Everyone has joined me before we jump into the episode proper I wanted to indulge in a tiny bit of self-promotion.

RetroNots has teamed up with fangamer and engineer Mike Choi to create something for fans of classic gaming and Nintendo's Switch.

Flip grip. Flip grip is the missing piece in Nintendo Switch. It's a simple plastic controller grip that allows you to play the system sideways in handheld mode.

A lot of old arcade games ran on what is known as Tate mode, where their screens and their cabinets were rotated sideways to be taller than a wide.

Lots of games on Switch offer vertical display options, which the system can take unique advantage of thanks to the way the entire console consists of a portable screen with detachable controllers, but until now you need to set the screen on a desk stand in order to play Tate mode games.

Flip grip allows you to rotate your Switch and use it as a portable by securing the screens in the detachable joy-cons together in your hands.

More than 20 games currently take advantage of vertical play on Switch, including timeless masterpieces like Gallagher, Donkey Kong, and Pac-Man, hardcore shoot-em-ups like Igurooga, Gunbird, and Strikers 1945.

And even a few modern games like Pinball FX3 and Mutant Muds, there are more on the way too, like Sega's Game Ground, SNK's Akari Warriors, and Bullet Hell Shooter's Cylaria Delta.

Flip grip is available for pre-order now on Kickstarter. Unlike other Kickstarter projects, this one's risk-free.

We've prototyped the Flip grip extensively and it's ready for manufacture. We just need the cash to pay for it and haven't produced and distributed.

In fact, since the Kickstarter has already blown past its goal, we've already set the production wheels in motion so the Flip grip will be in your hands this fall.

Flip grip is just $12 plus shipping. So if you love classic gaming on Nintendo Switch, head over to Kickstarter before July 9th and check out Flip grip.

This weekend retro nuts, we've got a kill screen coming up.

Hi everyone, it's Jeremy Parish. Here with people in Raleigh, North Carolina to talk about video games. Who are these people?

I'm Chris Sims and my joke is now appreciated. Yes, as ancient.

That was a few episodes ago. You made a joke about the kill screen and not having seen King of Kong. I didn't get it, but now I get it.

I was met with blank stairs.

Yeah, but that's okay. People on the audience understood and they were smarter than us. Anyway, so who else here?

I'm also Chris Sims. No, not double-ganger.

What have you was going to die? Benj Edwards.

Benj Edwards. That's me. That's right.

Well, anyway, as you might have guessed from the introduction and topic and so forth, this isn't just a call back to a previous episode, although it is.

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