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On this week's Amigos, we suffer through Dangerous Streets on the Amiga, Gremlin’s infamously broken fighting game that somehow became the pack-in face of the CD32 console launch.🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast!https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcastMore Amiga Game Reviews:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaD3XRYu1lQRUrXT5aRTSNL5wMCkMOVlBSubscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast0:00 This is really the dirt worst.0:45 Multiple terrible flavors1:45 Publisher and Developer Background3:33 Throw the ECS version in the ditch3:45 Amiga's troubled history with fighting games4:58 Boat's opening take6:57 Satanic Fonzie and the rest of the cast12:52 Modes of Control13:07 How special moves work13:29 Dangerous Streets vs. other fighting games15:59 Boat's in depth thoughts21:53 Aaron's in depth thoughts26:07 Boat defends Dangerous Streets28:19 Aaron hates every part of this game31:45 Magazine Reviews33:46 Listener Reviews37:01 The DOS version is worse37:53 It's hard to find this for sale38:50 Portable Vampire II A600 Build40:24 We appear in Compute! Gazette41:31 Double Babboon Ninja44:05 Our favorite fighting games48:10 Aaron's most dangerous street50:38 Coming Up Next Week!#Amiga #Retrocomputing

We're back for Episode 178 of Pixel Gaiden!
In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover Battle Of The Systems - Boogie Wings Vs. Mystic Riders
 
12:10 - Quick Questions
42:32 - Patreon Song
45:02- Tea Time With Tim - Road Trip
1:02:21 - Cody's Corner
1:33:35 - News
2:35:29 - Battle Of The Systems -Boogie Wings Vs. Mystic Riders
News notes at PixelGaiden.com

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"O" is Tiny Platform Goodness for the ZX NEXT - Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron for Our Sinclair ! 👉 Was this the best platformer on the ZX NEXT? Let us know in the comments!If you enjoy Our Sinclair content, make sure to hit LIKE 👍 and SUBSCRIBE!Grab "O" HERE! https://fusionretrogames.itch.io/o🔗 Get social!Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogamingBluesky: amigosgretrogaming#Retrocomputing #retrorotation #zxspectrum #zxspectrumnext

This week on Amigos: Everything Amiga, we dive into Captain Blood — a surreal sci-fi dreamscape packed with alien languages, a Jean-Michel Jarre soundtrack, and some of the strangest gameplay ever released on the Amiga — plus current Amiga news and more!

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0:00 Hauntingly French?
0:14 Jean Michele Jarre Soundtrack
1:35 Development History
3:38 Aaron's BBS Download
4:00 Ports released on other systems
4:28 Lead Platform Atari ST
4:55 Boat's Initial Impressions
5:37 Backstory
8:30 He's a weird freak as opposed to being a guy
9:16 Gameplay summary
13:22 Fractal landscape discussion
17:39 Alien communication discussion
22:16 How far Aaron got
23:07 An 8 bit game with a 16 bit coat of paint
25:19 Plotting coordinates on nav computer
28:21 Boat's Final Thoughts
30:41 Amiga vs. ZX Spectrum Port Comparison
32:17 Artist turned assembly programmer?!
33:12 Alternate ST Versions
33:32 Possible sequels?
34:17 Americans got no novella
34:38 Magazine Reviews
37:04 Price at time of release
37:33 eBay Price
38:44 Jay Miner Memorial Library Acquired!
41:52 Jail Break Arcade Port to Amiga
43:27 Moon Cresta Arcade Port to Amiga
44:42 Return to Blacktooth Game in Development
46:52 Ami Game Jam Results Announced
49:50 A1200 Maxi Delayed
52:29 International Computer Club Recap
53:51 Have you ever been a captain?
55:54 Coming up Next Week!

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Welcome to the CoCo Show 63! Join THE BRENT and Amigo Aaron this week we look at another game from across the pond, in Cornwall no less! It's Wizard's Quest for the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer and Dragon 32 Computer! WE SWEAR IT'S NOT ATIC ATAC! Email: theretrorotation@gmailFacebook: Amigos Retro GamingTwitch: amigosretrogaming#trsgaming #Retrorotation#Retrocomputing #dragon32