One Stage at a Time

The boys descend into Blackout Basement, the 32nd level of Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! They talk about:  what games they've been playing during the quarantine their thoughts on Blackout Basement the troubles surrounding Diddy Kong Racing Banjo and his viability as a mascot the passing of Rick May, the voice of Peppy from Star Fox 64 Come along for the ride!  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

The quarantine continues and we are crawling up the walls! Aaron and Andy discuss Mine Cart Madness, from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo! They talk about what works in the level, secrets, and other challenging levels from other games! They also talk about speedrunning in the returning Run-DKC segement, they talk about Mario rumors, what games they've been playing the past week, and how Mark Ruffalo is connected to Donkey Kong! This is one wild ride, folks! Buckle up! www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Aaron and Andy once again record remotely to discuss Poison Pond, an underwater level from KremKroc Industries, Inc. in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! They talk about the bane of gamers that is underwater levels, the greatest water horse that is EnGuarde the Swordfish, and a little-known German comic about Donkey Kong Country, the game! Come along with us, won't you? www.onestageatatime.com YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg? intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

The boys offer up a report from the quarantine zone. Elevator Antics, Stage 3 of Kremcroc Industries, Inc., is a treacherous trek through the Kongo caves. David Wise has us covered with a chill, ambient Cavedweller Concert. Three bonus stages await those bold enough to find them. Later, our hosts explore the megahits of yesteryear with a nostalgic gander at Rare's back catalog. Our wistful longing turns to rage as we remember the apoplectic difficulty of Battletoads and the infernal hoverbikes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Joined once again by the wonderful Kate Votaw, the boys play through Trick Track Trek in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo! Also, which Star Trek movies failed to be up to standards? Did Conker's Bad Fur Day successful straddle the adult/juvenile genres? And what movies really did a number on the podcast's psyche as children? And a surprise guest joins the crew in the middle of their therapy! Enjoy! www.onestageatatime.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg? intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Joined once again by superstar Kate Votaw, the One Stage pod discusses Oil Drum Alley from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo! A remarkably difficult level, it also holds some surprising secrets and secrets in secrets! They also continue to discuss the economic situation of Kongo Island and who really runs the show: The Kremlings or the Kongs? Are the Kremlings subjugated workers or are they sinister usurpers? And did Bluster Kong have an "unfortunate accident?" All this and more in this cold steel episode of One Stage at a Time! www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Joined by first-time guest Kate Votaw, the boys talk about the most important cultural touchstone of our time, the movie Sonic The Hedgehog! What things we enjoyed, what nerdy easter eggs we noticed, what opportunities were missed, and what we didn't like about the movie! Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic Sonic all the time! Oh, and we're talking Really Gnawty Rampage from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo. But Sonic! Gotta go fast! www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Joined once again by special guest Mike Votaw, the One Stage Boys discuss Rope Bridge Rumble from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo! They talk about the final appearance of Winky the Frog and whether he is a good horse or a great horse, movies about misunderstood monsters, and terrible no-good computer animation from the 90's! All this and more on a very feral episode of One Stage at a Time! New episodes weekly! Subscribe and then follow us on the things for more great content! www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Aaron, Andy, and special guest Mike venture into the deep dark caverns of Torchlight Trouble! They discuss the final animal friend, Squawks the Parrot! Mike finally learns how to run, what the title of "Kong" actually means, maps in video games, the oddities of the Sonic community, and is Funky Kong actually a sinister Squawks trafficker? Yes, he's a monster. All this and more in this episode of One Stage at a Time! New episodes weekly! Subscribe and then follow us on the things for more great content! www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Special guest Mike Votaw joins Aaron and Andy as they discuss Croctopus Chase from Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo! They talk about water levels and the notoriously difficult & strange Ecco the Dolphin, strange things in video games that create artificial barriers, and the surprisingly complex story of Donkey Kong. Just how does it tie in to Mario and is it also connected to Legend of Zelda? All this and more in this soggy episode of One Stage at a Time! New episodes weekly! Subscribe and then follow us on the things for more great content! Youtube: https://youtu.be/DQWgkHDc4_s www.onestageatatime.com intro music: "8-bit Eighties" by injury (ocremix.org) twitter: @onestageatatime Andy: @primmtropolis Aaron: @aaronindatwits email: onestagepod@gmail.com FB: facebook.com/onestagepod insta: @onestageatatime --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

