Episode 128 - Straight Outta Left Field, It's Battle Of The 8-Bit Baseball Games!

We're back for Episode 128!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news + Battle Of The Systems: R.B.I. Baseball (NES) vs Great Baseball (SMS)

8:00 - Quick Questions

26:16 - Patreon Song

30:30 - Eric's Take - Path Not Taken

53:05 -  Cody's Corner

1:38:26 - News

2:25:20 - Battle Of The Systems: R.B.I. Baseball (NES) vs Great Baseball (SMS)

News -    

(Cody) Sams Journey on NES is out! https://www.knightsofbytes.games/samsjourney/nes#buy 

(Eric) - "Tap To Play" NFC Tags Give MiSTer FPGA A Much-Needed Physical Connection - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/tap-to-play-nfc-tags-give-mister-fpga-a-much-needed-physical-connection 

(Cody) Harharagon for the C64 - https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/03/harharagon-another-fabulous-commodore.html#more 

(Eric) New ROM Hack Makes One Of The Best Pinball Games Even Better - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/new-rom-hack-makes-one-of-the-best-pinball-games-even-better 

(Cody) Good Kniight C64 https://psytronik.itch.io/good-kniight 

(Eric) - 8BitDo’s latest retro keyboard is an ode to the Commodore 64 - https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/28/24113566/8bitdo-commodore-64-retro-mechanical-keyboard-specs-release-date-price-features 

 

(Cody) You can still buy Ice Cold Beer! https://avscompanies.com/product/retro-arcade-ice-cold-beer 

(Cody) Orb of Aeternum by Johan Peitz https://johanpeitz.itch.io/orb-of-aeternum 

(Eric) - A physical Balatro deck exists - https://www.pcgamesn.com/balatro/physical-deck 

(Eric) - Void Bastards is rustling up a space-western sequel  

 - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/well-toot-my-lizards-void-bastards-is-rustling-up-a-space-western-sequel 

(Cody)) Handheld Pinball....how?  https://retrododo.com/flipongo/ 

(Eric) - Dwarf Fortress Game Devs Reveal What’s Next For Them After The Game’s Sudden Success - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dwarf-fortress-game-devs-reveal-whats-next-for-them-after-the-games-sudden-success/1100-6522418/ 

(Cody) New Mario Kart...or not? https://retrododo.com/lego-mario-kart/ 

(Cody) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/demons-of-asteborg-is-being-remade-for-gba-and-neo-geo 

(Cody) Hows Atari Doing? https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/ataris-retro-racer-neosprint-roars-its-way-onto-pc-and-consoles-this-summer 

(Cody) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/new-book-seeing-red-to-shine-a-spotlight-on-nintendos-virtual-boy 

(Cody) The ATARI 400 Mini is out. 

(Cody) Tiny Tires! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/tiny-tires-is-the-micro-machines-successor-weve-always-wanted 

(Cody) Didn’t know this Neo Geo Game existed... https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/03/neo-geo-medieval-casino-title-knights-chance-is-getting-a-new-physical-release 

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