Retro Gaming Discussion Show

Join Kingy and Garron as they return with a "memories" episode and chat about what life was like in the 1970's in the UK before video gaming was a thing.  How did they ever manage to survive, and what did they do for entertainment?  Tune in and find out.   Show notes: Hoffman live Amiga DJ set https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVF-GbGHxA8   CPC Dire Dare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E30zyCOMsA

Join Drisky as he interviews gaming industry legend Martyn Brown.  Yes the co-founder of 17-Bit Software and Team-17, and so helped design and publish siuch amazing games as Alien Breed, Project-X, Body Blows, Super Frog and Worms to name but a few.  So come join us as we reminisce about the wonderful Amiga days and some of the systems best games, with the Mr Team-17 himself.

Yes Boys and Ghouls here at RGDS towers we thought we would really go crazy for Halloween, with an A to Z of Halloween video games to try over the spooky season.    if that wasn't enough we decided to double bill the episode, also giving you a suggest Horror film for each letter as well. So sit back and enjoy this epic length episode and hopefully discover some spooky treats to try this Halloween. SPOILERS GAMES AND MOVIES COVERED ---------------------------------------------- # Game  - 7th Guest [11th Hour, 13 Dolls and Clandestiny]   Movie - 1408  A Game  - Addams Family    Movie - American Werewolf in London B Game  - Blood    Movie - Beetlejuice  C Game  - Call of Cthulu : Dark Corners of the Earth   Movie - Cats Eye  D Game  - Dr Franken (Gameboy)   Movie - Dave Made A Maze  E Game  - Evil Dead : Hail To The King (DC | PS2 )   Movie - Evil Dead 2  F Game  - Fatal Frame II :  Crimson Butterfly (AKA Project Zero 2)  (Xbox | PS2)   Movie - Final Girls  G Game  - Gremlins (Spectrum)    Film  - The Gate  H

Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss some quality PS2 arcade racers.  There are so many great racing games that came out in the generation of gaming, we'd love to hear what your fav ones of this era were.   Show Notes: Daddarulekonge ebooks - https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/?fbclid=IwAR14BLXMnBwKxoYS1HOfHRbSnqqCi185N88gCyHy8-AFG30GR-VbsTfXJp4

Join The Drisk,  Garron and Kingy as they try to win Kingy over on the wonderful Sega Saturn with some games that was released in the west and only on the Sega Saturn.   Show Notes: Megadrive 2 mini : Link Everdrive Mega Pro : Link Egret Console Mini : Link Raddical Reggie You Tube : Link Metal Jesus Rocks You Tube : Link ThaBeast721 You Tube : Link Papago Translator : Android | Apple  Launch Box Saturn emulator : Mednafen Saturn Mode disc optical : Link Sega Action Replay : Link  Related RGDS episodes to discove more on the Sega Saturn :  Episode 248 Saturn Voyage of Discovery Episode 224 PlayStation Vs Saturn Episode 146 Sega Saturn

Join The Drisk and Kingy as they chat about some of their favourite games based on kids TV we love (and we sure you do to).   Games in this episode:Chip and Dale (NES) : Cartoon | Game Link Through The Trapdoor (Spectrum) : Cartoon | Trap Door Game | Through The Trapdoor Game Adventures Of Batman & Robin (SNES) : Cartoon | Game Link Thunder Cats (Amiga) : Cartoon | Game Link Bravestarr (Spectrum) : Cartoon | Game Link Bugs Bunny : Crystal Castle (Game Boy) :  Cartoon | Game Link Wolf & Sheep (PS1) : Cartoon | Game Wacky Races (Dreamcast) : Cartoon | Game Show Notes: NES SEN : Link Atari Mania : Link Atari 50th Anniversary : Link Cowabunga Collection : Link GOG Sale : https://www.gog.com/ Donut Dodo : Link Pedestrian : Link Going Live : Link Get fresh : Link Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade : Link Harvey Birdman : Link Game : Link 1953 Don't Give up the sheep cartoon : Link Great Race 1965 : Link DaddaRuleKonge Books : https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/ HE MAN Homebrew arcade : Link

Join Ric, The Drisk and Kingy as they chat about some of their favourite sword yielding and magic wafting games.  This isn't deep RPG style games but more an episode on easy accessible and highly playable titles within the sub-genre.   Games in this episode: Moonstone (Amiga) Myth (Amiga) Magic Sword (Arcade) Twinkle Tale (Mega Dive) Ice Palace (C64) Heretic (PC) Show notes: Steering wheel config video for combined pedals as mentioned by Kingy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_q1nfvcsHI&t=111s   Moonstone modded for PC - https://thecompany.pl/game/Moonstone:+A+Hard+Days+Knight Moonstone Tavern - http://moonstonetavern.co.uk/ Moonstone proof of concept remake in 3d - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhtabGmcbpw      

Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss 4 of the lesser spoken 3d platform games on the Nintendo 64.   The games in this episode are: Glover Iggy's Reckin' Balls Space Station Silicon Valley Rocket: Robot on Wheels   Show notes: Rodeo shooting mechanical game https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=17476 Goldeneye Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDUjKgbl24 Glover on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257880/Glover/ Rocket: Robot on Wheels Playthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mPCPgTBLKg

Yes at RGDS Towers we thought we would chat about all things Sonic, in celebration of the Sonic Origins compilation... With us talking about the first four Sonic releases and then we chat about the brilliant Sumo Digital Sonic and Sega Tennis and Racing games. So sit back and enjoy as we take you Super Sonic. We will share out some of the things mentioned on our Discord channel. RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u Ending Music on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSxBKFTe1XI

Here at RGDS Towers, we are treated to another Ric Edit marvel, as Drisky, Ric and Aaron take you through some of the licensed movie games on the wonderful Amiga.  So grab the popcorn and mega slurpy as we reminisce about these classic films and the license adaptations with our very own Movie game compilation.. Show Notes: Odin : Ultimate Retro Handheld Games: Godfather Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual Blues Brothers Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual Karate Kid : Part II Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual Untouchables Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual Batman :  The Movie Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual Jurassic Park Film Trailer Game Longplay Game Manual

Join Drisky and Kingy as they cover a great collection of Game Boy games that are fantastic conversions of their arcade counterparts.   Games covered in this episode: Double Dragon Donkey Kong Burger Time Deluxe Elevator Action Mr Do  Ms Pacman Boulder Dash Parodius   Show notes: Renegade 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ML_bx_xhw Mario vs Donkey Kong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip5oAXDsPVs Kirby and the Forgotten Land - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwRZ21Hn5yE Super Game Boy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Game_Boy Retro PDF books on itch.io - https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/?fbclid=IwAR2-FbunfsMBvLEt2IP5KOGZEJw3pvutwVCIeg3zHc3Elt1ZJpu8i-avVLo Donkey Kong manual - https://ia800704.us.archive.org/28/items/NintendoGameBoyManuals/Donkey%20Kong%20%28World%29%20%28Rev%20A%29.pdf Burger Time Deluxe manual - https://ia800704.us.archive.org/28/items/NintendoGameBoyManuals/BurgerTime%20Deluxe%20%28World%29.pdf Double Dragon Manual - https://ia800704.us.archive.org/28/items/NintendoGameBoyManual

Here at RGDS Towers, we love our Amiga, and so in celebration of the wonderful new Amiga Mini console, we thought it would be fun to wax lyrical of some of our recommendations of lesser know Amiga games.   So grab some floppies and join us as we X-Copy 'Dat' Floppy of some real classics. Show Notes: RGDS Discord Channel: Discord Link Buy an Amiga Mini : Amazon Link Extra Amiga Mini Mouse: Amazon Link Extra Amiga Mini Joypad: Amazon Link Competition Pro USB Joystick: Amazon Link A500 Mini/Maxi Users: Discord Link Aminimiga: https://www.aminimiga.com/ (Make your Amiga Mini a fully fledged Amiga Workbench with 3K games, all the demos, apps and an amazing jukebox of Amiga tunes. RGDS of best of PD for Amiga Mini (install on USB in ADF\Public Domain\Best Of PD & Shareware) Entire 17-Bit and Assassin PD Library as ADF Amiga Power ADF Renamed collection Drisk's CD32 Project (on Amiga Mini install on USB in Amiga CD32 folder.) Rufus Disk Manager Tool : Link - Make USB sticks bigger than 32Gb work with an Amig

To celebrate the 40th Birthday of the ZX Spectrum, Kingy and Drisky do their own RGDS top 40.  40 games to celebrate 40 amazing years of this incredible home micro.  It's epic in length, but such an amazing computer deserves the time.  We'd love to hear your own personal top 40's. Show notes: Spectrum Archive Link to Play OnLine https://archive.org/details/zx_spectrum_library_games     John Ritman RGDS Podcast  https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/213-the-john-ritman-interview     Ian Bell Web site on Elite http://www.elitehomepage.org/     Bill Harbison episode https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/retro-gaming-discussion-show-68913/episodes/172-an-interview-with-bill-har-3936265     Cyclone 128K mod with music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umoy06tZVS0     Online Bob Pape Free Book http://www.bizzley.com/   BBC Micro Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM     Z-Exemplar Store Link https://store.steampowered.com/app/434750/ZExemplar/     128K version of the Hobbit: https://www.youtube.

