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Retronauts Episode 457: Mini Console Madness Preview

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Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Kevin Bunch, and Brian Clark shrink to visit an arcade for ants and discuss the highs, lows, and history of the mini-console trend: From the early days of Jakks Pacific to the NES Classic to the teensy Game Gear Micro.

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0:00.0

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0:03.7

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0:08.4

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0:12.5

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0:18.0

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0:23.6

financial circumstances and borrowing history, TZZ's apply 18 plus. Your home may be repossessed

0:28.0

if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage. It's an extra long weekend here in the States

0:32.9

and we at Reternouts have the perfect way to fight the on-wee, an unexpected free time,

0:37.9

an extra long bonus episode of the show. Our latest patron exclusive episode takes on the topic

0:43.0

of mini consoles. From the days of Jack specific joysticks wired for sound, to the likes of the

0:48.2

Nintendo Classic NES Edition in Tito Egress 2 mini, we cover the full span of this huge,

0:54.0

it's somehow tiny phenomenon, which mini consoles are worth owning, which should you avoid.

0:59.2

And how come none of them let us play Hey Ankyo Ali? You can find the answer to all these questions

1:04.4

except the Hey Ankyo Ali and one at the Reternouts Patreon, patreon.com slash Reternouts,

1:09.0

for subscribers who support us at the exclusive content level. Five bucks a month or more,

1:13.2

it doesn't just get you this episode though, it also gets you more than two years of existing

1:17.2

bi-weekly exclusive episodes, most weekly columns and mini shows by Diamond Fight. This court access

1:23.5

and more, all for five bucks a month, it's the best deal in gaming, patreon.com slash Reternouts.

1:34.1

And that was also the year that I got surgery, and I swear to God I'm lying on the table,

1:38.4

and the anesthesiologist is behind me saying, hey, do you know about games, right? Because we're

1:42.3

talking about my job. And he's like, can you get me an NES classic? I was like, well, not really now

1:47.2

because I've got like an IV in my vein and I'm like, highest hell, but no, you're not going to have

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