Retro Game Club

Season 2 Episode 18

Episode 50

News

• Insignia Project Aims To Resurrect Xbox Live For The Original Xbox

• Introducing the Sega Triple Bypass

• New Phantasy Star English Patch Was 14 Years In The Making

• Everdrive N8 Pro v2.08 Firmware update

• HUMBLE RPG GAME DEVELOPMENT ASSETS BUNDLE

• King's Quest 6 AGI Version

• 30 years later, a lost Days of Thunder NES game recovered from 21 floppy disks

• Github link but not yet published

• In Japan, You Can Buy A Nintendo Wii For 50 Cents

• Sega is making a Game Gear Micro

Topic:

EGM 50

Game Club Discussion:

Kabuki: Quantum Fighter

Virtua Fighter

New Game Club Games:

Space Harrier

Galaga '88

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 17

Episode 49

News:

• G-Boy: Wii / GameCube Portable DIY Kit

• Game Gear title Eternal Legend gets an English fan translation

• Raspberry Pi 4 Beta Firmware Brings True USB Boot for High-Speed Storage, No microSD Required

• Sega Saturn Fenrir ODE Firmware Updates

• When SimCity got serious: the story of Maxis Business Simulations and SimRefinery

• The Future Was 8 bit announces Mini PET, a modern take on the Commodore PET 2001

• For Pac-Man's 40th birthday, Nvidia uses AI to make new levels

• You Can Play A New Dance Dance Revolution In Your Browser Right Now

• Sonic 3 Alternate Intro Puts The Hedgehog On A Surfboard

• PCE CD Support Added to MiSTer

• Source code releases - intentional and otherwise

• EA is releasing the source code for two classic Command and Conquer games

• Microsoft GW-BASIC source code now available on Github

• Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online
• American Classic Arcade Museum Go Fund Me

Topic:

• Emulating on 3ds: Sky3ds & R4 cards

Game Club Discussion:

• Dynamite Cop
• Chrono Cross

New Game Club Games:

• Kabuki: Quantum Fighter
• Virtua Fighter

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 16

Episode 48

News

• Random: Mike Tyson Wants To Make A New Punch-Out!! Game Using His Cannabis Company
• PUTTING AN ARCADE CABINET INSIDE OF AN NES CONTROLLER
• Nintendo takes action against that really good Super Mario 64 PC port
• Rank The Mario Kart Games, Worst To Best
• Sega 32x Noise Fix Tested
• MicroProse, Legendary Creators Of Civilization, XCOM And Falcon 4.0 Is Back After 20 Year Gaming Absence
• Kirby design director wants to make a non-action spin-off, says there'll be a lot of variety in the future
• Siliconera Speaks Up: How Can So Many Series Be Turning 35 This Year?
• The Sound Of A Japanese Arcade Is A Beautiful Thing
• Recreating Sega's Columns with Arduino!
• SNAKES AND LADDERS: GAME BOY EMULATOR IN PYTHON
• 10 Sega Genesis Games That Should Get A Remake
• Final Fantasy III Designer Had His Own Head Canon About White Mage's Iconic Red Sleeves
• Concept Artist Discusses Retro's Cancelled Zelda and Mario Spin-Offs
• How to emulate a Color Computer in MAME – The ultimate tutorial
• paraLLEl-RDP rewritten from scratch – available in paraLLEl n64 right now for RetroArch
• Watch The Original Footage Shot That Was Used For The Fighters in The First MORTAL KOMBAT Game
• MVG Test the Polymega SEGA Genesis Module
• Four More Games Added To Nintendo's Switch Online Library

Topic:

Limited Run Games Interview

Game Club Discussion:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (DOS)

Centipede

New Game Club Games:

