8-Bit Bytes

8-Bit Bytes: You Can Literally Get a Mini Everything Now

By Cliff Johnson | October 11, 2019 | 0 Comments

It’s been a hot minute (or maybe a couple of months) since our last episode of 8-Bit Bytes, but Cliff and Hans are back and have so much retro gaming goodness to talk about!

8-Bit Bytes: Fighting Games

By Cliff Johnson | May 21, 2019 | 0 Comments

We run through over two decades of fighting games, from 1976’s Heavyweight Champ to 1999’s Super Smash Brothers!

8-Bit Bytes: Beat ‘Em Ups

By Cliff Johnson | March 19, 2019 | 0 Comments

We take a deep dive into Beat ‘Em Ups from Kung Fu Master to Double Dragon to X-Men. There are so many amazing games in this genre just dripping with nostalgia!

8-Bit Bytes: 6 – Disney

By Cliff Johnson | February 1, 2019 | 0 Comments

This month we are taking a deep dive into retro Disney, starting with the Tron arcade games all the way to Kingdom Hearts!

8-Bit Bytes: 4 – It’s Kinda Short

By Cliff Johnson | December 3, 2018 | 0 Comments

We talked about Nintendo getting a cool $12 million from ROM sites, exclusive Arcade1Up cabinets coming to Walmart, new retro games coming to Switch Online and Hans reviewed his new Arcade1Up 12-in-1 (spoilers, we named this episode after it.)

8-Bit Bytes: 3 – Pinball Revival

By Cliff Johnson | October 15, 2018 | 0 Comments

It’s all pinball this week! Ok and some news and questions too.

8-Bit Bytes: 2 – Kickstarted Consoles

By Cliff Johnson | September 17, 2018 | 0 Comments

Welcome Retro Gamers! We talk Billy Mitchell & Donkey Kong, new arcade and pinball machines you are going to want to buy, Starflight 3 on Fig and the kickstarted consoles that made it (and some other consoles that didn’t).

8-Bit Bytes: 1 – Retro Gaming Roundup

By Cliff Johnson | August 20, 2018 | 0 Comments

Love retro games? Do you wish you had your own arcade, or love the idea of setting up a Raspberry Pi so you can play your favorite C64, Atari, NES or SNES games? Then this podcast might be for you!