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Since joining the site, The Game Heroes have already posted several classic game reviews for systems from the NES to the . The show's hosts are none other than Handsome Tom and a few of his friends. Together, they are the Game Heroes. They review games from each system and report on gaming news. In addition to that, 8 Bit Mickey has interviewed some of the many gamers on TGWTG.com. Other members of The Game Heroes have also produced work for the site as well.

On October 8th, 2012, a video announcement went up on TGWTG announcing the retirement of the show. The Game Heroes official website will still stay up for a few more years due to payments made on it.


Episodes

Classic Game Reviews

Episode Number Name Description Date Released
1 Hagane A side-scrolling platformer developed by Hudson in which you play as a Robot Ninja, sounds badass. 2/1/09
2 Phalanx A classic shoot em' up with a weird as hell box art. 2/7/09
3 King of Monsters A fighting game where you take control of a variety of monsters and fight in the middle of a city! 2/15/09
4 Hook The official game of the movie Hook, as expected a sub-par platformer. 2/21/09
5 Thunder and Lighting A beefed up version of Breakout for the NES with plenty of power-ups and multiplayer. 3/1/09
6 Top 10 Disney Games A look at the greatest games brought to you by Disney! 3/9/09
7 Final Fight Guy A look at the classic beat'em up game 3/15/09
8 Tom accepts Benzaie's Challenge Tom accepts the challenge. 3/21/09
9 Marvel Vs Capcom 2 The classic battle between Marvel's finest and Capcom's greatest takes center stage in this review. 3/22/09 (Reviewed by Mike Dodd).
10 Benzaie vs Handsome Tom Promo Promo for the epic battle! 3/22/09
11 Benzaie vs Handsome Tom Results The battle and its epic conclusion! 3/24/09
12 Megaman X Reviewing the classic Megaman game. 4/4/09 (Reviewed by Mike Dodd)
13 Cliffhanger A review of the game based on the Stallone movie. 4/11/09
14 Tempo A review of the Sega 32X game 4/18/09
15 Ghostbuster Exclusive A Preview of the Upcoming /PS3/X-Box360/ game. 4/30/09
16 Dune Review of the game. 5/1/09
17 Top 10 Hardest NES Games Worth Playing A countdown of the hardest games the NES produced. May 13th, 2009
18 Earthworm Jim: Special Edition A look at the offbeat game from the '90s. May 19th, 2009
19 Crash n' the Boys Street Challenge Classy Man takes a look at one of his favorite games of all time, Crash n' the Boys on the NES. Did you like River City Ransom??? Then you will love this game. May 23rd, 2009
20 Tower Toppler A review of the puzzle game. June 20th, 2009
21 Top 10 Gaming Snacks Counting down the top 10 gaming snacks June 22nd, 2009
22 Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa Arcade A look at the game based on the animated series of the same name. July 2nd, 2009
23 One Man Game Band A special video by Gregg as he plays the theme on a series of instruments. July 9th, 2009
24 Tales of Monkey Island A look at the piratey game from Telltale Games! July 14th, 2009
25 and 26 Plumbers Don't Wear Ties Parts 1 and 2 We find out why plumbers don't wear ties in this "porno" game. July 20th, 2009
27 The Secret of Monkey Island Part 1 of a look at the Monkey Island series. July 29th, 2009
28 Section 8 A look at the futuristic military FPS. September 4th, 2009
29 China Warrior Going way back to the TurboGrafx 16, Handsome Tom talks about the Japanese launch title China Warrior. September 7th, 2009
30 Doom Looking at DOOM! November 15th, 2009
31 Blazing Lazers TG-16 Shoot 'em up TurboGraphix style! January 24th, 2010
32 Madden Arcade Looking at the football games! February 7th, 2010
33 Legendary Wings Are Flight Sims your game? February 12th, 2010
34 Commentary on an NES Tips and tricks VHS Time for some old school NES tips and tricks! March 2nd, 2010
35 Red Dead Redemption Interview An interview with the creators of Red Dead Redemption! June 29th, 2010
36 Super Scribblenauts The sequel to Scribblenauts! October 25th, 2010
37 Metal Slug Touch The classics keep coming back with this new addition to the iphone and Metal Slug series. How does it hold up? February 13th, 2011
38 Ren and Stimpy Handsome Tom shows us Ren and Stimpy, does this old school gameboy game hold up? March 3rd, 2011
39 Captain Commando Andy The Movie The Game plays the worst Super Nintendo Game ever made. March 8th, 2011
40 Top 10 Hardest SNES Games This list is the hardest SNES games WORTH playing. No games that suck and no two of the same kind. What are your top hardest SNES games? March 13th, 2011
41 Ninja Spirit Handsome Tom takes us way back to the old Turbo Grafx 16 with this amazing ninja game, Ninja Spirit. March 17th, 2011
42 White Men Can't Jump Handsome Tom brings us back to the Atari Jaguar with White Men Can’t Jump. August 2nd, 2011
43 Sega CD Star Wars Chess Classy Man Jared brings back the Classic Game Review, look forward to many more! This is the Software Toolworks Star Wars Chess March 1st, 2012

