Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast

It's the two-year anniversary of the podcast and also the four-year anniversary of the site so we thought we'd get back to shouting things at each other. This week, Dylan asks the question, "What is Retro Gaming?", whilst discussing the popularity of our little hobby and is/when is this all going to end? Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arc...

**Part 2** He kindly gave us an email Q&A not so long ago and now he's gone a step further and had this mammoth chat with our Adrian which we've broken down into two parts for your listening pleasure. Enjoy our chat with the Rick Dangerous, Wolfchild and Shadow Man (to name a few) supremo, Simon Phipps! Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arca...

He kindly gave us an email Q&A not so long ago and now he's gone a step further and had this mammoth chat with our Adrian which we've broken down into two parts for your listening pleasure. Enjoy our chat with the Rick Dangerous, Wolfchild and Shadow Man (to name a few) supremo, Simon Phipps! Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arcadeattackUK...

Core Design's Nathan McCree composed the music for the first three Tomb Raider games and he kindly agreed to have a chat with our Adrian about the old days and working with a certain small band called The Spice Girls!  Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arcadeattackUK  or catch us on  facebook.com/arcadeattackUK All copyrighted material conta...

Street Fighter The Movie was released in 1994 and starred Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. The movie was based on the classic Capcom fighting games and received very mixed reviews. We are here to look at the films development, actors, storyline and give our personal opinions. We also look at Street Fighter - The Movie, the game! Yes, very inception, we know! It's about time we had a chat abou...

Dylan and Adrian's meandering chat about the Atari Jaguar CD and Sega (Mega) CD peripherals they picked up a few months ago went so well they decided to give us an update! Rob and Keith joined this time round to mainly look confused. To give you a taste of what's to come, Adrian's had time shuffling around jumbled up music videos whilst Dylan still doesn't know what to make of Sonic CD... Fancy di...

Golden Axe was once one of SEGA's most celebrated franchises. The arcade brawler spawned loads of sequels and helped put the SEGA Mega Drive (Genesis) on the map. Enjoy our rundown of the series and some amazing signing from Rob... Our "Halloween special" isn't really that spooky. Although, Rob's intro may give you the shivers. He's here this week to talk us through a franchise that all of us have...

How does a game contained in only one screen capture the hearts and minds of gamers? Let Adrian tell the tale of IK+, a three player (yes, three), one-screen based, karate game created by the legendary Archer Maclean... Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us  @arcadeattackUK  and catch us on  Facebook  or  Instagram . Please also consider subscribi...

Errr, the short answer is, we have no idea! But have a great time pretending to know what we're talking about! In one of our laziest podcasts ever, Dylan attempts to put some structure into this wafflefest because he didn't do his homework. Naughty naughty. What are the key ingredients when making the perfect platforming game? Is it Sonic's speed? Mario's jumping ability? Robocod's extending body?...

This is big for us. Dave Perry literally commentated our video gaming childhood and he's kindly stopped by to answer our many, many questions. His time at GamesMaster and Games World has been well documented but to hear these stories directly from him is both enlightening and at times, saddening.  Games Animal TV -  https://www.facebook.com/GamesAnimalTV/ Our Q&A with him a few years ago -  https:...

Clock Tower is probably the scariest game you've never played. Why? Because it's damn expensive that's why! Through the wonders of emulation Keith was able to bask in the glow of this fabled game, and now we all want a go. Let him take you on a journey but please, don't let him ever take you up a clock tower... Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet u...

Besides being the owner of Awaken Games, William Anderson was the chief level designer of some of Virgin Games' biggest titles in the mid-90s including Cool Spot, Global Gladiators, The Jungle Book and Disney's Aladdin! Adrian somehow managed to track him down so it's an absolute honour to introduce their chat about the old days and what he's up to these days... Fancy discussing this podcast? Fanc...

Rise of the Robots promised so much, but delivered so little! Or, is the fighting game simply misunderstood? Dyl is here to defend this much maligned video game (often dubbed as the worst game ever made). Let's see if he can convince you... The much derided one-on-one fighting game brings back different memories for Dyl and he's ploughed the archives to find the article on the A1200 version which...

