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Send us Fan Mail September 2002 doesn’t flood the calendar with releases, but the hits it does have are the kind that stick to you for decades. We’re building a retro gaming time capsule around a tight set of essentials across PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube, starting with Kingdom Hearts as the rare “Disney looking” action RPG that’s genuinely rewarding, surprisingly tough late game, and perfect for passing the controller with someone you actually like. If you’ve ever skipped it because t...
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Send us Fan Mail Sega is cutting jobs. The Dreamcast is being phased out. And somehow, February 2001 is still packed with the kind of gaming memories that stick to your ribs. We rewind the clock and talk honestly about what it feels like when you love a console that the rest of the world is already leaving behind, using Headhunter as the perfect late-era Dreamcast snapshot: ambitious, stylish, a little rough around the edges, and impossible to separate from the mood of the moment. From there...
Send us Fan Mail Fifteen years is an eternity in podcast time, especially in retro gaming, where trends cycle fast and attention is always shifting. We’re joined by Retro Asylum’s Dean Swain to get the real story behind one of the longest-running retro gaming podcasts in the UK, and why it still feels like a few mates talking games rather than a polished sales pitch. We start where so many collectors live right now: trying to keep vintage hardware playable without losing what made it special...
Send us Fan Mail Ten PS3 games, one simple goal: help you start a “new retro” PlayStation 3 collection with confidence, not confusion. We each bring five picks to the table, aiming for a true starter kit that mixes iconic heavy hitters with the kind of PS3 gems that slipped past people the first time around. If you have been hunting for the best PS3 games to collect, or you just dragged a console out of storage and want a smart list that covers multiple genres, we’ve got you. We dig into why...
Send us Fan Mail March 1995 is one of those months where gaming feels like it’s changing shape in real time. We’re proud to hit episode 40 by cracking open a fresh Flashback time capsule, swapping stories from the tail end of the 16-bit era while the industry starts side-eyeing polygons and “next gen” hardware. If you love retro gaming nostalgia, gaming history deep dives, and the kind of forgotten details you only got from magazines and playground chatter, this one is built for you. We star...
Send us Fan Mail July 1998 was the kind of month where a game could look “photo-realistic” for five minutes and still play like a brick, where every company with a license thought they could beat Nintendo, and where Sega was quietly lining up its last great swing. We jump back into that moment with the stuff we’d actually be playing, plus the gaming news that shaped the next few years. First up, we get honest about WWF Warzone, the Acclaim wrestling game we played to death even while admitti...