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Held over for one more weekend, it's Blake Grundman live and in person with me at the microphone, and this episode we have some more shopping purchases to share before we tear into a topic near and dear to Blake's heart: Star Wars. Kick back with us for a while and let's have some fun. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of choice, and be sure to catch up on past episodes if you're joining us late. Remember...

We have an extra special episode this week! Usually Blake Grundman and I record the show from our respective secretive lairs at opposite ends of the United States, but we're celebrating the end of my twelve long chemotherapy treatments for cancer, so the time was beyond right for Blake to jump in his car and come speeding across the nation to hang out at the Press The Buttons Compound for a few days. For years I've told Blake about the amazing retro indie toy, video game, and comic shops in Florida, so I took him on a series of day...

Following on from last week, back in 2018 we did a two-part look (Episodes 269 and 270) at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link's Awakening DX. I don't know if you've noticed, but video game publishers are still doing this sort of thing six years later, so it's time to take another look at the topic. This one is so large that we're breaking it into pieces; Part 1 was released last week and this is Part 2. Download this week's episode directly from...

Back in 2018 we did a two-part look (Episodes 269 and 270) at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link's Awakening DX. I don't know if you've noticed, but video game publishers are still doing this sort of thing six years later, so it's time to take another look at the topic. This one is so large that we're breaking it into pieces; Part 1 is available right now with Part 2 coming next week. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the...

I sent my international buyer, Blake Grundman, overseas to acquire some rare gaming antiquities for me. That is, he picked up some fairly priced amiibo and games that are hard to find and not so fairly priced here. This leads into a discussion on how else to play retro games whose corporate ownership has turned to dust over the decades, and that's how we get into hacking devices to run emulators. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of...

We were fortunate enough to get advance access to the new Digital Eclipse Gold Master series of documentary releases, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, so for this week's episode of the podcast we discuss the title, its interactive exhibits, and the 42 games and light synthesizers included. From Attack of the Mutant Camels to Hover Bovver to Tempest 2000, there's quite a collection of history here. Join us and find out what all the fuss is about. Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is available now on all major platforms. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player...

We're strolling on the shady side of the tracks this week as we focus on some favorite retro ROM hacks and the baked-in achievements that go with them. All of this talk of emulation inevitably leads us to touch on the Nintendo/Yuzu Switch emulator lawsuit, too. Join us and bring your ROM patching tools for some new takes on old fun. ROM Hacks Mentioned In This Episode The Real Ghostbusters Remastered Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut Mega Man X3 - Zero Project Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Color Edition Mega Man World 5 DX Smash Remix Ghostbusters - Special...