WendyQuest, Castlevania & Fast-Food Gaming Nostalgia | The Indie-Credible Podcast 104

What happens when Wendy's makes an RPG? This week on The Indie-Credible Podcast , Jeff and Xander dive into WendyQuest: Legend of the Four Cornerstones and revisit the wonderfully strange history of fast-food video games, from McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure and M.C. Kids to Sneak King, Yo! Noid, and Grimace's Birthday! We're also talking Castlevania: Belmont's Curse and its frustrating true-ending requirements, the Ninja Gaiden-inspired Eclipse Blade, Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake, and a community NES homebrew game that refuses to cooperate on Steam Deck. WendyQuest: Legend of the Four Cornerstones! Jeff and Xander revisit some of gaming's strangest restaurant promotions, including: McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure (Sega Genesis) M.C. Kids (NES) Sneak King (Xbox) Yo! Noid (NES) Grimace's Birthday (Game Boy Color) I Love You, Colonel Sanders! Donald Land (Famicom) Cool Spot Jeff Played: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse — Jeff has finally completed the regular ending! But the Hall of Mirrors, Sage quest, and true ending are another story. Eclipse Blade (Demo) — A challenging Ninja Gaiden-inspired action platformer with gorgeous pixel art. Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake — Jeff discusses finally tackling the Dragon Quest series and how modern quality-of-life improvements make classic RPGs more approachable. Xander Played: Eclipse Blade (Demo) — Xander couldn't resist jumping in too, and the challenging platforming is already kicking his butt! Super Wiloo Deluxe — A charming, inexpensive Mario-inspired platformer from LightUP. Valkyrj (Demo) — A colorful retro-style action platformer with three playable characters planned for the full game. NEXT COMMUNITY GAME: HAPPY UNBREAKABLE BALL WiZmans World ReTry — A remaster of the classic JRPG from Jaleco. Excidio: The Kaiju Simulator — Destroy cities as gigantic monsters in this arcade-style kaiju game. Emberbane — A Metroidvania built around switching between four elemental abilities. Tearscape — A pixel-art Zelda-like adventure with a Bloodborne-inspired atmosphere and two-player co-op. Dice A Million — A dice-based roguelike with Balatro-style scoring combinations. Dreadful River — A procedurally generated adventure that raises the question: what actually qualifies as indie? HAMSTERMIND — A puzzle adventure featuring Hamster Jones, rotating rooms, and more than 150 puzzles. Affordable indie games and hidden gems Super Night Riders Sokoban Land DX Mina & Michi Prehistoric Dude Runnyk Amabilly Super Sunny Island Some games were featured during temporary sales, so prices and availability may change. POWER TRIP — SEGA GENESIS / MEGA DRIVE John Riggs is bringing a childhood road-trip imagination to life with a new game about running across power lines! Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnblueriggs/power-trip-new-for-your-sega-genesis-mega-drive?ref=android_project_share TUKI & PACO — NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM</str