Retro Gaming Discussion Show

To celebrate the 40th Birthday of the ZX Spectrum, Kingy and Drisky do their own RGDS top 40.  40 games to celebrate 40 amazing years of this incredible home micro.  It's epic in length, but such an amazing computer deserves the time.  We'd love to hear your own personal top 40's. Show notes: Spectrum Archive Link to Play OnLine https://archive.org/details/zx_spectrum_library_games     John Ritman...

Drisky and Kingy chat through the Shadow of the Beast Trilogy on the Amiga and the wonders of whizzy graphics and music. Drisky also chats about his new toy, the Amiga Mini and his opinions... and also a complete off topic chat on pinball. So come and join us as we cover these wonderful if divisive games. Amiga Mini:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-A500-Mini-Electronic-Games/dp/B09BW8N7JZ Competitio...

We have made it through to 300 episodes.  The RGDS team would like to thank all you lovely listeners out there - without you, we would have never reached this landmark episode. Join Kingy, Drisky, Garron, Ric and Aaron as they catch up, go over favourite past episodes and choose some hidden gem games. Show notes: Deadlock's RGDS companion book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NJX4RuprqvauSqQyCU767...

For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D   In this super sci-fi episode Ric and Kingy are dropped deep into the Central American jungle to chat about all these weird and quirky Predator themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era right through to the early 2000's PC games.    Games covered in this episode are:   PREDATOR (198...

In this episode, Kingy is joined by 2 of the creators of Melkhior's Mansion - Rich Jordan and Craig Stevenson.  This project took 3 and a half years to complete and is a brilliant homage to the Ultimate Play the Game ZX Spectrum Classic, Atic Atac.   Show Notes: Ger Melkhior's Mansion here: https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-mansion Rich's Remakes can be found at https://retrospec.sgn.net/index.ph...

Join Kingy and Jon as they celebrate the popular series of Wonder Boy games from Sega. From its humble platform origins, through to its RPG/Metroidvania endgame, there is no denying this great series went through an evolution of styles.   Show notes: Blasphemous game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/774361/Blasphemous/  

It is with sad news that we hear of the passing of the great and influential American Football icon, John Madden. Please join Matt Aguilera and Matt Lambourne with our RGDS tribute to this legend.

Join the RGDS festive mood with Kingy and Drisky as they cover 12 Christmassy-themed ZX Spectrum games. It's time to blow the dust off your rubber keyboard and get your kids involved in the 8-bit Christmas spirit. Games covered are: Frantic Pengo : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36581/ZX-Spectrum/Frantic_Pengo Chrimblast: https://www.jungsi.de/chrimblast-sinclair-zx-spectrum/ Zombos Christm...

  Join Matt Aguilera in his first interview of a retro God for the first time in a few years. It's an honour to have Gold2th gaming, a YouTuber with old school comedy vibes with a touch of Tupac and a sprinkle of music parodies guaranteed. The discussion is all about Gold2th's current retro gaming pickup obsession and his unique story telling technique You can find Gold2th's channel here - https:/...

October 15th/16th 2021 saw the team make their pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury. They were joined by a host of friends and had a great weekend playing games and chatting away. Tune in to hear all about it - including listener contributions. Show notes Z-Exemplar Episode https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/lets-play-z-exemplar RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u        

Kingy and Ric return to the beat-em-up genre and follow on from the last episode. This time round, the lads cover much more lesser known games in this amazing genre. Games covered: Growl - 1990 - Taito Violent Storm - 1993 - Konami Night Slashers - 1993 - Data East Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - 1993 - Capcom The Ninja Warriors - 1994 - Titus Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Tachi no Banka - 1994 - Technos S...

Join Matt  and Drisky as they go through some classic games featuring the music of the music wonder Yuzo Koshiro.   Pre Show Chat: Zool ReDimensioned Quake Remaster Amiga Mini RGDS Listener Meetup on 16th Oct at Arcade Club in Bury    Games Covered: Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive): GamePlay:  Link    Soundtrack: Link Act Raiser (SNES): GamePlay: Link Soundtrack: Link Streets Of Rage / Bare Knuckle...

