About this podcast
SVGA delves into the fantastic world of PC retro gaming. Prepare for some sillyness. Some rusted game mechanics. Some FMV. But most of all, prepare for some fun! Hosted by Hugo Prévost and Robert Hiltz - A Pieuvre.ca podcast
Episodes
The newest 20 of 34 episodes
- SVGA #27: Krush Kill N' Destroy · 32 min · Episode 27Almost 30 years after it first came out, the Krush Kill N' Destroy series get a well-deserved makeover, with some modern features and a slew of big box physical releases. In this…
- SVGA #26: GOG And The Herculean Task of Preserving Games · 27 min · Episode 26Preserving games for the future: at GOG, a new program, announced in November 2024, is geared towards the updating and maintenance of old videogames in order to keep them…
- SVGA #25: Duke Nukem 3D · 45 min · Episode 25Come get some! Straight from 1996 comes DUKE NUKEM 3D, the classic from 3D Realms that both transformed a franchise... and killed it. For this 25th episode of SVGA, Hugo and…
- SVGA #24: Killing Time Resurrected, A Talk With Ziggurat · 36 min · Episode 24Almost 30 years after it first came out – on the 3DO, no less – KILLING TIME, a first-person shooter that is part action, part horror, and part mystery, is getting a facelift in…
- SVGA #23: Metropolis 1998 · 27 min · Episode 23What makes a good city-building game? Chase, the man behind YesBox Studios, tries to answer this question with Metropolis 1998, a new twist on that genre largely associated with…
- SVGA #22: Dark Forces Remaster · 42 min · Episode 2229 years after it came out, DARK FORCES gets a remaster from the developpers from Nightdive Studios. In this new episode of SVGA, Hugo Prévost and Robert Hiltz talk about…
- SVGA #21: Jedi Outcast · 1 h 0 min · Episode 21One (very) badass action adventure guy. One lightsaber. One series of stiff animations in the cutscenes. And one game that may have stood the test of time? For this new episode…
- SVGA #20 : StarCraft · 48 min · Episode 20The year is 1998 : from Blizzard Entertainment, already known for WarCraft I and II, and Diablo, comes StarCraft. And almost 25 years later, how does this game holds up? For the…
- SVGA #19 : DORF, An Hommage to Old Classics · 20 min · Episode 19Is there some place left for classic real-time strategy games? Is it possible to recreate some of that 90's and early 2000's feeling, without be accused of copying Command and…
- SVGA #18 : The Last Dynasty · 17 min · Episode 18An evil empire whose conquest will not be complete until a dark lord gets his hands on the content of your head; explosions and violent combat in space; a strange and mysterious…
- SVGA #17 : Supreme Commander Forged Alliance · 19 min · Episode 17The year is 2007, and on the heels of Supreme Commander, here comes Forged Alliance, a stand-alone expansion that is probably still one of the best real-time strategy games of…
- SVGA #16: Tiny Combat Arena · 29 min · Episode 16Flight simulators are back! Or were they ever gone? Strap yourself into the cramped cockpit of your 90's fighter jet, it's time to talk about Tiny Combat Arena. For this new SVGA…
- SVGA DLC #07: Orbit Industries · 17 min · Episode 7In space, can someone hear you construct a space station? Hugo Prévost sat down will Laura Körting, the co-founder and producer of LAB132, a german studio, to talk about the…
- SVGA #15: The Retrogaming Dream of the Zoom Platform · 39 min · Episode 15Would you like to play a game? Retro games have been making a comeback on PC for a while, now, and Zoom Platform, a digital storefront, is actively contributing to this vintage…
- SVGA #14: The Lemmings 30th Anniversary Documentary · 33 min · Episode 1430 years! It's been 30 years since the first cohorts of 8x10 pixels creatures plunged to their death in Lemmings, the iconic puzzle game. Now, with a documentary about the making…
- SVGA #13: The Last Express · 13 min · Episode 13This week, Hugo revisits what is probably his favorite game of all time: The Last Express, the Jordan Mechner adventure game from 1997.
- SVGA DLC #06: Collecting Games · 34 min · Episode 6Is collecting games equivalent to collecting stamps? What drives thousands of people to pay sometimes hundreds of dollars for old titles, even on PC, when said titles are…
- SVGA #12: Burnout Paradise Remastered · 36 min · Episode 12The city is yours: will you become the next owner of the famed and coveted Burnout driving license? Robert Hiltz and Hugo Prévost put the pedal to the metal in Burnout: Paradise…
- SVGA DLC #05: Power to the People · 12 min · Episode 5Management sims fans, rejoice! Hermes Interactive is working on Power to the People, a game where you need to keep the lights on. Hugo Prévost discuss the game with Federico…
- SVGA DLC #04: Hearts of Iron IV, part 2 · 18 min · Episode 4Robert Hiltz and Hugo Prévost convene once again to talk about Hearts of Iron IV, the grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. This week, they discuss the quite large…