Dynamite Cop. Dreamcast - Josh

Chrono Cross - Douglas

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 15

Episode 47

News

• Hard4Games Jaguar Tape
• Hard4Games SEGA 32X VHS Previews
• Billy Mitchell takes his Donkey Kong high-score cheating case to court
• Sailor Moon for PC-Engine CD translation released
• Terraonion MODE - Dreamcast & Saturn ODE
• RetroPie 4.6 released with Raspberry Pi 4 support
• N64 Emulation: MasterFeizz releases ARMv6 dynarec version of DaedalusX64 for the 3DS & ports it to the Vita version – Mario Kart 64 & Super Mario 64 are now effectively playable on both the Vita and New 3DS
• RetroArch 1.8.6 released! – Libretro
• Pong Quest
• Driven Mad By Lockdown, Jalopnik Editor Sews A Working Plush Atari 2600 Joystick
• These custom Jelly Key keycaps are modeled after classic arcade games
• Controlling an Air Conditioner Might Be the Least Exciting Game Boy Game Ever Created
• Al Alcorn, Creator of Pong, Explains How Early Home Computers Owe Their Color Graphics to This One Cheap, Sleazy Trick
• Ranking The House Of The Dead Arcade Games, Worst To Best
• Space Quest - A Son of Xenon - An unofficial fan made adventure prequel to Space Quest 1
• Massive Nintendo leak yields N64, GCN, Wii source code, much more
• Using Leaked Nintendo Source Code Poses Serious Legal Risk to Emulators
• Super Mario 64 Has Received An Unofficial PC Port

Topic:

Andrew Plotkin - NarraScope

http://www.ifwiki.org/index.php/Andrew_Plotkin

Game Club Discussion:

Dragon's Lair

Astrosmash

New Game Club Games:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 4.0 (DOS)

Centipede

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 14

Episode 46

News

• Super Mario Odyssey 64 Mod Brings Odyssey's Levels and Mechanics to Mario 64, Including Transformations
• John Conway, inventor of the Game of Life, has died of COVID-19
• Apple II Diskbrowser
• LaunchBox 10.12 - Compete for MAME High Scores with the Community!
• This Abandoned Computer Store Is a Time Capsule of Early 2000s Tech
• The MYST TV Series Will Be Written by X-MEN: FIRST CLASS Writer Ashley Edward Miller
• Star Wars Episode 1 Release Date Set For PS4 And Switch
• Miyamoto Congratulates HAL Laboratory On Turning 40, Speaks Of Iwata, Smash Bros. And More
• Create Your Own Games On Switch With SmileBASIC 4, Available Next Week
• Kansasfest 2020 Will be Virtual
• Lynx 2020 Programming Competition
• 8BitDo TG16 2.5ghz controller

Topic: Console Controllers

Game Club Discussion:

Saint Dragon

Smash TV

New Game Club Games:

Dragon's Lair

Astrosmash

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Game Club Master List

Season 2 Episode 13

Episode 45

News

• Furrtek Maps the PC Engine HuC6270 with John McMaster
• How to Write an Apple II BASIC Program in Your Web Browser
• Bug in Super Mario Bros (NES) discovered, patched
• Turn NES Games Into VR Games With This Program
• Sega made a traffic safety game in 1988, and collectors now have it
• Basic 10Liner 2020 results are out
• Pac-Man Fever musician releases new song
• Modder Guts A Nintendo GameCube And Turns It Into A Modern Gaming PC
• Retro-Bit Is Launching an Alternative Dreamcast Controller in Late 2020

Topic:

Nico Rosso - Mortal Kombat Movie

Game Club Discussion:

Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity

Doom 64

New Game Club Games:

Saint Dragon

Smash TV

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Season 2 Episode 12

Episode 44

News

• Intellivision takes more than 10,000 VIP edition preorders for Amico console in a few days
• Fixing the Super Rare Sega Pluto Prototype
• Trimmed PCB Makes The Ultimate Portable N64
• Missile Command: Recharged Official Trailer
• The Punch-Out Speedrunning Community Spent Five Years Trying To Beat One Player And All His Records
• How SNES Emulators Got A Few Pixels From Complete Perfection
• NINTENDO HAS BIG PLANS FOR SUPER MARIO BROS.' 35TH ANNIVERSARY
• 28 years later, a no-disc version of the Sega CD exists—and it rocks [Updated]
• Kojima's GBA experiment—and the sunny island childhood it changed forever
• Meet the musicians who compose in Mario Paint