The boys recruit special guest Mike as they continue their treacherous trek through Gorilla Glacier in Ice Age Alley! Today we're battling a double whammy of bad controls: ice physics and Expresso the Ostrich. Our old friend Manky Kong makes a return appearance, continuing his class warfare on the petite bourgeosie Kong clan. He's basically Lenin, folks. Then we take a trip to the Collector's Corner to read about the 100% canonical Donkey Kong Country novelization by a very real person named Michael Titelbaum. This enigmatic, possibly fake, author is responsible for hundreds of novelizations and tie-ins, including Gex. Can our brains survive such revelations? Find out today! This show is also available as a video podcast on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg). You can find us on Instagram (@onestagepod) and on Twitter (@onestageatatime). Our intro music is 8-bit Eighties by injury (via ocremix.com). Our email is onestagepod@gmail.com. One Stage at a Time is created and produced by Aaron Nieson (@aaronindatwits) and Andy Primm (@Primmtropolis). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Today we're getting demolished by ice physics in Slip-Slide Ride! The boys, joined by good friend Jack, have a tough road to hoe on this one. At least we've got another absolute banger of a background track! Later, the gang goes to the History Department to learn what might have been: Could Wario really have been the villain of DKC? Where did he get the time machine gun? Who drew this bizarre concept art? And is Wario actually Venom? We'll learn all this and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

We've got ice physics and blast barrels as the gang makes its first foray into Gorilla Glacier. Snowbarrel Blast may just be the hardest stage so far, but at least it's got a banger of a BGM. Do we have what it takes to climb the mountain, or are we gonna get buried by the blizzard? Tune in to find out! Later, we visit the History Department to learn the tale of Scribes, Rareware's infamous letters page from the heyday of the late 90s, early 00s internet, run by one Leigh Loveday (wanted, still at large). Learn about the weird and wild world of text-only web communication! This show is also available as a video podcast on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg). You can find us on Instagram (@onestagepod) and on Twitter (@onestageatatime). Our intro music is 8-bit Eighties by injury (via ocremix.com). Our email is onestagepod@gmail.com. One Stage at a Time is created and produced by Aaron Nieson (@aaronindatwits) and Andy Primm (@Primmtropolis). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

Featuring special guest Jack, this episodes showcases Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong taking on a new, more difficult breed of boss, Queen B! The boys talk about their favorite and most memorable boss fights, melittology (the study of bees, a branch of entomology) and the insect eco-system of Kongo island, and whether Wilford Brimley is still alive and kicking or not! Is he? We'll never tell! (We do tell) This show is also available as a video podcast on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg). You can find us on Instagram (@onestagepod) and on Twitter (@onestageatatime). Our intro music is 8-bit Eighties by injury (via ocremix.com). Our email is onestagepod@gmail.com. One Stage at a Time is created and produced by Aaron Nieson (@aaronindatwits) and Andy Primm (@Primmtropolis). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message

We're going underwater again in Clam City, the fourth stage of Vine Valley! Jack joins us again for this tricky dive into the waters of DK Isle. Where's Engarde when you need him? Then in the Lore Corner, we examine Cranky's in-game quotations to see what they can reveal to us about his estranged wife (and possible murder victim), Wrinkly Kong. This show is also available as a video podcast on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk5hAb-3ciPoAuHKKkWWbFg). You can find us on Instagram (@onestagepod) and on Twitter (@onestageatatime). Our intro music is 8-bit Eighties by injury (via ocremix.com). Our email is onestagepod@gmail.com. One Stage at a Time is created and produced by Aaron Nieson (@aaronindatwits) and Andy Primm (@Primmtropolis). --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/one-stage-at-a-time/message