A Video Game History Lesson

You wake up one morning and decide to start spending your disposable income on retro video games. Where do you start? How do you start? I talk about askiong yourself what are you collecting for (keep or resell), how much storage space you have and if you want to display, and ultimately what console do you want to start with; your first console, or your most memorable one? Stay tuned for more Beginner's Guide episodes in the future!  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/BlueSky/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

So I FINALLY got to play and beat Kingdom Hearts for the PS2 for the first time in my life, and boy, what a ride. From trying to understand the lore and motivations, to realizing how well the game holds up to this day, I gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in Traverse Town, Wonderland, Agrabah, and Atlantica with friends Donald Duck (still an a#$hole) and Goofy. Stay tuned for Kingdom Hearts 2! Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/BlueSky/YouTube @retroxpodcast Intro music by Sterling Dorsey  

Collecting for the TurboGrafx 16? I got you covered to let you know what games to pick up, and how much it'll all cost. Games like Legendary Axe, Bonk's Adventure, Devil's Crush, Bloody Wolf, and SO many more make the list.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/BlueSky/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

Stoy and Fil jump back in to the world of Gaia once again to finish off the grand finale and defeat the humanity-ending comet barreling toward earth. Will the team save Seth? Does the pig survive!? I hope Neil's parents are ok...and what about that slave trade that's going on, anyone gonna do anything about that!? Thanks again fil for the episode suggestion! This episode was suggested by a member of our Patreon community! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community. Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

I just hit record and started talking in this episode, no real big plan so I hope you enjoy this episode. I talk about my experiences at PAX West, Heritage Auctions and grading games, the Evercade, and my disdain for modern gaming and making me long for falling into the retro space full time.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

Part of a special series I do on Retro XP where I talk about my Top 10 favorite games of all time, this time I brought on Brad and Cute Bomb Patreon supporter and friend of ours Phil to talk about Illusion of Gaia for the SNES. We wax nostalgia about how much we loved this game, and set up the premise for the world, setting, the references to real world historical sites, slave labor and human trafficking, twirling your flute around, and start our journey to save the world. Thanks for the episode suggestion Phil! We got a lot to talk about, so stay tuned for part 2 in the near future!  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

This episode is all about the TurboGrafx 16, or the PC Engine in Japan. I go over how it got started by Hudson Soft and NEC, its hardware components and power, its release and who it was up against, those HuCards, and some hardware peripherals and system refreshes. We also go over some of the big games for the system as we throw an F in the chat for a system that just couldn't compete well enough against the big dogs, despite being a strong system.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey 

In this episode I talk about some pick ups and playing Parasite Eve for the first time, and share a community discussion from Reddit about video game remasters, if they were announced, we would buy on DAY ONE. Some common ones in here, as well as some deeper cuts and I share my opinions on each one on whether they'd work or not, and if they would benefit from a remaster, remake, or just a port.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

We start our journey into video games from as early as 1947 with a cathode ray tube, and end with the first official home video game console the Magnavox Odyssey. History is not always defined by the winners, but the ones who tinkered, and there were plenty of people tinkering with the ideas of video games that led to some iconic brands that hit the ground running. Games like Spacewar!, Tennis for Two, and Bernie the Brain, among many more, make an appearance!  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey

Old school news for you in this episode, where I talk about Germany's fight for video game preservation falling short, the Video Game History Foundation's take on physical media, new copies of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, and more! You also will be able to play some retro remasters coming up soon in the next month or so. We end things with the Launch Box, a front end emulator for PC and Android that allows you to use it as a front loader for your retro games. How to get it, how to get into it, and what it can all do.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming Music Follow me on X/Threads/Instagram/YouTube @retroxpodcast  Intro music by Sterling Dorsey