Topic:

Hard4Games Interview

Game Club Discussion

Gradius III - SA1 rom hack (SNES)

Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game

New Game Club Games

Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity

Doom 64

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Season 2 Episode 11

Episode 43

News

• Hyper Catalog 5&6 review I wrote while bored one night
• Corona Relief Done Quick Speedrunning Marathon Announced
• War Stories: How Prince of Persia slew the Apple II's memory limitations
• Super Mario 64's Smoke Effect Bug Fixed After 24 Years
• Myst de-make for Apple II
• Ryan Reynolds To Star in The Upcoming Live-Action Film Adaptation of DRAGON'S LAIR!
• Read Some FREE Retro Gaming Books While In Isolation
• Star Wars Episode I: Racer will include LAN multiplayer on Switch
• Hardware Review: PC Engine Mini - Still An Acquired Taste, Even After 30 Years
• Sega's New Mascot Is The Son Of Sega's Old Mascot
• Shadow Man Remastered Bringing the N64 Favorite to PC and Consoles Next Year
• ASCII art + permadeath: The history of roguelike games
• AdventurePi: portable Raspberry Pi arcade machine

Topic:

Arcade 816

Stylized arcade cabinets of video game consoles and an arcade venue in Chicago.

Game Club Discussion

Metal Marines (Win 3.1)

Freeway

New Game Club Games

Gradius III - SA1 rom hack (SNES)

Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Season 2 Episode 10

Episode 42 (The answer to life, the universe and everything)

News

• Unplanned Game Sale section:
  • GOG is offering 27 free games to help you relax at home

• Mortal Kombat 4, The 1997 Klassic, Is Now Available On GOG

• Humble Bundle Steam Sale

• Games That Weren't
• A Lobo fighting game was in the works for Nintendo 64 but was ultimately canceled along with these other titles that never saw the light of day
• Why The Original Nintendo Famicom Controller Has A Microphone Revealed
• THE ULTIMATE GAME BOY TALK
• Atic Atac - Ultimate Play the Game classic has finally made its home on the C64!
• Interact with Atari's 6502 Processor in BASIC
• Emulation News
• • Final Burn Neo Progress Report
  • LaunchBox 10.11 & 10.2 is Here!

Topic: No sports right now, let's play some sports games.

NHL '94 (Sega CD)

Ice Hockey (NES)

NBA 2k1 (Dreamcast)

NBA JAM (32x)

Mentions:

Bill Lambert Basketball (SNES)

Pole Position II (car racing probably cancelled for the season) (why does that even need a live crowd?)

Looney Toons B Ball (SNES)

Game Club Discussion

Batman (NES)

Two ROM hacks released for this in the past week

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4978/

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4979/

Stinger (US)/Moero TwinBee (J)

New Game Club Games

Metal Marines (Win 3.1)

Freeway

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs

Season 2 Episode 9

Episode 41

News

• TurboGrafx-16 Mini indefinitely delayed due to coronavirus
• Tim Skelly - 1951-2020
• Visual 6502 Remix
• SONIC HACKING CONTEST COMING THIS OCTOBER
• Even 25 Years Later, the Iomega Zip Is Unforgettable
• The PlayStation 2 Is Now Twenty Years Old
• Which Super Mario Character Are You Based On Your Zodiac Type?
• The Pit - 1982 Arcade game gets a ZX Spectrum conversion release!

Topic:

N64 games that are cheap to import and that you can play without knowing Japanese

• Bakuretsu Muteki Bangai-O
• Puyo Puyo Sun & PUYO PUYO 4 PARTY Puyon
• Rakugakids
• Games that on average ½ the price of the US version
• • Diddy Kong Racing
  • Yoshi's Story
  • Donkey Kong 64
  • Mario Kart 64
  • Kirby 64
• Gameshark as cartridge converter vs modding

Game Club Discussion

Punch Out!! (NES)

Defender of the Crown

New Game Club Games

Batman (NES)

Stinger (US)/Moero TwinBee (J)

Music By:

I Love Lightning Bugs