Retro Asylum - The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast

Jim, Mark and Mads get together to talk about the blue hedgehog's 8-bit outings. Which 8-bit Sonic games will be up for vote for the game club in February 2023? Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes Retro Tech...

Mads and Chris return to game club action and take a deep dive into the Sensible Software classic, Wizball. They also catch up on what they've been up to and make a special announcement about the future of the game club.  Special thanks to Mark leither for cleaning up the image of Wizball used on our cover. Checkout Mark's Ko-Fi page at https://ko-fi.com/markleither Thanks to all of our Patreon's...

The RA gang are joined by some very special guests to engage in mortal combat once more in the first ever 8 Bit Wars Christmas Edition. Who will be the glorious victor? Special thanks to Scott Pearson for his amazing artwork for this episodes cover! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Fl...

Dean Swain talk's to arcade collector Alex Crowley about the opening of the Arcade Archive Musuem and what we can expect to play when we visit. For more information on the Arcade Archive, visit Alex's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OWLT509 Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damo...

In this episode Chris and Mads don their football jerseys and try to save the world cup from alien interference in Soccer Kid for the Amiga. Special thanks to Mark leither for cleaning up the image of Soccer Kid used on our cover. Checkout Mark's Ko-Fi page at https://ko-fi.com/markleither Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Fla...

Dean, Chris & Steve get nostalgic once again about the 1990's and this time look at 90's TV and reveal what they got up to on their nights out. Plus, Steve ventures to Blackpool for Play Expo 2022! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retr...

In an bizzare experiment that goes horribly wrong, Matt & Steve swap voices with Mads & Chris whilst trying to pick some Commodore 64 games for the November Games Club shortlist. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young...

In this episode our resident RPG experts, Mads and Chris, give the chant on the Black Isle 1999 classic, Planescape: Torment. Like the stunning artwork on this episodes cover? It's by Sergio Strano. Checkout Sergio's work on his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/sergio.strano/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P...

In this episode Chris and Mads are back to try to find some gems amongst an ocean of stones as they pick a shortlist of Amiga platformers for our game club game for October 2022. Like the artwork on this episodes cover? Great, checkout more great art by Jmanvelez at https://www.deviantart.com/jmanvelez Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New...

Steve Erickson, Chris Worthington and Dean Swain get nostalgic for the decade that gave us virtual pets, pagers and the Sony PlayStation. It's the 1990's! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech1 Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik H...

In this episode we learn the sad truth about Mads' lacklustre gaming skills as we dive into PlayStation 2 "classic" Devil May Cry. Like the artwork used on this episode's cover? It was created by ThePixman. You can visit his Deviantart page at  https://www.deviantart.com/thepixman Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nick Smith Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podc...

Mads and Chris talk to Dean Mortlock and Paul Monaghan of Sega Powered and Daniel Crocker of WAVE Game Studios about the latest issue of Sega Powered magazine. They also announce the shortlist for the August/September RPG game club. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap So...

Chris Worthington talk's to former RA host Paul Monaghan about FTL's Atari ST classic Dungeon Master as part of the RA Game's Club plus Dean Swain chat's to Chris Wilkins about the forthcoming Crash Live 2022 event! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mik...

Chris and Mads shock the world with their lack of love and knowledge about 1 vs 1 fighting games. They are willing to learn though, so here's the shortlist of fighting games for the June 2022 game club. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC...

Dean, Steve, Mads, Chris & Matt (yes, the entire team) look back at some of their favourite games from the Manchester based software giant of the 1980's. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombee...

Why Hate Boris? Which Hover Bike? No, it's got to be Welsh Hairy Bloke! Join Dean, Chris, and Mads as they explore the wonderful ZX Spectrum puzzle game that is W*H*B. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dun...

We finish 'em! Or, we try to at the very least. Hear how far Dean, Steve and Mads got in their quest to finish some childhood favourites. Matt also pops in to review the A500 Mini. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Bitmap Soft Alec Plint Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen...

Mads and Chris pull rank and cover the seminal 1993 LucasArts adventure, Day of the Tentacle. Featuring contributions from the Retro Asylum Discord community, this long awaited look at one of the all time greats is long overdue. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Mikes Retro Tech Derek Young Dave Velociraptor Nik Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan...

Dean joins Mads & Chris for the April Game Club 2022 shortlist in which the guys look and choose isometric games on the ZX Spectrum. Dougie Do! for the ZX Spectrum Next can be found at https://robgm.itch.io/dougie-do Golden Seas for the ZX Spectrum Next can be found at https://sunteam.itch.io/golden-seas Bitmap Soft's website is https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/ Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made...

A yank and a Dane sits down to record an episode of the U.K.'s number 1 retro gaming show. Patreon supporter Mark and RA host Mads dress up as a princess and a raccoon to get through Pocky & Rocky on the SNES. Like the cover art? Check out Jmanvelez's Deviant Art page: https://www.deviantart.com/jmanvelez Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Derek Young Dave Velociraptor...

Mads and Chris are joined by their co-hosts on the Playthrough podcast, Jim Middleton and Andy Gilmour to present a special episode on The Secret of Monkey Island. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nik Linders Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen roushimsx Guto Threadbare Chris Atwill Paul Bullard Harvey Watson Martyn Jones...

In this episode Mads, Chris, Steve and old man Swainy pick a game or three that they have never managed to complete to see if they can finally declare victory! Plus, Dean visit's The Pinball Office and all the latest news & gossip is discussed! Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. Nik Linders Howard Price Matthew Turner SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombe...

In our game club episode for January 2021, Mads is missing as Chris v1 and Chris v2 take a deep dive into the not-D&D Intellivision RPG, Tower of Doom.  They may not have enjoyed the game too much, but they did enjoy catching up on the latest news from the gaming world. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen Roushimsx G...

Mads sits down with Patreon sponsor and good friend of the show Mark Bylund a.k.a. Kitt to select some Run 'n' Gun games for the Super Nintendo. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. SiEC Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans Crombeen Roushimsx Guto Threadbare Chris Atwill Paul Bullard Harvey Watson Martyn Jones Ninjixel Tim TJ Walker Andy Hudson Ricardo Engel Adrian Ne...

The goal scoring superstar heroes of RA (aka Chris and Mads) don their shooting boots and limber up for an in-depth look at Sensible Software's iconic 1994 title, Sensible World of Soccer. We also get the usual dose of "what have you been up to" and a look at some of the recent news from the world of retro gaming. Thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible. SiEC Adam Hinde Chris...