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Love retro games? Do you wish you had your own arcade, or love the idea of setting up a Raspberry Pi so you can play your favorite C64, Atari, NES or SNES games? Then this podcast might be for you! Does that sounds like gibberish, but you love Byte Me Podcast? Then this podcast might also be for you!Either way, come hang out with Cliff, Dylan and Hans (remember him from Episode 42?) and listen to us reminisce about a time before Dylan was born!We kick of this monthly(ish) feature talking about ROM sites getting sued by Nintendo, how ROM sites are important for video game preservation and how you can get a 3/4 scale arcade game in your house from Walmart! We also chat about our earliest video game experiences and some of our favorite games from the good old days!More info on the new arcade cabinets we talked about: https://www.arcade1up.com/Play your favorite retro games on the internet arcade: https://archive.org/details/internetarcade

Lots of Bethesda related news this week, with updates about Fallout 76 and how they are dealing with a**holes, Bethesda is demanding cross play for any system that is getting Elder Scrolls Legends, Doom Eternal was announced at Quakecon, The Chinese Room has been acquired by Sumo Group and Chief Design Officer Patrick Soderlund is leaving EA.Vinny's question generated some...vigorous...discussion, we talk Fluffernutters and cheap/free games!

Showtime is making a Halo show and it's going to focus on Master Chief, the Fallout 76 beta will not have an NDA, progress will carry over and the game will not be on Steam, get an axe in Red Dead 2 by doing quests in GTA 5 Online, FIFA 2019 adds house rules and Xbox TV & Movies is joining Movies Anywhere.Plus we answer questions from Vinny, Jjames, Joe Coleslaw, SuperHyperMightyWepaman and...Cliff? Plus, Cheap/Free Games a Small Bytes entry!

Dylan might be on some exotic beach somewhere, but Adam and Cliff are hard at work in the podcast mines, digging out nuggets of podcast goodness. At least I think that's how it works?There are new JoyCons available from Hori that might make your life easier in some games, the PS4 and Switch sold a lot of units & the Xbox make a lot of money, Origin Access Premiere launched and it looks like a pretty good deal and the London Spitfire wins the first season of the Overwatch League.It was a bit of a slow news week but we had some awesome questions from Vinny, JoeColeslaw, Zack Paule, Colby and Mansocks, some cheap & free games and a little bit of Troll Corner.

August is the last month before the flood of games that are going to release starting in October (Red Dead Redemption 2, you might have heard of it) and of course all the huge games that are going to start hitting for holiday sales. But that doesn't mean that there aren't some great games coming out! Give the podcast a listen and let us know what you are looking forward to!If you want to follow along, you can also get all the details with videos at: https://bytemepodcast.com/podcast/special-episode-games-coming-out-in-august-2018/

No Man's Sky Next is out and will have a "season" of free updates, the first episode of the fan made Day of the Tentacle sequel is out, Guacamelee 2 gets details and a (very close) release date, the Fallout 76 beta kicks off in October, Amazon might help you make your next PC or PC gear purchase easier, Nintendo shuts down two rom sites and I guess your current TV is pretty big.Plus great questions from Vinny, Jack Irish, Turndwn4wht, TommyToInches, SuperHyperMightyWepaman and JoeColeslaw.

Todd Howard doesn't like to use the word "survival" to describe Fallout 76, Rainbow 6 Siege is banning players for hate speech, there might be a reason to get back into The Division, Sea of Thieves: Cursed Sails is launching soon, typos take down Aliens: Colonial Marines, PUBG has custom games but they may cost you eventually, Nathan Fillion doesn't voice Cayde 6 anymore (and doesn't actually think he's dead), pretending to be nice actually works in Overwatch and what do you think about cheating for the greater good?We also have questions from Vinny, JoeColeslaw, Alan, SuperHyperMightyWepaman and Mansocks and some new games come to Origin Access!

Nintendo is talking about launching 20-30 Switch games a week, Blizzard raised a ton of money for charity, Fast Start lets you play your Game Pass games sooner, ever wonder what the top 10 games are on Steam, Nathan Drake is just super lucky and PUBG bans top streamer for cheating.Plus, questions from Vinny, Joe Coleslaw and TommyToInches, cheap and free games, plus Troll Corner!

Today we talked about Halo getting it's own TV series, Fallout 76 sounds better all the time, Fortnite is cracking up, Overwatch has a new (adorable!) hero, you might want to hold off on that video card purchase and Google might be making a game console!Plus, great questions from Vinny, Colby, Jacob, Joe Coleslaw, Josh, Jjames and Mansocks, plus tons of free games!Also, Sony is in troll corner. Forever.

Hey, help out some less fortunate folks and buy the Country Roads song from the Fallout 76 trailer on iTunes! Proceeds go to Habitat for Humanity!We talked about that, plus cloud streaming on the Switch, Fortnite is suing someone again, PUBG is suing one less person, Trials is coming to Switch, Red Dead might be coming to the PC, Friday the 13th gets axed and nukes in Fallout 76 aren't that big of a deal.Plus questions from Vinny, JoeColeslaw, Josh and Mansocks, plus the latest Game Pass and PS Plus announcements!