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Episode 190:

Our Emblem is Fire

Runtime: 81 Minutes

History Topics (At-A Glance):

Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990)

Episode Summary:

We're going back to the beginning of the Fire Emblem series by looking at Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990). As part of its story, we'll look back at the beginning of its development studio, Intelligent Systems, and talk about how Fire Emblem was conceived. Our guests, David Seley and Keefer Maresh share thier experiences with the series, and we play a game trying to deduce which are actually characters in the series. Finally, we'll wrap things up by talking about the legacy of the Fire Emblem series.


Video Games Discussed in this Episode:
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990)

Wikipedia

First Queen (1988)

IGDB

Additional Sources:

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, April 15). Fire emblem. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_Emblem

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 18). Shouzou Kaga. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shouzou_Kaga

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 25). Intelligent systems. Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Systems

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, April 16). Memory management controller (Nintendo). Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_management_controller_(Nintendo)#MMC3

Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 14). Wars (series). Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_(series)

Yoshitaka Amano - MobyGames. (n.d.). MobyGames.

https://www.mobygames.com/person/33345/yoshitaka-amano/

Audio Sources:
Cold Open Music

Bleeping Demo by Kevin MacLeod

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Podcast Intro Music

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

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