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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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