The Retro League Podcast features discussion about the latest retro gaming news, re-releases, community developments and reviews of our favorite games.

This week:

This week you could buy a brand new arcade machine and there’s an edutainment parody game awaiting crowdfunding. We question Wikipedia’s list of greatest games, and remember college bowling alley arcades. We find more emulator boxes trying to grab your money and Russian eBay scammers in this episode of the Retro League.

Centipong Rebound by Jayenkai has been released, and is available for Windows, Linux, MacOSX and Nintendo 3DS.   Bounce the balls from your paddle to destroy the incoming centipedes.

inversephase talks about the demoscene! The demoscene does not make halt on any systems and we are sure you have seen the one or other console or handheld demo here on PDRoms already! Please make sure you have a bit more than three hours to enjoy the complete video. It’s very informative!

Geass Ball is an ad-supported Android game by MOARABY. It’s an endless ball jumping game.

Realms of Idle is a free but ad-supported strategy game for Android by ilMare Games.

Release notes:

– bugfixes

Bleentoro is a puzzle game for Android by Yiotro. This game is adfree and has no ingame purchases!

Changes:

– Added ‘user levels’.
– Progress is now saved automatically for each campaign level.
– Bug fixes.

FPse for Android is the fastest and most compatible PSone/Playstation 1/PSX emulator for handheld devices. FPse is able to render PSone games in high resolution by using OpenGL which gives outstanding graphics!

Release notes:

– Unset OpenSL ES by default because some devices don’t like it. Two ways to get low latency, change value from advanced settings and audio or set from audio menu. Depending if the device run well or now with OpenSL ES set. Changes and fix from previous version remains

The Lost Beans is a PICO-8 game by dollarone.

A disaster has struck! The coffee beans have been lost! Help Rich – this coffee dimension’s maintainer – find the lost beans! Embark on a caffeinated platform adventure where you can find coffee upgrades that will help you with your adventure. For example, if you become an americano you gain the ability to double-jump! Obviously!

How quick can you find the beans? Can you also find the special bean™? If you’re looking for a more serious challenge, try finishing the game without getting any of the upgrades! Best played with coffee in hand.

Orange Island is a new NES game in development. The game shapes up nicely! See your own!

Quote:

Big news! I’ll be presenting @orangeisland again at @EGX in September. I’m working on an updated demo for you all to try! Who’s gonna be there? #EGX #gamedev #indiedev #nesdev

Buggy Troll Minigolf is a Minigolf game by danim. Use DPAD up/down to move the crosshair. Press A button to prepare the shoot. Press A again to shoot with the power indicated by the power bar. Try to put the ball in the hole.