New Game Old Flame - A modern and homebrew retro gaming podcast.

Today we talk about an exciting operating system Diego discovered some time ago: C64 OS! We learn from a VERY PASSIONATE Greg the intricacies of developing an operating system with such a small amount of RAM and the huge amount of work he has done to make his dream come true. First, but not least we talk again about Canadian. snacks!

In this special episode, we talk about a unique genre of computer games that has a long history, and has evolved through time without ever going away completely: text adventures! We explore the genre through the words of Enrico Colombini, a legendary figure on the Italian computer programming scene, as well as Lu and Al, the two young and brilliant desigers of the coming soon AI-enhanced text adve...

Whilst I fix some more retro hardware and Diego does some sport, Wiedo pulls a hole in his roof in hope to get some fresh air! As busy as we are fixing things and improving ourselves, today we look at: Tapeworm Disco Puzzle ( NES /Multi platform), Stevedore ( MSX ) and I take a VERY quick look at Traumatarium ( Gameboy ) and Astebros ( Sega Megadrive ). We also talk KFC Diablo IV Cosmetics, Grimac...

Wiedo, Diego and special guest Mads together with myself delve into the first game club episode where half of the participants have not even played the game! We point-and-click our way through potatous(?) adventures in Gobliiins 5 on PC from Pierre Gilhodes. Whilst not strictly retro, this game has a place in most of our hearts and was made nearly exclusively by the same author that did them in th...

In this episode we take a break from the usual format and talk to Malte (aka Thunderblade) from publisher Protovision 64 to find out more of their world and endeavours. Diego, Wiedo and myself also talk about one of the publisher's game each: Sam's journey , Muddy racers and Cursed Tomb , all for the most popular microcomputer of the 80s, the Commodore 64 !

It’s a sunny day today and we are joined by Skittles to discuss his game Repugnant Bounty for Gameboy Color and many other topics including our beloved snacks, Zelda and more. Other games include Zeta Wing 2 for Commodore 64 and Tactus ( NES )! My mind is blown as I discover Antonio Savona has been in a fighting movie and the virtual boy is a standalone console. We have some buff Goku and Vegeta t...

Relinquish all anxiety as you listen to us play some modern games for old platforms in this content-packed episode! Nebs’n’Debs ( NES ), Looptris ( NEO GEO ), Apotris ( Gameboy Advance ) are a few of the titles we are talking about today, we expand in further dimensions with Space Station 23 ( Commodore 64 ) and Full Quiet ( NES ) and we have a micro-review of Arkagis Revolution ( Sega Megadrive )...

Backlog anxiety starts to creep on us as we explore this episode’s round of games: Hime’s Quest ( Gameboy Color ), Alter Ego ( Sega Megadrive ), Star Evil ( NES ) and Cecconoid ( Amiga )! Lots of hardware updates, the art of game design, and the Italian ban on ChatGPT also make it in this episode together with loads more!

Love peanuts and games? This whopping episode is for you!
 Join the crew together with Mark (Kitt) and developer Kyle Thomson while we explore the depths of Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra's Curse ( PC ENGINE ) to save our grandpa! We also look at Supercooked ( SNES ), Hero core ( Gameboy Advance ), and Vectorblade ( Vectrex ) after coming to know Wiedo has a dishwasher that has more functions than...

Do you like Pigs? Do you like the Commodore 64 ? Then join us as we delve into our first book club episode of 2023 where we talk about Frank's endeavours with the whole crew who made this impressive technical feat possible on the classic 8bit Commodore machine!

No animal has been harmed for the selection of this title. After the death of our laptop, we're back with some exciting games: Lester for the Commodore 64 , Ramiro el Vampiro IV ( ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC ), Bufonada (ZX Spectruma, MSX) and the Gruniozerca trilogy for the NES ! As usual there is much more as we delve into random online courses, survival swimming, the Aegis Rider and the usual...

