GameCenter CX: Season 12
Season 12 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of GameCenter CX Season 11.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 12 Progress Shield
That Shiny Gold Cartridge! "Dragon Buster" (#90)
Oct 13, 2009 · 60 min
Arino returns to his post, and for the start of the twelfth season, he’s playing Dragon Buster, Namco’s Famicom port of their arcade game. Arino must take the brave young hero thro
Kid Arino and "Kid Kool" (#91)
Oct 27, 2009 · 60 min
For this episode, Arino takes on an original Famicom "classic," Vic Tokai’s Kakefu-kun no Jump Tengoku Speed Jigoku, which came out internationally as "Kid Kool." Kakefu-kun was a
The Kacho's Trial!? "Shiren the Wanderer" (#92) (Part 1)
Nov 10, 2009 · 60 min
Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Furai no Shiren (Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer) is a "roguelike" dungeon crawler, where death is swift and frequent.
The Real Trial! Shiren the Wanderer (#93) (Part 2)
Nov 24, 2009 · 60 min
Unsurprisingly, Fushigi no Dungeon 2 left Arino beaten and bruised beyond recognition last time. His attempt to get through all 30 "floors" of the game’s dungeons fell pretty short
Catching Up With the Times: "Street Fighter 2010" (#95)
Jan 5, 2009 · 60 min
Game Center CX returns for 2010 with the Famicom sci-fi action game 2010 Street Fighter. SF2010 tells the story of bionic warrior Kevin (or Ken in the English version), tasked with
Another Death Struggle: "Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos" (#96) (Part 1)
Jan 19, 2010 · 60 min
Four years after tackling the original Ninja Ryukenden (Ninja Gaiden), our hero is forced to endure that game’s sequel: Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos.
We Fight Together! "Ninja Gaiden II: The Dark Sword of Chaos" (#97) (Part 2)
Feb 2, 2010 · 60 min
Part 2 of the Ninja Gaiden II challenge. Arino continues to fight his way through the brutal game. In order to help him, Tojima returns with multiple AD's from past and present at
Captain Kacho: "Pilotwings" (#98)
Feb 16, 2010 · 60 min
Arino takes to the sky with Pilotwings, the Super Famicom launch game that’s now almost 20 years old! This "sky sports simulation" features a variety of flying machines that the pl
Catch the Rainbow: "Rainbow Island" (#99)
Mar 16, 2010 · 60 min
Today it's Rainbow Islands from Taito, the first sequel to Bubble Bobble. In it, the dinosaurs-turned-humans Bubby and Bobby must rescue a princess, and rather than blowing bubbles
Until We Meet Again... "Wrecking Crew" (#100)
Mar 30, 2010 · 60 min
It’s the 100th episode of Game Center CX! And his challenge game: Wrecking Crew. The Famicom action puzzle game from Nintendo stars Mario as a demolition worker who must use his ha