Month: March 2021

Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! The PS5 and Xbox Series consoles have been out for a few months now, and we talk about the pro and cons of each system along with the difficulties in actually getting one!

We even cover the debacle that is Google Stadia, and what contributed to its failure and what might have helped it gain some success.

Also on the show:

– Lockdown haircutting issues!

– Playing Cyberpunk 2077 on the Nintendo Switch, wtf?

– Remember OnLive, the original game streaming service from 2010?

– Xbox Game Pass, our thoughts on the “Netflix of gaming”.

– If you have an Xbox One X/PS4 Pro, is the jump to next gen worth it? – Are console launch lineups underwhelming these days?

– Advantages of the XBSX/PS5 vs last gen Intro/Outro Music – Ghost Town Triumph – Hangman Adam Page entrance theme – AEW (2019) – Composer(s): Vincent Pedulla

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Retro and current gen gaming chat, with Trev and Stu, its the Console Shockcast! Amazing things are happening on the granddaddy of all consoles; the legendary Atari 2600!

We welcome James from ZeroPage Homebrew onto the show, and we talk about some of the stunning homebrew Atari 2600 games that are being developed by the 2600 programming community!

– How James got started with ZeroPage Homebrew

– What actually is video game homebrew?

– The crazy limitations of the 2600 and how homebrewers work around them – Flashcarts on the 2600, what are the options?

– Online gaming on the 2600, its real!

– Great 2600 homebrew titles

– The emerging Atari 7800 homebrew scene

– Great modern ways to play Atari 2600 games Intro/Outro Music

– Crystal World (Third stage theme) – Gradius II (1988) – Arcade/PC Engine – Composer(s): Shinji Tasaka, Motoaki Furukawa, Kenichi Matsubara, Seiichi Fukami

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