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Ep. #219 - Talking about Arcades And Love Songs with Ed Cunningham

In our new episode we welcome two amazing guests! Before having an in-depth chat with Ed Cunningham, producer of the documentary 'The King Of Kong' and 'Arcades And Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day', we'll hear some insights about the Brazilian Sega scene and Paprium by Guilherme Chirinéa. A special double feature, don't miss this! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:01:43 into the podcast.

Links related to this episode:

• Arcade & Love Songs : The Ballad Of Walter Day homepage: https://www.arcadesandlovesongs.com

• Ed Cunningham on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2060819
• Ed Cunningham in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Cunningham

• Guilherme Chirinéa on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chirinea
• Guilherme Chirinéa on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/chirinea.bsky.social
• Guilherme Chirinéa on X: https://x.com/chirinea

 

News mentioned in this episode:

• Jixa Lady Tiger - PC platformer with a C64 styled palette released: https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/07/jixa-lady-tiger-this-pc-platformer-with.html

• SEGA Classics Delisting December 6th,2024: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/34270/view/4450213135292301381?l=english
• According to his wife, Bil Herd is not involved in the revival of Commodore: https://bsky.app/profile/thevowel.bsky.social/post/3ltcukx3vhk2c
• The Pinball & Arcade Museum Seligenstadt Germany won the German Videogame Award: https://www.youtube.com/live/1DBMg7KEbA8?si=RObZqyDT9oDwqNBs&t=13727 (German)
• Tronimal released his full discography digitally for 2 €: https://tronimal.bandcamp.com/album/robonaut#buyFullDiscography
• Drama surrounding "Subnautica 2": Fired developers and publisher go to court: https://www.galaxus.de/en/page/drama-surrounding-subnautica-2-fired-developers-and-publisher-go-to-court-38717
• Every N64 carts can be dumped now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmfTQez4Hg
• Get your new Commodore 64 Ultimate now from the nww Commodore Company: https://www.commodore.net/category/all-products
• Brazilian Retro Event happens again from June 25th to 27th: https://retrocon.com.br (Portuguese)

• Castlevania 2 is converted to the Sega Master System: https://www.smspower.org/forums/20254-Castlevania2Demo
  https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/Castlevania2Demo-SMS / OST is converted by Chirinea: https://youtu.be/zArXg-aooiU

• Contra is being converted to the Sega Master System: https://www.smspower.org/forums/20463-JungleDemo
  https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/ContraDemo-SMS / OST Is converted by Chirinea: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37RWxWtv5zkaM4USpLBUYCs_F1nNq9sm

• Noturno, a new Castlevania-inspired game for the Master System!: https://www.instagram.com/lmsretro/ / official trailer video: https://youtu.be/9Fl7Sv9tplA

• Earthion a new Mega Drive game is coming out soon: https://earthiongame.com
• Paprium is fully emulateable now: https://x.com/St1ka/status/1941871239389175863

 

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Intro rendered by Matthias Kohlen and music by Remute: https://www.remute.org

Promo by screenwriter Jon Artigo of the upcomg movie Employee 13

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