Back In My Play: A Podcast For Nostalgic Gamers

Mike Mika joins Kevin to talk about the latest at Digital Eclipse, projecting retro games on random buildings, latest retro game finds, hardest parts of game development and more!

Ed Fries, founder of Microsoft Game Studios and part of the original XBOX team joins Kevin and John Linneman to talk about early XBOX hardware/OS iterations, rumors of Dreamcast backwards compatibility, the RARE Ltd. accusation, relations with Japanese developers and more!

Ryan Payton joins Kevin to talk about the relationship between Japan and the Xbox, the important relationship with Sega, Japan exclusive games and more!

EGM alums Chris Johnston and Greg Sewart join Kevin to remember how the original XBOX was covered in EGM. 

Cast Kevin Larrabee Ryan Payton Michael Reilly   Intro Available now for free on XBOX One and PC Michael’s relationship with PD and the community Ryan’s involvement with the PD re-release   Segment 1: Super Brief History   Release Dates JP: September 23, 2004 NA: March 15, 2005 Developed by Microsoft Game Studios Producer/Director: Yukio Futatsugi Development: Developed in MS attempt to cater to the Japanese audience The Western release was canceled by MS as the life of the XB was coming to an end, even though the game was already translated into English during development December 2004 Majesco and MS signed a deal to let Majesco publish PD in the USA Received positive reviews at release with a 82 metacritic   Segment 2: PD Back in the Day   Personal Memories and History of PD Why the game was so important The community after the 360 launched (Back Compat on 360)   Segment 3: Revisiting PD/Changes to the Remaster/Protips   Details on the re-release Native resolution, uncompressed textures and

Kurt Kalata joins Kevin to remember and revisit Castlevania: Dracula X on the SNES and Super Famicom

John Linneman joins me to talk Quake II, hardware grails, XBOX hardware, Summer of XBOX prep and more! 

A preview of one of the new Patreon exclusive shows. Head to http://patreon.com/backinmyplay to support the show and gain access to the exclusive content. On the premiere episode of BimP Radio we pop in a Magical Chase HuCard with some serious energy.

Joshua Hillyer and Chris Johnston join Kevin to remember and revisit Super Mario Kart on the Super Nintendo/Famicom.

Peter Brown and Greg Sewart join Kevin to remember and revisit Ghouls'n Ghosts on the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive.

Greg Sewart and a live audience join Kevin to talk about a bunch of retro gaming topics.  

This week John Ricciardi, Mark MacDonald and Shane Bettenhausen join Kevin to remember and revisit Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.

John Linneman of Digital Foundry (and producer of the DF Retro series) joins Kevin to talk about some of the most technically impressive retro games, developer tricks to squeeze every last drop of power from consoles of the past, new retro hardware, the original XBOX and more! 

This episode we remember and revisit Mega Man 6. We also look back on some April fools magazine features.

Peter Brown joins Kevin to remember and revisit the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive version of the Capcom arcade classic MERCS.

Frank Cifaldi comes on the show to talk about his efforts to preserve video game history, co-founding the non-profit Video Game History Foundation, the latest project at Digital Eclipse and much more! 

This episode we look back on our favorite console launch memories and those of the audience.

This episode Chris Johnston and Greg Sewart join Kevin to remember and revisit The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening.

This episode we are remembering and revisiting video game competitions of the 90s and their unique carts.

Greg Sewart joins Kevin for some Ninja action as we remember and revisit Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master on the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive.