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In this episode I talk about my ADHD diagnosis, Half-Life on the Nokia N95, a LEGO Batman C64 easter egg, the Atari Jaguar MiSTer core being production ready, the new Digital Eclipse Barbie collection, a Daytona USA recompilation for PC, the new Cuphead games, Resident Evil Veronica, the upcoming Nightdive Thief remaster & more!
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Episode Links: Half-Life On N95: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/developer-gets-half-life-running-at-30-fps-on-a-2007-nokia-n95 Video Of The Above: https://x.com/dante_leoncini/status/2063035015068307905 LEGO Batman C64 Easter Egg: https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsbwok2i Atari Jaguar MiSTer Core: https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Jaguar_MiSTer Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOSXuni8uqk Digital Eclipse Barbie Collection: https://www.gamespress.com/en-GB/Digital-Eclipse-and-Atari-Bring-Barbie-Rewind-To-A-New-Generation Daytona USA XBLA Port: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/native-pc-port-of-xbla-daytona-usa-is-here-if-youre-willing-to-do-some-leg-work Resident Evil Veronica: https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-veronica-announced-coming-2027 Mighty Cuphead: https://mightycuphead.com Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFsoSkcfQcw Nightdive Thief Remaster: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/oh-hell-yes-nightdives-next-delicious-remaster-treat-is-thief Dreamcast External HDMI Adapter: https://x.com/ElectronShep/status/2063071910045552740 CRT Rental: https://kitto.rent/kit/crt-monitors Mega Drive Games On Vinyl: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/retro-gaming-enthusiast-attempts-loading-games-to-sega-genesis-from-a-vinyl-record-player-recording-game-data-as-sound-mega-everdrive-pro-and-pi-pico-2-board-not-enough-to-overcome-limitations-of-the-turntable SuperStation Update: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/first-major-release-of-superstation-ones-console-mode-is-coming-this-week New OS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32 New Spyro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHFW16_mDbo Green Xbox: https://x.com/XBOX/status/2063678575891693867 Lynx Wolf3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtfM5KpmNI Apidya Vidya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUP-wVaUxpU
Video Of The Week 1 (MVG NEO GEO Follow Up): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onKTVMmy-sA Video Of The Week 2 (Electron Impressions Elmo In A Particle Accelerator): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs8vLmo7Rsc Video Of The Week 3 (Nick Bouwhuis TC Buying 2 Of Everything): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyUPGEdRPQM
Bonus: The Boroughs: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81627130
Chapters: 00:00 I Got A New Toy... Also I Have ADHD 03:24 Half-Life... On The Nokia N95!? 10:26 A Very Cool LEGO Batman C64 Easter Egg 14:29 MiSTer Jaguar Core Released! 23:45 Digital Eclipse Barbie Collection 28:48 Daytona USA XBLA Recomp For PC 35:13 Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake Incoming! 38:28 New Cuphead Games Incoming! 42:27 Nightdive (Finally) Announces Thief 47:36 Videos Of The Week 53:12 And Finally...
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