Show Notes
Join Kingy, Garron, Almac and Turnbl as the lads discuss their opinions on their new hardware purchase - The Analogue 3D, the N64 FPGA lovely bit of kit. Is it the saviour of their dust-gathering cartridges? Games featured on this episode: Zelda: Ocarina of Time Perfect Dark Sin and Punishment Shadows of the Empire Mission Impossible Waverace 64 Diddy Kong Racing Jet Force Gemini
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