Episode 162 - Stress-Free Bedhead Morning Edition - 6 Good Stress-Free Games

We're back for Episode 162 of Pixel Gaiden!

In this episode Cody and Eric catch up on the news and cover 6 Good Stress-Free Games

 

7:14 - Quick Questions

36:57 - Patreon Song

42:00- Tea Time With Tim - Tim’s adventures in PS3 modding 

58:21 - Cody's Corner - Caverns of Mars Recharged

1:11:29 - News

2:12:19- 6 Good Stress-Free Games

 

News - 

Tim – Vectrex Mini – Kickstarter coming soon. 

https://vectrex.com/vectrex-mini-kickstarter/ 

Eric - Indie Retro News: LittleBigPlanet on the C64? It's certainly possible! 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/littlebigplanet-on-c64-its-certainly.html 

Cody – Evercade Cart News 

https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/activision-collection-1/ 

https://evercade.co.uk/cartridges/llamasoft-collection/ 

Also Rare Collection – NeoGeo Arcade 2 and 3. 

 

Tim – Buzz Bumper on Planet Pinball - Platform / Pinball style new game coming to the Nintendo Gameboy Color. (via Time Extension) 

https://pearacidic.itch.io/buzz-bumper-on-planet-pinball 

Cody – Atari Back to school Pack 

https://atari.com/collections/back-to-school?srsltid=AfmBOopyblji471hCAJ8uwqbhrut-WJfHecFoS4mNik8ZoIMdOv5w8sK 

Tim -DMG vs. Super Game Boy the first "Super Game Boy exclusive" video game. This experimental game uses a Super Game Boy feature normally "locked away", and that no commercial Game Boy game ever used: the ability to control Super NES sprites in addition to everything moving on the Game Boy screen. (Via Time Extension) 

https://drludos.itch.io/dmg-vs-super-game-boy 

Eric - Indie Retro News: Operation Hibernation - A challenging single screen platformer for the ColecoVision and MSX 

https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/08/operation-hibernation-challenging.html 

Cody – New Vectrex Stuff!  https://www.vectrexmulti.com/order2.html 

Tim – What If... OutRun on the Gameboy. Sorry guys another version of OutRun to report on! This time on the GameBoy Color. OutRun GB is a port of the original Arcade version of Out Run to the Game Boy Color. It's the whole game - all the tracks - all the music - all the wind in your hair!😊 (via RetroRGB) 

https://rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outrun 

Eric - "Rarest" Nintendo Famicom Game Found In US Retro Store For $12 | Time Extension 

Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/following-the-game-boy-segas-genesis-mega-drive-is-getting-the-lego-treatment-next 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/rarest-nintendo-famicom-game-found-in-us-retro-store-for-usd12 

Tim - Punch Out NES to SNES - a complete ground-up conversion, started from scratch. The main focus of the original was the technical achievement of porting the NES MMC2 mapper, but this version focuses on the game itself.  It’s got all the advantages of a NES to SNES conversion, along with rumble support. (via RetroRGB) 

https://archive.org/details/mike-tysons-punch-out-snes_202508 

Eric - The Atari Gamestation Go Launches Next Month 

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/the-atari-gamestation-go-launches-next-month 

Cody - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/cant-decide-between-shinobi-and-ninja-gaiden-this-steam-bundle-should-help 

 

News of the Weird: 

McDonalds Chicken McNugget Tetris holder. 

https://blueshell3d.com/products/mdtn?pr_prod_strat=jac&pr_rec_id=2da38fb1b&pr_rec_pid=8850292605219&pr_ref_pid=9333255962915&pr_seq=uniform 

Eric - Earthion Invades Streets of Rage 2 in ROM Hack - Retro News 

https://www.retronews.com/earthion-invades-streets-of-rage-2-in-rom-hack/ 

Tim – NES Game Genie – mini GameJam! There is a current Game Jam in progress to code games that run on the NES Game Genie hardware. Using the 16kb onboard ROM and CHR graphics. 

https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=26222 

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