Retro Game Club

Season 2 Episode 38

Episode 70

News:

• Tokyo losing another iconic video game arcade as Ikebukuro landmark is closing for good
• Sega Reveals Never-Before-Seen Nomad Handheld Prototype
• HyperFlash32 - Virtual Boy eInk ROM Cart
• Capcom reveals mini-arcade Retro Station, featuring Mega Man and Street Fighter II classics

• Classic Natsume titles to be re-released: Shadow of the Ninja for NES, Return of the Ninja for Game Boy Color

• 3dSen NES Emulator Brings New Life to Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest
• A STRAIGHTFORWARD GUIDE TO UNLOCKING THE NINTENDO GAME AND WATCH
• SEGA CELEBRATES SONIC R'S ANNIVERSARY WITH NEW ARTWORK FROM SONIC THE COMIC'S RICH ELSON
• Console Prices adjusted for inflation
• Sega Master System Architecture: A Practical Analysis
• Random: Did You Know Mario Kart DS Loads Differently Depending On Your Chosen Console?
• Feature: How A Donkey Kong Clone Almost Scuppered Nintendo's Ambitions In The West
• Booting from a vinyl record
• FPGA NES and Famicom Solutions' Mapper Support Matrices
• Thirty-Four Years Later, Ys 1 and II Are Getting PC Floppy Disk Ports

Game Club Discussion:

• Tron: Deadly Discs
• Super Monkey Ball (or any variants)

New Game Club Games:

• Shadow of the Ninja (NES)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #Tron #TronDeadlyDiscs #Atari2600 #SuperMonkeyBall #GameCube

Season 2 Episode 37

Episode 69

There was an audio issue. But I think it was saved by our backup recording and most of you won't even notice :-)

News:

• https://huguesjohnson.com/features/ReturnOfMarioAndPacMan/
• Apple II - Classic Games and Resources

• NYT guide to making a Raspberry Pi retro console

• The Hunt for the Long-Lost McDonald's DS Game

• Doom Running on the Nintendo Game & Watch

• A Sealed Copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 Just Sold for a World Record Price of $156,000

• Miyamoto on abandoning playable Luigi in Super Mario 64, Tezuka on how the title screen came to be

• Pac-Man to Be Inducted in the Comic-Con Museum Character Hall of Fame

• How Pac-Man Revolutionized Gaming

• Unreleased Green Lantern SNES Game Found

• WINDOWS TURNS 35: A VISUAL HISTORY

• RetroArch on XBox Series X/S emulates GameCube, Wii, Saturn, DreamCast, and others thanks to built-in developer mode

• Unplanned sega segment

• Unreleased Sega VR emulated on HTC Vive

• Lord Monarch for Mega Drive English translation

• Sega wants to release more Atlus ports, remasters, and remakes

• The Untold Story Of The Bug That Almost Sank The Dreamcast's North American Launch

• Dreamcast Gets a New Game! Metal Slug 6 Arcade Ported to SEGA Dreamcast
• NeoGeo Battle Coliseum and Samurai Shodown VI ported to Dreamcast as Atomiswave arcade ports keep coming

Game Club Discussion:

• 4D Boxing
• Super Pac-Man

New Game Club Games:

• Tron: Deadly Discs
• Super Monkey Ball (or any variants)

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #4DBoxing #SuperPacMan #PacMan #Arcade

Season 2 Episode 36

Episode 68

News:

• Electronics Boutique August/September 1997 Catalog

• Nintendo's New Game & Watch Hacked a Day Before Its Official Release

• Caterpillar video featuring life-sized game board puts a new spin on Pac-Man

• Toys for Bob Producer Wants to Revive 'Unconventional' N64 Game

• HOW TWO TWINS AND AN EGG TOOK ON NINTENDO'S SUPER MARIO

• PowKiddy Returns With The Vertical RGB20

• How the Sega Dreamcast Revolutionized Gaming

• UltraPIF – Multi Region N64 PIF Replacement

• Zelda Theory: Deku Link's Dark Backstory In Majora's Mask Explained

• Zelda CDi 'Reanimated'

