We're back for Episode 147!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and highlight 6 Good Falling Block Puzzle Games.

7:00 - Quick Questions

39:48 - Patreon Song

45:11 - Tea Time With Tim - Amstrad Adventure

1:06:54 - Cody's Corner - Galloping Ghost

1:39:31 - News

2:39:42 - 6 Good Falling Block Games

News -    

Tim – Pixel Gaiden now has a BlueSky account. Tim mostly posting on the account, a good place to keep an eye on up-and-coming battles, show release announcements, general stuff retro and beer related. 

Pixel Gaiden - Retro gaming podcast (@pixelgaiden.bsky.social) — Bluesky 

CODY – https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/the-scalable-video-switch-might-be-the-ultimate-av-solution-for-retro-gaming-fans 

Eric - Review: Retro Fighters BattlerGC Pro - Time To Finally Retire Your GameCube's WaveBird | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/retro-fighters-battlergc-pro-time-to-finally-retire-your-gamecubes-wavebird 

Tim – Shinobi has been ported to the NeoGeo by H0ffman. This is a port of the arcade version over to the NeoGeo by disassembling the arcade version to ensure all the original feel and graphics of the arcade came across. Free to download in NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD format. 

https://h0ffman.itch.io/shinobi-neogeo 

Cody - https://atarirepairparts.com/#!/Other-Parts/c/160952147 

Eric – New Neo Geo cart by Back Bit!!! - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-platinum-mvs/ 

Tim – Super Polygon GP has new update for 2025 already! - Native SteamDeck / Linux build, Major performance upgrade, Online leaderboards added, Graphics re-styled, better track wall outlining, Difficulty rebalanced, Wall collisions made less harsh & AI upgraded 

Eric - You're Not Seeing Things, PS1 Games Are Playable On GameCube | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/youre-not-seeing-things-ps1-games-are-playable-on-gamecube 

Cody - https://www.retrorgb.com/japanese-to-sega-master-system-cartridge-converter.html 

https://www.retrorgb.com/colecovision-to-master-system-cartridge-adapter.html 

Tim –  Elite the classic space shooter and trading game is coming to the VIC20... yes that's right the VIC20. Aleksi Eeben has taken the C64 source and has ported across. 

From Mark Moxon on BlueSky 

https://bsky.app/profile/markmoxon.bsky.social/post/3lekpj6ytus2z 

Video of game play 

https://youtu.be/eR7df9rrbyQ?si=ED-Ki0OOKv73iohf 

EventHubs: New XXL Street Fighter arcade cabinets are almost as large as the originals but not as expensive and comes with 14 games 

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2025/jan/07/street-fighter-arcade-cabinets/ 

Tim – New fan based Sonic game gets demo release – Sonic Galactic demo is out for Windows and Mac. Sonic Galactic is a fan-made interpretation of what a 2D-sidescrolling entry in the Sonic series could have looked like on 32-bit, 5th Generation hardware. Sporting clean, hand-pixeled backgrounds and fluid animation, the game aims for an aesthetic that pays tribute to the best of the era. Source – Sonic Galatic project on BlueSky 

https://bsky.app/profile/sonicgalactic.bsky.social 

https://sonicgalactic.github.io/index.html 

Game play footage 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO1lTblVODU&lc=UgwJYjfi1qgbbMovthp4AaABAg 

Cody - https://myarcade.com/blogs/press-and-news/my-arcade-announces-gamestation-retro-including-bandai-namco-and-capcom-games?srsltid=AfmBOoqcuJu_eQsrFxmTq6pqRXTxa6O032NHkEbu78-6CZydWnerzUb- 

Cody – Juan Martinez releases one for DOS!  https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/12/alien-intruder-new-ms-dos-single-screen.html#more 

Eric- From DanJ (Patreon Dude!) Dungeons And Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye! Pinball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHM0D6kHouY 

Cody – News of the Weird!  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/random-this-us-bakery-still-uses-a-commodore-64-for-sales-in-2024 

Eric - Nintendo Switch Players Are Reporting Their New Games Have Been Replaced With...Googly Eyes - IGN 

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-players-are-reporting-their-new-games-have-been-replaced-withgoogly-eyes 

Cody – Evercade Carts are going up in price. 

https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/indie-heroes-collection-4/ 

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