New Game Reviews

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Super Meat Boy November 16th, 2010
2 Marvel vs. Capcom 3 December 23rd, 2010
3 Robocop App February 10th, 2011
4 Is the iCade awesome? July 10th, 2011
5 Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 July 26th, 2011
6 Street Fighter 3 3rd Strike Online Review August 23rd, 2011
7 Star Fox 64 3DS December 5th, 2011
8 Tetris Axis 3DS Review December 29th, 2011
9 Pinball FX Marvel Vengeance and Virtue January 10th, 2012
10 3DS James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes February 23rd, 2012
11 Zen Pinball 3DS March 8th, 2012
12 Kid Icarus 3DS March 27th, 2012

8-Bit Interviews

Episode Number Name Description Date Released
1 Handsome Tom Interviews: James and Kyle Justin Part of the Year One event as James has a special interview with Tom. May 19th, 2009)
2 8 Bit Mickey Interviews Little Miss Gamer An Interview With Little Miss Gamer May 24th, 2009
3 8 Bit Mickey Interviews ThatChickWithTheGoggles An Interview with ThatChickWithTheGoggles May 28th, 2009
4 Akon 09 Mickey at Akon! June 25th, 2009
5 Borderlands Borderlands interview! November 12th, 2009
6 8-Bit Mickey interviews Yvonna, leader of the quakecon girls Mickey at Quakecon! August 18th, 2010
7 QuakeCon and Cool Hats and Sexyness More QuakeCon Fun! August 24th, 2010
8 8-Bit Interviews: Stephanie Young Get the dirt on Stephanie Young! September 28th, 2010

Top 5

Episode Number Name Description Date Released
1 Top 5 Bros in Gaming The Top Five Bros in Gaming! November 15th, 2009
2 Top 5 Movie References Movie References in games! November 29th, 2009
3 Top 5 Clowns in Gaming The top clowns in gaming history! December 7th, 2009
4 Top 5 Pets in Gaming The top pets in gaming historu! December 16th, 2009
5 Top 5 Gifts that aren't video games for gamers Games that aren't for gamers. December 26th, 2009
6 Top 5 Worst Box Art Presenting the worst video game boxart ever! January 12th, 2010
7 Top 5 Death Jingles The top five jingles when ya die in games. February 4th, 2010
8 Top 5 Puzzle Games Like Puzzle Games? Then Check out TGH's top 5! February 16th, 2010
9 Top 5 Girls we would like to date Want to see which video game girls the Game Heroes want to date? February 23rd, 2010
10 Top 5 Multiplayer Games The Top 5 Muliplayer games! March 1st, 2010
11 Top 5 Video Game TV Shows What were the best video game tv shows? March 19th, 2010
12 Top 5 Franchises that need to retire What franchises need to be retired? March 23rd, 2010
13 Top 5 Street Fighter Moves The best Street fighter moves! May 6th, 2010
14 Top 5 Western Video Games Western games are the topic! June 19th, 2010
15 Top 5 Videogame Movies Special Guest: ThatGuyWithTheGlasses June 27th, 2010
16 Top 5 Most Controversial Games What are the most controversial games out there? July 4th, 2010
17 Top 5 Most Gaming Jobs Gaming jobs for gamers! July 15th, 2010
18 Top 5 Metroid Games With Metroid Other M on the horizon, we look at the other Metroid games! July 25th, 2010
19 Top 5: Video Game Magazines What video game mags are the best? August 10th, 2010
20 Top 5: RTS games Like RTSes? August 20th, 2010
21 Top 5: Old Guys Way back in my day... September 20th, 2010
22 Top 5: Final Fantasy Summons What summons are the top 5? October 9th, 2010
23 Top 5: Games to Play While Drinking And you thought drinking games were for movies?! October 23rd, 2010
24 Top 5: Worst Video Game Controllers What are the worst controllers ever? December 2nd, 2010
25 Top 5: Mini Games (in RPG’s) Best Mini Games ever! December 19th, 2010
26 Top 5 Reasons to Skip Christmas With all these amazing games coming out next year, Andy The Movie The Game and Handsome Tom sit down and share with us their top 5 reasons to forget christmas! December 26th, 2010
27 Top 5 Lightgun Arcade Games Do you think you know what our top 5 arcade light gun games are? I bet you don’t. January 30th, 2011
28 Top 5 Shocking Moments Spoiler alert!! If you don’t want key moments in games ruined for you, do not watch this list. April 3rd, 2011
29 Top 5 E3 Moments with Spoony, JewWario, Tom & Andy Join Jew Wario, Handsome Tom, Spoony and Andy as they list off their top 5 moments of E3 2011. June 20th, 2011
30 Top 5 Zelda Games Handsome Tom and Classy Man Jared give us this amazing list of the top 5 Zelda games. September 20th, 2011
31 Top 5 Video Game Commercials Camera Man Joe and Classy man give us the top 5 video game commercials. With so many to choose from this was a tough decision. Coming soon the top 10 classic video game commercials! November 21st, 2011
32 Top 5 Simpsons Games Oh man, this list was tough. The Simpsons have had their fair share of video games, most of which suck. What will make the list? Whats on your list? November 28th, 2011
33 Top 5 Final Fantasy Games Classy Man Jared and Camera Man Joe make some tough decisions on one the most controversial list to date. June 20th, 2012

