Retro Game Time Machine

This week we head back in time to 1995 for the release of Twisted Metal. We also talk about the Xbox backwards compatibility program, game licensing, retro remasters, and more. We also talk about all of the great games we've been playing lately. Jump into the time machine with us!

NEWS

• Xbox gets another 76 backward-compatible games, with enhancements
• Xbox Backward Compatibility Won't Add Any More Games After Today's Massive Update
• Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 pulled from stores over licensing issue
• Grand Theft Auto trilogy remaster has a rough launch, angering fans
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is available on PC and Switch as a physical copy via Limited Run games
• Twisted Metal Deleted FMV Endings

What we’ve been playing

Mash

• Rock Band 4 - Xbox One
• Back 4 Blood - PC Game Pass
• Animal Crossing - Switch
• Pokemon Go - iOS
• The Need for Speed - 3DO
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo - 3DO
• Enter The Matrix - PlayStation 2
• GTA: San Andreas Definitive Edition - Xbox Game Pass
• World War Z - Xbox One
• Deep Rock Galactic - PC
• Lethal League Blaze - PC Game Pass
• Forza Horizon 5 - PC Game Pass
• Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure - PlayStation 2
• Halo: Infinite Multiplayer - Xbox One

Andy

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - PC
• Stardew Valley - PC
• Back 4 Blood - PC Game Pass
• World War Z - Xbox One
• Deep Rock Galactic - Xbox One/PC
• Plants Vs Zombies - Xbox 360
• Lethal League Blaze - PC
• Super Mario Party - Switch

Greetings time travelers! This week you're in for a new type of episode that's being introduced to the show. This is the beginning of a new series of shows that will be a part of Retro Game Time Machine. I’m reaching out to other podcasters, streamers, game devs, and friends to chat with and have our memories and conversations take us back in time. This week I'm joined by Jeffery Carroll from The Back Bedroom Podcast. I ask him about why he started his podcast, favorite game mascots, game launches, and more! For more info on The Back Bedroom Podcast, check these links below:

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This week we head back in time to 2001 for the release of Max Payne. We also talk about new games coming to Nintendo Switch Online for N64 and Genesis, System Shock delays, an official red ring of death poster from Microsoft, and more. We also talk about all of the great games we've been playing lately. Jump into the time machine with us!

NEWS

• System Shock Remake Launches Next Year, New Screenshots Revealed
• Banjo-Kazooie Joins Switch Online Expansion Pack Next Month
• Gotta go fast: Sonic is coming to Tesla’s in-car system
• Microsoft is now selling an Xbox Red Ring of Death poster for $24.99
• Halo servers for Xbox 360 games shutting down next month
• Five New Sega Genesis Games Added To Nintendo Switch Online, Including Altered Beast, ToeJam & Earl, And More

What we’ve been playing

Mash

• Sea of Thieves - PC Game Pass
• Splatoon 2 - Nintendo Switch
• Animal Crossing New Horizons DLC - Nintendo Switch
• Unpacking - PC Game Pass
• Snowrunner - PC
• Halo Infinite - PC Game Pass
• Yakuza 0 - PC Game Pass
• Rock Band 4 - Xbox One
• Super Mario RPG - SNES
• Persona 5 - PS4
• Forza Horizon 5 - Xbox Game Pass

Andy

• Snowrunner - PC
• Deep Rock Galactic - PC

Time travelers, this week we head back to September of 1993 for the release of Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. We also talk about the GTA Trilogy Remaster, Analogue Pocket, and the other games we've played in the past two weeks. Jump into the time machine with us!

NEWS

• AnalogueOS bring save states, screenshots and more to Pocket
• Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscription launches Oct. 25, costs $49.99
• Quake Remaster Now Supports Mouse and Keyboard Controls on Console, Even Switch
• Grand Theft Auto’s trilogy remaster coming Nov. 11

What we’ve been playing

Mash

• Rock Band 4 - Xbox One
• Deep Rock Galactic - Xbox One/PC
• Left 4 Dead 2 - Xbox 360
• Back 4 Blood - PC Game Pass
• Dead Rising - Xbox 360
• Smash Bros Ultimate - Switch

Andy

• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - PC
• Stardew Valley - PC
• Deep Rock Galactic - Xbox One/PC
• Pokemon Stadium (1&2) - N64
• Super Mario 64 - Switch
• The Outer Wilds: Echos of the Eye (DLC) - PC
• Smash Bros Ultimate - Switch

LINKS

• Zombies Ate My Neighbors Soundtrack

Join us this episode as we travel back in time to 2005 for the release of Kameo: Elements of Power for the Xbox 360. We also talk about Microsoft's purchase of Activision Blizzard, Grand Theft Auto V on a Game Boy, and chat about the games that we've been playing. Jump in to the time machine with us!

NEWS

• Microsoft And Xbox Acquire Activision Blizzard
• Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer wants to ‘keep Call of Duty on PlayStation’
• Banjo-Kazooie Joins Switch Online Expansion Pack
• Grand Theft Auto 5 Is Now Playable On Game Boy... Kind Of
• Blizzard announces ‘brand-new survival game’ set in new universe

What we’ve been playing

Mash

• Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - Xbox
• Rock Band 4
• Pubg: Battlegrounds - PC
• NBA Jam: TE - Saturn
• Area 51 - Saturn
• Virtua Cop 2 - Saturn
• Sexy Parodeus - Saturn
• Banjo-Kazooie - N64
• Cruis’n USA - N64
• Bloodborne - PS4

Andy

• Stardew Valley- PC
• Overwatch - PC