Remember those days when gaming compilations were something to be excited about. Well, with the help of our listeners, Drisky and Kingy discuss the most popular gaming boxsets of this bygone era.   Notes - Little Book of Soundchips https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/the-little-book-of-sound-chips-vol1?variant=39368939765854   https://c64audio.com/collections/books/the-little-book-of-sound-chips...

Welcome to another fantastic episode were we look at the often maligned and derided in it short life.   But for RGDS towers we love the console, seeing it as a vanguard into CD gaming and showing the art of the possible, with some fantastic and eclectic titles that never found life anywhere else. So come and join Matt L, Matt A and The Drisk as we discuss through some of our fondly remembered game...

Join hosts Kingy and The Drisk as they go over some real classic Spectrum games with their compiled RGDS 6-Pak.   Games in this episode are: Fantastic Voyage Software Star Gunfright Dynamite Dan 2 Cobra Dan Dare 2 Show notes:- Papers Please game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/Papers_Please/ Retro Virtual Machine - https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/en/    

Join Garron and Drisky as they go through some classic Gameboy games. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A    

Summer is here, and in celebration of that Kingy, Drisky and Garron reminisce over the fine balance of gaming vs holidays in this anecdote driven episode. Whether it was a holiday in the UK, or one in foreign shores, the lads were sure to still get their gaming fix.

Join Kingy and Drisky as they go through some more arcade Hidden gems you need to play. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. Games featured in this episode:- Bongo - Jetsoft  Boogie Wings - Data East Ninja Baseball Batman - Irem FAST LANE - Konami Puzzle Action Tant R - Sega SHUUZ - Atari     RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A   Show Note: Memory...

In this episode Ric and Kingy cover some of their favourite games on the Atari 8-bit systems, and in particular, the 800XL. Show notes -    Street Fighter 2 Documentary https://sf2doc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0hfHUXbL5rWpwWl0TBA-ut0tmSuH-ulkkDE2eiuVF6myyy7BYcQbCX77E 8-bit memories episode https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/257-8-bit-memories Goonies remake https://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=810&...

Come and join Kingy and Drisky as they burn some rubber and play some of PlayStation racers less talked about today. Amazing PS1 emulator called DuckStation: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A

In our latest episode of RGDS, Ric and Kingy cover Retro Remakes. The chosen list covers a host of re-imaginings of classic 8-bit era games. They all have been given some polish to bring them up to date with the modern age (and that's just the show hosts).   Remakes featured in this episode:   Manic Miner http://retrospec.sgn.net/game/mm   The Pyramid https://archive.org/details/The_Pyramid   Klas...

¡Ay, caramba! the RGDS boys have a new podcase out and this time looking at some of the best (and worst) Simpson and Futurama video games ever released.  So come join us as we go through some of these classic video games. Don't forget if you want to reach out and give your own memories and thoughts then reach out to us on our Discord channel here...  https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A This will be also wh...

Join Drisky and Kingy as they take you through six of our favourite game on the ill-fated Mega CD or Sega CD.   So come join us as we take you through these amazing games.

Yes its time to buckle up and take a ride with some of the other amazing lesser talked about Amiga Racing games worthy of your time.   So join Drisky and Kingy as they go on a nostalgic nitro fuelled trip through some of these amazing Amiga racers. Don't forget if you want to reach out and give your own memories and thoughts then reach out to us on our Discord channel here...  https://discord.gg/B...

As the year comes to an end, The Drisk and Kingy sit with a beer (or two) and intersperse Arcade Hidden Gems: Vol 3 with some festive memories.  Join the lads as they go through Merry Driscoll's choice of seldom spoken about arcade goodies.  All at RGDS would like to wish all of our listeners a Merry Christmas and a better New Year for 2021.   Show notes.   The Drisk's YouTube channel, featuring ...