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Was 1991 the best year in gaming? Some obviously good things happened that year but let Adrian and the gang take you through the best (and worst) that 1991 had to offer.

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James challenges the gang to bring along a couple of precious belongings in our celebration of physical media but not before a heartfelt story of his own.

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Enjoy a fun and revealing chat with three SEGA superstars about the glory days and what's in store for the iconic gaming company! 

Tom Kalinske, the former CEO of Sega of America in the early 90s reflects on his amazing career and shares some exclusive stories of his time competing against Nintendo. He also discusses his impact on Barbie and his feelings on the Ryan Gosling movie! 

Ed Annuziata gives us the latest update on his revival hopes for his creation Ecco the Dolphin and where he hopes to take other classic Sega IP's in the future. He also gives his opinion on  the pub using his Ecco artwork!

Erik Wahlberg, top SEGA producer in the 90s and friend of the show, helps reflect on the good old days, why it was so magiacal and shares his ideas on where he would take the company today.

This Sega roundtable chat is not to be missed!

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Welcome to the first ever edition of Arcade Attack's Wheel of Misfortune! Join us for the first in a potential series of chaotic episodes where we put our fate in the hands of a heartless wheel of destiny...

Ade's amazing game ideas pod.

Rob's amazing game ideas pod.

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It's not retro! OH YES IT IS! Time to pay homage to the console that initiated the leap to console gaming as we know it, and for many reasons. A bit of trivia and lots of our favourite Xbox 360 games all discussed for you to enjoy. Watch this episode.

Fable pod

Gears of War pod

Cliffy B interview

Ed Fries interview

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Adrian will probably do a second of these but for now here are ten of the craziest spinoff games out there including a puzzling outing for the Street Fighter gang and an office-related task we didn't know Mario was proficient at.

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It's the discussion you've all been waiting for! That's probably be done a few times by several other gaming podcasts but we won't let that stop us!

Is physical better than digital? Is the video game industry doomed? As punters, are we being taken the mickey out of? All this and more on today's chat.

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David Mullich is an American game producer and designer. He created the 1980 adventure game The Prisoner, produced the 1995 adaptation of Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream, and developed Heroes of Might and Magic titles. He also gives an honest view on working at Disney.

David shares some amazing stories about his career in gaming and what it was like working closely with the legendary Harlan Ellison.

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On this week's episode we dive into a true AI heart of darkness with a look at a classic science fiction short story that's even more relevant today than it was when it was written during the Cold War. 

Harlan Ellison's notorious and highly influential I Have No Mouth....and I Must Scream is as bleak and unsettling now as it was when it was first published in 1967 and the 1995 point & click adventure game that it spawned is no different.

Join us as we discuss the story, the video game and humanity's relentless march towards oblivion at the hands of artificial intelligence...

Read I Have No Mouth....and I Must Scream.

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As promised, we share with you our favourite PC games from the 80s, 90s and 00s! Yes there's a little bit of Doom, but no gloom. Watch this episode.

Sean Cooper interview

Scott Miller interview

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It's about time we tackled a subject we've managed to avoid the last ten years - PC gaming! Who else other than our James to tackle it - and this week he hits us hard with PC hardware memories from the gang and our wider community. We'll tackle the games next week.

You can watch us in the studio recording this podcast on our YouTube channel.

James' Amstrad pod

Blockbuster memories with Steve

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Ken Rose was a programmer for both SEGA and Atari and worked on many classic titles, as well as some of the biggest unreleased games in gaming history. 

At SEGA he worked on Sonic Spinball, which proved to be a big hit. However, he also worked on many unreleased title such as Treasure Tails, which would have been the first spin-off game to feature Sonic's best friend Tails. Ken also started work on Segapede which would have been released on the Genesis / Mega Drive. Ken reflects on his time at Sega with some amazing insights and stories.

Ken then worked at Atari and worked closely with BJ West to help program Black ICE/White Noise. This highly ambitious open world title would have been a Jaguar CD exclusive. Learn more about the back story of one of the worlds most ambitious titles and ultimately why it was never released.

Ken gives an honest and open interview about his time at both Sega and Atari and then working on the Nuon at VM Labs.

Ed Rotberg Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bRgixl7WJc

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It's Ade's turn to try and find some bargains with our Patreon money. He's chosen Blockbuster Retro near our hometown of Croydon and may (or may not) have bent the rules much to Dyl's annoyance!

Chuck in a sad car boot tale and a magic trick to make your head spin, and you've got our first EVER video-recorded studio podcast!

Ade's vid at Blockbuster Retro:

https://youtu.be/R0eJDBcaIEY

The Pokemon pickups:

https://youtu.be/de7JSctyKfA

Blockbuster Retro official site:

https://blockbusterretro.com/

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Dyl and Ade present...a lot of waffle and ten (sort of) underrated Amiga games that you should check out.

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Erik Wahlberg is a true SEGA legend (and friend of Arcade Attack) and is the latest gaming guru to choose his 5 top games in the latest installment of Desert Island Diskettes. Will the Eternal Champions producer pick all SEGA games?! You better listen to find out!

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We've kept you waiting long enough! Here's part two of James' mammoth trawl through survival horror games that defined the genre! Did we miss any? Pop them in the comments.

