Podcast Episode 55: The Sydney Classic Gaming Club, Elvira House of Horrors Pinball, Eliza, and Street Fighter 2

Marc Matt and John chat about the Sydney Classic Gaming Club, and the games included in the competitions. Plus other games they've been playing recently including the new Zachtronics game Eliza, the not so new Street Fighter 2, and... will Marc commit to buying the newly announced Elvira's House of Horrors pinball machine?! Tune in to find out!

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Vendetta World Record

A new world record on the Konami beat-em-up Vendetta? If this submission to Twin Galaxies gets accepted, then yes! Martin Kolar, from the Czech Republic, puts up a score of 458, which blitzes the previous record! #retro #konami #retrogamer #retrogaming #retrogames pic.twitter.com/ecP57VCQCJ

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Core Celeste

Indie game Celeste is a wildly popular game in the speedrun community, with a huge number of individual level times on the https://t.co/gK434Cw3JL leaderboard. The world record time for the level Core is held by NSW Australias auroradash, with a time of 3 minutes and 38 seconds! pic.twitter.com/rQC3j6YpwC

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Rogue Squadron Revenge?

For 2 years DrYoshiyahu - speedrunner from Victoria Australia - held the world record time of 52:23 on Star Wars Rogue Squadron in the Any Vehicle category. Until today! The time has been beaten by a runner from Sweden. Will DrYoshiyahu try and take back his record? #starwars pic.twitter.com/oMC4d4jVN3

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Podcast Episode 54: The Best Sega Mega Drive Game - Nominations Episode!

It's time! The hardest battle we've attempted so far - the best Sega Mega Drive game of all time! Marc Matt and John are joined by special guest Benn Banasik, and will each fight for their favourite Mega Drive games in this initial nominations episode! What will the 9 games chosen be?

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Miami Vice PSP

You could ask yourself why there's a Miami Vice game on the PSP. Or, you could just accept the fact it exists, and that the world record is held by an Australian player! Neonitiyo - from QLD - holds the record at 42 minutes and 30 seconds, a record set just today! #retro pic.twitter.com/bheSBat4fp

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Punch-Out Single Segment World Record

Just last week, Australian speedrunner mPap took the world record single segment high score on NES Punch-Out, with a score of 270,470. The previous high score record was held for an incredible 6 years! #nes #punchout #nintendo #retro pic.twitter.com/8v5IlWrj9I

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Final Fight 1ccd!

Evan Weston, from Sydney Australia, has been working hard on improving his already impressive Twin Galaxies world record score on Final Fight. Today, he increased that score by a further 400,000 points, and finished the game on one credit for the first time! #retro #capcom pic.twitter.com/9QK3vf8r9o

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) September 9, 2019

Blindfolded Punch-Out!

Punch-Out on the NES is a very popular game for speedrunning, and with one of the most bizarre categories: beat the game blindfolded! The world record for the blindfolded run is held by Australia's mPap, with a time of 20 minutes and 27 seconds! #speedrun #nintendo #retro pic.twitter.com/ffKi79hMal

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Aladdin Bootleg World Record

It might be an unlicensed MegaDrive to NES port, but it still can be given the speedrun treatment! Once again crazyjesse from VIC Australia holds the world record time on this Aladdin bootleg, with a time of 5 minutes and 53 seconds #speedrun #retro #nintendo pic.twitter.com/aQsP9XkMhh

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Zelda LttP NES World Record

More NES bootlegs, and more crazyjesse from Victoria Australia! Runner crazyjesse holds the world record time on the bootleg NES version of The Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past, with a time of 36 minutes and 38 seconds! #zelda #nintendo #speedrun #retro https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/4SegS2PUDD

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) September 4, 2019

Bio Hazard NES Bootleg

Bio Hazard, aka Resident Evil, on the NES?! Sure, why not. There's some cool bootlegs out there! And the world record speedrun time is held by Victoria Australia's crazyjesse with a time of 19 minutes and 51 seconds #capcom #residentevil #biohazard #retro https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/bEpnYBZnwA

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) September 3, 2019

First Australian DK 1 Million!

Arcade and retro gaming history has been made this week! For the first time ever, an Australian player - Matt Tecchio - has broken the 1 million point barrier on Donkey Kong! Watch this space, as Australians might soon be pushing for world record scores! #donkeykong #nintendo pic.twitter.com/9VKNY7Wpqp

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) September 3, 2019

NES Donkey Kong Country 4?

There's a Donkey Kong Country 4?! On the NES? Well yes, but a bootleg DKC4 on the NES, and crazyjesse, speedrunner from Victoria Australia, has the world record at 14 minutes and 43 seconds! #retro #nintendo #donkeykong #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #retrogaming #retrogamer pic.twitter.com/h8yvPn61zc

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) September 2, 2019

Mega Man: The Power Battle

ShinkenX, speedrunner from NSW Australia, holds the world record time for course 7 in Mega Man The Power Battle on arcade, with a time of 4 minutes and 7 seconds! #retro https://t.co/XhtBGyYmBZ #speedrun #megaman #retrogaming #retrogamer #retrogames #capcom pic.twitter.com/8WnR3cqyqP

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Australia's Tenka Takes Mortal Kombat 3!

Congratulations goes to NSW Australia's Tenka, who today took the arcade world record time on Mortal Kombat 3, with an astonishing time of 4 minutes and 48 seconds! #retro #mortalkombat #mk11 #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #retrogames #retrogamer #retrogaming #mortalkombat11 pic.twitter.com/3hDUHDH6on

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 31, 2019

Blade Master Arcade Record

There's a new Blade Master arcade world record holder in town! Dennis Edmunds, from Brisbane Australia, chalks up another record with a score of 1,057,000 points in this hard to find slash'em'up #retro https://t.co/Q3SvOPX8dx #retrogames #retrogaming #retrogamer pic.twitter.com/gqk2FYcA8J

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 30, 2019

Ice Cold Beer For Days!

It took 33 hours... Matthew Ackerman, from Florida USA, has broken the world high score record for Ice Cold Beer with a score of 2,160,000. Moving those tiny steel balls up the playfield and into the bubble holes is infinitely more difficult than Matthew makes it seem! #retro pic.twitter.com/tWrMwmj3qf

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 28, 2019

Dying Light World Record Time

Today, speedrunner AussieGG from New Zealand (?!?) achieved the world record time on the PC game Dying Light, with a time (minus loads) of 1 hour, 43 minutes and 58 seconds! #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr pic.twitter.com/T9Dvwco1nA

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 27, 2019

De Blob De Stroyed!

A few days ago OKNEM, speedrunner from Queensland Australia, broke the world record time for de Blob on the Nintendo Switch! With a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 54 seconds #retro #speedrun https://t.co/XhtBGyGLKr #nintendo pic.twitter.com/18Xh7qDpJF

— Game the System (@gamethesystemco) August 26, 2019