SVGA

Dec 06 2024 32 ep. 34 mins
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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

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SVGA #25: Duke Nukem 3D

Dec 06 2024 44 mins  
Come 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 Robert talk about this first person shooter that defined "cool" and "edgy" almost three decades ago.

SVGA #24: Killing Time Resurrected, A Talk With Ziggurat

Jul 17 2024 36 mins  
Almost 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 the form of a remaster by Ziggurat and Nightdive. In this new episode of SVGA, Hugo Prévost and Robert Hiltz talk old game mechanics, possible market saturation and gunning down monsters with Alex Lotz

SVGA #23: Metropolis 1998

May 14 2024 27 mins  
What 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 Sim City and Cities: Skylines. In this new episode of SVGA, he talks to Hugo Prévost about simulating a whole city, changing fundamental mechanics and creating a whole new kind of mayoral experience.

SVGA #22: Dark Forces Remaster

Apr 20 2024 41 mins  
29 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 shooting stormtroopers, playing one of the biggest badasses from the Star Wars universe and revisiting an old FPS classic.

SVGA #21: Jedi Outcast

Sep 26 2023 60 mins  
One (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 of SVGA, Hugo and Robert go back to Jedi Outcast, the 2002 game from the “good” Raven Software.

SVGA #20 : StarCraft

Jan 18 2023 48 mins  
The 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 20th episode of the SVGA podcast, Hugo Prévost and Robert Hiltz restart the galactic war between the Terran, the Zerg and the Protoss and try to see if this classic was a gem, or a game that killed a genre

SVGA #19 : DORF, An Hommage to Old Classics

Oct 15 2022 20 mins  
Is 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 Conquer, StarCraft and the others? For this 19th episode of SVGA, Hugo Prevost sits down with John Williams, one of the two developpers working on the upcoming indie RTS DORF.

SVGA #18 : The Last Dynasty

Aug 09 2022 16 mins  
An 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 base to explore... And all the cheesy and badly acted FMV you could wish for. For the 18th episode of the SVGA podcast, Hugo Prévost plays The Last Dynasty, a long forgotten game from 1995.

SVGA #17 : Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

Jun 30 2022 19 mins  
The 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 all time, even 15 years later. For this 17th episode of the SVGA podcast, Hugo Prévost dusts off the galactic war between the UEF, the Aeon, the Cybrans and the Seraphim.

SVGA #16: Tiny Combat Arena

May 01 2022 29 mins  
Flight 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 episode, Hugo Prévost and Robert Hiltz explore this early access game published by MicroProse that combines 90's graphics with newer physics models and semi-relalistic flying.