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Indeed.

I first heard about GameCenter CX in the now defunct 1up Show where, in episode 0711, Ray Barnholt expressed his fondness for the quirky program.

GameCenter CX is hosted by the comedian Shinya Arino and revolves around him — with the occasional help of his staff — playing through classic old videogames. It’s a simple concept, but one that apparently stuck a chord with the public. The show is into its tenth season in Japan, and there’s even been some attempts to bring it to the West as Retro Game Master. It also got its own videogame release, GameCenter CX: Arino’s Challenge, but, unlike the show, that one has been released on this side of the pond.

Retro Game Challenge is a Nintendo DS title with a somewhat cute but ridiculous premise: an evil version of Shinya Arino sends you back in time to play various 8-bit videogames with his younger and friendlier self. The catch here is that these games never existed.

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