That's right, the guys tackle the brilliant, or not brilliant depending on who you are, Bloodstained. Including the now infamous Switch port!

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So this week's Bit Effect is part one of a two parter, next week we taclke the modern Bloodstained. For now we tackle the ups and downs, AND the diagonals of Super Castlevania IV.

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This Namco developed horror based beat em up has Dave excited. Get ready for half an hour of nothing but gushing!

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Apologies for the poor audio quality and subsequent odd edit.

Dave, Luke and Mike continue to discuss Dante's inferno on the PS3, Xbox 360 and the PSP.

A game that both Dave and Luke remember fondly, how has it held up after 9 years? Tune in to find out.

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Dave, Luke and Mike discuss Dante's inferno on the PS3, Xbox 360 and the PSP.

A game that both Dave and Luke remember fondly, how has it held up after 9 years? Tune in to find out.

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Dave and Luke hold the fort whilst Craig is modeled for a Waifu pillow and Mike is at the Lion King Premiere.

In our newly revamped way of choosing games for Retro Rewinds here is 1987's Metal Gear for the MSX. Chosen in direct response to last week's 60's spy romp Metal Gear has a distinctly more modern feel to espionage, but how modern does the game feel?!

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In our newly revamped way of choosing games for Retro Rewinds here is 1986's Rolling Thunder from Namco. Dave has fond memories of this and the NES version, and as usual Craig has never heard of it! Let's see if they manage to defeat the evil Maboo.

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This week Dave and Craig take a look at some Retro Rewind games, and some others and cherry pick some "quality" tunes for your ears. They also choose a couple of newer tracks so as not to look like grumpy old men.

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So as usual we get together and chat about what our Game of the Half Year is. Many of hte games mentioned were actually released in years gone past, but it's been a busy year for backlog clearing!

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