E3

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 E3 2009 - Xbox 360 June 3rd, 2009
2 E3 2009 - Photo Montage June 7th, 2009
3 E3 2009 - Nyko Rundown June 7th, 2009
4 E3 2009 - Yoostar June 7th, 2009
5 E3 2009 - Southpeak Interview June 7th, 2009
6 E3 2009 - Booth Babes June 13th, 2009
7 E3 '09 VLOG Part 1 July 24th, 2009
8 E3 '09 VLOG Part 2 July 24th, 2009
9 E3 '09 VLOG Part 3 July 24th, 2009
10 E3 2011 Sony and Pre Party June 8th, 2011
11 E3 2011 Nintendo Wii U Press Conference Debrief June 9th, 2011
12 E3 - Star Trek Video Game June 13th, 2011

Specials

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Evo Fighting Championships 09 August 10th, 2009
2 Arcade Auction September 2nd, 2009
3 Dustin The Wise: Episode 01 September 13th, 2009
4 Spoiler Alert: Episode 02 October 1st, 2009
5 Brutal Legend Rocktober 13 Launch October 18th, 2009
6 Top 20 Gaming Sound FX 20-11 October 22nd, 2009
7 Part 2 Top 10 Gaming Sound FX October 29th, 2009
8 Spoiler Alert: Episode 03 - Borderlands November 3rd, 2009
9 Spoiler Alert Episode 4- Left for Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 December 16th, 2009
10 Holiday Special December 25th, 2009
11 Star Trek Online February 11th, 2010
12 Yamagato Industries Business Report March 27th, 2010
13 Kratos Roulette Ep 02 May 12th, 2010
14 8-Bit Mickey vs LordKat Robot Unicorn Attack May 17th, 2010 (Part of the Year Two event.)
15 Hero/Villain Shirt Promo May 23rd, 2010
16 Handsome Tom vs Benzaie (part 01) June 24th, 2010
17 Handsome Tom vs Benzaie (part 02) July 1st, 2010
18 Get 8-bit Mickey on Sony's The Tester July 6th, 2010
19 Benzaie v Tom FINAL ROUND July 13th, 2010
20 WWF Arcade Wrestling Spoony Commentary! Part One July 29th, 2010
21 WWF Arcade Wrestling Spoony Commentary! Part Two August 8th, 2010
22 QuakeCon 2010 August 15th, 2010
23 8-bit Thank you August 26th, 2010
24 Interview with Inverse Phase and his chip tunes August 29th, 2010
25 Donkey Kong Country VHS August 31st, 2010
26 Donkey Kong Country VHS Part 2 September 7th, 2010
27 QuakeCon 2010 Girls September 7th, 2010
28 New Game exclusive: Two Worlds Two September 30th, 2010
29 Spoiler Alert: Fallout New Vegas Preview October 15th, 2010
30 Dr. Insano Promotes October 17th, 2010
31 Preview - Hunted October 19th, 2010
32 Halloween Special October 28th, 2010
33 Top 10 Video Game Announcers and their quotes November 11th, 2010
34 Westboro Church Protest November 23rd, 2010
35 Rare Halo Reach Prize Unboxed December 16th, 2010
36 Christmas Special December 24th, 2010
37 Playboy Bunny at VGA's December 28th, 2010
38 VGA's With Hip-Hop Gamer January 2nd, 2011
39 VGA's with Felicia Day January 9th, 2011
40 MAGFest 9 January 16th, 2011
41 TGWTG Pannel at MAGFest Part 1 January 18th, 2011
42 TGWTG Panel at MAGFest Part 2 January 20th, 2011
43 TGWTG Panel at MAGfest Part 3 January 24th, 2011
44 Mr. Magfest Interview January 25th, 2011
45 Arcade Auction Tips and Tricks January 27th, 2011
46 Table top and game room at MAGFest 9 January 28th, 2011
47 Arcade and LAN Room at MAGFest 9 February 8th, 2011
48 April Fools' Day Gags April 6th, 2011
49 Texas Pinball Fest 2011 April 7th, 2011
50 Casual Gaming with Lindsay Ellis aka The Nostalgia Chick May 18th, 2011
51 Top 15 Funniest Glitches May 29th, 2011
52 Top 15 Funniest Glitches 10-6 June 1st, 2011
53 Duke Nukem Forever Demo LP June 3rd, 2011
54 Top 15 Funniest Glitches 5-1 June 19th, 2011
55 Dallas Comic Con 2011 June 29th, 2011
56 QuakeCon 2011 August 8th, 2011
57 GH Weekly News DC 19 2011 December 22nd, 2011
58 Weekly News on BT, 6/25/12 June 26th, 2012
59 GH Weekly News, July 2 2012 July 2nd, 2012
60 Weekly News on BT, Aug. 21 August 21st, 2012
61 Weekly News on BT, Sept. 17 September 18th, 2012
62 Weekly News on BT, Sept. 25th September 25th, 2012
63 Tom and TGH Retiring We want to thank all of our fans first and foremost! Our site will remain up for a few years since we have paid in advance. There will be a final montage best of TGH coming this week. October 8th, 2012

