About this episode

In this episode, Adam Blank discusses the game ActRaiser with guest Captain N, exploring its unique blend of action and city-building gameplay.

Are you on social media? Of course you are. So follow us!  Twitter: @MemberTheGame Instagram: @MemberTheGame Twitch.tv/MemberTheGame Youtube.com/RememberTheGame Facebook.com/RememberTheGamePodcast TikTok.com/@MemberTheGame And if you want access to hundreds of bonus (ad-free) podcasts, along with multiple new shows EVERY WEEK, consider showing us some love over at Patreon. Subscriptions start at just $3/month, and 5% of our patreon income every month will be donated to our 24 hour Extra-Life charity stream at the end of the year! Patreon.com/RememberTheGame And you can check out Captain N's Retrotopia Podcast here: https://retrotopiapodcast.podbean.com/ In May we hosted the inaugural RTG Royal Rumpoll. 30 games entered, 1 survived, and Actraiser was that 1. I've always considered this the biggest gap in my SNES resume, and now that I've rolled credits, you can consider said gap filled. If you haven't played it, Actraiser is 50% action platformer, 50% city-builder. You play as a God(ish) person, vanquishing monsters and rebuilding civilizations. This game often pops up on greatest SNES game of all-time lists and while I think it's a little archaic, for an early SNES…

People in this episode

Host: Adam Blank

Guest: Captain N

Topics covered

• retro gaming
• ActRaiser
• city-building
• action platformer
• SNES games

Keywords

• ActRaiser
• retro gaming
• SNES
• city-builder
• action platformer
• gaming podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Extra-Life, Retrotopia Podcast

Books & works: ActRaiser, Dark Cloud

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