DF Retro S03E20 · PlayStation Classic Review: Great Games, Poor Emulation

Air date: 2018-12-02 25m

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This could - and should - have been a lot better. DF Retro Hardware returns with a deep dive analysis into the PlayStation Classic, its games and the quality of its emulation stacked up against every way that matters when it comes to revisiting one of gaming history's most important consoles.

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  6. 6 6. DF Retro Extra: Ion Maiden Tech Interview2018-03-18 · 41mSo what would happen if we got a brand new 2018 game built on the classic 3D Realms Build Engine? That's exactly what Ion Maiden is - and it's awesome. On this Extra episode of DF
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  8. 8 8. DF Retro at Rezzed 2018: 90s Games Magazines Remembered!2018-04-29 · 50mRemember when you used to read about games in magazines rather than on websites? Our very own Rich Leadbetter was at the forefront of games magazines throughout the console era. Jo
  9. 9 9. Sega Nomad: The Original Switch-Style Hybrid Console?2018-05-13 · 19mNintendo Switch is rightly lauded for its hybrid console concept - the idea of having a fully mobile console you can also use for living room play, with full multiplayer support. B
  10. 10 10. DF Retro Extra: Sony PSP vs Nintendo DS at E3 2004! The Console War That Defined Mobile Gaming2018-05-20 · 1h 4mNintendo DS vs Sony PSP - when these two handhelds debuted at E3 2004, it looked like the most one-sided console war ever, but history would go on to tell a very different story. J
  11. 11 11. DF Retro Extra: Halo 2 - Revisiting E3 2003's Impossible Xbox Demo!2018-06-06 · 16mBungie originally envisaged technologies for Halo 2 that turned out to be completely impossible for the team to deliver in the actual game. That original vision debuted in an exten
  12. 12 12. H2O! Water Rendering: Wave Race 64, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D + Many More!: Part 12018-07-22 · 30mDF Retro returns with a two-part showcase covering the history of water rendering in games, starting from the early 90s to and ending with the last-gen consoles. In this first part
  13. 13 13. H2O! Water Rendering: Wave Race 64, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D + Many More!: Part 22018-08-05 · 32mJohn is back for part two of in-depth look at water rendering in classic games, as we complete our look at the PS2, Xbox and GameCube eras and dip our toes into last-gen.
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  15. 15 15. Forsaken: The Classic 90s Shooter Returns to PC and Xbox One!2018-08-12 · 18mA pioneering game from the early days of PC 3D acceleration, Probe Software's excellent Forsaken enjoyed an impressive PS1 port and a very different incarnation on Nintendo 64. And
  16. 16 16. DF Retro Extra: Revisiting Xbox 360's E3 2005 Reveal!2018-09-16 · 1h 18mJoin John, Rich and Alex for a lighthearted look at the original reveal for Xbox 360 way back at E3 2005. How does the presentation stand up today and how does it compare to the in
  17. 17 17. DF Retro Extra: Sonic Chaos 2018, Sonic Z-Treme + 8 More SAGE 2018 Game Demos!2018-09-29 · 29mSAGE is the annual festival that shows talented developers sharing their visions for new platform games based on Sonic the Hedgehog - and SAGE 2018 served up some genuine classics,
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  19. 19 19. Pitfall The Mayan Adventure: A Truly Special 16-bit Platformer!2018-11-25 · 30mJohn Linneman returns with a brand new DF Retro, this time concentrating on one of the most fascinating 16-bit platformers of its era.
  20. 20 20. PlayStation Classic Review: Great Games, Poor Emulation2018-12-02 · 25mThis could - and should - have been a lot better. DF Retro Hardware returns with a deep dive analysis into the PlayStation Classic, its games and the quality of its emulation stack
  21. 21 21. Resident Evil 2: Classic Survival Horror2018-12-09 · 38mJoin John Linneman for a look back to the PlayStation classic, Resident Evil 2 - including footage of the canned RE 1.5 running on OG PlayStation hardware, plus detailed analysis o
  22. 22 22. GameCube HDMI: The Best Video Quality Possible From Nintendo's Classic Console2018-12-16 · 16mPlayStation 3 was the first mainstream console with a digital AV output - or was it? Nintendo's GameCube featured digital output functionality that was never fully utilized - until