Episode 147 - Falling Blocks and Galloping Ghosts + News!

We're back for Episode 147! In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and highlight 6 Good Falling Block Puzzle Games.   7:00 - Quick Questions 39:48 - Patreon Song 45:11 - Tea Time With Tim - Amstrad Adventure 1:06:54 - Cody's Corner - Galloping Ghost 1:39:31 - News 2:39:42 - 6 Good Falling Block Games   News -     Tim – Pixel Gaiden now has a BlueSky account. Tim mostly posting on the account, a good place to keep an eye on up-and-coming battles, show release announcements, general stuff retro and beer related.  Pixel Gaiden - Retro gaming podcast (@pixelgaiden.bsky.social) — Bluesky  CODY – https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/the-scalable-video-switch-might-be-the-ultimate-av-solution-for-retro-gaming-fans  Eric - Review: Retro Fighters BattlerGC Pro - Time To Finally Retire Your GameCube's WaveBird | Time Extension  https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/retro-fighters-battlergc-pro-time-to-finally-retire-your-gamecubes-wavebird  Tim – Shinobi has been ported to the NeoGeo by H0ffman. This is a port of the arcade version over to the NeoGeo by disassembling the arcade version to ensure all the original feel and graphics of the arcade came across. Free to download in NeoGeo and NeoGeo CD format.  https://h0ffman.itch.io/shinobi-neogeo  Cody - https://atarirepairparts.com/#!/Other-Parts/c/160952147  Eric – New Neo Geo cart by Back Bit!!! - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-platinum-mvs/  Tim – Super Polygon GP has new update for 2025 already! - Native SteamDeck / Linux build, Major performance upgrade, Online leaderboards added, Graphics re-styled, better track wall outlining, Difficulty rebalanced, Wall collisions made less harsh & AI upgraded  Eric - You're Not Seeing Things, PS1 Games Are Playable On GameCube | Time Extension  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/youre-not-seeing-things-ps1-games-are-playable-on-gamecube  Cody - https://www.retrorgb.com/japanese-to-sega-master-system-cartridge-converter.html  https://www.retrorgb.com/colecovision-to-master-system-cartridge-adapter.html  Tim –  Elite the classic space shooter and trading game is coming to the VIC20... yes that's right the VIC20. Aleksi Eeben has taken the C64 source and has ported across.  From Mark Moxon on BlueSky  https://bsky.app/profile/markmoxon.bsky.social/post/3lekpj6ytus2z  Video of game play  https://youtu.be/eR7df9rrbyQ?si=ED-Ki0OOKv73iohf  EventHubs: New XXL Street Fighter arcade cabinets are almost as large as the originals but not as expensive and comes with 14 games  https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2025/jan/07/street-fighter-arcade-cabinets/      Tim – New fan based Sonic game gets demo release – Sonic Galactic demo is out for Windows and Mac. Sonic Galactic is a fan-made interpretation of what a 2D-sidescrolling entry in the Sonic series could have looked like on 32-bit, 5th Generation hardware. Sporting clean, hand-pixeled backgrounds and fluid animation, the game aims for an aesthetic that pays tribute to the best of the era. Source – Sonic Galatic project on BlueSky  https://bsky.app/profile/sonicgalactic.bsky.social  https://sonicgalactic.github.io/index.html  Game play footage  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO1lTblVODU&lc=UgwJYjfi1qgbbMovthp4AaABAg  Cody - https://myarcade.com/blogs/press-and-news/my-arcade-announces-gamestation-retro-including-bandai-namco-and-capcom-games?srsltid=AfmBOoqcuJu_eQsrFxmTq6pqRXTxa6O032NHkEbu78-6CZydWnerzUb-  Cody – Juan Martinez releases one for DOS!  https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/12/alien-intruder-new-ms-dos-single-screen.html#more  Eric- From DanJ (Patreon Dude!) Dungeons And Dragons: The Tyrant's Eye! Pinball - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHM0D6kHouY        Cody – News of the Weird!  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/random-this-us-bakery-still-uses-a-commodore-64-for-sales-in-2024  Eric - Nintendo Switch Players Are Reporting Their New Games Have Been Replaced With...Googly Eyes - IGN  https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-switch-players-are-reporting-their-new-games-have-been-replaced-withgoogly-eyes  Cody – Evercade Carts are going up in price.  https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/indie-heroes-collection-4/  Please give us a review on Apple Podcasts! Thanks for listening! You can always reach us at [email protected]. Send us an email if we missed anything in the show notes you need. 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