Bit Parade: Recent Episodes
Mike Pettry & Eli Bolin
The podcast where Mike Pettry and Eli Bolin play hits and flops from video game history -- and transform them into song!
In this episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli take their linking books back to 1993 to play Myst, and then pen a song that Atrus would’ve written for Catherine if he was a pair of unhinged musical theater writers.
Hope you're hungry, cuz in this episode Mike and Eli get swallowed whole and sing epic love ballads after talking about GBA classic Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land!
In this episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into semi-obscure NES classic Startropics, all while managing to write a song and save our uncles from aliens!
In this Mega Man X episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli absorb the powers of robot animals and sing about black market boomer kuwangers!
In this mini episode of Bit Parade (Bit Bite!), Mike shares the live performance of Monster Party, sung by Broadway star Alex Brightman!
In this episode, Mike and Eli crash through tiles and swordfight wizard viziers with Prince of Persia for the SNES! Come for the magic potions, stay for the song about Midnight Woman and Mirror Man.
Grab your PJs and melatonin gummies, because this week Mike and Eli take a crash course through their dreams with the Capcom NES game Little Nemo: The Dream Master! Relax as they sing about mushroom landscapes, frogs suits, and very boring nightmares!
Welcome to Bit Parade Radio! As we take extra time to prepare the next episode, here are the songs from the first 8 episodes back to back!
- Mario Is Missing
- Marble Madness
- Out Of This World/Another World
- Pitfall!/Super Pitfall
- Toejam & Earl
- Maniac Mansion
- Monster Party
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
In this episode, Mike and Eli go to planet Zebes for a vacation, only to learn that their AirBnB was a front for space pirates. Luckily, they also got to play SNES classic Super Metroid, where Samus Aran teaches them that space is stupid and space is great!
In this episode, Mike and Eli save the president from an army of ninjas and dogs. Afterwards, they write a country ballad/rock musical fantasia about Blade and Striker, the baddest dudes to ever eat hamburgers.
In this mini episode of Bit Parade (Bit Bite!), we share our song about Jigglypuff written for the 24 Hour Plays: Viral Musicals, sung by the illustrious Allison Posner!
In this episode, Mike and Eli catch 'em all in the OG Pokemon experience with Pokémon Red and Blue. Then they meet a bug-catching girl in the woods, fall in love, and write a synthwave electro-pop song about it.
In this mini episode of Bit Parade (Bit Bite!), Eli sings a song about all the different kinds of Pokéballs from the games Pokémon Red and Blue! (spoiler alert: there are 5)
In this episode, Mike and Eli get 'lil. They explore the GBA hit classic The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap, and write a song about being small, and help the spooky lady from Resident Evil 8 enter into a relationship with 2016 election superstar Ken Bone.
In this mini episode of Bit Parade (Bit Bite!), Mike tells you why the full episode is running late, then shares a highlight from the Minish Cap jam session!
In this episode, Mike and Eli go to a very spooky Monster Party (NES), ooOOOOoo! The party itself is kinda meh, but the political ideals of the guests turn out to be the scariest thing of all!
In this episode, Mike and Eli dive into Ron Gilbert and Lucasfilm Games classic Maniac Mansion, and help Green Tentacle write a promotional song for the spooky mansion!
In this episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into Genesis classic Toejam & Earl and write a funky tune with a guest appearance from Law & Order: SVU star Christopher Meloni*!
- Christopher Meloni does not actually appear in this episode
In this double header episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into Atari hit Pitfall! and NES flop Super Pitfall. With special guest Pitfall Harry, learn the true meaning of love
In this episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into Éric Chahi's seminal classic, Another World (AKA Out Of This World) and write a ELO-ish space opera about it!
In this episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into the NES port of arcade classic Marble Madness. Things go d-d-down-d-down when they write a song about it!
In the first episode of Bit Parade, Mike and Eli dive into the NES classic (?) Mario Is Missing and write a song about it!