SmashPad's Gamers Without Borders Gamers Without Borders
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SmashPad's Patrick Mifflin, Theresa Samons, Leigh Lamb, and Kayla Owen take gaming off the beaten path and away from the same three boxes everyone else is talking about. Retro gaming, import gaming, DIY, emulation, and anything else that personalizes gaming is on the table here. Remove the barriers from your own gaming experience.
(This podcast is in no way affiliated with the charity of the same name...which you should totally check out because they're doing wonderful work.)
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Tribute to an Institution
We've had a few anniversary episodes for such a relatively short run, but this one hits a lot closer to home as the Street Fighter II 30th Anniversary brings one of the most socially-transformative events in gaming to the forefront.
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Buyer Beware (of Dog)
Leigh is plagued by aftermarket DSi XL problems, Kayla got hold of an Xbox Series S to serve as an emulation box, Patrick found a good retro mini bargain on Marketplace, and the lack of any real news to cover resulted in the longest episode yet!
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The Legacy of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda celebrates its 35th anniversary this year! The panel looks back on the highs and lows of the series to date, before speculating on the future of Nintendo's landmark adventure franchise at a very interesting time in its history.
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The Retro Mini Fantasy Draft
Without much of anything in the way of news to cover, Patrick, Theresa, and Kayla discuss game lists for theoretical mini reproductions of the N64, Saturn, Dreamcast, GameCube, PlayStation 2, and yes, even the 3DO.
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We Don't Talk About Johnny Turbo
The TurboGrafx-16 Mini is an increasingly popular device among the panel, so they saw fit to dedicate an entire episode to it. Listen in and find out exactly what makes it so great! Also, Patrick voices his disapproval of the communication approach of a major system modding group while sympathizing with their reasoning.
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All About PlayStation Classic
Once all of the rooting and hacking is done, it's clear that the PlayStation Classic is far and away the best multipurpose retro mini available. Out of the box, however? Not so much. Filippo Dinolfo joins the panel for this deep dive into the PlayStation Classic's disastrous launch, and the road it took to the prominence it now enjoys. Finally, there's a shopping list for all of the extra devices you're going to want on hand in order to get the most out of your system.
The PSC's disastrous launch
The Teaser
Games Lineup Teaser
Full Game List
It didn’t use an in-house emulator
9 of the games were PAL versions
How the PSC became the best mini
Project Eris
AutoBleem
Retroboot
What to grab alongside yours
Flash drive
OTG cable
USB Power Supply
DualShock 3 or 4
The future (KMFDManic cores)
Saturn, N64, Dreamcast
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