Retro Gaming Discussion Show

Yes, we thought at RGDS towers it will be fun to do a show talking through some of the Gaming Turkeys of years past that squat in the memories of Drisky and Kingy... So sit back and enjoy as we take you through these infamous and terrible games. Show Notes:   Bikers ZX Next Game https://cavern.games/   Renegade III - recoloured https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36471/ZX-Spectrum/Renegade_III_R...

Join Garron and Kingy as they go back to the origins of their love for gaming and how it stayed with them through to present day. Expect nostalgia, anecdotes and and schemes they devised to feed their gaming habits. Why not hop in to our Discord Channel and let us know your own gaming life.    

Yes here at RGDS spooky towers we thought  it would be fun to go through some spooky and horror games.  As we have done a few of these in the past, we decided to go a bit more modern looking at games from the late SNES and PS2 era of gaming. So put on your best trick 'n treat garb and join us through these spooktacular video games. So come and reach out to us on Discord and chat through with like...

Come join us back to the totally radical 90's, when Sega was king and taking the World by storm with all their ground breaking 3D arcade games. The Sega Model 2 Arcade Board was special, with games such as Daytona, Sega Rally and Virtua 2 to name but a few... So come join Aaron White and Paul Driscoll as we wax lyrical about this special time in gaming and all of our hearts. Come say hi on our RGD...

In this fantastic episode, Drisky and Kingy cover the great early period of the ZX Spectrum - 82-84.  From mail order games to ones from upstart companies that became industry giants, the lads have it covered.  Join in as they go through their chosen list.   Show notes Launchbox https://www.launchbox-app.com/   The Retro Hour Podcast episode on text adventures https://theretrohour.com/text-adventu...

Get those balls polished and join us for another fantastic episode of RGDS.  Yes Kingy and Drisky are looking at games with trackballs and Spinners.  So join us as we go through some all time classic games X-Arcade: https://shop.xgaming.com/products/x-arcade-tankstick-trackball-usb-included Mayflash 300 - arcade stick: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mayflash-F300-Arcade-Fight-Joystick/dp/B019MFPLC0/ref=...

Join Drisky and Kingy as they celebrate the excellent series of games in the Bubble Bobble world. The timeless classic that is Bubble Bubble is consistently on arcade players' top ten favourites and is undisputedly one of the best arcade games of all time.  It spawned many other spin offs too, including the excellent Rainbow Islands. Don't let Baron von Blubba get you, sit bat and let us make a jo...

In this episode, Aaron, Matt A & Matt L table the discussion that troubled so many gamers in the 8-bit, 16-bit and even 32-bit era. Which is better, PAL or NTSC. More importantly, what's the difference? If you've ever been confused about this eternal struggle, we're here to help. If you don't know your RGB from your RF, your 60HZ from your Big Black Borders, and perhaps you're complexed why box ar...

Y'aar welcome to an episode themed around swashbuckling pirate games.  Join Drisky and Kingy as they go through various gaming systems and various genres within the theme. Games features in this episode are: Booty Overboard Monkey Island 2 Pirates Capt'n Havoc Skull & Crossbones  Cutthroat island Windwaker   Show Notes: Alwa's Legacy https://store.steampowered.com/app/1205900/Alwas_Legacy/      

Join Kingy and Drisky as they turn their eye to the amazing SNES and Super Famicom and some hidden platform game gems. Games covered are; Super Adventure Island 2 https://youtu.be/Mq9puS2dark Umihara Kawase (girl with fishing line) https://youtu.be/FDt4ulUnBrc Plok https://youtu.be/r-29NkxK6YY Link to Pickford Bros site and Plok Comics: http://www.zee-3.com/pickfordbros/ Do-Re-Mi Fantasy - Milon n...

Join Garron and Drisky as they take you through some more classic Amiga Shooters on Volume 2 of our imaginary compilation of Amiga Shooters. Supercade Book 2 : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanburnham/supercade-a-visual-history-of-the-videogame-age-1985-2001 SEGA Announcement (FOG & Game Gear Mini) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XBIhtFg58 Adventure Game Studio: https://www.adventuregam...

Kingy is joined by 3 fantastic guests in this fascinating topic of text adventures; back to an era when flashy graphics meant nothing, but good writing was everything.   Guests are: Mark Hardisty, curator of Classic Adventurer magazine Tim Gilberts - owner of Gilsoft and the genius behind The Quill, Illustrator and PAW Stefan Vogt - a modern day text adventure author. Show Notes: Classic Adventure...

