Game:

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (1993)

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Discussion

Duration: 2:31:57

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Originally Recorded/Aired on March 13th, 2021

So here's part 2 of March's #SuperSonicGameSaturday stream, where on the request of ElecVerse, we played Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, but to add a bit more value to that request, I brought the Genesis and Game Gear versions of this 1993 Sega puzzle game in via the Sonic Mega Collection Plus on the Xbox, which has both versions. Most of this WAS with the 16-bit edition, though, with the tail end looking at the Game Gear one briefly and its exclusive puzzle mode as a nice cap-off to what was a long run through the Genesis edition for me, since I quite like this game, but am not too great at it. That being said, the chat discussion got extremely philosophical on the back of that (of what was audible; the better audio tech of this show is on better display in the streams after this), with a deeper explanation about the point of this stream/channel, what it means to stream games and even what it means to put yourself out there at the risk of humiliation and/or ridicule. Yes, we DID talk about all of those things and more, including the incredibly great music of this game and its ties to the meme institution that is The Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon these games were based on ("snooping as usual, I see"), which has honestly become the hallmark of this show and I'd like to think was made as clear as possible with this kind of transformative and strangely inspirational and introspective stream, so hope you enjoy the conclusion of #SuperSonicGameSaturday for March (and if you like what you see here, stop by https://www.twitch.tv/captainditrag each Saturday at 7 PM EST to see these streams live and join/help drive the conversations on what we play each week and the Sonic games we'll cover for each month this year)!

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