Retro Game Club

By Hugues & Rob

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What's Retro Game Club about?

Retro Game Club is a podcast about retro gaming with a focus on programming, emulation, and projects you can do at home.

Each episode, we will have two games you can play with us and give us feedback before the next episode. We will also have a topic or project of the week that will be the focus of the conversation.

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Tiger Heli, Commando

07.26.2021

Id's Mario ripoff is in a museum. Nintendo had a 16mm game?! Play Tetris on a nuclear reactor. Cracking GBA games with NSA's password crackers. There's a very cool cafe in Tokyo. We play Tiger Heli and Commando on NES. ...

Retro Game Club episodes:

05.10.2020 Dragon's Lair, Astrosmash - Andrew Plotkin - NarraScope This episode we talk to Andrew Plotkin about interactive ficiton. We play Dragon's Lair and Astrosmash. Lots of emulation news, Al Alcorn schools Wozniak, there's a new Space Quest and Billy Mitchell is being Billy Mitchell. Also, we discuss the ...
04.27.2020 Saint Dragon Smash TV - Console Controllers This episode we play Saint Dragon and Smash TV. Myst is being made into a TV show, Mario Odyssey is on Nintendo 64, and KansasFest will be online. We also talk about our favorite retro console controllers and our favorite ...
04.13.2020 Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity, Doom 64 -Nico Rosso - Mortal Kombat Movie This episode, we interview Nico Russo. He worked on the set of Mortal Kombat. We play a DOS Star Trek game and Doom 64. A non-bug gets fixed in Super Mario Bros. There's a new Dreamcast controller coming out and ...
04.07.2020 Gradius III - SA1 hack, Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game - Hard4Games This episode we have a fun interview with the guys from Hard4Games. We play the SA1 rom hack of Gradius III and WestleMania: The Arcade Game. Lots of off topic discussion along with news about Kojima, Intellivision, Atari and a ...
03.29.2020 Metal Marines, Freeway - Arcade 816 This episode we interview Ray from Arcade 816. It is an arcade with very cool, stylized arcade cabinets with consoles. We discuss Karateka, Prince of Persia, Shadowman on N64, Star Wars Episode I racer on Switch, Mario's smoke finally fixed ...
03.21.2020 Batman, Stinger, TwinBee - NBA/NHL cancelled. Let's play NBA/NHL games. This episode we play Batman, TwinBee and Stinger on the NES. Since the NBA and NHL are currently cancelled, we talk about some NBA and NHL games. Some emulation news and many many game sales right now!
03.11.2020 Punch Out!!, Defender of the Crown - Japanese N64 games This episode we give a mini guide to our recommended Japanese N64 games. We play PunchOut!! and Defender of the Crown on NES. The zip disk is 25 and the Playstation 2 is 20!
03.04.2020 Galaxian, Xevious - Game Password Generators This episode we play Xevious and Galaxian. We talk about the loss of a legendary Konami programmer, Ultima mods, ZX Spectrum Next, and more. Our topic is password generators for games like Metroid.
02.22.2020 Frogger II, Rogue Squadron - Interview: Arabian Prince (mClassic, N.W.A) This episode we have a fantastic interview with Arabian Prince, ex-N.W.A member, inventor of the mClassic, programmer of over 30 video games and so much more. We play Frogger II and Star Wars Rogue Squadron. Somehow, we talk about Japanese ...
02.10.2020 Alien Syndrome, Breath of Fire - DarkSoft This episode we play Breath Of Fire and Alien Syndrome. We have lots of news! Donkey Kong has mouths on his feet, Ocarina of Time only takes 9 minutes to complete, 32x on CDX, and there's a lot of games ...
02.03.2020 Filler episode - Filler games Rob's basement is still under construction! Here's a filler episode about our favorite games to you use to fill time here and there. Games you can instantly jump into. Microsoft Solitare Final Fantasy 6 (on android) Civilization Revolutions 2 Shanghai ...
01.28.2020 Battle Royale, Royal Rumble - TurboGrafx-16 Emulation This week we play Battle Royal on the TurboGrafx-16 and Royal Rumble on Dreamcast. We also discuss TurboGrafx-16 emulation, hidden frogger levels, the Intellivision Amico and Star Fox shooting Link!
01.19.2020 Casino Kid, Micro Machines - Inform This game club we play Micro Machines on the NES and SNES, as well as Casino Kid on the NES. Our topic is Inform Text Adventure creator. We dive into some OSSC analog to HDMI converter, VVVVVV source code, and ...
