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Podcast: Retro Spectives
Episode: Episode 70: Space Channel 5
Description: In Space Channel 5, you take the role of space journalist Ulala as she uses interpretative dances to fight aliens, rescue hostages and defeat her fellow colleagues. If that sounds absurd, that’s because it's yet another weird game that James has chosen.The game was first released in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast, and took a while to find success, but eventually developed a cult following. Its retro futuristic presentation delighted the senses, and lurking underneath it was a surprisingly hardcore rhythm game. With virtually no visual indicators of what to do, and no feedback for failing to hit n...