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This week on ARG Presents 304, join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron as they have a look at Soviet Era Arcade Games! YES, this was a thing! After a discussion about how the heck arcades existed in Soviet Russian, we'll look two of them! Join us for Snezhnaya Koroleva AKA The Snow Queen and Konyok-Gorbunok AKA Little Humpbacked Horse!

We're back for Episode 142!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news + Battle Of The Systems Freedom Force (NES) vs Wanted (SMS)

10:05 - Quick Questions

29:26 - Patreon Song

34:42 - Eric's Take - State Of Gaming

1:00:56 - News

1:57:32 - Battle Of The Systems Freedom Force (NES) vs Wanted (SMS)

News -    

Eric – Season 2 for Playdate is happening in 2025 - https://news.play.date/news/playdate-update-oct-2024/ 

Cody - https://retrododo.com/8bitdo-have-opened-up-pre-orders-for-their-new-retro-108-full-size-mechanical-keyboard-range/ 

Tim – Penultimate +3 from TFW8B. Now being offered as an upgrade and as a full product. More room for games, the addition of a built in SD2IEC with Micro SD slot and the ability to bank switch up to 72k! 

See the last photo in the link below 

https://www.tfw8b.com/product/vic20-penultimate-plus-two/ 

Eric - Metal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy available now - https://www.notion.so/Metal-Slug-Tactics-gives-turn-based-strategy-a-hyper-stylized-shot-of-adrenaline-Ars-Technica-135032ac7caa810c9137e4a424b9e544 

Cody - https://retrododo.com/nintendo-officially-confirms-that-the-switch-2-will-be-backwards-compatible/ 

Eric - Wireless HORIPAD for Steam - HORI USA 

https://stores.horiusa.com/hpc-055U 

Cody - https://retrododo.com/modder-gets-doom-running-on-alarmo-after-5-days-of-tests/ 

Eric – Physical Sturmwind Editions available soon for Dreamcast 

https://videogamesnewyork.com/search.php?search_query="Sturmwind"§ion=product 

Cody - https://retrododo.com/alien-romulus-is-getting-a-vhs-release-for-nostalgic-film-collectors/ 

Eric - 36 Years After It Released, There Are So Many New Genesis Games Someone Has Built A Site To Track Them All 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/36-years-after-it-released-there-are-so-many-new-genesis-games-someone-has-built-a-site-to-track-them-all 

Cody - https://retrododo.com/megaman-1-law-of-justice-is-a-new-nes-rom-hack-that-completely-revamps-the-original-game/ 

Eric - Next-Generation Dreamcast VMUs Are Getting An Absolutely Essential Feature  

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/next-generation-dreamcast-vmus-are-getting-an-absolutely-essential-feature 

Cody – NEO GEO RELATED NEWS? 

https://shop.bitmapbureau.com/products/xeno-crisis-gba?srsltid=AfmBOoqnd51BKDnpU-wgOpnkS4DC0ttnXrfMb8IhvQS4NdwgRthgF6q- 

https://www.pixelheart.eu/en/produit/andro-dunos-2-3ds-eur/ 

https://neofidstudios.itch.io/demons-of-asteborg-dx 

Eric - Promising EmuDeck Machine Declared Dead After Failing To Secure Funding https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/promising-emudeck-machine-declared-dead-after-failing-to-secure-funding 

Cody – News of the weird 

https://retrododo.com/a-castlevania-musical-is-coming-in-2025/ 

https://retrododo.com/a-shinobi-movie-is-coming-from-sega-universal/ 

https://retrododo.com/breath-of-the-wild-ds-demake-discovered-by-aliexpress-customer/ 

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You can always reach us at [email protected]. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Matthew Ackerman, Josh Malone, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

Support our sponsor Retro Rewind for all of your Commodore needs! Use our page at https://retrorewind.ca/pixelgaiden and our discount code PG10 for 10%

It's Our Sinclair 114! This time out, join Amigo Aaron for some hot, monster on monster action on the 48K and 128K Speccy as we look at Rampage! I'll be examining what I think made the arcade game such a classic, and pondering how you convert a 3 player arcade game with multiple buttons and huge, colorful sprites to an Spectrum. Did the pull it off...tune in and find out!

I LIVE! It's SINISTAAR on the Tandy TRS-80 COCO SHOW 55! Join Amigo Aaron as we run like cowards from this Color Computer 3 512k exclusive! Hear the hidden secrets behind this game, and learn who truly is the voice of SINISTAAR! Disclaimer: SINISTAAR is not affiliated in any way with Cinnabon!

We're back for Episode 141!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + UFO 50 Special!

5:22 - Quick Questions

17:52 - Patreon

33:24 - Game Show - UFO 50

1:06:54 - Catching Up

1:39:14 - 6 Good UFO 50 Games

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at [email protected]. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Matthew Ackerman, Josh Malone, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

Support our sponsor Retro Rewind for all of your Commodore needs! Use our page at https://retrorewind.ca/pixelgaiden and our discount code PG10 for 10%

Conversations From The Darkside is on the air! - Tonight's Topic - Halloween Horrors! Join Rob "Flack" O'hara, John "Boatofcar" Shawler, and Amigo Aaron as we talk about ghosts, cemeteries, creepers, and haunters! Enjoy 2 hours of lighthearted conversation...and if lock those doors!