• I completed my 7-year quest to play Thieves' Guild

• 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Nintendo Game Boy

• How Sierra Was Captured, Then Killed, by a Massive Accounting Fraud

• RepliCade's Dragon's Lair Is The Coolest Mini Arcade Machine I've Played

• How The NES Conquered A Skeptical America In 1985 | War Stories | Ars Technica

• Darksoft Multi Namco System 1 Kit

• DosBox Pure

Topic: DosBox

Game Club Discussion:

• Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Castle of Illusion

New Game Club Games:

• 4D Boxing
• Super Pac-Man

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #SorcerersApprentice #Atari2600 #CastleofIllusion #SegaGenesis #DosBox

Season 2 Episode 35

Episode 67

News:

• The latency problem: why modern gaming PCs are slower than an Apple II

• Modder's DIY project makes the SNES Super Scope work on your flat TV

• ARCADE DREAMS DOCUMENTARY RELEASES NEW TRAILER WITH JOBLO INVOLVEMENT

• RetroShop announces the first ZX Spectrum Next Clone Board

• Emulate the ZX Spectrum with Raspberry Pi

• The Raspberry Pi 400 is a compact keyboard with a built-in computer

• The Story of Mega Man on DOS | Gaming Historian

• Retro Games Ltd announces a C64 and VIC-20 game development competition

• At 41, Intellivision still shows vitality with two great events in 2020

• Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle brings a battle royale to the arcade classic, exclusively on Stadia

• Arcade1Up's Latest $500 Cabinet, "OutRun", Will Race into Your Living Rooms

• Space Ava 201: The First PC Engine CD Game With SuperGrafx Enhancements, and Arcade Card

• SEGA leaves Japanese arcade management business selling off 85.1% shares to GENDA – SEGA name will remain

• Sega looks back at Jet Set Radio as part of its 60th anniversary

• DUMPING A N64 DEVELOPMENT CARTRIDGE SAFELY

• IntecGaming makes dubious claims with the Warrior64

• Castlevania: SOTN English Patch Released for the Sega Saturn

Game Club Discussion:

• Gunstar Heroes

• Rampage

New Game Club Games:

• Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Castle of Illusion

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 34

Episode 66

News:

• HUMBLE COMICS BUNDLE: STREET FIGHTER BY MEDIA DO

• HUMBLE SOFTWARE BUNDLE: GAME DEV STEM

• Check Out These Mario-themed Pancakes and Merch at the New Mario Cafe & Store at Universal Studios Japan

• Here's Doom running on 100 pounds of moldy potatoes

• Japanese Farm Hides One Hell Of A Video Game Collection

• A Lot of Work Went Into Making Dinos Fight In Primal Rage

• RetroArch beta testing Steam

• There's A Toad In Super Mario Sunshine That Is Trapped Alone Beneath The Map, Forever

• John Romero says Doom Guy's name is Doom Guy

• Laser Bear Releases Saturn MODE Mount

• Stream Your PC Games Using This 3D Printed Raspberry Pi Handheld

• Sega Is Releasing Four Free Retro Mini-Games To Celebrate 60 Years

• Sega Reveals Free Streets of Rage/Yakuza Mashup

• Neo Geo MVS-X Review

• Mario Goes Hatless In Leaked Super Mario World Sprites

• The Portable Atari Mini Pong Jr. Is Like a Nintendo Switch That Only Plays Pong

• Lynx GameDrive

• This 3D home tour is the best accidental video game of 2020

Topic: Analogue Mega Sg

Game Club Discussion:

• Fester's Quest

• Dracula X / Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

New Game Club Games:

Gunstar Heroes

Rampage

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #FestersQuest #DraculaX #Castlevania #RondoofBlood #Analogue #MegaSG

Season 2 Episode 33

Episode 65

News:

• J.B. Harold Murder Club for the TurboGrafx-16 CD: Save RAM Analysis and Unintentional Speedrun Guide
• Nintendo Leak Reveals Unreleased Game Boy Advance Successor

