Australian speedrunner mobius - someone who dominates the Ratchet & Clank and Jak & Daxter leaderboards - achieves the world record on Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time with a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 57 seconds! #retro #speedrun #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogaming pic.twitter.com/bmVgfrXmz6
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 7, 2019
Castle of Illusion HD Topped by South Australia's mr_double07!
mr_double07, speedrunner from South Australia, has an impressive list of records. Including this one, Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse HD on the PC, and at the top of a very large list of players with a time of 33 minutes and 8 seconds! #speedrun #retrogamer #retrogames pic.twitter.com/TUlICyNawf
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 6, 2019
Stephen Holmes Does It Again - Psycho-Nics Oscar!
It's only been a day since Stephen Holmes, from Brisbane Australia, posted a world record for Raiden on Twin Galaxies. Now he's posted a new world record for Psyco-Nics Oscar too! A score of 321,100 which puts him at the top of the table, again! #retro #retrogaming #retrogamer pic.twitter.com/ex9vOBZNlN
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 5, 2019
New Raiden World Record!
The Aussies have done it again - a new world record! This time on the legendary arcade shooter Raiden. Stephen Holmes from Brisbane Australia obliterates the previous highest score (set on MAME) on the real arcade machine with 1,245,730 points! #retro #retrogames #retrogaming pic.twitter.com/frdQ5noRiJ
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 4, 2019
Celebrate Xmas in July - By Going Fast!
What better way to celebrate xmas in July than with a speedrun of Daze Before Christmas! The world record is held by South Australian runner mr_double07, with a frosty time of 19 minutes and 51 seconds #retro #speedrun #sega #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogaming pic.twitter.com/uuy5LYOVUc
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 3, 2019
Australia's Tenka Takes Another Record - Shock Troopers!
Australian keyboard speedrunner extraordinaire Tenka, from New South Wales, picks up another 1st place in the world speedrunning records. This time on the arcade game Shock Troopers, at a key tapping 18 minutes and 33 seconds! #speedrun #retro #retrogaming #retrogamer pic.twitter.com/60FsW2C5La
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) July 1, 2019
Over the Hedge - Cheating Never Felt So Good!
Cheating is generally not cool, but on this occasion it's very cool! Nitramsic42 - speedrunner from Western Australia - holds the record for getting through Over the Hedge on the PS2 as fast as possible, cheats allowed! With a time of 8 minutes and 57 seconds #speedrun #retro pic.twitter.com/YYzw6geobK
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) June 30, 2019
South Australian Speedrunner Werster, World Record on WarioWare Twisted!
The world record speed run of WarioWare: Twisted! on the Game Boy Advance is held by South Australian runner werster, with a time of 28 minutes and 4 seconds! #retro #retrogaming #retrogamer #retrogames #nintendo #wario pic.twitter.com/gRiFryEWuf
— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) June 30, 2019
Podcast Ep 45: The Best Game Released in 1990 - Nominations Episode!
It's time... to battle! Marc Matt and John sit down for an entirely non civil discussion about the best game released in 1990. Nine games will be chosen as nominations, three games each. With the nine nominations agreed upon, the trio of diligent gamers will play all of the games and later come back in a future episode to decide which is the best game released in 1990!
Podcast Ep 44: The Birth of the Sydney Classic Gaming Club, The MegaDrive Mini, PlayStation Classic, and Battle of the Arcades!
A Sydney Classic Gaming Club appears! Marc Matt and John talk about all the classic games in the first tournament. Plus we go over the 42 games released on the MegaDrive Mini, John mods a PlayStation Classic, and it's time for the Battle of the Arcades 2019!
Podcast Ep 43: Streets of Rage 2 Speedrunning, Joystick Jostling with MCA and Sanwa, and The Ultimate 64!
In this episode Marc practices some Walking Dead pinball in preparation for the Southern Hemisphere Pinball Championship, and the Brisbane Pinball Masters. John's still rushing and mashing his way through Streets of Rage 2. Marc switches out an MCA joystick and buttons for a full Sanwa set and gives it the business. Plus the Ultimate 64 arrives, is built, configured, and firing on all SIDs!
Podcast Episode 42! Feedback from The Readers! Plus Mortal Kombat 11, More EXAPUNKS, and Live on Discord!
Game the System Podcast Episode 42! We read feedback from you, the readers, with more detail about Spider-Man's balls than anyone ever needed to know. John finishes Mortal Kombat 11 and lets us know what he thought. Matt finishes EXAPUNKS and has something in his pants. Plus live broadcasting on our new Discord channel, Master System top 25 from Retrogamer magazine, and a bunch more!
Game the System Podcast Feed Has Changed!
Our podcast feed has changed! We have migrated podcast hosts and we now live on Podbean. You shouldn't notice a single difference using Apple, Stitcher or Google, but if you experience odd behaviour you might need to resubscribe. The new feed is: https://gamethesystem.podbean.com/feed.xml
Podcast Episode 41 - The X-Files? FMV Games? Sounds Like the 90s! Throw in Some Joysticks and Pinball Repair, and it's Gotta be Retro!
In episode 41, we somehow talk at length about FMV games (blame John), and the value* they give the gaming community. We also chat about MCA vs Sanwa joysticks, some arcade and pinball repairs, and a whole lot more retro!
Game the System Now On Discord!
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:
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It’s fun, AND educational!*
*Your educational development may vary
Podcast Episode 40: Billy Mitchell's Coming to Australia. Plus Capcom's Home Arcade, and the Sonic the Hedgehog Movie
In episode 40, Marc Matt and John discuss the controversy that may or may not be Billy Mitchell coming to Kong Off 3 in Brisbane Australia. The controversy that may or may not exist with Capcom's Home Arcade, and the controversy that most certainly exists with the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Plus much more retro shenanigans!
Podcast Episode 39 - A Fist of Wires. We chat about Mortal Kombat, Castlevania, pinball, Horizon Zero Dawn, Streets of Rage, and speedrunning!
In episode 39, we chat about what we've been up to in games. Including some Castlevania, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Streets of Rage, JAMMA harness repair, a bit of pinball, and a bunch more!
Podcast Episode 38 - Willy Wonka Pinball Announced! T-Shirts Given Away. And John's Birthday Retro Game Bash!
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.
Podcast Episode 37 - Video Games is Serious Business Ep1 - Violence in Video Games
With a new research paper released in February 2019 revealing new insights into the 'violence in video games' debate, Marc Matt and John wipe the smiles off their faces and have a serious discussion on the topic. Of course, that's not entirely true because we have far too many uneducated opinions and conjecture to remain completely straight down the line... But hey, we tried.
Podcast Episode 36 - The Sega MegaDrive Mini, Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, and Black Knight Sword of Rage Pinball
Marc, Matt and John get stuck into a bunch of reader feedback including more Cary's than you can throw a flaming soul at! Plus we talk about Google Stadia, Apple Arcade, MegaDrive Mini, and the new Black Knight Sword of Rage pinball! iTunes, Stitcher, and Google.
