Episode 178 - Mega Cat and ZX Spectrum Talk + Gimmicky Shmup Battle - Boogie Wings Vs. Mystic Riders

We're back for Episode 178 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover Battle Of The Systems - Boogie Wings Vs. Mystic Riders

 

12:10 - Quick Questions

42:32 - Patreon Song

45:02- Tea Time With Tim - Road Trip

1:02:21 - Cody's Corner

1:33:35 - News

2:35:29 - Battle Of The Systems -Boogie Wings Vs. Mystic Riders

 

News -   

Cody – Iron Rails for Amiga  https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/iron-rails-railway-strategy-game-for.html#more 

Eric - “Built To Extract The Best Possible Image From Your Consoles" - Pixel FX Announces The $200 'Morph 2K' Upscaler - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/built-to-extract-the-best-possible-image-from-your-consoles-pixel-fx-announces-the-usd200-morph-2k-upscaler 

Tim – Zippy Race Amiga port has been completed by Dimitris Giannakis or better know as YouTuber Modern Vintage Gamer (MVG). He has been vlogging the development of the port across to the Amiga on his channel and its now complete for us to play over on his itch.io site. 

https://modernvintagegamer.itch.io/zippy-race 

Cody – Hyper Megatech Spectrum and C64 Handhelds https://www.hypermegatech.com/home-computer-handhelds/ 

Eric - Sounds Like Plaion Has Another Console In The Works Following The Neo Geo AES+ | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/sounds-like-plaion-has-another-console-in-the-works-following-the-neo-geo-aesplus 

 

Tim – Atari ST platformer - Miracle Boy in Dragon Land by SamSoft. This was first released in 2024 and has just been updated. Not new but new to us. Looks like an ST game worth checking out. Although its £15 so not free to download.  (thanks to Time Extension) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPxDA9-CP_M 

https://samsoft.itch.io/miracle-boy-in-dragon-land 

 

Eric – Two new ZX Spectrum Games 

Indie Retro News: SuperHair 2 Revenge of the Wizard - For the first time Super Hair goes Isometric in this new ZX Spectrum game from MicroChops 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/superhair-2-revenge-of-wizard-for-first.html 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/a-mouse-life-2-escape-from-science-lab.html 

 

 

Cody – Revolo's all Ascii Game has a free Demo to try!  https://relevo.itch.io/battle-for-asciion 

Tim – Gridlocker a new falling block puzzler for the C64 is in beta testing for all. This has a twist. Think Tetris meets Pipe Mania! 

https://studio8502.itch.io/gridlocker 

Indie Retro News: A mouse life 2: Escape from science lab - Help a Mouse escape from the laboratory in this new ZX Spectrum 128k game from BAD BITS 

Eric - After 23 Years Bomberman Online For Dreamcast Is Now Back Online 

https://retrododo.com/after-23-years-bomberman-online-for-dreamcast-is-now-back-online/ 

Tim – New Speccy shooter just announced – Shadow Fields for 128k only by zxgandulf. Horizontal scrolling shooter more details on Indie Retro News and ZX Gandalfs itch.io page where you can download the game. 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/05/shadow-fields-this-side-scrolling-shoot.html?spref=tw 

https://zxgandulf.itch.io/shadow-fields 

Eric – New controller pre-order coming soon -- https://www.polygon.com/steam-controller-preorders-open-valve-date-time/ 

Tim – New Amiga AGA game Pauldron by Zener – This is a spell casting action game where you play as a wizard launching various spells at enemy forces that march slowly towards you. Destroy them before they reach the bottom of the screen. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QM4EyijrAU 

https://zener.itch.io/pauldron 

 

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