It's time for the year end round-up.
As usual, yer auld Das are coming in with their tap 3 games of the year (characterised as delicious crispy Roast Totties) and their least favourite game of the year (the Brussels Sprout) on a theoretical Dynamite Neddy Christmas dinner plate.
Pour a large off-brand Irish cream and join us. Slàinte!
Mick gets ducked up in Kingdom Hearts, McCormick eats the best of a plain loaf in Zone of the Enders and Andy gets his garotte out in Hitman 2
McCormick sets the mitochondria free in Parasite Eve, Andy turns into the Angry Videogame Nerd over Sonic Unleashed and Mick has a cosy horror experience with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to bring you...a wee listicle.
The Micks are in the Neddy studio this week with super-sub Leo Glaister to discuss which 5 computer game characters they would take on a theoretical stag do.
Mick gets in the robot for Mega Drive mech hidden gem "Ranger X" (1993), McCormick considers whether he is philosophically Heli or Jeep in "Mega SWIV" (1995) also on the Mega Drive, and Andy Mac compares a rodent in a PlayStation 2 platformer to violent London gangster Ronnie Kray in "Jak and Daxter" (2001).
We're switching up the guest list and switching up the concept, Leo gets slap happy with Dungeon Keeper, McCormick seizes power in Tropico IV and Johnny fights a senseless war in Total Annihilation
Mick has his fill of riceballs in Shiren the Wanderer, Andy has theories about Undertale and McCormick lives out his coke fuelled criminal fantasies in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
To tide you over between your regularly scheduled episodes, Mick and special guest Leo discuss an important and yet criminally overlooked topic: who is yer favourite wizard?
Mick is joined by special guests Aero and Leo for a deep dive intae some obscure 90s arcade fighting games. We go through the many crimes of Bilstein in "Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein" (1998), meet everyone's favourite tiger-headed crime boss King Leo (no relation) in "Savage Reign" (1995) and re-live the horror of Karnov Boy in "Karnov's Revenge" (1994).
Andy Mac takes comfort in his beloved 3D shooter genre in "Soulstar" (1994) on the Mega-CD, Mick relives the height of third wave ska in "Incredible Crisis" (1999) on the PlayStation, and McCormick batters some Japanese teenagers in "Rival Schools: United by Fate" (1997) also on the PlayStation.
We're joined once again by Johnny Branchfield for a wee indie games roundup, where McCormick gets 80s DnD vibes from Skald: Against The Black Priory, Mick contemplates life's absurdity in The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Johnny gets his tentacles into The Last Case of Benedict Fox
Mick helps root oot counter-revolutionary bourgeois dissidents in "KGB" on MS DOS (1992), Andy Mac takes on heavy metal cinematic platformer "Blacthorne" on the SNES (1994) and McCormick plays auld N64 classic "Jet Force Gemini" (1999) which causes us to use the bleep button a record number of times.
Mick controls an unwieldy hillbilly in "Bubba 'n' Stix" (1994) for the Mega Drive, Andy Mac meets Joe Musashi's dug in "Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi" (1990), also for the Mega Drive, and McCormick ponders the Islamic Golden Age in "Defenders of Oasis" (1992) for the Game Gear.
We also have a re-telling of the opening story of One Thousand and One Nights, featuring a surprising amount of cuckoldry.
Andy leathers zombie Karl Marx in Nightmare Creatures, Mick survives a house of horror in Sweet Home and McCormick solves human-dolphin relations with the help of drugs in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
We rank all of the levels from Sonic 1, 2, 3 'n' Knuckles to find the ultimate zone
Reuploaded for copyright reasons.
We've got a wee listicle episode to tide you over - Mick and super-sub Leo Glaister discuss their tap 5 secret characters in video gaming.
Classic Dynamite Neddy action, including the beloved segment "Andy's Curry Hoose Reviews".
Mick has a 90s nostalgia moment with "X-Men" (1993) on the Sega Mega Drive, McCormick ponders sci-fi feudalism with "Phantasy Star III" (1990) also on the Mega Drive, and Andy Mac schools the ancient Greeks on "Hercules" (1997) on the PS1.
Mick saves some souls in SS Lucifer, McCormick confronts Mecha Hawk in Pilotwings 64 and Andy meets up with his sleep paralysis demon in Final Fantasy IX
This week we're shining a light on the support acts of computer games and your Auld Das are bringing you oor tap 5 first bosses.
There's discussions of frogs, pterodactyls, cowboys, barmen and of course, the Greenock Abu.
McCormick takes a wholesome golfing trip with Kirby in "Kirby's Dream Course" (1994), Mick investigates the crimes of Doctor Yoshiyama in "Pulseman" (1994) and Andy finds a new hero in Mayor Mike Haggar in "Final Fight" (1989).