Retro Game Club

Season 7 Episode 19

Episode 208

News

• How a programmer got Doom to run on a space satellite and what happened next
• Sonic GX - HOT NEWS as Sonic the Hedgehog has arrived on the Amstrad GX4000 and Amstrad Plus!
• Classic 1988 NES Action Title 'Ninja Gaiden' Used 'Castlevania' for Inspiration
• Castlevania Is Being Ported To The (Checks Notes) Atari 2600

Topic: The 386 at 40 and the PS2 at 20

Game Club

• Crüe Ball
• Ninja Five-O

New Game Club Games

• Shinobi
• Crush Roller

Shinto's links:

• The Atari Jaguar Game by Game Podcast (website)
• RSS Feed
• Apple Podcasts
• BlueSky
• Facebook
• Mastodon

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#Doom #Sonic #NES #NinjaGaiden #Castlevania #CrueBall #NinjaFiveO #GBA #Genesis #AtariJaguar

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 18

Episode 207

News

• Behold: The Lego Game Boy has already been modded to play games for real
• Macintosh System 7 Ported To X86 With LLM Help
• Super Mario Bros. speedrunner discovers 'new' levels in The Lost Levels after 39 years
• The Toasty Guy From Mortal Kombat Has Left The Studio After 30+ Years
• Another Game Boy Classic Is Getting The 'DX' Colourisation Treatment
• 'Don't Die Mr. Robot!' Gets Demade For The Neo Geo Pocket Color
• Bubble Bobble's Incredible C64 Port Just Got A New Fan Remaster That You Can Play For Free
• After 35 Years, Sunsoft's PC Engine 'City Hunter' Game Is Being Revived For Modern Platforms

Topic: President of TTI / Turbo Zone Direct, Steve Garwood

Game Club

• Chip's Challenge
• Rolling Thunder

New Game Club Games

• Crüe Ball
• Ninja Five-O

Zach's podcast:

• Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#GameBoy #Macintosh #SMB #MortalKombat #NeoGeoPocketColor #BubbleBobble #C64 #PCEngine #TurboZone #ChipsChallenge #AtariLynx #Arcade #RollingThunder

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 17

Episode 206

Rob is Joined by Zach from Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress to rank all the Nintendo consoles!

This is a previously recorded special episode to cover some travel time for Rob. Regular episodes will resume eventually.

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

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Season 7 Episode 16

Episode 205

News

• Golden Axe Is Being Unofficially Ported To The Atari 2600
• Sega Accused Of Using Police To Recover Nintendo Dev Kits It Had "Negligently Disposed Of"
• Microsoft open-sources its 6502 version of BASIC from 1976
• Juergen's 100 MHz 65F02 Microprocessor is designed to work as an Accelerator for 6502 And 65C02 Computers
• Sega Laserdisc Emulation Has Just Taken A Major Leap Forward
• Miyamoto Explains How Super Mario Bros. World 1-1 Was Created
• All Lost iPod Games Have Been Recovered

Game Club

• Banjo-Kazooie
• Castlevania: Bloodlines

New Game Club Games

• Chip's Challenge
• Rolling Thunder

Zach's podcast:

• Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress

That Movie Rob is in:

• Is That All There Is

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#GoldenAxe #Atari2600 #MOS6502 #Laserdisc #Emulation #LaserActive #SMB #iPod #BanjoKazooie #Castlevania #PlayStation

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 15

Episode 204

Zach's podcast: Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress

News

• Computer Entertainer has been digitized.
• Embedded Go as a toolchain, Pi Pico 2, Nintendo 64
• CrankBoy Is A Playdate Game Boy Emulator With Impressive Performance
• Nintendo Of America Once Suggested Pokémon Company Should Give Pikachu Big Naturals, It's Claimed
• Vectrex Mini Prototypes Showcased At Gamescom 2025
• Lego iMac G3

Game Club

• Tapper
• Life Force/Salamander

New Game Club Games

• Banjo Kazooie
• Castlevania: Bloodlines

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#Nintendo64 #GameBoy #Emulation #Pokemon #Vectrex #Lego #iMacG3

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 14

Episode 203

Ryan Ridley (Rick & Morty, Renfield, Star Trek: Lower Decks, etc.) joins for a special interview and Zach is back to cohost the rest of the episode!

