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Pixel Gaiden - Retro gaming podcast
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Cody, Eric and Tim bring you a new episode every two weeks on the 15th and 30th of the month. We play retro and retro inspired games and tell you about them. Oh also beer!
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Ok.. so you knew it. It was bound to happen sooner rather than later. We found our way to BlueSky if you like it or not.

FYI: Pixel Gaiden is a #RetroGaming podcast hosted by Cody Hoffman, Eric Nelson and when he can be bothered to show up, Tim Drew.

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Cody, Tim, and Eric explore the world of retro gaming across all generations.
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Sneak peek of our newest product, The Multisystem2 JAMMA www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ4H...
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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In my ongoing quest to run a YouTube channel that only a tiny amount of people watch, this week over on the Rubbish Heap I take a look at a Japan only Saturn Bomberman game and wonder - is this one more of a case of Fright rather than Fight? youtu.be/pFrK5T5rNJw #segasaturn #retrogaming #bomberman
Fight or Fright? - Saturn Bomberman Fight Review(サターンボンバーマンファイト!!ーセガサターン版評価)
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November 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨
Episode #165 is GO!

Cody, Eric and Tim are back with a new episode. The guys catch up with what they have been doing in retro this month.

Erics Take is all about duds (not the milk kind)

Plus six good spooky games with Witches 🧙‍♀️👻

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Episode 165 - Witches Get Stitches! - 6 Good Games With Witches | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 165 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good Games With Witches   9:26- Quick Questions 30:52 - P...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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I'm listening to @pixelgaiden.bsky.social #Retro #Gaming Podcast | Episode 164 - Cool Systems And Amiga Memories + Battle Of The Spooky Brawlers www.podbean.com/ea/pb-iwqux-...
Episode 164 - Cool Systems And Amiga Memories + Battle Of The Spooky Brawlers
We're back for Episode 164 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover Battle Of The Systems: Night Slashers (Arcade, Data East) vs Metamorphic Force (Arcade, Konami)...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨
Episode #164 is GO!

Eric & Cody answer your quick questions & retro news.

B.O.T.S. is spooky brawlers. Night Slashers v Metamorphic Force.

Tea Time with Tim covers Amiga Memories & Cody's Coner is about Cool retro systems to colect.

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Episode 164 - Cool Systems And Amiga Memories + Battle Of The Spooky Brawlers | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 164 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover Battle Of The Systems: Night Slashers (Arcade, Data East) vs Metamorphic Force (Arcade, Konami)...
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October 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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I was all out of podcasts and this dropped at the perfect time. Pixel GAIDEN!!!
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨
Episode 163 is GO!
In this episode @duhproject.bsky.social @oddba1149.bsky.social and @sanxion.bsky.social catch up on their latest retro goings on. Plus we have a Gameshow and Battle of the Systems is New Zealand Story VS Marchen Maze

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Episode 163 - "Pairings" The Gameshow! + 1988 Cutesy Arcade Battle - Taito’s New Zealand Story. VS Marchen Maze by Namco | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 163 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 1988 cutesy arcade battle. Taito’s New Zealand Story. VS Ma...
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September 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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I'm listening to @pixelgaiden.bsky.social #Retro #Gaming Podcast | Episode 162 - Stress-Free Bedhead Morning Edition - 6 Good Stress-Free Games www.podbean.com/ea/pb-gj2pm-...
Episode 162 - Stress-Free Bedhead Morning Edition - 6 Good Stress-Free Games
We're back for Episode 162 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Stress-Free Games   7:14 - Quick Questions 36:57 - Patreon Song 42:00- Tea Time With Tim...
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September 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨
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Cody @oddba1149.bsky.social & Eric @duhproject.bsky.social are back Rerto News. 6 Good stress free games. Tea Time with Tim covers adventures in PS3 modding & Cody's Corner is take on Caverns of Mars Recharged. 🕹️👾📰🍺

