2D Is All Sega and Nintendo Need - This Week In Retro 131

Sega and Nintendo are taking Mario and Sonic back to their 2D roots, how do we feel about that? Do kids of today get what the likes of the ZX, CPC and C64 are? Is it possible to bring classic adventure/puzzler Myst to the Atari 2600? 

All this and more plus the Community Question Of The Week.

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00:00 - Show Opening

11:44 - 2D Or Not 2D Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/28/pushing-buttons-sonic-the-hedgehog-super-mario-bros-2d-sega-nintendo

30:49 - We Bought It To Help With Your Homework Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/30/zx-spectrum-1980s-home-computer-gamers Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T8isTzF3M4

40:40 - Myst-D Make Story Link: http://deater.net/weave/vmwprod/myst_vcs/ Additional Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/30-years-later-myst-demake-for-atari-2600-reminds-us-how-far-weve-come/

50:40 - Community Question of the Week

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Episode Credits

See the full song by BG Ollie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoRDwkpujs

"Atari 2600 Myst update: you can win" courtesy of deater78 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxYdMVgwsw

Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Link: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-2404150.html

Sonic SuperStars - Link: https://www.gamerbraves.com/sgf23-sonic-superstars-launches-this-fall-2023/