01.12.2020 Empire Strikes Back 2600, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Jason Moore Atari Projects This week we interview Jason Moore From Atariprojects.org ... Some great 8bit Atari conversation! We discuss cool and weird stuff from CES 2020, TRS80 emulators, and the programming of Another World. We play Empire Strikes Back on the 2600 and ...
01.01.2020 Wipeout, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past- 2020 preview Welcome to Season 2 & the year 2020. There are no flying cars or jetpacks yet. But Mega Man 2 is on Intellivision and he is teaching AI how to learn! Discussed game club games are A Link To The ...
12.19.2019 Crossover episode - soundtracks of the 2010s with Nerd Noise Radio What's this hiding in the bottom of your stocking? Why it's a special edition limited run crossover episode between Nerd Noise Radio and Retro Game Club! We both go slightly off-topic to celebrate our favorite game soundtracks of the 2010s. ...
12.10.2019 Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Daytona USA - Top Retro style games in the 2010s Our last episode of 2019! We play Yie Ar Kung-Fu and Daytona USA. We each also picked 3 of our favorite retro style games that were released between 2010 and 2019. Also, Castlevania on the Intellivision?!
12.01.2019 Vectron, Keystone Kapers - Game Boy Interface Revisited This episode we play Vectron and Keystone Kapers. Our topic of the week is a new interface / loader for the Gamecube's Game Boy Player. Lots of news about Donkey Kong Country, Raspberry Pi, Mister and Atari vault. Free choice ...
11.21.2019 Balloon Fight, Space Invaders Part II - Black Friday 1999 This episode we play Space Invaders Part II and Balloon Fight. We talk about new Intellivision games, Intel saving 20mb, and how the nintendo 64 is suddenly selling well on eBay. Our topic this week is Black Friday 1999.
11.14.2019 Super Mario World, Arch Rivals - David L. Craddock Interview: Arcade Perfect This episode we interview David L. Craddock, author of Arcade Perfect, Stay A While & Listen, and Dungeon Hacks. We also talk about new wireless controllers, Just Dance, and Super Mario 64 Land. Game club games: Super Mario World, Arch ...
11.05.2019 Alien 2600, Luigi's Mansion - Ghidra This episode we talk about Alien & Luigi's Mansion, new retro ports, rom preservation, and a whole lot more. Our topic of the episode is Ghidra, the NSA's decompiler that works on retro video games!
10.24.2019 Ghost Trick, Ghostbusters - 90s PC components This week we talk about 90s PC components. Game club games are Ghost Trick and Ghostbusters. Many news items about new C64 and Amiga ports, nintendo collections, found Atari schematics and more. Hugue and Rob both have colds. So it's ...
10.16.2019 Haunting! Starring PolterGuy, Monster in my Pocket - BSNES-HD SNES Upscaling This week we dive into upscaling SNES mode 7 games, PolterGuy, Monsters In My Pocket, why the IP company that owns Atari is horrible, hacking McDonald's POS systems, and probably take down letters from Nintendo.
10.03.2019 PaRappa the Rapper, UniRacers - Collecting w/Randy from KnerdOut Podcast This episode we interview Randy from KnerdOut Podcast and discuss collecting. Our game club games are PaRappa the Rapper & UniRacers. We also talk about emulation news, and how it's really bad at AtGames right now.
09.26.2019 Ikaruga, Wolfenstein 3D - Doom Ports This episode we dive deep into Doom ports. Our game club games are Ikaruga & Wolfenstein 3D. News about Dreamcast and GBA emulation, new retro switch games, floppy disk emulators, and no mention of Billy Mitchell.
09.12.2019 Alien Crush, Secret Of Mana - Dreamcast SDKs This episode we dive into Alien Crush, Secret Of Mana, and modern Dreamcast SDKs. We also talk about lots of emulator news and game programming competitions.
09.03.2019 Bully, Burgertime - TurboGrafx-16 US Launch This episode we focus on the TurboGrafx 16 USA launch. We also talk about small PDP-11 minicomputers, megaman zero, nintendo 64 controllers, RetroArch 1.7.8, amiga and C64 emulation.
08.26.2019 Card Sharks & The Ninja Warriors - Sega Multi-Tap This Episode we talk about 6502 coding tricks, 3ds emulation, overclocking BSNES, Final Fantasy VI, the cost of Dolphin emulator, and a whole lot more. Our game club games are: Card Sharks & The Ninja Warriors.
