Retronauts Micro 71: Iwata, The Switch, and NES Golf

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Thanks to some industrious hackers, we've recently learned that a digital version of Golf for the NES has been secretly implanted into the firmware of every Nintendo Switch as a tribute to Satoru Iwata. But how was it discovered, how can you play it, and why did Nintendo choose Golf of all games? On this disturbingly relevant episode of Retronauts Micro, host Bob Mackey and guest Henry Gilbert answer all these questions and more.

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0:00.0	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:23.3	Hey, my name is James Petrigallo. I'm Jimmy Westman.
0:26.5	Please join us every single Tuesday for Crime in Sports.
0:30.2	So fun. You like sports?
0:31.5	You don't have to.
0:32.1	Let's just set up a context and find out what an idiot did wrong.
0:35.0	I'm gonna say, we're gonna do that each and every week.
0:37.4	We take an athlete, we break him down,
0:39.4	we make fun of everything he's ever done.
0:41.5	But in order to do that, we have to build up and tell you all about
0:44.3	their career and get you to what, James?
0:46.2	To grace.
0:47.0	And then watch them fall from grace.
0:48.6	Who doesn't have to have to do?
0:50.2	Join us. Big criminal. Small criminals.
0:52.2	Sports you've never heard of, doesn't matter.
0:54.3	It's the crime, it's the comedy.
0:55.9	It's such a good time. Join us.
0:57.8	Every Tuesday for Crime in Sports.
1:00.1	You can join us every Tuesday at podcast1.com,
1:02.6	the podcast1app or subscribe on all Apple products.
1:05.7	Find us every Tuesday and laugh at people.
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