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Mad Centaur Productions

What do you get when you combine jRPG veteran Russ McGallian, with enthusiastic jRPG amateur Jeff Hillary, and mix in a healthy dose of video game music expert Chris Taylor? Mostly chaos. But occasionally they produce an in depth analysis of the jRPGs you love, hate, or never even heard of. Listen to them as they play through every jRPG ever made (they may die of old age before they finish).

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23:47

Side Quest: Interview With A Gamer

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2022/07/18

A visit with a friend of mine who grew up gaming, and worked in a retro video game store.Check out Jamie's art for sale at goldenbatstudios.com

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25:35

Quest 64

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2022/07/04

Quest 64 (Holy Magic Century in Europe, Australia and NewZealand, Eltale Monsters in Japan) is a single-player role-playing video gamedeveloped by Imagineer and published by THQ. It was released for the Nintendo64 in 1998 and was the first role-playing video game released for the system inthe United States.After Quest 64's moderate financial success, a sequel was inconsideration by the developer Imagineer. However, only the sequel's story wasrevealed before it was ultimately cancelled. Imagineer

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30:05

Side Quest: Modern vs Old School jRPGs

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2022/06/20

Like anything, the jRPG genre has evolved over time. Let's talk about some of the aspects of jRPGs that have changed as this genre has aged.

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28:38

Dragon Quest III

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2022/06/06

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, titled Dragon WarriorIII when initially localized to North America, is a role-playing video gamedeveloped by Chunsoft and published by Enix. It is the third installment in theDragon Quest series and was first released for the Famicom in Japan and laterfor the NES in North America. The game saw an enhanced remake for the SuperFamicom in 1996 and the Game Boy Color in 2001, and a port to mobile phones andthe Wii in 2009 and 2011. A version of the game for

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28:42

Side Quest: What is a jRPG

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2022/05/16

In this side quest, the guys tackle a difficult question. What exactly is a jRPG? There's so much grey area in the genre, especially now when every game seems to have "RPG elements", so the conversation is more about "what sort of games can you expect us to review on this podcast?"

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23:31

Final Fantasy Legend III

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2022/05/02

Final Fantasy Legend III, known in Japan as SaGa 3: Jikuu noHasha, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Square for theGame Boy. The third entry in the SaGa series, it was released in Japan in 1991and in North America in 1993. A later edition released in North America in 1998through Sunsoft. A remake for the Nintendo DS was released in 2011 by SquareEnix, remaining exclusive to Japan. The Game Boy version was later ported byNintendo Switch and released worldwide by Square Enix in

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01:11:06

Side Quest: Top 11 jRPGs

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2022/04/18

It's been several years since this project began, let's see what constant exposure to new jRPGs has done to the guy's lists of favourite games. This episode is a bit longer than normal, just because there are so many games to talk about.

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30:28

Robotrek

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2022/04/04

Robotrek, known in Japan as Slapstick, is a role-playingvideo game (RPG) for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It wasco-developed by Quintet and Ancient and published by Enix in both Japan andNorth America in 1994. Set on the fictional planet Quintenix, the game puts theplayer in control of a budding robotics expert who is the son of a famousinventor.As its Japanese name implies, Robotrek was intended as ahumorous game. Designed to appeal to a younger audience, Robotrek's main focusis

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09:52

Side Quest: River City Ransom

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2022/03/21

The guys played another non-jRPG, although it's still very Japanese. Let's talk about the amazing NES game River City Ransom.

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29:27

Final Fantasy Adventure

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2022/03/07

Final Fantasy Adventure, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu:Final Fantasy Gaiden or simply Seiken Densetsu, and later released in Europe asMystic Quest, is a Final Fantasy spinoff and the first game in the Mana series.Published by Square in 1991 on the Game Boy, it saw a North American re-releaseby Sunsoft in April 1998.Originally developed under the name Gemma Knights, itfeatures gameplay roughly similar to that of the original The Legend of Zelda,but with the addition of role-playing statistical

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38:41

Side Quest: Romance in jRPGs

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2022/02/21

Let's talk about how the jRPG genre deals with the topic of romance. Let's talk about good examples, bad examples, and how frequently there are no examples at all.

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39:41

Final Fantasy V

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2022/02/07

Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video gamedeveloped and published by Square in 1992. It is the fifth main installment ofthe Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo'sSuper Famicom. It has been ported with minor differences to Sony's PlayStationand Nintendo's Game Boy Advance. An original video animation produced in 1994called Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals serves as a sequel to the eventsdepicted in the game. It was released for the PlayStation Network

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16:34

Side Quest: Accepted jRPG Tropes

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2022/01/17

What are the tropes that you just know are going to be in any jRPG game? The stuff we don't even make jokes about anymore? Let's examine some, and hear some examples of games that try to subvert them.

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30:07

Breath of Fire II

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2022/01/03

Breath of Fire II is a role-playing video game developed andpublished by Capcom. First released in 1994, the game was licensed to Lagunafor European release in 1996. It is the second entry in the Breath of Fireseries. It was later ported to Game Boy Advance and re-released worldwide. Thegame was released on Wii's Virtual Console in North America on August 27, 2007.In 2013, it was released for the Wii U Virtual Console. In 2016, it wasreleased for the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console. In 2019, it was

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23:06

Side Quest: Persona 5 Strikers Review

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2021/12/21

Jeff and Russ review a spinoff game of a jRPG they haven't even reviewed yet. What happens when you make a Dynasty Warrior style Persona game? Pure magic.

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37:24

Grandia

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2021/12/06

Grandia is a role-playing video game, developed by Game Artsand published by Entertainment Software Publishing for the Sega Saturn consoleas the first game in their Grandia series. Released in Japan in 1997, the gamewas ported to the PlayStation in 1999, with an English version of the gameappearing on the platform in North America in the following September by SonyComputer Entertainment, and in Europe in 2000 by Ubisoft. The game was producedby much of the same staff who worked on the company's

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41:41

Side Quest: If Jeff and Russ Made a jRPG

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2021/11/15

Welcome to a bit of a thought experiment. If Jeff and Russ were to make a jRPG, what exactly would be in it? What systems would they use? What types of characters? What kind of setting?

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36:42

Live a Live

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2021/11/01

Live A Live is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Famicom. The title remains exclusive to Japan, though it was given a fan translation by the online group Aeon Genesis. The game follows seven distinct scenarios scattered across different time periods, with two more unlockable scenarios linking the narratives together through the recurring antagonist Odio. Gameplay is split between exploration with story-specific twists, and turn-based combat played out on

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20:47

Side Quest: Dragon Quest Series 4

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2021/10/29

This final part of the Dragon Quest series review covers the 10th and 11th game, as well as discussing some of the spinoff series.

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Side Quest: Dragon Quest Series 3

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2021/10/25

In this penultimate episode of the Dragon Quest series review, Jeff and Russ discuss the 7th-9th games of the series.

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