• Video: A Look At Some Of The Rarest Nintendo Consoles

• SEGA LOOKING AT MINIATURIZING MORE CONSOLES

• Random: Jet Set Radio Composer Hideki Naganuma Tried To Be An Employee Of Nintendo Twice

• Let's Rank Star Wars Space Combat Games, From Worst To Best

• The history of Galloping Ghost, the USA's largest classic arcade

• Nintendo reminds us that Diddy's Kong Quest is one of the sneakiest titles in gaming history

• SNES Ghost Valley 1 (Slimeserver)

• USB64 – USB to N64 controller converter

• VIDEO: EXPLORING THE ABANDONED BIRTHPLACE OF THE 6502 AND COMMODORE 64

• How Console Wars Directors Are Turning The Nintendo Vs. Sega Battle Into A TV Show

• TGS 2020: SEGA Announces Virtua Fighter X Esports

• Random: Someone's Made A NES Game That Can Track The International Space Station

• Coolbaby RS3128 Is A Retro Handheld For The Terminator

• Beyond Donkey Kong Digs Deep Into Nintendo's Often Overlooked Arcade Heritage

• The Beginner's Guide to Running an Apple //e

• Doodle World to be Included in Evercade Indie Heroes Collection 1 Cartridge

• Analogue Announces the Duo FPGA System Compatible with Virtually Every NEC Game Format and TG-16 HuCard Adapter for the Pocket

Topic:

Best TG16 & CD gamesanalogue duo

Game Club Discussion:

• Splatterhouse 2
• 7th Guest

New Game Club Games:

• Fester's Quest

• Dracula X / Castlevania: Rondo of Blood

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #Splatterhouse #Splatterhouse2 #TG16 #TurboGrafx #PCEngine #7thGuest

Season 2 Episode 32

Episode 64

2x32=64

News:

• Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra's Curse

• US arrests two members of console hacking group Team Xecuter

• 3D PRINT A PIECE OF NINTENDO HISTORY BEFORE THE REAL ONE IS GONE

• Upcoming Documentary Seeks To Explore The Incredible Legacy Of Street Fighter II

• Prototype Game Boy Advance discovered thanks to Yahoo! Auctions

• The original Myst is coming to VR

• Random: Nintendo Wanted Mario To Be "Someone Who Might Live Near You"

• Feature: All Hail The Game Boy Micro, The Sexiest And Most Impractical Game Boy Ever

• Retro 16-bit: chipsynth SFC exactly emulates Super NES/Famicom as instrument

• Turn your Xbox One controller into a throttle-and-stick setup with these 3D-printed parts

• Photo-Sensitive Epilepsy Safe Hacks

• PC Engine Micro PC

• Listen to Radiohead's Kid A and OK Computer in glorious 8-bit

• 26th Annual IFComp

• How did we end up parsing Savvyday 29 Oatmeal 94 as Saturday 29 October 1994?

Topic:

Accidental Atari Jaguar Ramblings

Game Club Discussion:

• Nightmare In The Dark (Neo Geo)
• Super Mario Bros 2. https://kotaku.com/america-got-the-better-super-mario-bros-2-1845330030

New Game Club Games:

Splatter House 2

7th Guest

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #NightmareintheDark #NeoGeo #SMB2 #SuperMario #SuperMarioBros #Atari #Jaguar #AtariJaguar

Season 2 Episode 31

Episode 63

News:

• Could The House of The Dead Remakes Be Coming To Stadia
• Trent Reznor Announces Quake Soundtrack Is Getting The Vinyl Treatment

• ArcadeTV's MSU-MD Project

• CONTROLLING A BROKEN SUPER NINTENDO WITH MIDI
• MSXDev'20 final results
• Did You Know That GoldenEye Had A Dual-Analogue Control Option On N64?
• Romhack - Thy Flesh Consumed 32x
• Now you can program an Atari 8-bit via Twitter
• Arcade1Up's Latest $399 Cabinet Features SEGA Games For the First Time
• Build an arcade cabinet | Hackspace 35
• New Sonic 30th Anniversary gear from Funko Pop! + Encyclo-speed-ia book, more
• Konami Releases Old Metal Gear, Castlevania, and Contra Games on GOG
• Unintentional Mario Segment
  • Yoshi's Bare Feet Revealed In 1998 Super Mario World Activity Book

• • Now Super Mario 64 Is Running On A Sega Dreamcast

• • Naughty Game Starring Princess Peach Hit With Nintendo Copyright Complaint

• • Here's Super Mario World running on a PC from the 1980s

• • Super Mario Bros. 2 - Super Heroes Edition.

