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The Old SwitchAroo Retro-spective: Jan-Mar 2026

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The Old SwitchAroo Retro-Spective

Putting the Quarters in Quarterly Activity

This edition of The Old SwitchAroo Retro-spective newsletter covers the roughly the first half of season 4, plus several special episode opportunities along the way, with more to come in the next few months!

Recent Episodes

S4E01: Majora's Mask -or- Bad Moon Rising

Season 4 of The Old Switcharoo launched with The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the N64. Joining us for another Zelda game are Derick from the Underrated movie podcast and and our Zelda consultant RiRiYells.

Screentime: Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Jaymo had a special bonus episode with Derick from the Underrated movie podcast to talk about brand new video game movie Return to Silent Hill.

S4E02: Chibi-Robo! -or- What It's Like to be Mr. Butlertron: A Rope of Sand

Lawson from the Super Wall Jump podcast joins for our first GameCube episode as we play Chibi-Robo! Plug Into Adventure!

Lite Switch: Feb 5, 2026 | The Complete Cheat Code Compendium kickstarter

Cyril from Defunct Games joined us for a special episode to discuss the now-successful kickstarter he's part of for a book about the history of cheat codes.

S4E03: Tecmo Bowl -or- Tackling the Issues

Jordan and Brad from Arcadiology lined up across the scrimmage line to play Tecmo Bowl for the NES.

S4E04: Solomon's Key -or- An Old Testament to Your Skill

Alex (Jaymo knows him from work) joined us for the puzzling platformer Solomon's Key on the NES.

Lite Switch: Mar 4, 2026 | Pokemon 30th Anniversary

To talk about thee Pokemon 30th anniversary announcements we welcome back Derick from the Underrated movie podcast and SSJ3Butch from Twitch.

S4E05: Virtual Boy and Teleroboxer -or- The Sweet Science (Fiction, That Is!)

Cyril from Defunct Games is back again for our most 3D game yet with Teleroboxer on the Virtual Boy.

S4E06: Earthbound -or- Stranger Things? I hardly know her

Taylor from the Wild Mouse and Grave Plot podcasts joins the party for the SNES RPG Earthbound.

Keep an eye out for the next episode, another special episode as we give our thoughts on this weekend's release of creatively-named The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

In the last three months, we've also had one new gaming blog post.

Recent Blog Posts

Quick Reviews: Flipping, Fishing, and Glamping

Reviews of a scattershot group of games, roguelites Unfair Flips, Fish Fear Me, and mystery-solving Duck Detective: Ghost of Glamping.

Mike and Jaymo have also been on several other podcasts in the last three months, so check out those other episodes here

Recent Guest Appearances

​Smashing Game Time​

Mike and Jaymo started off the year by looking back at the last one, joining Nick and Josh for #191 – Game of the Year 2025 – Day 2 on January 8, 2026.

​Remain Roam Return​

Mike joined Remain Roam Return to talk about growing up in the LA suburbs and the journey of moving to Tennessee and returning back home in the January 16, 2026 episode "Magic Mountain Mike".

​Super Wall Jump​

Jaymo took his turn on Super Wall Jump when he was on Jan 22, 2026 to talk about more Nintendo Switch Online.

​Retro Reloaded​

Mike had a blast from The Old SwitchAroo's past talking about the Genesis RPG Shining Force on Episode 37 from March 21, 2026.

​Wild Mouse​

Mike was off to another theme park as his wife Kat joined him to talk with Taylor at Wild Mouse about Disneyland's Blue Bayou Restaurant on the March 25, 2026 episode.

​Underrated​

Jaymo joined Derick at Wondercon for his Underrated-hosted panel, "How Video Game Films Git Gud", released as a special podcast episode on March 30, 2026.

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