Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part Two: The Olympics and the Great Game of Chex Quest

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Imagine grabbing a box of (at best) mid cereal, only to discover the greatest game, free withing the box. Imagine making an entire game based on an oft-maligned Olympic mascot! In the second episode of this two-part series, Ben, Noel and Max explore the ridiculous past, present and future of video game tie-ins.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. The Welcome back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for
0:30.3	tuning in. Let's have a shout out for Super producer Mr Mr Max Williams.
0:34.0	A.
0:35.0	A.
0:36.0	A.
0:37.0	Oh, I oh, I oh, I oh, I, oh, I.
0:39.0	Sorry, little pure moods for you there.
0:41.0	Did you guys enjoy those two game boys right there?
0:43.8	Yes, yes.
0:44.8	That's what I ever.
0:45.8	Especially the trust fall of agreeing to that despite not hearing it.
0:49.9	I have been bullet.
0:51.2	That's Mr. Noel Brown, the one and only Noel how you feeling were you guys
0:54.7	OG game boys as in yeah owned original black and white pixily 8-bit game boys I was a little too young to get those weren't actually being
1:05.3	sold by the time but my first game boy was given to me by a friend of my
1:08.7	mothers which was black and white yeah I created and won several Game Boy Tetris competitions.
1:17.0	I was a piece with it.
1:18.0	Yeah.
1:19.0	Yeah.
1:20.0	How many?
1:21.0	I don't know the formal title that they have, but like people who've
1:24.7	beaten Tetris because it's like one of the highest achievements.
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