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Podcast Ep41! We somehow talk at length about FMV games (blame John). We also chat about MCA vs Sanwa joysticks, some arcade and pinball repairs, and a whole lot more retro! iTunes, Stitcher, and Google gamethesystem.co/podcast #retro #podcast #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer

Ever wanted to tell Marc Matt and John how wrong they are? Or even give live feedback for the podcast? Or maybe just chat about retro gaming, modern, arcades, and pinball 24/7. Now you can do all that on our new Discord channel! Join us all over here:

https://discord.gg/y2g6S7F

Podcast Ep40, the controversy that might be Billy Mitchell coming to Kong Off 3 in Brisbane Australia. The controversy with Capcom's Home Arcade, and controversy that most certainly exists with Sonic the Hedgehog movie. iTunes, Stitcher, and Google gamethesystem.co/podcast #retro

In 2018 Jon Tanahill, just 24 years old from Brisbane Australia, achieved the world record score on 1978's Space Invaders with a marathon game lasting 4 hours. Making classic gaming history with the final score of 218,870 #retro #retrogaming #retrogames #retrogamer

You think Zelda Breath of the Wild is a big game? Well you'd be mistaken... The world record speedrun has the game wrapped up in under 30 minutes. 29 minutes and 4 seconds to be exact, by USA runner RasenUrns #speedrun #zelda #nintendo #retro

Think Zelda games have only been on Nintendo? Guess again! Speedrunner authorblues from the USA holds the world record for Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon at 29 minutes and 35 seconds, on the Philips CD-i console. That ending... #zelda #nintendo #speedrun #retro #retrogames

Puzzle Bobble became a very popular offshoot of the Bubble Bobble series, one that's probably more successful than the original games themselves! Japanese speedrunner brakeMg holds the world record time on the SNES version, blitzing the game in 54 minutes and 47 seconds #speedrun

Last week, Michael Lombardi from the USA made classic gaming history by beating the world record score on Mat Mania - a record that has stood for an astounding 33 years! The final score landing at 5,113,000 which took 8 hours to achieve #retro #retrogamer #retrogames #retrogaming

Using warps is cheating right? Well this week USA speedrunner GTAce99 didn't cheat his way to world record victory in Super Mario Bros, finishing warpless in 19 minutes and 2 seconds - each of those time splits saving just hundredths of seconds! #speedrun #nintendo #Mario #retro

More Australian speedrunners! Here, TJ_Patamon destroys Digimon Rumble Arena faster than you can drink a (hot) cup of coffee - 5 minutes and 19 seconds! #speedrun #retro #retrogamer #retrogaming #retrogames

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Podcast Episode 38 - Willy Wonka Pinball Announced! T-Shirts Given Away. And John's Birthday Retro Game Bash!

April 26, 2019

This week we give away a bunch of t-shirts (thanks to AMD) to you, the readers! We discuss the brand new pinball machine announced from JJP: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! Then we muse nostalgically about John's birthday bash, and all the retro goodness we played.

We are on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/game-the-system-podcast/id1341961411

Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpgamethesystemcopodcast/game-the-system-podcast

And now Google Podcasts!