Trailer Trash/Treasure

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Castlevania March 17th, 2010
2 Sonic 4 April 26th, 2010
3 Crysis 2 May 8th, 2010
4 Gears of War 3 May 13th, 2010
5 Call of Duty - Black Ops June 17th, 2010
6 Star Wars Old Republic August 12th, 2010
7 COD Black Ops (Trailer 2) September 9th, 2010
8 Dead Island February 24th, 2011
9 Top Spin 4 March 22nd, 2011
10 Twisted Metal April 12th, 2011
11 Duke Nukem (Forever) Boobs April 20th, 2011
12 Green Lantern April 26th, 2011
13 Fantastic 4 May 10th, 2011
14 Age of Empires Online May 16th, 2011
15 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 May 25th, 2011
16 Burger Time World Tour June 6th, 2011
17 Voltron August 1st, 2011

5 mins to burn!

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Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Viking Defense March 21st, 2010
2 Light Heroes April 25th, 2010
3 Bloxorz May 9th, 2010
4 Ivan Drago Justice Enforcer May 16th, 2010
5 Infectionator May 31st, 2010
6 Robot Unicorn Attack June 15th, 2010
7 Luis Launch July 22nd, 2010
8 Age of War July 27th, 2010
9 Sydney Shark August 5th, 2010
10 Super Mario Crossover November 28th, 2010
11 Crush The Castle 2 November 30th, 2010
12 Fruit Smash Lite February 1st, 2011
13 Don't Sh*t Your Pants! February 22nd, 2011
14 Tower of Heaven March 6th, 2011
15 Downhill Snowboard 3 March 10th, 2011
16 Royal Wedding April 17th, 2011
17 Shift 2 April 29th, 2011
18 Fireboy and Watergirl 2 The Light Temple May 15th, 2011
19 Army of Ages July 18th, 2011
20 Moby Dick July 30th, 2011
21 Canabalt iPad August 4th, 2011
22 Titan Launch September 27th, 2011
23 Super Tanooki Suit November 23rd, 2011
24 Drawn iPad December 8th, 2011
25 Dragonvale December 12th, 2011
26 Binding of Isaac January 16th, 2012
27 Delivery Man January 23rd, 2012
28 Centaurian January 30th, 2012

Adults Only: No Kids Allowed

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Blond Justice Part 1 August 16th, 2009
2 Blond Justice Pt. 2 August 19th, 2009
3 Strip Fighter 2 September 28th, 2009
4 Love Bites 3do - Part 01 December 1st, 2009
5 Love Bites 3do - Part 02 December 20th, 2009
6 House Guest - Part 01 April 24th, 2010
7 Top 10 Accidental Porn in Gaming May 11th, 2010
8 Miss World Nude 96 September 27th, 2010
7 Miss World Nude 96 Part 2 October 4th, 2010
8 Rock Paper Scissors on Blu-Ray Part 1 December 5th, 2010
9 Rock, Paper, Bigger Breast January 4th, 2011
10 Rock, Paper, Final Chapter January 6th, 2011
11 Duke Nudem June 7th, 2011
12 Duke Nudem Final Chapter June 24th, 2011
13 The Guy Game July 25th, 2011
14 Panty Raiders February 14th, 2012
15 Riana Rouge, Part 1 April 5th, 2012
16 Riana Rouge, Part 2 April 12th, 2012
17 Riana Rouge, Part 3 April 19th, 2012
18 Riana Rouge, Final June 8th, 2012