Any Diablo fans in the house? I thought so! We're fans too and it's great to be able to introduce Adrian's chat with Blizzard North's co-founder (and gaming hero) David Brevik! Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arcadeattackUK  or catch us on  facebook.com/arcadeattackUK All copyrighted material contained within this podcast is the property o...

Racking up hundreds of millions of sales/downloads worldwide, to say GTA is a phenomenon is an understatement. It seems unthinkable that it had relatively lukewarm beginnings in its PS1 debut, a top-down 2.5D game concocted by DMA Design. Dylan talks the gang (minus Rob and Kev) through those humble beginnings and how what was viewed as an average title put in place the building blocks for possibl...

Bruce Shelley helped create Railroad Tycoon and Civilization (with Sid Meier of course) for MicroProse and later went on to work on the iconic Age of Empires series. Enjoy this interview with a true retro gaming legend. Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us @ arcadeattackUK  or catch us on  facebook.com/arcadeattackUK All copyrighted material cont...

Keith's dying to tell us all about Virtual On and the Mechs in his living room! Sega's arcade classic took mech-fighting to the next level and was one of the best arcade conversions to the Saturn. And there so happens to be a certain peripheral that enhances the experience and he's got ahold of that as well... Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us...

Mario Kart 64 is one of the best games on the N64. But is better than Diddy Kong Racing?! Rob is here to prove once and for all which kart racing game will rule supreme... Rob's had a bee in his bonnet ever since Adrian pooh poohed Mario Kart 64 back in our Diddy Kong Racing pod, so here is his chance to state the case for MK64 and sway the Arcade Attack jury in his favour. Did he succeed? Or did...

Is Waluigi one of the greatest most underused characters in all of video gaming, or just the Luigi version of Wario? Waluigi is certainly divisive and his back story reveals a sad tail of a man who just wants to be loved...  Firstly, let us apologise for the sound quality for the first 18 mins or so. It seems, as hobbyists, we are often thwarted by loose amp connections, erratic device drivers and...

Sunset Riders is a Konami arcade classic. It was also ported to the SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis and the Nintendo SNES. But where is the love for this western side-scrolling run and gun masterpiece? There's a certain cowboy franchise that's about to drop a massive sequel and it's got Dylan thinking about his favourite Western-a-like, Sunset Riders. Why no reboot mooted? Is it because Konami is holdin...

The Electronic Arts and Gremlin supremo joined us back in 2016 for an email Q&A but we're pleased to say he's now agreed to podcast with our Adrian to chat about the golden era of video games as well as a very exciting current project... Immortal darkness feature here . And why not check out the aforementioned 2016 email Q&A . Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation...

Has Dylan got a handle on what Chiptune is? Er, almost. Join him as he tries to convince Adrian and Rob it's a great thing whilst downing a few too many tinnies. This also features a review and snippets of 8 Bit Weapon's new self-titled album! Check out our written review of the album -  8 Bit Weapon Review . Fancy discussing this podcast? Fancy suggesting a topic of conversation? Please tweet us...

David Craddock is one of our favourite retro gaming authors - you may have had a read of: Stay Awhile and Listen; Dungeon Hacks; Stairway to Badass; to name just a few. We recently did an email Q&A with him about Rocket Jump and he kindly gave us some more of his time to chat to Adrian about retro gaming and his upcoming kickstarter for the second part of Stay Awhile and Listen... Fancy discussing...

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is often regarded as one of the best games ever made. Does the SNES classic tick all of our boxes? Please travel back to the early 90s and join Link on a big adventure... Still proving that we podcast about things other than Sega, Adrian does his best to sell the SNES classic, Zelda: A Link to the Past, to Rob and Dylan. Has he done enough? Better listen to...

Adrian and Dylan have finally shelled out for their most wanted CD peripherals and they're not happy! Just kidding! Adrian's picked up the Jag CD, Dylan paid a bit less for his Sega CD, let's find out how they've got on in the first month of owning them... Apologies for the dip in sound quality midway through the pod, curses you (but also praises you) pizza delivery man!! Fancy discussing this pod...