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Episode 162 - Stress-Free Bedhead Morning Edition - 6 Good Stress-Free Games | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 162 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Stress-Free Games   7:14 - Quick Questions 36:57 - Patreon Song 42:00- Tea Time With Tim - Tim’s adventures in PS3 modding  58:21 - Cody's Corner - Caverns of Mars Recharged 1:11:29 - News 2:12:19- 6 Good Stress-Free Games   News -  Tim – Vectrex Mini – Kickstarter coming soon.  https://vectrex.com/vectrex-mini-kickstarter/  Eric - Indie Retro News: LittleBigPlanet on the C64? It's certainly possible!  https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/littlebigplanet-on-c64-its-certainly.html  Cody – Evercade Cart News  https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/activision-collection-1/  https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/llamasoft-collection/  Also Rare Collection – NeoGeo Arcade 2 and 3.    Tim – Buzz Bumper on Planet Pinball - Platform / Pinball style new game coming to the Nintendo Gameboy Color. (via Time Extension)  https://pearacidic.itch.io/buzz-bumper-on-planet-pinball  Cody – Atari Back to school Pack  https://atari.com/collections/back-to-school?srsltid=AfmBOopyblji471hCAJ8uwqbhrut-WJfHecFoS4mNik8ZoIMdOv5w8sK  Tim -DMG vs. Super Game Boy the first "Super Game Boy exclusive" video game. This experimental game uses a Super Game Boy feature normally "locked away", and that no commercial Game Boy game ever used: the ability to control Super NES sprites in addition to everything moving on the Game Boy screen. (Via Time Extension)  https://drludos.itch.io/dmg-vs-super-game-boy  Eric - Indie Retro News: Operation Hibernation - A challenging single screen platformer for the ColecoVision and MSX  https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/operation-hibernation-challenging.html  Cody – New Vectrex Stuff!  https://www.vectrexmulti.com/order2.html  Tim – What If... OutRun on the Gameboy. Sorry guys another version of OutRun to report on! This time on the GameBoy Color. OutRun GB is a port of the original Arcade version of Out Run to the Game Boy Color. It's the whole game - all the tracks - all the music - all the wind in your hair!😊 (via RetroRGB)  https://rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outrun  Eric - "Rarest" Nintendo Famicom Game Found In US Retro Store For $12 | Time Extension  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/following-the-game-boy-segas-genesis-mega-drive-is-getting-the-lego-treatment-next  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/rarest-nintendo-famicom-game-found-in-us-retro-store-for-usd12  Tim - Punch Out NES to SNES - a complete ground-up conversion, started from scratch. The main focus of the original was the technical achievement of porting the NES MMC2 mapper, but this version focuses on the game itself.  It’s got all the advantages of a NES to SNES conversion, along with rumble support. (via RetroRGB)  https://archive.org/details/mike-tysons-punch-out-snes_202508  Eric - The Atari Gamestation Go Launches Next Month  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/the-atari-gamestation-go-launches-next-month  Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/cant-decide-between-shinobi-and-ninja-gaiden-this-steam-bundle-should-help    News of the Weird:  McDonalds Chicken McNugget Tetris holder.  https://blueshell3d.com/products/mdtn?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=2da38fb1b&pr_rec_pid=8850292605219&pr_ref_pid=9333255962915&pr_seq=uniform  Eric - Earthion Invades Streets of Rage 2 in ROM Hack - Retro News  https://www.retronews.com/earthion-invades-streets-of-rage-2-in-rom-hack/  Tim – NES Game Genie – mini GameJam! There is a current Game Jam in progress to code games that run on the NES Game Genie hardware. Using the 16kb onboard ROM and CHR graphics.  https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=26222  Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks for listening! You can always reach us at podcast@pixelgaiden.com. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. You can now support us on Patreon.  Thank you to Roy Fielding, Daniel James, 10MARC, Eric Sandgren, Brian Arsenault, Retro Gamer Nation, Maciej Sosnowski, Paradroyd, RAM OK ROM OK, Mitsoyama, David Vincent, Ant Stiller, Mr. Toast, Jason Holland, Mark Scott, Vicky Lamburn, Mark Richardson, Scott Partelow, Paul Jacobson, Steve Rasmussen, Steve Rasmussen's Mom, Retro Gamer Nation, Peter Price, Brett Alexander, Jason Warnes, Josh Malone (48kram), AndrewSan, Jochwat, John Shawler, and Adam from Commodore Chronicles for making this show possible through their generous donation to the show.   Support our sponsor Retro Rewind for all of your Commodore needs! Use our page at https://retrorewind.ca/pixelgaiden and our discount code PG10 for 10%
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September 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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We're back for Episode 162 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Stress-Free Games

