Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast

We're back for Episode 180 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Games With Sharks.

 

9:06 - Quick Questions

31:36 - Patreon Song

35:01- Tea Time With Tim - Retro Rivalries

49:00 - Eric's Take - Pico-8 Hotness

1:01:23 - News

2:11:54 - 6 Good Games With Sharks!

 

News -   

Cody – New Vectrex Action!  https://www.retronews.com/dark-alien-in-deep-space/ 

Eric - Valve Jacks Up Steam Deck Prices By As Much As $300 

https://www.engadget.com/2182286/valve-jacks-up-steam-deck-prices-by-as-much-as-300/ 

Tim - Infe2tation from Monte Boyd for the C64 will be out in June. Maybe by the time you are listening to this! This is the follow up from infeZtation from the creator of show fave game Knights and Slimes. 

https://bsky.app/profile/monteboyd.bsky.social/post/3mnh2jwhf2k2x 

Cody - Rumor - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/rumour-sega-might-be-releasing-a-low-cost-handheld-with-removable-game-carts 

Eric - "They Had No Idea What They Were Doing" - Amico Teardown Sheds Light On Doomed Intellivision Console | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/they-had-no-idea-what-they-were-doing-amico-teardown-sheds-light-on-doomed-intellivision-console 

Tim - Petal Panic C64 – Preview – The Piggy 18 team behind the C64 game A Pigs Quest has just released a 3-world work in progress demo of their latest platformer for the C64. Hopefully this one will blossom on to our C64 screens soon. 

https://piggy18.itch.io/petal-panic 

Cody – My Kinda Game! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/oh-my-doug-is-a-hand-drawn-metroidvania-set-inside-a-human-body-with-ren-and-stimpy-style-gross-ups#enlarge-1 

Eric - UFO 50 Nonograms is an unofficial fangame of Mossmouth's UFO 50. 

https://m3zik.itch.io/lx-nonograms 

Tim – Sonic for the Next – The ZX Spectrum Next has just received a surprise port of the SMS version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Dave18 via itch.io has just released this version. It follows on the heels of his previous SMS conversion of Astro Warrior. (Via Indie Retro News) 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/06/sonic-spectrum-next-sonic-hedgehog.html#more 

https://dave18.itch.io/wip-sonic-spectrum-next 

Cody – New NeoGeo Games https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/necro-pop-is-a-new-game-built-from-the-ground-up-for-neo-geo 

https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-all-the-risky-stuff-is-basically-ticked-we-spoke-to-the-developer-of-the-ambitious-neo-geo-first-party-game-overserved 

Cody – More Cuphead!!! https://www.retronews.com/mighty-cuphead-adventure/ 

Eric – Playdate - Working on a port of space cadet pinball 

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/comments/1tmjssf/working_on_a_port_of_space_cadet_pinball/ 

 

 

Tim – The A1200 update video (of sorts!) - Retro Games Ltd have posted a new video on BookFace showing the A1200 in action, featuring the carrousel and a selection of games. Do they go as far as showing a working Workbench demo? Well, no they don't. Plus, the video is pretty crappy looking, but hey, we get to see a little of what we could have been using already! (insert old man grumbling and shaking fist at clouds) 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1599219712208942 

Cody – Handrawn and now Liscensed! https://www.timeextension.com/features/this-mega-man-hand-drawn-game-guide-is-a-delightful-human-made-antidote-to-ai-generated-slop 

Eric - Full-size arcade gaming system folds into a cabinet when not in use 

https://newatlas.com/games/swap-arcade-gaming-system-folds-into-cabinet/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 

Tim – Retro Frog (Todd Gill) -teases new device to use USB controllers with your Dreamcast (Via Time Extension) 

 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/this-handy-gizmo-will-let-you-use-any-usb-controller-with-your-dreamcast-without-sacrificing-vmu-support 

Cody – More NeoGeo Options soon?  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/im-considering-that-possibility-the-neo-geo-aes-might-be-getting-the-everdrive-treatment 

Eric – Flippy Drive Update - https://www.crowdsupply.com/team-offbroadway/flippydrive/updates/shipping-progress-firmware-2-0-and-more 

Tim – Hot off the press. Finally, a game I might be able to buy for the Switch 2! - Nintendo Direct just announced Star Fox for the Switch 2 coming soon, there is a downloadable demo available now. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6QT50zrf0&t=2182s 

News Of The Weird!!! 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/a-first-of-its-kind-collaboration-you-can-now-own-sonic-dreamcast-and-genesis-office-chairs 

 

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Joe Ochwat, Mevunky, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

We're back for Episode 179 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good 8-Bit Budget Games

 

7:54 - Quick Questions

31:22 - Patreon Song

33:51- Eric's Take - Atgames Legends Pinball Micro First Impressions 

1:00:30 - Catching Up

2:00:58 - 6 Good Games -- 8-Bit Budget Games

 

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Joe Ochwat, Mevunky, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

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 -   

Cody – Iron Rails for Amiga  https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/iron-rails-railway-strategy-game-for.html#more 

Eric - “Built To Extract The Best Possible Image From Your Consoles" - Pixel FX Announces The $200 'Morph 2K' Upscaler - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/built-to-extract-the-best-possible-image-from-your-consoles-pixel-fx-announces-the-usd200-morph-2k-upscaler 

Tim – Zippy Race Amiga port has been completed by Dimitris Giannakis or better know as YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG). He has been vlogging the development of the port across to the Amiga on his channel and its now complete for us to play over on his itch.io site. 

https://modernvintagegamer.itch.io/zippy-race 

Cody – Hyper Megatech Spectrum and C64 Handhelds https://www.hypermegatech.com/home-computer-handhelds/ 

Eric - Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+ | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/sounds-like-plaion-has-another-console-in-the-works-following-the-neo-geo-aesplus 

 

Tim – Atari ST platformer - Miracle Boy in Dragon Land by SamSoft. This was first released in 2024 and has just been updated. Not new but new to us. Looks like an ST game worth checking out. Although its £15 so not free to download.  (thanks to Time Extension) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxDA9-CP_M 

https://samsoft.itch.io/miracle-boy-in-dragon-land 

 

Eric – Two new ZX Spectrum Games 

Indie Retro News: SuperHair 2 Revenge of the Wizard - For the first time Super Hair goes Isometric in this new ZX Spectrum game from MicroChops 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/superhair-2-revenge-of-wizard-for-first.html 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/a-mouse-life-2-escape-from-science-lab.html 

 

 

Cody – Revolo's all Ascii Game has a free Demo to try!  https://relevo.itch.io/battle-for-asciion 

Tim – Gridlocker a new falling block puzzler for the C64 is in beta testing for all. This has a twist. Think Tetris meets Pipe Mania! 

https://studio8502.itch.io/gridlocker 

Indie Retro News: A mouse life 2: Escape from science lab - Help a Mouse escape from the laboratory in this new ZX Spectrum 128k game from BAD BITS 

Eric - After 23 Years Bomberman Online For Dreamcast Is Now Back Online 

https://retrododo.com/after-23-years-bomberman-online-for-dreamcast-is-now-back-online/ 

Tim – New Speccy shooter just announced – Shadow Fields for 128k only by zxgandulf. Horizontal scrolling shooter more details on Indie Retro News and ZX Gandalfs itch.io page where you can download the game. 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/shadow-fields-this-side-scrolling-shoot.html?spref=tw 

https://zxgandulf.itch.io/shadow-fields 

Eric – New controller pre-order coming soon -- https://www.polygon.com/steam-controller-preorders-open-valve-date-time/ 

Tim – New Amiga AGA game Pauldron by Zener – This is a spell casting action game where you play as a wizard launching various spells at enemy forces that march slowly towards you. Destroy them before they reach the bottom of the screen. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QM4EyijrAU 

https://zener.itch.io/pauldron 

 

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Joe Ochwat, Mevunky, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

We're back for Episode 177 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good GBA Games.

 

5:11 - Quick Questions

22:00 - Patreon Song

25:44- Cody's Corner - 

47:55 - Eric's Take - Nostalgia For Nostalgia

1:04:44 - Catching Up

2:13;26 - 6 Good GBA Games

 

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Joe Ochwat, Mevunky, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.

We're back for Episode 176 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover Battle Of The Systems - Mutant League Hockey (Genesis) vs. Cyber Stadium Series—Base Wars (NES)

 

8:40 - Quick Questions

39:15 - Patreon Song

43:00- Tea Time With Tim - Road Trip with Vicky – Bournemouth Game Market 

1:05:23 - Eric's Take - Superstation One - First Impressions

1:39:40 - News

2:39:40 - Battle Of The Systems - Mutant League Hockey (Genesis) vs. Cyber Stadium Series—Base Wars (NES)

 

News -   

Tim – New Evercade Nexus handled up for pre order 

Dual Analogue Sticks, D-Pad and Face Buttons, Rear Bumper and Trigger buttons 

Screen  5.89″ 840×512 IPS high resolution screen with 500+ nit brightness 

 Processor Quad Core 1.5Ghz 

 Memory 4Gb EMMC RAM 

https://evercade.co.uk/evercade-nexus/ 

 

Cody – Game of the month is back, and New Evercade Indie Heros announced!  BioMenace Remastered 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/evercades-next-indie-heroes-collection-announced-with-a-shareware-twist 

Tim – Maybe not new, but news to me. Brilliant website for chip tunes is available. Have to say a big thank you to @kevinedwards on BlueSky for the message highlighting this amazing site where you can play 1000’s of chip tunes from Nintendo systems, X68000, OPL, Midi and more. 

https://chiptune.app/ 

Cody – Neo Turf Master Hack - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/a-true-hell-i-wouldnt-wish-upon-anyone-heres-a-brand-new-way-to-unlock-neo-turf-masters-toughest-course 

Eric - RetroTap Aims To Eradicate Your "Tangled Mess Of Ageing, Bulky Wall Warts" 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/retrotap-aims-to-eradicate-your-tangled-mess-of-ageing-bulky-wall-warts 

Tim  - BadComputer have made a radical remake of Road Fighter for SEGA Master System/Mark III. It’s now available for Download for free over at the creator's page on SMS Power website. 

https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/RoadFighter-SMS 

Cody - Impossible Mission III - https://www.retronews.com/impossible-mission-3-c64/ 

Tim - Langford Productions has released a PC modern take of the classic and well loved by us. Ultimate game, Jetpac. You can grab it for FREE over on their itch.io their site. Thanks to Indie Retro News for the link. 

https://lvideo4867.itch.io/jetpac 

Cody – This is my Jam! https://www.retronews.com/heroes-of-might-and-magic-olden-era/ 

Tim – New MSX GameDev 25 entry Neon Horizon looks like a game worth checking out. This is a cool looking into the screen stylised Motocycle racer for the MSX2, OPL4 128KB, so some hefty requirements but looks promising. 

https://www.msxdev.org/2026/03/15/msxdev25-40-neon-horizon/ 

Cody – A new game AND peripheral for the Genesis? https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/i-decided-to-complete-it-as-a-tribute-to-him-alone-in-the-dark-creators-new-genesis-game-comes-with-its-own-controller 

Eric - GBA RPG Sigma Star Saga DX Out Now On Modern Platforms 

https://www.retronews.com/sigma-star-saga-dx-out-now/ 

 

Cody – Propeller Arena Goes Online...again https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/after-almost-25-years-an-unreleased-dreamcast-game-cancelled-in-the-wake-of-911-has-just-been-brought-back-online 

Eric - 10 Hardest '80s Retro Games of All Time, Ranked by Difficulty 

https://www.cbr.com/hardest-80s-retro-games-all-time-ranked-by-difficulty-list/rdest '80s Retro Games of All Time, Ranked by Difficult 

 

News Of The Weird!!! 

Eric – What the hell is this? - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/this-modular-marvel-can-be-a-controller-horizontal-handheld-and-tabletop-tate-device 

 

Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts!

Thanks for listening!

You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon. 

Thank you to Henrik Ladefoged, Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Joe Ochwat, John Shawler, Mevunky, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.