Episode 180 - It’s SHARK WEEK On Pixel Gaiden! - 6 Good Games With Sharks

We're back for Episode 180 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Games With Sharks.

 

9:06 - Quick Questions

31:36 - Patreon Song

35:01- Tea Time With Tim - Retro Rivalries

49:00 - Eric's Take - Pico-8 Hotness

1:01:23 - News

2:11:54 - 6 Good Games With Sharks!

 

News -   

Cody – New Vectrex Action!  https://www.retronews.com/dark-alien-in-deep-space/ 

Eric - Valve Jacks Up Steam Deck Prices By As Much As $300 

https://www.engadget.com/2182286/valve-jacks-up-steam-deck-prices-by-as-much-as-300/ 

Tim - Infe2tation from Monte Boyd for the C64 will be out in June. Maybe by the time you are listening to this! This is the follow up from infeZtation from the creator of show fave game Knights and Slimes. 

https://bsky.app/profile/monteboyd.bsky.social/post/3mnh2jwhf2k2x 

Cody - Rumor - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/rumour-sega-might-be-releasing-a-low-cost-handheld-with-removable-game-carts 

Eric - "They Had No Idea What They Were Doing" - Amico Teardown Sheds Light On Doomed Intellivision Console | Time Extension 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/they-had-no-idea-what-they-were-doing-amico-teardown-sheds-light-on-doomed-intellivision-console 

Tim - Petal Panic C64 – Preview – The Piggy 18 team behind the C64 game A Pigs Quest has just released a 3-world work in progress demo of their latest platformer for the C64. Hopefully this one will blossom on to our C64 screens soon. 

https://piggy18.itch.io/petal-panic 

Cody – My Kinda Game! https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/oh-my-doug-is-a-hand-drawn-metroidvania-set-inside-a-human-body-with-ren-and-stimpy-style-gross-ups#enlarge-1 

Eric - UFO 50 Nonograms is an unofficial fangame of Mossmouth's UFO 50. 

https://m3zik.itch.io/lx-nonograms 

Tim – Sonic for the Next – The ZX Spectrum Next has just received a surprise port of the SMS version of Sonic the Hedgehog. Dave18 via itch.io has just released this version. It follows on the heels of his previous SMS conversion of Astro Warrior. (Via Indie Retro News) 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/06/sonic-spectrum-next-sonic-hedgehog.html#more 

https://dave18.itch.io/wip-sonic-spectrum-next 

Cody – New NeoGeo Games https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/necro-pop-is-a-new-game-built-from-the-ground-up-for-neo-geo 

https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-all-the-risky-stuff-is-basically-ticked-we-spoke-to-the-developer-of-the-ambitious-neo-geo-first-party-game-overserved 

Cody – More Cuphead!!! https://www.retronews.com/mighty-cuphead-adventure/ 

Eric – Playdate - Working on a port of space cadet pinball 

https://www.reddit.com/r/PlaydateConsole/comments/1tmjssf/working_on_a_port_of_space_cadet_pinball/ 

 

 

Tim – The A1200 update video (of sorts!) - Retro Games Ltd have posted a new video on BookFace showing the A1200 in action, featuring the carrousel and a selection of games. Do they go as far as showing a working Workbench demo? Well, no they don't. Plus, the video is pretty crappy looking, but hey, we get to see a little of what we could have been using already! (insert old man grumbling and shaking fist at clouds) 

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1599219712208942 

Cody – Handrawn and now Liscensed! https://www.timeextension.com/features/this-mega-man-hand-drawn-game-guide-is-a-delightful-human-made-antidote-to-ai-generated-slop 

Eric - Full-size arcade gaming system folds into a cabinet when not in use 

https://newatlas.com/games/swap-arcade-gaming-system-folds-into-cabinet/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4 

Tim – Retro Frog (Todd Gill) -teases new device to use USB controllers with your Dreamcast (Via Time Extension) 

 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/this-handy-gizmo-will-let-you-use-any-usb-controller-with-your-dreamcast-without-sacrificing-vmu-support 

Cody – More NeoGeo Options soon?  https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/im-considering-that-possibility-the-neo-geo-aes-might-be-getting-the-everdrive-treatment 

Eric – Flippy Drive Update - https://www.crowdsupply.com/team-offbroadway/flippydrive/updates/shipping-progress-firmware-2-0-and-more 

Tim – Hot off the press. Finally, a game I might be able to buy for the Switch 2! - Nintendo Direct just announced Star Fox for the Switch 2 coming soon, there is a downloadable demo available now. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY6QT50zrf0&t=2182s 

News Of The Weird!!! 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/a-first-of-its-kind-collaboration-you-can-now-own-sonic-dreamcast-and-genesis-office-chairs 

 

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