Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

Dyl and Ade present...a lot of waffle and ten (sort of) underrated Amiga games that you should check out. The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at: https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack For our back catalogue of podcasts, blogs, revie...

Erik Wahlberg is a true SEGA legend (and friend of Arcade Attack) and is the latest gaming guru to choose his 5 top games in the latest installment of Desert Island Diskettes. Will the Eternal Champions producer pick all SEGA games?! You better listen to find out! The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters bud...

We've kept you waiting long enough! Here's part two of James' mammoth trawl through survival horror games that defined the genre! Did we miss any? Pop them in the comments. Links as promised: Resident Evil 2 podcast Dino Crisis podcast Chrono Trigger pod Resident Evil 3 pod Silent Hill 2 pod Resident Evil 4 pod Heart-stopping moments pod The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, acces...

James is taking on another biggie! Let us take you through (possibly) our favourite video game genre. It's time to step back into the world of survival horror... Revisit our Clock Tower podcast: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast-october-1-2018/ The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" episodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a P...

Adrian picks out another year for a deep dive and it's three years short of the millennium, 1997! Some big things happened, take our word for it and listen to this podcast! Read our interview with the guys from Running with Scissors: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/vince-desi-mike-jaret/ The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase o...

Dan from ace retro gaming content creators (and fellow podcasters) SEGAGuys joins Dyl and Keith to discuss the five games he's have to kill time while stranded on a desert island. I know what you're thinking, there's bound to be five Nintendo choices, right? Right??! Grab SEGAGuys on YouTube or the podcatcher of your choice - you won't be disappointed. The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us ke...

For the next instalment of AA retro hunters, James travelled a helluva long way to Caterham in... Surrey? What? Okay... That Retro Place takes centre stage as James spends the princely sum of £16 on the MEGA DRIVE (or GENESIS, not MASTER SYSTEM) versions of Speedball 2 and Super Thunderblade. The cafe's official website . Here's the vid James made in the cafe: https://youtube.com/shorts/lVRcTr7Scg...

I didn't arrange anything special for our 350th pod so you'll have to make do with us talking about the Mario, Sonic and Street Fighter movies in great depth... Just kidding! This podcast is a 60-minute face-off to see who's the movie royalty and who should just stick to video games. FIGHT! The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increa...

This week we continue our look at the Neo-Geo, with a focus on its legendary game library. We also discuss SNK's place in the post-2D gaming landscape, as well as their various attempts to follow up on the Neo-Geo's success, including their recent ownership changes and even a little bit of breaking news... You can listen to our Metal Slug podcast: Metal Slug - Arcade Attack Podcast And also King o...

The myth...the legend...the console we could never afford! Join us as we take a a look at the formation of SNK, their early hits and the genius idea that revolutionised arcade ownership for the next decade. We also look at the brave decision to bring the arcade's technology into people's homes, as well as how it was priced and marketed. Next week, we'll be discussing the game library in more depth...

We sit down with gaming content creator and collector Lydia to ask about her 5 desert island games. Some amazing picks makes this one a must watch! Please follow 'Lydgendary' on all available channels! The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find ou...

Join us as we have a free and easy chat about how gaming made and makes us feel. We look at the highs, the lows and the everything in betweens. Does gaming still feel the same as it did? The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at: http...

The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 per month. Find out more at: https://www.patreon.com/arcadeattack AAAAaaaah it's time for another Arcade Attack Arcade Archive! Among the picks we've an old school classic; a Sega game where the sprites are bigger than t...

We put two giant retro gaming titles up against each other and ask our Patreons to decide the winner! We look at graphics, story, gameplay and music and ask which one takes that crown! This time it's Chrono Trigger Vs Final Fantasy VI. The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunters budget? Become a Patreon of ours...

There are numerous "free" games available for download, but what are the benefits and pitfalls for the current-gen gamer? In the first of the series, the gang discuss Roblox, Rocket League and Fortnite while trying to offer advice in a very Arcade Attack/hamfisted way. The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra "Beyond the Pod" epsiodes and increase our AA Retro Hunter...

Dyl chatted to Bitmap Books supremo Sam Dyer about the five games he'd choose if he was stranded on a desert island. What did he choose? Lionel Richie is your only clue, enjoy! Check out Bitmap Books' amazing library at their official site: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ And Leaps + Bounds: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/leaps-bounds-a-visual-guide-to-nine-console-generations The podcast is no...

LucasArts are regarded as one of the best creators of point-&-click adventure titles. From Monkey Island to Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion to Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango to Full Throttle and so much more. In fact, they created 15 legendary adventure games and for the first time ever they have now been ranked from worst to best! Using a poll on the Point & Click Adenture Games Facbeoo...

Dyl finally lets the boys get their hands on his pickup from The Game Galaxy in Rotterdam - The Lucky Dime Caper feat. Donald Duck. Was this 1991 Sega Master System release any good? Er... Find out more about AA Retro Hunters and how to get involved. Vid filmed in the Gaming Galaxy: https://youtube.com/shorts/58UQ4whGXwk Testing out the cart at home vid: https://youtu.be/J6e1bXFqONY The podcast is...

We've got another cracking episode of our Desert Island Diskettes series, this time with a special guest! KimC86, a survival horror streamer and all round retro gaming lover, gives us her top 5 desert island games. Great fun, great games and an all round great episode. A must listen! And you can check out Kim's YT channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@KimC_86 And watch the episode on YT here: htt...

Kevin Bayliss reflects on his incredible career at Rare in this fascinating interview. He worked on some incredible games including Donkey Kong Country, Battletoads, Diddy Kong Racing and Killer Instinct. Kevin shares some amazing stories including how he created Diddy Kong, why Rare and Nintendo had such an iconic partnership in the 90s, and how Diddy Kong Racing could have looked very different....

It's time for us to rip off, er, I mean, pay homage to the BBC in the only way we know how and bring back Arcade Attack's Desert Island Diskettes. Try saying that after a few shandies. As it's a comeback for the format, the boys get to choose only two games they'd have if they were stranded on a desert island. Look out for more of these in the future! If you're a retro gaming (or gaming) content c...

Did you know that not every video game character was designed by Sega or Nintendo? I know, scary. After revealing the top 25 characters of the aforementioned companies in previous pods, we finally look at the best of the rest... Who will be crowned the best? Will it be a street fighter, maybe a resident evil resident, a mere mortal who likes to kombat or perhaps even an alien from the Nth Dimensio...

Next week we're presenting you with our top 25 video game characters not created by Sega or Nintendo - but this week, enjoy this bonus podcast where we look at some of the unlucky characters who did not make our top 25! Did your favourite character make the subs bench? Should they have ranked higher? Get ready to shout at us as we reveal the characters who did not make our top 25 of all time! The...

In a follow up to last week's episode, we continue our look back at the gaming scene circa March 1993 by delving into three more of the most popular magazines of the time, including a perspective from across the pond courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly. We are now WEEKLY again! Want to help keep us going? The best way to do that is to become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3 a month. Find out mor...

Remember a time when print media was still relevant? We do, and without gaming magazines Arcade Attack would (probably) never have been born. So join us as we take a look back at the March 1993 issue of the mighty Sega Power, and share some of our own magazine related tales... We are now WEEKLY again! Want to help keep us going? The best way to do that is to become a Patreon of ours for only $4/£3...