The Bit War Veterans are BACK and re-mastered! We talk about the current and upcoming remasters, re-releases, and remakes. We cover some recent news like the Sony Playstation auction and GameStop shenanigans. For the "Tells the Tale" section, we ask our Twitter followers which games they would like to see remade.

The Bit War Veterans are back from ANOTHER trip to Japan. This time we explored the game stores and retro arcades of Osaka and purchased a Sega Saturn. We also talk about the Square Enix Cafe Osaka, Space Station Retro Game Bar, the Kirby Cafe, Pokemon Center, Akihabara, the new SEGA Arcade #5, Luida's Dragon Quest Bar, UFO Catchers/Crane Games, Fuji-Q Highland, and the crazy antics we found ourselves in.

Somewhere in this podcast is a SECRET PHRASE for our DragonBall Z Goku figure giveaway. Listen for it, and send the secret word to the Bit War Veterans (Twitter DM or Email) and the winner will be chosen from there at random on August 15th.

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bitwarvets Email: [email protected] 

We have not one, but TWO former SEGA Tips & Tricks Hotline employees sharing their experiences in this episode. SinceSpacies (Brian Costelloe) and Tim Gadler join us for two very entertaining and exciting interviews where they discuss what it was like working for the hotline, how they became employed by SEGA, and crazy callers. 

Then we "Tell the Tales" of times you called tips and cheat hotlines and your favorite and most memorable cheat codes.

You can follow SinceSpacies on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sincespacies

And on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCglptaKA4eqejYu2eTtj1gA

You can follow Tim Gadler on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimGadler

The Bit War Veterans celebrate video game movies all the way from the beginning, Super Mario Bros., to the latest, Detective Pikachu, and everything else in between. We cover the good, the (mostly) bad, and the Uwe Boll. 

After discussing some breaking gaming movie news and critiquing the Sonic Movie design, we give you our two bits, and your tweets, on Super Mario Bros., Double Dragon, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Wing Commander, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, every Resident Evil movie, House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, DOOM, BloodRayne, Silent Hill, Dead or Alive, Postal, Hitman, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Far Cry, Max Payne, Tekken, The Prince of Persia, Need for Speed, Warcraft, Assassin's Creed, Rampage, Pokemon Detective Pikachu, Final Fantasy: Spirits Within and Advent Children, Ace Attorney, King of Fighters, and Kingsglaive.

The Bit War Veterans are back from Japan with exciting stories about arcades, retro game shops, game cafes, Akihabara, and more!

We visited various Sega arcades, Taito Stations, Super Potato, retro game stores, the Gundam Cafe, the Square Enix cafe Artnia, Container the SNK Neo-Geo store, Luida's Dragon Quest bar, and other fun locations.

We go in-depth about arcade games like Darius Burst EX, Border Break, Wonderland Wars, Soul Reverse, Starwing Paradox, House of the Dead: Scarlet Dawn, Time Crisis V, Fleet Girls, Gunslinger Stratos, train simulators, rhythm games, and more.

Find out the places to visit for gamers and anime otaku in Akihabara and throughout Tokyo.

Press START to hear all about the history of video game controllers! We have a special guest Kevin Harbin on the show talking about his new book "The Evolution of Gamepads" 

We also discuss some new technology by Hyperkin allowing the use of a new NES Zapper-like controller, the Hyper Blaster HD, to be used on HDTVs, and other companies making new controllers for retro systems.

We finish off by reading your tweets discussing the best, worst, and weirdest controllers. See what's voted as the worst of all time!

We review the year of 2018 in RAPID FIRE. Our topics are: Detective Pikachu/Sonic Movies, Mini Consoles and Soulja Boy, Loot Boxes, Nintendo Switch Online, Telltale Games going under, Fallout 76, Super Smash Bros., Epic Store, Blizzard/Diablo Immortal, Microsoft's Buying Spree, Nintendo vs. ROMs, AAA Gaming Stocks, New Console Rumors, Old Franchise Reboots, and 2019 Game Releases. 

Then we read our Twitter topic of "What was the best gaming or geeky items you have given to someone else?"

Have a HAPPY NEW YEARS from the Bit War Veterans!

On this episode of the Bit War Veterans we look in to Prima game strategy guides, and other companies like Brady and Versus. When did they start? How are they made? And why did they go under?

We read tweets from our followers about the guides they owned and the memories they had of flipping through their pages.

The guides we had are precious to us. We look at when they stopped being a useful commodity and turned into more of a collector's item. Is there a place in the future for game guides?

It's the Bit War Veterans Halloween Special!

We cover spooky Vaporware, games which disappeared from development. Our titles include Ghostwire, Starcraft: Ghosts, Chuckie: Wanna Play, Fifth Phantom, Matrix Runner, and Zombie High.

Next, we interview Steven Long of IndieWatch.net about his new book, "Why Your Indie Game is Doomed to Fail." He talks about the steps indie game devs need to take for success, and common mistakes made in indie game marketing.

Last, our Twitter followers Tell the Tale of games that made them so scared they had to turn off the console and run away! Thanks to our Veterans that contributed: YellowLantern12, RetroRevelation, ABeerAndAGame, AlexIresq, RetrogamesNow, MarylSKavanagh, imkusari, GalleyFox, Des_Roin, LozzimusPrime, GamersRest, HylianUsual, lakakalo, ZombiManos, pukeyface, theDCD, Winstolf, FireryPaperMario, Benderman42, NorrinRadd3rd, SpaceCptZemo, VanRockingham, Saygah, MoeGrantHarris.

There's a treasure trove of rare games and consoles in Video Game Alley in Seoul. We visit and share our experiences of seeing lots of hard-to-find collectibles as well as our purchases.

Then we talk about our time at ComicCon Seoul and all of the wonderful cosplay and art we had the privilege of viewing.

If you could own any rare, odd, or obscure piece of gaming hardware, what would you want? We asked our Twitter and Facebook audience and got a ton of responses. Some of the things discussed are the Nintendo Playstation, FM Towns Marty, Vectrex, Apple Pippin, Sega Neptune, PS1 Net Yaroze, Sharp X68000, and MORE!

Thanks to all of our Twitter/Facebook friends for your responses!

You can follow us at http://www.twitter.com/BitWarVets