Another whopping episode with so much to talk about! Off we go with a particular focus on Bulb ( Gameboy Color ), some Amstrad CPC 2022 competition picks and an in depth talk about Pio Pow (NES). We also express our love for Rogue64 ( Commodore 64 ) and touch on the Wonderboy anniversay collection as well as Dwell 2 and Trophy for the NES /Switch. All this together with usual waffling: public tran...

Broken ankles and toes make it in this caffeinated late-night episode, together with the Analogue pocket, Chat GPT and much more. We explore Nescape ( NES ), some Bruce Lee sequels ( Commodore 64 ), Tanzer for Sega Megadrive and we touch on Piopow (NES), Ghost chase, Portal 2 and the usual Children of Morta. We also go on a tangent and ramble on about big game producers in retro gaming!

A small special episode where we want to wish you all a happy new year and talk about the upcoming changes to New Game Old Flame! We touch on Overcooked and a couple of other topics in this first 2023 episode, thank you all for listening and we hope you have a happy 2023!

We're all a bit ill on this Christmas episode as we look at Sarah Jane Avory's RGP for the Commodore 64 . We talk about some off topic modern releases including Diablo 4, Children of Morta and Terra Nil. More on the retro-scene we talk about Pier Solar, Paprium and Water Melon studios and the recent Insane Pain for Megadrive! We also touch on Warcraft and Baldur's gate as we read our f...

Join the crew and Pix as we interview Toni Sventrom the author of Magiduck for DOS PC ! We also waffle on about Northern lights, Retromining on a NES, Konix joysticks, Teletext, Picoboot, PS2 MC2SIO, Gardacon 2022 and much much more!

In this spooky episode we talk about Halloween, driving games, cube escape games and Minekart madness from Matt Hughson. We discover Diego's nerdy love for marine traffic monitoring and the sad news of Google Stadia passing away. All this before delving into saving really poorly people with a bible on the Dreamcast !

In this episode we are joined by Wiedo and Matt Hughson (author of the game) and we partake in friendly snack chats with Horlicks and tea as we talk modern game design and the latest Witch n' Wiz for the NES !

Today we are looking at the arena shooter Xeno Crisis on the NEO GEO / Sega Megadrive . We also talk coffee, Portland Expo and swap meets with Mark! Shooting our way through really tough monsters we try to reach the end, but we also touch on Inviyya, Unseen 64, Tattoo Assassins and make a plan for a Monkey Island episode! Talk about efficiency eh!

In this episode we look at collecting gold ingots in a critter infested mansion on the MSX as well as expressing our sympthies for the Queen passinig away. We talk about unaligned controller thumbsticks and some new commodore 64 stuff as well as a quick peak in some other games we're currently playing! More snacks and more keycaps!

Do you have an Atari 5200 ? Do you love catching rats, electric rats and flying tomatoes? Then this game is for you! Get into the rodent catching through ambiguous pipes and extra coin levels. We digress on Rocksmith and tracktor software and Diego finally gets to play Temple of Elemental Evil!

Our first episode with guests where we play a lovely caravan shooter on the Sega Master System ! Thanks to Alex (game creator) and Kitt (Mark) for joining us in exploring playing arcades while fueling a car, having peanut butter and southern Germany pretzels as snacks! Monkey Island, a modern cart dumper and more indie games also introduce this awesome caravan shooter!

Smashed monitors and a new RTS for the ZX Sepctrum whilst enjoying breaded peanuts with onions, what a day to talk about Oscar Z on the Amstrad CPC ! With a set of pets to rescue and a great running stamina, who can stop us? Aliens? Nahhh. Run Oscar, run!

Collecting jewels from an ancient Peruvian ruin on our Amiga is one of our favorite hobbies during the weekends, so why not delve in this puzzle game that lets us do exactly that once we have explored Bury's Arcade Club? Some holiday gaming takes place and we look at some new form of text adventure.

The quackiest detective in town has a new case in his hands... well his wings (with nails). Will he be able to solve it? Enjoy this game on Gameboy and ZX Spectrum and listen to us praise the qualities of Finnish snacks and old videogame mags!