08.16.2019 Kings Of The Beach, Hard Drivin' - Console Wars In this episode we discuss Donkey Kong glitches, Mario speed runs, hidden Asteroids games, Sega sounds and very expensive boxed NES games. Our topic of the week is Console Wars.
08.01.2019 Paperboy, T&C Surfer - Rob Loach of RetroArch Interview We interview Rob Loach of RetroArch and Libretro. We talk about T&C Surf, Paperboy, Pole Position, a Commodore 256, new Genesis games, Raspberry Pi 4 over clocking, and a whole lot more!
07.27.2019 California Games & Arknoid This episode our gameclub games are California Games & Arknoid. We talk about video games from pop stars & bands, how Zelda's vertical scroll works, Final Fantasy 11 on Gameboy, Booting GBA into USB mode, Polymega, and a lot more!
07.16.2019 Ninja Gaiden & Food Fight This week we interview Kate Szkotnicki from Kansas Fest. We also have a ton of RetroArch, Libretro, Turbo Graphx 16, speed running and other retro video gaming news.
07.03.2019 Game Bundles + F-Zero & Lock N' Chase This episode's game club games are: F-Zero & Lock N' Chase. We also talk about console bundles, centipede secret code, the new C64, and pinball.
06.29.2019 Ristar & Faxanadu This week we talk about clear nintendos, turbo grafx 16, dr. mario, final fantasy 3 english translation, mario battle royal and a whole lot more. Game club games: Ristar & Faxanadu
06.17.2019 Dr. Mario & King Of Monsters 2: The Next Thing This Episode we'll talk about a LOT of retro news from e3 from Konami, 1up Arcade, Atari, Phantasy Star Online, reimagined retro games and a whole lot more. Game Club Discussion King Of Monsters 2: The Next Thing Dr. Mario ...
06.05.2019 Castlevania IV & Shark! Shark! Game Club games are: Castlevania IV & Shark! Shark! We talk about Cute'em Ups, Intellivision, new Atari games, Ouya, Konami and more.
05.22.2019 Virtua Racing & The Last Blade The episode we talk about re-release of Earthworm Jim, 2 new retro games for genesis and NES, and (of course) the PS1 classic. Our topic is 3do emulation.
05.16.2019 Rob Finally Gets It Right This episode we go over 29 year old bug fixes for an SNES game, playing gameboy in a command prompt, importing famicom games and a whole lot more. We play Imperium for SNES and Pac Land.
05.08.2019 I Hope I Will Be Legendary This episode we go over putting MAME in an arcade cabinet. We also talk about funny Mario RPG translations, Amiga tools, Speedrunning Super Mario World, and Earthworm Jim. Game Club Discussion: Space Quest 4 Eternal Champions New Game Club Games ...
05.01.2019 Podcasters, Assemble! This episode, we dive into FreeDos! We also discuss new found arcade roms, new Amiga games, Panzer Dragoon, Konami, Captain America & The Avengers, and Blaster!
04.24.2019 Hugues & Rob gonna make ya JUMP JUMP! This episode we talk about MeowBot, PS Classic, Kris Kross (for real...), a prototype Q BERT cab, Capcom's new plug'n'play and a whole lot more! Join us for game club by playing: Blaster & Captain America & The Avengers
04.12.2019 Mister No News This episode we go over unreleased N64 games, The MISTer, LL Cool Joy, Windjammers, Mappy, and more!
04.03.2019 More Action Than Strategy This episode we will dive into Sega Dreamcast emulation. There is also a bunch of news from Sega, RaspberryPi and ZX Spectrum and more!
03.22.2019 Portable and Retargetable This episode we have tons of Atari and Sega news. We'll dive into VASM (a portable and retargetable assembler for your retro coding), and dive into our game club games.
03.13.2019 E.T's Trippy Home World This episode we talk about new Sega Genesis controllers, Piko Interactive games, Multiboy, Panorama Cotton, NES2PCE and a whole lot more!
02.28.2019 Episode 02 - Reggie Is Rich In this episode we talk about some fun Apple II stuff, how rich Reggie from Nintendo is, and lots of retro games!
02.19.2019 Episode 01 - So Much Tetris Welcome to the debut episode of the Retro Game Club podcast! In this episode we introduce the hosts and discuss what kinds of topics the show will cover. We then dive right into some news and our featured topic on ...
02.13.2019 Episode 00 Welcome to the debut episode of the Retro Game Club podcast! In this episode we introduce the hosts and discuss what kinds of topics the show will cover. We then dive right into some news and our featured topic on ...