The Music

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 The Music Double Feature! October 17th, 2009
2 The Music: Final Fantasy adventure November 3rd, 2009
3 The Music: Mega Man Zero 2 November 10th, 2009
4 The Music: Powerglove November 17th, 2009
5 The Music: Team Gato November 24th, 2009
6 The Music: Ghouls 'n Ghosts December 1st, 2009
7 The Music: 8-bit Jesus January 14th, 2010
8 The Music: Punch Out!! March 20th, 2010
9 Neo Turf Master July 20th, 2010
10 Sonic 3 & Tony Dickinson October 11th, 2010
11 Street Fighter 2 October 26th, 2010
12 Wizards and Warriors on Guitar November 21st, 2010
13 Zelda on Guitar! December 21st, 2010
14 Super Metroid January 11th, 2011
15 Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest February 27th, 2011
16 Final Fantasy 2 April 18th, 2011
17 Final Fantasy 7 July 19th, 2011

8 Bit Mickey Takes On

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Mickey Invades Quakecon! August 23rd, 2009
2 Mickey Takes on Animé Fest '09 September 10th, 2009
3 8 Bit Mickey Takes on MW 2 release night November 10th, 2009
4 8 bit Mickey Takes on Oni-Con '09 November 18th, 2009
5 8-Bit Mickey Takes on 3 new games at once November 19th, 2009
6 8-bit Mickey Takes on Yule-Con '09 November 24th, 2009
7 SoulEater March 13th, 2010
8 Kratos Roulette Ep 01 May 7th, 2010
9 Nintendo E3 June 21st, 2010
10 Microsoft & Sony E3 July 8th, 2010
11 Starcraft II August 3rd, 2010
12 Halo Reach September 22nd, 2010
13 The Lost Levels of A-Kon 2010 September 24th, 2010
14 New Vegas/DJ Hero Release Night October 21st, 2010
15 Comic Store Greatness November 4th, 2010
16 The Tester Episode 1 Behind the Scenes November 7th, 2010
17 The Tester Episode 2 Behind the Scenes November 14th, 2010
18 Call of Duty: Black Ops Midnight Release November 18th, 2010
19 The Tester Episode 3 Recap December 7th, 2010
20 The Tester Episode 4 - Mickey Booted December 9th, 2010
21 OniCon January 13th, 2011
22 Marvel Vs Capcom 3 midnight release February 17th, 2011
23 AllCon March 29th, 2011

Podcasts

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Podcast July 29th A special video podcast! August 3rd, 2009
2 Podcast August 12th August 16th, 2009
3 Podcast 8/19/09 August 24th, 2009
4 Podcast 8/27/09 September 3rd, 2009
5 Podcast 9/02/2009 September 8th, 2009
6 Podcast 9/9/09 September 11th, 2009
7 Podcast 9/16/09 September 19th, 2009
8 Podcast 9/23/09 September 26th, 2009
9 Podcast 9/30/09 October 2nd, 2009
10 Podcast 10/7/09 October 16th, 2009
11 Podcast 10/21/09 November 1st, 2009
12 November Podcast November 25th, 2010
13 January 2011 February 5th, 2011
14 GH Podcast March 2011 March 20th, 2011

Smoke YOU!

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Call of Duty No Russian Controversy February 3rd, 2011
2 BulletStorm Rape? February 15th, 2011
3 Smoke You Australia! March 24th, 2011
4 Smoke You Sony! May 11th, 2011
5 Smoke You Sony! Part 2 May 23rd, 2011

ThinkGeek Reviews

Episode Number Name Date Released
1 Sword Umbrella March 27th, 2011

Lurking Horrors

Episode Number

Name

Date Released

1

The Mary Sue April 2nd, 2011

Sketch Master

Episode Number

Name

Date Released

1 Link April 5th, 2011
2 Captain America April 21st, 2011
3 Shao Kahn May 30th, 2011
4 Punch Out July 24th, 2011
5 Captain N May 31st, 2012

The Prototype

Episode Number

Name

Date Released

1 Marvel Games May 4th, 2012

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