Zach's show: Absolutely the Best Podcast: A Work in Progress

News

• Weird Al Yankovic's Lost Nintendo Game Is Real and It's Gloriously Insane
• The X68000 Z Is Getting Its Very Own Ys Collection This Winter
• Modern SNES Handheld That Plays Physical Cartridges Is In The Works

Game Club

• Gomola Speed
• Rhyme Rider Kerorican

New Game Club Games

• Tapper
• Salamander / Life Force

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#NES #WeirdAl #X68000 #Ys #SNES #TurboGrafx #PCEngine #WonderSwan #RyanRidley

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 13

Episode 202

BovineDevine links

• Twitch
• Bluesky
• Discord

News

• Canceled, But Nearly Finished Animaniacs Game Has Been Found
• New Neptune fpga is coming.
• A Feast Of 1970s Gaming History, And An 8080 Arcade Board
• Someone got a PS1 emulator running on a DS cartridge, and I'm really impressed
• Simple GOG client for Linux, Minigalaxy version 1.4 released

Game Club

• Hi-Octane
• Bionic Commando (NES)

New Game Club Games

• Gomola Speed
• Rhyme Rider Kerorican

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#retrocollecting #Animaniacs #PlayStation #NintendoDS #Linux #HiOctane #BionicCommando #NES

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 12

Episode 201

News

• Ryan Reynolds' Dragon's Lair Movie May Finally Have A Director
• It Looks Like 50 Cent Will Play Balrog in the Street Fighter Movie
• PicoGUS – The $50 / €65 / £58 Sound Card That Only Does Everything
• YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speed Pac-Man mod in plain sight
• After 27 years, engineer discovers how to display secret photo in Power Mac ROM
• 30 Years On, DOOM's "Super FX 3" Upgrade Gives SNES Players A More Polished Way To Rip And Tear

Topic: Ranking the Metroid series

[Note: Zach somehow left his Zero Mission ranking out of the discussion. It should have been #4, below Super and above Samus Returns.]

Game Club

• Metroid Fusion
• Mega Man 5

New Game Club Games

• Hi-Octane
• Bionic Commando (NES)

Links

• Zach's podcast
• Hugues' catalog scans
• Sears catalogs & wishbooks

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#Metroid #SamusAran #MegaMan #Capcom #DragonsLair #StreetFighter #PacMan #PowerMac #DOOM #SNES

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 11

Episode 200

Zach Links:

• https://linktr.ee/absolutelythebest
• https://absolutelythebest.net

News

• MagicX: Launch date revealed for Nintendo DS-focused gaming handheld
• The Commodore 64 Gets An HDMI Upgrade
• Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer
• WWF WrestleFest Is Being Rereleased In Home Arcade Cabinet Form Later This Year

Topic

Adventures Of Super Mario Bros 3

Game Club

• Metal Slug 2 or X
• Fatal Labyrinth

New Game Club Games

• Metroid Fusion
• Mega Man 5

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#MetalSlug #NeoGeo #FatalLabyrinth #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #NintendoDS #Commodore64 #Atari #WWFWrestleFest #SMB #SuperMarioBros

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing

Season 7 Episode 10

Episode 199

S.M. Oliva Links:

• Music Construction Set (1983)
• Computer Games (1984)
• Halcyon (1985)
• Computer Games (1985)
• Software Piracy (1985)
• Thomas M. Disch's Amnesia (1986)
• Mr. Gameshow (1987)
• Computer Games (1987, Part 1)
• Computer Games (1987, Part 2)

News

• Gamer Discovers Two Super Mario 64 Bugs That Only Trigger After 14 Months Of Continuous Play
• PAC-MAN: The Official Cookbook
• OutRun Comes To The Game Boy Color Thanks To This Unofficial Port

Game Club

• Qix
• Tiny Tunes Adventures

New Game Club Games

• Metal Slug 2 or X
• Fatal Labyrinth

Game Club Link Tree

Retro Game Club Discord server

Bumpers: Raftronaut , Inverse Phase

Threads, Facebook, Bluesky, and Instagram managed by: Zach

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#SuperMario64 #Mario #PacMan #OutRun #Qix #TinyTunes #TinyTunesAdventures #NES

#retro #retrogames #retrogaming #videogames #classiccomputing