Drisky and Kingy chat through the Shadow of the Beast Trilogy on the Amiga and the wonders of whizzy graphics and music. Drisky also chats about his new toy, the Amiga Mini and his opinions... and also a complete off topic chat on pinball. So come and join us as we cover these wonderful if divisive games. Amiga Mini:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-A500-Mini-Electronic-Games/dp/B09BW8N7JZ Competition Pro USB Joystick: Competition Pro USB Joystick C64 Mastertronic Book Kingy has been working on: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zzap642021annual/the-commodore-64-collectors-guide-to-mastertronic Drisky's Free Mastertronic Book I did years ago back in my time at Retro Asylum: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzvd4KYph8BNblFWelJrOXlDZkk/edit?resourcekey=0-udyLyoJEDt2sZWh-cWrVeg

We have made it through to 300 episodes.  The RGDS team would like to thank all you lovely listeners out there - without you, we would have never reached this landmark episode. Join Kingy, Drisky, Garron, Ric and Aaron as they catch up, go over favourite past episodes and choose some hidden gem games. Show notes: Deadlock's RGDS companion book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NJX4RuprqvauSqQyCU767Qxw4XuQGndJ/view Extra Life Arcabe Club Event https://facebook.com/events/s/extra-life-24-hour-charity-gam/2104505369710011/ Edinburgh Retro Computer and Video Game meetup https://www.facebook.com/Edinburgh-Retro-Computer-and-Video-Games-314578715248971 48k Spectrum Beeper Music by Tufty https://tufty1.bandcamp.com/album/on-and-off      

For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D   In this super sci-fi episode Ric and Kingy are dropped deep into the Central American jungle to chat about all these weird and quirky Predator themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era right through to the early 2000's PC games.    Games covered in this episode are:   PREDATOR (1987) ZX Spectrum - Predator Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum - YouTube Commodore 64 - Predator Longplay (C64) [50 FPS] - YouTube Amstrad CPC - [Amstrad CPC] Predator - Longplay - YouTube   Abduction of Oscar Z http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/11/the-abduction-of-oscar-z-fabulous-run.html     P PREDATOR (1988) Acorn Electron - BBC/ELECTRON - PREDATOR - SUPERIOR/ACORNSOFT BBC Micro - Predator for the BBC Micro - YouTube Atari ST - Predator - FULL Atari ST Longplay - YouTube   PREDATOR (1988) Amiga - Amiga Longplay [185] Predator - YouTube   PREDATOR (1988) MSX - Predator (MSX2) review - YouTube NES - predator nes - YouTube  

In this episode, Kingy is joined by 2 of the creators of Melkhior's Mansion - Rich Jordan and Craig Stevenson.  This project took 3 and a half years to complete and is a brilliant homage to the Ultimate Play the Game ZX Spectrum Classic, Atic Atac.   Show Notes: Ger Melkhior's Mansion here: https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-mansion Rich's Remakes can be found at https://retrospec.sgn.net/index.php Craig's ZX Art: https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/c/craig-stevenson/  

Join Kingy and Jon as they celebrate the popular series of Wonder Boy games from Sega. From its humble platform origins, through to its RPG/Metroidvania endgame, there is no denying this great series went through an evolution of styles.   Show notes: Blasphemous game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/774361/Blasphemous/  

It is with sad news that we hear of the passing of the great and influential American Football icon, John Madden. Please join Matt Aguilera and Matt Lambourne with our RGDS tribute to this legend.

Join the RGDS festive mood with Kingy and Drisky as they cover 12 Christmassy-themed ZX Spectrum games. It's time to blow the dust off your rubber keyboard and get your kids involved in the 8-bit Christmas spirit. Games covered are: Frantic Pengo :https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36581/ZX-Spectrum/Frantic_Pengo Chrimblast: https://www.jungsi.de/chrimblast-sinclair-zx-spectrum/ Zombos Christmas Capers : https://malcolmkirk.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-unofficial-zombos-christmas-capers.html?m=1 Sprouty : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/35148/ZX-Spectrum/Sprouty Grumpy Santa : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=32183 Crimbo :https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/25374/ZX-Spectrum/Crimbo Santos Xmas Adventure :https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/32187/ZX-Spectrum/Santos_Christmas_Adventure Christmas Cracker : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/18719/ZX-Spectrum/Christmas_Cracker Merry Christmas From Horace: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=30318 All