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Episode 162 - Stress-Free Bedhead Morning Edition - 6 Good Stress-Free Games | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 162 of Pixel Gaiden! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Stress-Free Games   7:14 - Quick Questions 36:57 - Patreon Song 42:00- Tea Time With Tim...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Happy 30th to the PlayStation in North America. Sure we got it nearly a year earlier in Japan back then, but to this day, it's one of the most rad systems ever conceived. So here's some new artwork and merch to celebrate that!

Store links: linktr.ee/rubbish_heap

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September 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Episode 161 - Tim Buys Empty Boxes And Fills Them With Dreams + 6 Good DS Games
We're back for Episode 161! In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good DS Games   9:16- Quick Questions 21:18 - Patreon 25:52 - Eric's Take...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Cody be like: 🎶 "Pixel Gaiden's got it going on, that's why we sing this song" 🎶
September 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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@retrorewindca.bsky.social 🎉 We are turning 5! What started as a hobby has grown into 5 amazing years. To celebrate, we’re giving you 15% off —for one day only!

🗓 Sept 2, 2025
🏷 Code: HBDAY5

Thanks for being part of this journey. Here’s to many more years! 💾

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August 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT! 🚨
#161 is out now. In this episode Cody @oddba1149.bsky.social Eric @duhproject.bsky.social and Tim @sanxion.bsky.social Catch up on all their retro going's-on. Plus we have a great Six Good Games based on Nintendo DS games.

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Episode 161 - Tim Buys Empty Boxes And Fills Them With Dreams + 6 Good DS Games | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 161! In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good DS Games   9:16- Quick Questions 21:18 - Patreon 25:52 - Eric's Take...
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August 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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We're back for Episode 161 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good DS Games

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Episode 161 - Tim Buys Empty Boxes And Fills Them With Dreams + 6 Good DS Games | Pixel Gaiden Gaming Podcast
We're back for Episode 161! In this episode the boys catch up on what they've been playing and adding to their collections + 6 Good DS Games   9:16- Quick Questions 21:18 - Patreon 25:52 - Eric's Take...
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August 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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More @pixelgaiden.bsky.social research. The NewZealand Story (Arcade). Colorful!
August 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
An new challenger appears!

Find out what I’ve been up to in September’s shows.

This thing has been modded up the YingYang!

In the meantime. Don’t forget the next episode #161 is out on the 30th and we released #160 on the 15th

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August 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Saki Endo's Rubbish Heap the retro game review channel with attitude. It's been 1 year since the channel started and nearly 30 reviews revealing interesting Japanese games to those who can't understand a word to those on their way to fluency. All done with AI - Awesome Individuals :) #retrogaming
August 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What is this?! A Vectrex Mini? OMG 😍
We're so happy to be able to show our first Vectrex Mini prototypes 😁 #Gamescom2025 #Vectrex
August 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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I don’t need this. But I definitely want one of these if they eventually get released. I didn’t get the A500Mini.
August 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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NEW VIDEO: Action Fighter on the SMS, Speccy, CPC, C64, ST Amiga and PC. Is this obscure Japanese arcade game worth a look? Why did Firebird licence it during their dying days? Hmmmm.

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ChinnyVision - Ep 565 - Action Fighter - Sega Master System, Spectrum, CPC, C64, ST, Amiga, PC
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August 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM