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    "title": "Episode 793: The N64 Ranking Hootenanny",
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    "pubDate": "Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:03:46 GMT",
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    "content": "<html><p>Jeremy: Hello! Gosh. The Nintendo 64 turns 30 this month. This is the part where we pause for a moment and look into the distance contemplatively as the frame freezes and slowly zooms in on our face and the color loses saturation while sad music plays quietly.</p><p>Just kidding. Instead of being sad about mortality, we took this memento mori as an opportunity to <em>party</em>. I give you, live from Long Island Retro Expo, the liveliest, most inclusive Retronauts ranking Hootenanny of all time. In the next hour, you will hear us rank the 10 best games of the N64's library. (\"Us\" being Diamond and my former coworker and <em>Arzette</em> designer Seth Fulkerson.) But wait! There's more. In addition to the ranking consisting of the opinions of the three panelists and the live audience, we actually built the top 10 list of titles on YOUR selections, as determined via Survey Monkey through this very space. And then! At the end! A special guest calls in to weigh in with their opinions as well. That's a six-point data set, with community input not once but twice. It doesn't get more definitive than that. So please enjoy, and try not too hard to think about how the N64 was something you bought with the funds from your gig at the college newspaper and what that means for the passage of time. <em>[looks into the distance contemplatively]</em></p><p>Edits by Greg Leahy, art by John Pading</p><ul><li><p>07:07 -\u00a0<em>GoldenEye 007</em>: Statue Park</p></li><li><p>16:05 -\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Concert 2018</em>: Horse Race</p></li><li><p>25:32 -\u00a0<em>Paper Mario</em>: Peach's Wish |\u00a0<em>Perfect Dark</em>: Pause Menu</p></li><li><p>35:49 -\u00a0<em>Star Fox 64</em>: Mission Complete</p></li><li><p>45:00 -\u00a0<em>Super Smash Bros</em>.: Final Destination</p></li><li><p>50:03 -\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask</em>: Calling the Four Giants</p></li><li><p>Closing -\u00a0<em>Mario Kart World</em>: Staff Roll (Super Mario 64)</p></li></ul><p></p></html>",
    "contentSnippet": "Jeremy: Hello! Gosh. The Nintendo 64 turns 30 this month. This is the part where we pause for a moment and look into the distance contemplatively as the frame freezes and slowly zooms in on our face and the color loses saturation while sad music plays quietly.\nJust kidding. Instead of being sad about mortality, we took this memento mori as an opportunity to party. I give you, live from Long Island Retro Expo, the liveliest, most inclusive Retronauts ranking Hootenanny of all time. In the next hour, you will hear us rank the 10 best games of the N64's library. (\"Us\" being Diamond and my former coworker and Arzette designer Seth Fulkerson.) But wait! There's more. In addition to the ranking consisting of the opinions of the three panelists and the live audience, we actually built the top 10 list of titles on YOUR selections, as determined via Survey Monkey through this very space. And then! At the end! A special guest calls in to weigh in with their opinions as well. That's a six-point data set, with community input not once but twice. It doesn't get more definitive than that. So please enjoy, and try not too hard to think about how the N64 was something you bought with the funds from your gig at the college newspaper and what that means for the passage of time. [looks into the distance contemplatively]\nEdits by Greg Leahy, art by John Pading\n\n07:07 -\u00a0GoldenEye 007: Statue Park\n\n16:05 -\u00a0The Legend of Zelda: Concert 2018: Horse Race\n\n25:32 -\u00a0Paper Mario: Peach's Wish |\u00a0Perfect Dark: Pause Menu\n\n35:49 -\u00a0Star Fox 64: Mission Complete\n\n45:00 -\u00a0Super Smash Bros.: Final Destination\n\n50:03 -\u00a0The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask: Calling the Four Giants\n\nClosing -\u00a0Mario Kart World: Staff Roll (Super Mario 64)",
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    "isoDate": "2026-09-04T12:03:46.000Z",
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