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Retro Game Club episodes:

Dragon's Lair, Astrosmash - Andrew Plotkin - NarraScope

Saint Dragon Smash TV - Console Controllers

Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity, Doom 64 -Nico Rosso - Mortal Kombat Movie

Gradius III - SA1 hack, Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game - Hard4Games

Metal Marines, Freeway - Arcade 816

Batman, Stinger, TwinBee - NBA/NHL cancelled. Let's play NBA/NHL games.

Punch Out!!, Defender of the Crown - Japanese N64 games

Galaxian, Xevious - Game Password Generators

Frogger II, Rogue Squadron - Interview: Arabian Prince (mClassic, N.W.A)

Alien Syndrome, Breath of Fire - DarkSoft

Filler episode - Filler games

Battle Royale, Royal Rumble - TurboGrafx-16 Emulation

Casino Kid, Micro Machines - Inform

Empire Strikes Back 2600, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Jason Moore Atari Projects

Wipeout, Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past- 2020 preview

Crossover episode - soundtracks of the 2010s with Nerd Noise Radio

Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Daytona USA - Top Retro style games in the 2010s

Vectron, Keystone Kapers - Game Boy Interface Revisited

Balloon Fight, Space Invaders Part II - Black Friday 1999

Super Mario World, Arch Rivals - David L. Craddock Interview: Arcade Perfect

Alien 2600, Luigi's Mansion - Ghidra

Ghost Trick, Ghostbusters - 90s PC components

Haunting! Starring PolterGuy, Monster in my Pocket - BSNES-HD SNES Upscaling

PaRappa the Rapper, UniRacers - Collecting w/Randy from KnerdOut Podcast

Ikaruga, Wolfenstein 3D - Doom Ports

Alien Crush, Secret Of Mana - Dreamcast SDKs

Bully, Burgertime - TurboGrafx-16 US Launch

Card Sharks & The Ninja Warriors - Sega Multi-Tap

Kings Of The Beach, Hard Drivin' - Console Wars

Paperboy, T&C Surfer - Rob Loach of RetroArch Interview

California Games & Arknoid

Ninja Gaiden & Food Fight

Game Bundles + F-Zero & Lock N' Chase

Ristar & Faxanadu

Dr. Mario & King Of Monsters 2: The Next Thing

Castlevania IV & Shark! Shark!

Virtua Racing & The Last Blade

Rob Finally Gets It Right

I Hope I Will Be Legendary

Podcasters, Assemble!

Hugues & Rob gonna make ya JUMP JUMP!

Mister No News

More Action Than Strategy

Portable and Retargetable

E.T's Trippy Home World

Episode 02 - Reggie Is Rich

Episode 01 - So Much Tetris

Episode 00