In this episode, Professor Will Brooker makes his return visit and chats with Kingy, the oddity that is/was British Gaming. They discuss the obscure British references during the 8-bit era; a time when international sales was but a pipe dream. Join the guys as they take a stroll down suburbia and chat about working class depictions in games.   Show notes: The ZX Spectrum Experience Trailer - https...

We thought in these strange times, we would look for our listeners how to Netplay, in other words playing classic retro machines remotely. To add to the fun, Kingy and Drisky decided to have a competition of some versus games on the Mega Drive and 32X virtually, where the very honour of our retro gaming crown and our respective countries were at stake.

Kingy and Drisky dive back into the wonderful world of magazine cover tapes and disks on the Amiga and Spectrum. Cor Blimey!  Howz-about a free exclusive book to accompany show for every listener!!! ... https://archive.org/details/rgdscovertapewars_202004/mode/2up Talk about generous!!!

At last, and back my popular demand, the team return to the epic battle-fest that is Best Game of 1987. The lads argued, fought and whittled the list down to a whopping 25 games and then argue their case for their own personal top 5. Which game will be crowned the top game of this year. Join Drisky, Kingy, Ric and Garron as they try their best to entertain you in such a difficult time we are globa...

Drisky and Kingy return with volume 2 and continue on their journey of rare arcade game discovery. This time, the lads go through Drisky's chosen list.   Games featured in this episode are: Big Karnak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8QpIejpg4 Racing Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcv62GL_Sj4 EDF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkgO23Ye7DM Vendetta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FX4Rf_DghK...

The kings of retro fighters RetroRic, Matt Lambourne and Matt Aguilera revisit the gory age of the early games of the Mortal Kombat franchise. MK1, MK2, MK3, UMK3 and MK Trilogy.   Talking fatalities, controversies, secrets, censorship, the impact of the franchise and its lasting legacy within the vs fighting scene.    FINISH HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Mortal Kombat II Unlimited https://youtu.be/gdoe0A...

Join Kingy and Drisky as they take you through some obscure arcade gaming gems.   We all love discovering new games and we all get paralysed by the sheer choice of most retro collections, that we thought it would be fun if we choose an obscure gem in each genre for us all to try.   Volume 1 is Kingy's choices with Volume 2 and Drisky's choices coming soon.    We would also love you the listeners t...

Join Garron and Drisky as they take you through some classic Amiga Shooters. The Games covered: Hybris: Hybris Video Hybris Manual Battle Squadron: Battle Squadron Video Battle Squadron Manual Blood Money: Blood Money Video Blood Money Manual Z-Out: Z-Out Video Z-Out Manual SWIV: SWIV Video SWIV Manual Project X: Special Edition: Project X : SE Video Project X: SE Manual Project X Original Manual...

Join Kingy and Ric in this epic episode where the lads share their memories and chosen games in this exciting 8-bit era.  They mainly focus on the micro-computers of this period; if Commodore, Sinclair, Atari, Acorn and Amstrad floats your boat, then this is the episode for you. Expect gaming anecdotes, the bad humming of tunes and camaraderie driven banter. Combat Hack Red vs Blue   https://atari...

Join Drisky, Garron, Ric, Jon and Kingy as they drunkenly celebrate the year end and reflect over all the previous decades of gaming. Warning: This episode contains alcohol misuse, swearing and other type of content not suitable for all. You have been warned.   We'd like to thank our of our listeners for making 2009 great and we shall see you all in 2020.

In celebration of the new Star Wars film, ending of a Saga, join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about some of the lesser known Star Wars Games out there, that we love and all mixed in with two big hitters that are our favourites. Don't forget Drisky wrote the book on Star Wars Video Games (literally) way in his time at Retro Asylum, so have a read with this free pdf book that covers every Star Wars...

Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the very much underrated Atari 7800. Could it have been the dominant console if it were released when planned?  There are some real gems of games on this system, so join the lads as they wax lyrical about them.   Show notes:- Paul Davies' book - Florin's Zx Spectrum Haul of Games - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZZGDDXX/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8...

The 20th of October saw the RGDS team make their annual pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury.  Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the weekend and go over their choices of "games of the weekend".   Apologies for the distortion in my mic, I hadn't noticed the gain had been knocked up. (Kingy)   Show notes:-   Kingy's video interviewing the RGDS team at Arcade Club https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...