Joel McLaughlin

Living in the Retro Arcade

Leisure EN ↓ 156 episodes

This show covers the golden age of video games...the arcades of the 1970s, 1980s and beyond. I will talk about the arcade games themselves and the vibe of the arcade and why without it we wouldn't have the video games of today.

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Joel McLaughlin

Episodes

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade: The Year 1983 and the Crash 08.05.2021 39:12

1983 was a pivotal year of video games in that the market crashed.  I talk about this and other significant news of the year 1983.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 30: The Year 1982 01.05.2021 23:56

Today I talk about the top selling video games of 1982 and notable game and hardware releases of the year

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 29 - The Year 1981 24.04.2021 27:10

Today I talk about some of the top video games of 1981 and notable releases including 2 world changing hardware releases.

Living in the Shade of a Video Arcade Episode 28 - The Year 1980 17.04.2021 22:44

Today I talk about the notable releases and top selling games of the year 1980.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 27: The Atari Video Computer System 10.04.2021 17:13

Today I am talking about the Atari VCS aka The Atari 2600

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 26 - Marble Madness 20.03.2021 13:53

Today I am talking about one of my favorite arcade games of all time, Marble Madness from Atari!

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 25 - Afterburner 13.03.2021 10:23

Today I am going to talk about the 1987 classic Afterburner.

Living in the Shade of a Video Arcade Episode 24 - Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator 06.03.2021 21:09

Today we're talking about the only Star Trek game to hit the arcades in the 80s, the Star Trek Strategic Operations Simulator also know as the Star Trek Arcade game. I talk about the Sega published game, the ports and the lore of the game that was probably one of the first computer games with the original ideas being developed on mainframes in the 70s.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 23: Frogger 27.02.2021 14:54

The 1981 classic Frogger is one everyone remembers and remembers well.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade: Tetris 20.02.2021 13:19

Today I am going to talk about the phenomenon that is Tetris. Russian video game that everyone has played!

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade: LaserDisc Video Games 13.02.2021 15:51

One unique tech of the 80s arcade scene was the LaserDisc video game. From Dragon's Lair to Mach 3 they were cool even if you couldn't figure out how to play them! (looking at YOU Dragon's Lair! LOL)

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 20: Galaxian and Galaga 23.01.2021 12:02

Today we talk about the classic series, Galaxian. Starting with Galaxian and it's sequel Galaga are both now classic 80s video games that everyone enjoys.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade: JAMMA Standard 09.01.2021 9:46

Today I talk about the JAMMA standard and why it was important.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 18 - Christmas Gifts Past and 2021 02.01.2021 13:28

Today I talk about the poll and what I got for Christmas for 2020 and the plans for 2021

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 17: 80s Man Cave Decorations 12.12.2020 21:37

Today I talk about the decor for the ultimate 80s arcade themed man cave.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 16: Christmas Video Game Memories 28.11.2020 15:33

Today I talk about the two systems I remember getting on Christmas, the Atari 800 XL and the Atari 7800. What was your Christmas video game memories?  Send me a clip at gorkon@gmail.com

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 15: Death and Resurgence of the Arcade 21.11.2020 16:20

Today I talk about the death and resurgence of the arcade.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 14: Playing Arcade Classics Today 07.11.2020 19:07

Today I talk about 3 ways to play arcade classics: 1. Buying something new and prebuilt. 2. Building something 3. Buying the actual machine https://arcade1up.com/ https://www.atgames.net/arcades/

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 13 - The Asteroids Series 31.10.2020 19:37

Today I talk about Asteroids and it's sequels, Asteroids Deluxe and Blasteroids.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 12: Atari System 1 and System 2 24.10.2020 10:45

Today's show is a little geeky in that I talk about the boards behind the great games. Specifically, Atari System 1 and System 2 which were some of the early attempts to make it easier to develop arcade games without having to build new hardware for each and every video game.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 11 - RoadBlasters 17.10.2020 12:38

Today we talk about the classic RoadBlasters.  Very similar to Spyhunter and very fun game! Next week we will talk about the system behind this and many other Atari arcade games....Atari System 1 and System 2

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 10 - Spyhunter 10.10.2020 10:06

Today I talk about the 1983 classic Spyhunter!

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 9 - The Arcade Game that Never Was: The Last Starfighter 03.10.2020 17:17

Today we talk about the video game that never was in the 80s, The Last Starfighter. Thankfully you can play this game today by going to this website: http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 8: Star Wars! 26.09.2020 22:37

Today I talk about the best Star Wars video game ever, the original Arcade Game and it's lesser known arcade sequels for the Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 7: Crazy Climber and Rampage 19.09.2020 19:50

Today I talk about 2 games that both feature buildings....Crazy Climber from 1980 and Rampage from 1986.