocre at best, the boys take a quick detour with their always exci... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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BMX & Extreme Sports Games 2001-2002: Our third compilation episode features the defining genre of the early 2000s, extreme sports. We bring on friends of the show Gavin Brown and Victor De Jong for their extensive knowledge and memories of these games. From motocross titles such as Jeremy M... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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NHL Hitz, NBA Street & Arcade Sports Games: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome to the Arcade Sports episode where we'll be covering twenty (wow!) different games, mostly from Midway and EA Sports BIG and talking about the unique era that these companies competed in. From NHL Hitz to Backyard Baseball, ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Pikmin: With the GameCube's launch, Nintendo introduced yet another new franchise, this time one with a completely original spin on the real time strategy game genre. With a deadline of 30 days for Captain Olimar to escape by, this title can stress out even the ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Part 1: Perhaps the most divisive moment in Nintendo's history happened exactly 18 years ago when The Wind Waker was released in North America for the Nintendo GameCube. "Celda" as it was coined at the time was a massive departure from the console and the Zelda ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Ribbit King & Other Strange Games: In a time before Twitch and YouTube, you needed to stumble through games blindly until you found one which was that diamond in the rough. Sometimes, you couldn't rely on Mario or Link to bring you that amazing video game experience. So you would take a r... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Unplayable Games for the Nintendo GameCube - Part I: Remember that time your aunt bought you Universal Theme Park Adventure only to realize that the entire game is just you picking up trash so you can virtually wait in line for a ride? Well on Episode 8 we chronicle the first batch of GameCube games we bel... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Vexx & Shameless Clone Games: Episode four takes you deep into the Cube's catalogue to talk about "clone" games, a collection of titles we believe to basically be ripoffs of other, more popular games. Neil and Mike learn about Extreme G-3, Tube Slider, Roadkill, Fireblade, Zapper, Ke... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Luigi’s Mansion: Continuing Nintendo's launch day of the GameCube comes the main attraction of the day, Luigi's Mansion. A very different and potentially risky move for the gaming giant, Luigi's first solo game shares more ties with Resident Evil than his brother's franc... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Animal Crossing: Ever wanted a game that simulates the thrilling aspect of paying off your debts? Well Animal Crossing for GameCube is what started it all. One of the most beloved franchises ever created, Animal Forest, as it was called for the Nintendo 64DD brings back ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Super Monkey Ball & Pac-Man: Spin little monkeys spin! On this episode we keep the arcade train rolling with two arcade classics turned console games, Pacman World and Super Monkey Ball. Two games that helped define an era of gaming in the early 2000s. Neil and Mike try and remember... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Games on the Road: Are we there yet!? This week Mike and Neil are out of the office, so we thought this would be a good opportunity to explore other aspects of our gaming history outside of the GameCube. We travel through the evolution of what our gaming lives were like wh... by Unlocking What Was Cool
54 min listen
Super Mario Sunshine: It's summer, it's August 26th, and the GameCube Was Cool is on the radio! Mike and Neil host a "live" show on KUHB, 97.8 The Cube FM to discuss the colourful, imaginative, and polarizing classic, Super Mario Sunshine. We have over a dozen different guest... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Madden & Football Games: It's time for some FOOTBALLLLL. To celebrate the start of the NFL season Neil and Mike are here to talk about twelve american football games for the Nintendo GameCube including the Madden Franchise, EA's & 2K Sports' NCAA College Football games, and NFL ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Burnout & Racing Games: After a quick side mission Neil and Mike are back on track with Episode 14, covering ten racing games for the GameCube. Friend of the show Ali Akram joins us to talk about Burnout and Burnout 2: Point of Impact, ranked #6 on Nintendo Life's top 21 GameCu... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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MLB Baseball Games: America's favourite past-time found itself on the GameCube on launch day all the way to the console's end in 2006. From the All Star Baseball franchise, to one offs like Home Run King, and of course EA's MVP Baseball, there were 7 ways in North America t... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles & Other RPGs: Join Mike and Neil on a quest to discover ancient secrets about Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and other RPGs for the fiercest game system in the land. In honour of its recent remaster the boys focus on the Square Enix classic and delve into the histor... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Movie Tie-Ins 2001-2002: Yippee ki yay GameCube lovers. Mike & Neil discuss the finer points of some of the most mediocre games ever made. These are Movie Tie-In games, 9 to be exact, that were released between 2001 and 2002 for the GameCube. In addition to everyone's favourite ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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Metroid Prime: Consistently ranked as one of if not the best GameCube game of all time, Mike & Neil are proud to present the Metroid Prime episode. Quite possibly the only AAA game that also falls under the category of a "cult classic" Metroid prime reinvented the firs... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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RTS & Tactical Games - Worms, Army Men, & Battalion Wars: Real Time Strategy and Tactical games have a rich yet unique history and conjure up an incredibly diverse set of games. From Pikmin to StarCraft, to playing Army Men in a sandbox, these types of games are hard to put labels on but you know them when you ... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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1080º Avalanche & SSX Games: Winter is here, and snowboarding is all around us! Take a journey back to a time when snowboard games were all the rage while featuring the Juno Award winning Canadian band 'Finger Eleven'. If you were a kid with a home console in the early 2000s, chance... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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James Bond 007: Nightfire: Don't love me, quietly...There's really nothing quite like it: the characters, the levels, the weapons, the story. 007: Nightfire stands the test of time as no other shooter does. An infinitely replayable masterpiece and the game that Mike & Neil have su... by Unlocking What Was Cool
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