Episodes 33
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Sporadic
Since Mar 2021
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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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

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SVGA #26: GOG And The Herculean Task of Preserving Games

Jan 28, 2025 26m

Preserving 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 playable for the years to…

SVGA #25: Duke Nukem 3D

Dec 07, 2024 44m

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…

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

Jul 17, 2024 36m

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…

SVGA #23: Metropolis 1998

May 14, 2024 27m

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:…

SVGA #22: Dark Forces Remaster

Apr 20, 2024 41m

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,…

SVGA #21: Jedi Outcast

Sep 26, 2023 1h

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…

SVGA #20 : StarCraft

Jan 19, 2023 48m

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 #19 : DORF, An Hommage to Old Classics

Oct 15, 2022 20m

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…

SVGA #18 : The Last Dynasty

Aug 09, 2022 16m

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...…

SVGA #17 : Supreme Commander Forged Alliance

Jul 01, 2022 19m

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…

SVGA #16: Tiny Combat Arena

May 01, 2022 29m

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…

SVGA DLC #07: Orbit Industries

Apr 12, 2022 16m

In 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 upcoming management game…

SVGA #15: The Retrogaming Dream of the Zoom Platform

Feb 20, 2022 38m

Would 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 gaming renaissance.…

SVGA #14: The Lemmings 30th Anniversary Documentary

Feb 03, 2022 32m

30 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 of that classic…

SVGA #13: The Last Express

Nov 23, 2021 12m

This 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

Sep 29, 2021 33m

Is 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 available for a few dollars…

SVGA #12: Burnout Paradise Remastered

Aug 06, 2021 36m

The 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, Criterion's game…

SVGA DLC #05: Power to the People

Jul 27, 2021 11m

Management 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 Casares, the founder of…

SVGA DLC #04: Hearts of Iron IV, part 2

Jul 13, 2021 17m

Robert 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 modding scene for the game.…

SVGA DLC #03: Hearts of Iron IV, part 1

Jul 06, 2021 28m

Freshly installed in his new appartment in Ottawa, Robert Hiltz joins Hugo Prévost, this week, to talk about a game that they both love, and love to hate: Hearts of Iron IV, the grand strategy game…

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