About this episode

The episode explores the entire Ape Escape saga with insights from guest Tim Rogers.

One of Sony's most celebrated mascot-based series, the entire Ape Escape saga is the subject of the latest episode of the DF Retro Super Show - and with Coury Carlson and Audi Sorlie away on assignment, John Linneman and Marc "Try4ce" Duddleson are joined by none other than Tim Rogers for this multi-hour episode!00:00 - Introduction02:25 - Controller Wars19:35 - Ape Escape 143:36 - Piposaru 20011:04:44 - Ape Escape 21:23:20 - Spin-Offs Part 101:59:15 - Ape Escape 32:14:56 - Spin-Offs Part 22:44:20 - Ape Escape on PS3 Move + The Series Future2:55:59 - Wrap Up Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: John Linneman, Marc "Try4ce" Duddleson

Guest: Tim Rogers

Topics covered

• Ape Escape
• video games
• mascot-based series
• game development
• controller wars
• spin-offs
• gaming history

Keywords

• Ape Escape
• Tim Rogers
• Sony
• video games
• gaming history
• controller wars
• spin-offs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sony

Books & works: Ape Escape, Piposaru 2000, Ape Escape 2, Ape Escape 3, Ape Escape on PS3 Move

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