Physical media - game publishers want to kill it off but consumers won't give it up. Who will win? We chime in on this debate and how it impacts classic game collectors. We also make the usual retro rounds of news, virtually retro, email, and games of the week.

News
Origins of the PlayStation controller
Exhibit Of Gunpei Yokoi's Legacy
THQ creative director on used games: 'We get cheated'
Blockbuster Reportedly Plans Bankruptcy
Will Cartridges Come Back? Is Disc Media Dead?


Virtually Retro
Ufouria now on Virtual Console, buy it or else
Scott Pilgrim vs. your Xbox
Shank (XBLA)
Worms Reloaded


Games of the Week
Raging Fighter for Game Boy
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Shivers for PC


Email Links
eBay auction - 60+ DS Saved Game Files

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This week, all 4 members of The Retro League reveal their Top 5 games for the Sega Master System.  Which ones are our personal favorites?  The answer lies within this episode!

News
New Chrono Trigger merchandise
Microsoft Flight returns
Top 9 Most ridiculous Video Game Products
Retro City Rampage Blog
MovieBobs take on Scott Pilgrim vs the World

Top Sega Master System games
Phantasy Star
Spellcaster
Teddy Boy
Sonic Chaos
Astro Warrior
Line of Fire
Golden Axe Warrior
Aladdin
Road Rash
Choplifter
Castle of Illusion
Ys The Vanished Omens
Miracle Warriors
Fantasy Zone
R-Type
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Ninja Gaiden
Sonic the Hedgehog
Asterix
Wonder Boy 3

The intro this week is from this awesome video about living in the 1980's.  Check it out!

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We cover an absurd range of topics this week - rare Atari 2600 and NES auctions, gaming records, old magazines, fan remakes, favorite game endings, and more.

News
Get Lamp documentary
Old game magazines worth money?
Tetris World Champion crowned
Billy Mitchell Again Is Champion Of Donkey Kong - And Jr. Too
Golden Pad for GoldenEye
2011 Midwest Gaming Classic preorder tickets
Watch that mouth, Link
Playing Mario with your eyes
Developers Make Famicom Games from Unreal Famicom Cartridges
Start Saving as Famicom Box Surfaces on eBay
Pier Solar - August update


Virtually Retro
Costume Quest
Crash Team Racing


Price is Wrong
CALTRON 6 in 1 Nintendo NES Brand New & Factory Sealed!
CHASE THE CHUCK WAGON CHUCKWAGON IN BOX CIB ATARI 2600


Random Links
Brand New Factory Sealed Complete NES Games Memorabilia
King's Quest Fan Game Given Activision's Blessing, Coming July

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We're thrilled to be joined by Brian Provinciano, the developer of upcoming WiiWare game Retro City Rampage. He shares some exciting details about the game and discusses the history of its development & NES origins. Retro game fans will not want to miss out on this game.

Links
Retro City Rampage homepage
Retro City Rampage on Facebook
Retro City Rampage on Twitter

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This week, we talk Castlevania, old console failures, still open arcades, and the NES used for a good cause.

News
Fatal Labyrinth for PS3 and Xbox 360
Big Book of Classic Adventure games
Possibility of old consoles lost forever
8bit learning and programming with PlayPower
PlayPower Homepage
Scott Pilgrim the Video Game
Chinatown Arcade
allgengamers.com
Brief History of Castlevania pt 1
Nintendo Soap Carts

Price is Wrong auctions
Castlevania Arcade game
Sega Genesis Blockbuster World Championships II cart

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This week, all four members of The Retro League gather round to cover all sorts of Retro goodness.  We even manage to hit every regularly scheduled segment!

News
Super Creepy Pokemon hack
History of Nintendo Volume 1
Custom Desktop Arcade units
Intellivision Lives! for the Nintendo DS
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and retro gaming
Dragon's Lair Trilogy for Wii
Halo for Atari 2600

Virtually Retro
Aero the Acrobat (SNES)

Games of the Week
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones (TurboGrafx-16)
Sin and Punishment (N64)
Demon's Crest (SNES)
Lotus II (Genesis)

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This week we debate the merits of clone systems and talk about the Earthbound series, which is odd because none of us have played a single game from it. That's alright, there are plenty of other games we actually have played that we chat about too.

News
Aonuma Confirms Existence of Zelda Timeline
Tetris Tournament Documentary
Battle Kid Auction
Is It Hyrulean Fashion Week In New York?
Games from the Pencils of Children
Zelda on Paper
RetroN 3


Virtually Retro
Motor Toon Grand Prix for PSN
DeathSpank
Cladun for PSN
Ecco the Dolphin, Space Harrier for IPhone


The Price is Wrong
FAMICOM NES FC"MOTHER"EARTHBOUND ZERO NINTENDO BOX JP-3
Mother 3 Gameboy Advance Cartridge Japan Import Tested


Games of the Week
Tekken for PlayStation
Fatal Labyrinth for Sega Genesis
XS Junior League Dodgeball for PlayStation

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This week we talk about a few more upcoming retro revivals, video game stores our listeners miss, random Sega CD games, marketing cigarettes to minors, and more.

News
Mega Man Universe
Atari Reviving Centipede, Star Raiders Too?
Klax Cigarettes
Sonic 2 XL
Sunsoft Announces Summer Virtual Console Releases
Atari Revives The Original Survival Horror Game
Expendables game makes retro gaming look macho


Games of the Week
Castlevania Circle of the Moon for Game Boy Advance
Surgical Strike for Sega CD
Star Wars Chess for Sega CD


Random Links
ebay - Complete Sega CD Collection
Street Hoop for Neo Geo
Super Mario on Violin
Nintendo Magazine System 8
US Policenauts cover

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Join us as we sorrow over treasured gaming items and favorite stores that have vanished from our lives. It's not all despair this week though as we also discuss a few favorite games, TurboGrafx-16 attire, how to organize a game collection, and more.

News
Steve Wiebe to enter the video game hall of fame
WiiDoom homebrew
Pac Man cartoon coming in 2012


Virtually Retro
Soul of Darkness
Hurdle Turtle
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge Special Edition


Games of the Week
Dirt Trax FX for Super Nintendo
Cosmic Fantasy 2 for TurboGrafx-16 CD
Ninja Five-O
Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy!


Random Links
Namco Museum for Gamecube
Splatterhouse shoe laces

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News
Mario Marathon 3 breaks records
Beat Super Mario 3 in 11 minutes
RetroAction Magazine
The perfect Pac-Man game
Sega Saturn games for download...maybe

Price is Wrong auctions
Game Boy kiosk
Coca Cola limited edition Game Gear

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