Introduction to Gaming: The Early Years

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Another week passes, another deluxe episode of Button Boys landing on your doormat. Tear the cardboard box open, peel the cellophane wrapper off and pop it into your console of choice (ears).

This week the Boys reach deep into the crannies of their minds as they take a look back to their gaming origins. A time before controller mastery, when games were unfathomably hard and indescribably exciting.

We also catch up with what everyone's been playing from Glenn's Sicilian getaway to Pierre's housebound adventures.

It's not all sweetness and smiles here at Button Boy HQ though as the three of them get down and gripey with Glenn finding that it's often too little, too late.

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Games Mentioned in this week's episode:

• Blue Prince
• Hell Let Loose
• Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
• Mafia: The Old Country
• MediEvil
• Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
• New Super Mario Bros.
• Streets of Rage
• Golden Axe
• Shinobi
• Crash Team Racing
• Killzone
• Timesplitters 2
• GoldenEye 007
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Manhunt
• Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
• Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth
• Catz
• Dogz
• Mario Kart
• Quake
• Unreal Tournament
• Castlevania
• Final Fantasy VII
• Super Mario Brothers: Wonder
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
• Crazy Taxi
• Rollercoaster Tycoon
• TOCA 2 Touring Cars
• Spyro the Dragon
• Tombraider
• Crash Bandicoot
• Baldur's Gate 3
• Final Fantasy IX

Produced and edited by Ben Drayton

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