• • Hacker Uses LEGO Mario to Play Super Mario Bros

Topic:

Nintendo 3DS Discontinued

Game Club Discussion:

• Summer Games or Olympic Summer Games
• Dungeon Explorer

New Game Club Games:

Nightmare In The Dark (Neo Geo)

Super Mario Bros 2

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #SummerGames #Olympics #DungeonExplorer #Nintendo #3DS #Nintendo3DS

Season 2 Episode 30

Episode 62

News:

• Using Reinforcement Learning to play Super Mario Bros on NES using TensorFlow

• Masterpiece: Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island

• Zelda gamers get it: real-life secret, bomb-able entrance to dungeon found in Japan

• UNSEEN ORIGINAL SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 ARTWORK HITS THE INTERNET

• Pilotwings' Mellow Jazz Showed SNES Had A Sound All Its Own

• Retro-Bit Is Republishing Some Of Toaplan's Best Console Shooters In Physical Form

• Super Mario Balloon • Balloon Fight ROM Hack

• Humble Bundle - Make Games, Play Games Bundle

• Give Link a break: Celebrating the legends of people other than Zelda

• Console Wars Documentary Tells the Story of the Battle Between Nintendo and Sega in the '90s

• "Arse Warp" Is A Good Translation For Super Mario 64 Glitch

• Civilization Creator Shoots Down Our Memories Of A Nuke-Happy Gandhi

• Unplanned Sonic Segment

• Sonic Amateur Games Expo

• SAGE 2020: SONIC SPEED COURSE IS A TWIST ON A SNES CLASSIC

• SAGE 2020: SONIC 2 SMS REMAKE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND

• FIND TIKAL'S LOST CHAO IN NEW, FAN-MADE SONIC ADVENTURE DREAMCAST DLC

Topic:

Doodle World

Game Club Discussion:

• The NewZealand Story
• Mattel Electronics LED Football

New Game Club Games:

Summer Games or Olympic Summer Games

Dungeon Explorer

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #NewZealandStory #Mattel #MattelElectronics #LEDFootball #DoodleWorld #IndieGame #IndieDev #NES #HomeBrew

Season 2 Episode 29

Episode 61

News:

• Doodle World Kickstarter

• Buildbot and Github mostly restored – the current status and future plans

• AtGames Reveals The Legends Ultimate Arcade Cabinet

• Sonic 2 ex-artist shows off unapproved SEGA pitch for 'Spellcaster' fighting game

• Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World - Official Trailer

• Arkagis Revolution - Mode 7-like shooter available for the Sega Mega Drive

• Today I learned my baby's Fisher-Price gamepad accepts the Konami Code

• MINIATURE FAUX FLOPPY FOR 8-BIT ATARI LOOKS THE PART

• The rarest N64 game isn't what you'd expect

• Programmer Has Made 1993's Doom Playable on a Pregnancy Test

• The first battery-free Game Boy wants to power a gaming revolution

• Meet Elliot Coll: The Game Boy's very own Dr. Frankenstein

• Phantasy Star Online devs on the story, the graphics, and the angry fans that used to call the office

• Leaked documents reveal Nintendo considered releasing a portable HD GameCube

• Nintendo Announces Super Mario Remasters In Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary Direct

Topic:

Super Mario Bros Turns 35 Years Old

Game Club Discussion:

• Atlantis on 2600
• NBA Live '98

New Game Club Games:

• The NewZealand Story
• Mattel Electronics LED Football

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

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#retro #retrogaming #retrogames #Atlantis #Atari #Atari2600 #NBALive98 #SMB #SuperMarioBrothers #SMB35 #SuperMario