Dave and Luke hold the fort whilst Craig is modeled for a Waifu pillow and Mike is at the Lion King Premiere.

In our newly revamped way of choosing games for Retro Rewinds here is 1987's Metal Gear for the MSX. Chosen in direct response to last week's 60's spy romp Metal Gear has a distinctly more modern feel to espionage, but how modern does the game feel?!

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In our newly revamped way of choosing games for Retro Rewinds here is 1986's Rolling Thunder from Namco. Dave has fond memories of this and the NES version, and as usual Craig has never heard of it! Let's see if they manage to defeat the evil Maboo.

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This week Dave and Craig take a look at some Retro Rewind games, and some others and cherry pick some "quality" tunes for your ears. They also choose a couple of newer tracks so as not to look like grumpy old men.

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So as usual we get together and chat about what our Game of the Half Year is. Many of hte games mentioned were actually released in years gone past, but it's been a busy year for backlog clearing!

What is your GOTHY?! Hit us up at on twitter and let us know!

The gang return with the spoiler heavy part two. Let's see what the gang think of this classic game!!

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Dave, Mike and Craig get to grips with the mechanics and non spolilery side of Arkham Asylum, a game Luke holds dear to his heart!

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Not a lot to say here. Can't recommend playing James Pond 2, nor can we recommend listening to this!

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StarTropics was released for the NES in 1990. How does this Zelda-like hold up? Let's find out!!

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We have collapsed the usual format of non-spoiler and spoiler epsodes in to one single episode for this one. If you don't want Zero spoiled please don't listen!!

Here is the video Mike mentions which you should totally watch before you play. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XkhPXXbPXY

Any thoughts on Star Fox Zero or even what we should play next? Hit us up at www.thebiteffect.com where you can contact us about anything, and we mean ANYTHING.