Links as promised:

Resident Evil 2 podcast

Dino Crisis podcast

Chrono Trigger pod

Resident Evil 3 pod

Silent Hill 2 pod

Resident Evil 4 pod

Heart-stopping moments pod

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James is taking on another biggie! Let us take you through (possibly) our favourite video game genre. It's time to step back into the world of survival horror...

Revisit our Clock Tower podcast:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast-october-1-2018/

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Adrian picks out another year for a deep dive and it's three years short of the millennium, 1997! Some big things happened, take our word for it and listen to this podcast!

Read our interview with the guys from Running with Scissors:

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Dan from ace retro gaming content creators (and fellow podcasters) SEGAGuys joins Dyl and Keith to discuss the five games he's have to kill time while stranded on a desert island.

I know what you're thinking, there's bound to be five Nintendo choices, right? Right??!

Grab SEGAGuys on YouTube or the podcatcher of your choice - you won't be disappointed.

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For the next instalment of AA retro hunters, James travelled a helluva long way to Caterham in... Surrey? What? Okay...

That Retro Place takes centre stage as James spends the princely sum of £16 on the MEGA DRIVE (or GENESIS, not MASTER SYSTEM) versions of Speedball 2 and Super Thunderblade.

The cafe's official website.

Here's the vid James made in the cafe:

https://youtube.com/shorts/lVRcTr7Scgg

Our very old podcast tribute to The Bitmap Brothers:

https://youtu.be/tXP7p8tgwLU

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I didn't arrange anything special for our 350th pod so you'll have to make do with us talking about the Mario, Sonic and Street Fighter movies in great depth...

Just kidding! This podcast is a 60-minute face-off to see who's the movie royalty and who should just stick to video games.

FIGHT!

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This week we continue our look at the Neo-Geo, with a focus on its legendary game library.

We also discuss SNK's place in the post-2D gaming landscape, as well as their various attempts to follow up on the Neo-Geo's success, including their recent ownership changes and even a little bit of breaking news...

You can listen to our Metal Slug podcast:

Metal Slug - Arcade Attack Podcast

And also King of the Monsters:

Arcade Attack Podcast – January (5 of 5) 2018 - Arcade Attack

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The myth...the legend...the console we could never afford! Join us as we take a a look at the formation of SNK, their early hits and the genius idea that revolutionised arcade ownership for the next decade.

We also look at the brave decision to bring the arcade's technology into people's homes, as well as how it was priced and marketed.

Next week, we'll be discussing the game library in more depth, so stay tuned for that one!

Start with this lovely text interview with SNK Yasuyuki Oda and follow the links from there to read interviews with Jim Bulmer, Nobuyuki Kuroki, Youichiro Soeda and many more!

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/yasuyuki-oda-snk/

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We sit down with gaming content creator and collector Lydia to ask about her 5 desert island games. Some amazing picks makes this one a must watch!

Please follow 'Lydgendary' on all available channels!

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Join us as we have a free and easy chat about how gaming made and makes us feel.

We look at the highs, the lows and the everything in betweens. Does gaming still feel the same as it did?

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AAAAaaaah it's time for another Arcade Attack Arcade Archive! Among the picks we've an old school classic; a Sega game where the sprites are bigger than the screen; not a VG version of Boogie Nights; and a game curiously devoid of emus despite being named after the legend that is Rod Hull.

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We put two giant retro gaming titles up against each other and ask our Patreons to decide the winner! We look at graphics, story, gameplay and music and ask which one takes that crown!

This time it's Chrono Trigger Vs Final Fantasy VI.

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There are numerous "free" games available for download, but what are the benefits and pitfalls for the current-gen gamer? In the first of the series, the gang discuss Roblox, Rocket League and Fortnite while trying to offer advice in a very Arcade Attack/hamfisted way.

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Dyl chatted to Bitmap Books supremo Sam Dyer about the five games he'd choose if he was stranded on a desert island. What did he choose? Lionel Richie is your only clue, enjoy!

Check out Bitmap Books' amazing library at their official site: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/

And Leaps + Bounds:

https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/leaps-bounds-a-visual-guide-to-nine-console-generations

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LucasArts are regarded as one of the best creators of point-&-click adventure titles. From Monkey Island to Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion to Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango to Full Throttle and so much more. In fact, they created 15 legendary adventure games and for the first time ever they have now been ranked from worst to best!

Using a poll on the Point & Click Adenture Games Facbeook group (with over 64k members), we gained almost 9k votes to answer the ultimate question; which game in LucasArts impressive library is truly the GOAT!? And I do not mean the one in Broken Sword!

Also, learn how Ade took control of this Facebook group and quickly allowed the power to get to his head! Lots of fun gaming facts and a heartfelt apology in this bumper-edition of a podcast!

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Dyl finally lets the boys get their hands on his pickup from The Game Galaxy in Rotterdam - The Lucky Dime Caper feat. Donald Duck.

Was this 1991 Sega Master System release any good? Er...

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Vid filmed in the Gaming Galaxy:

https://youtube.com/shorts/58UQ4whGXwk

Testing out the cart at home vid:

https://youtu.be/J6e1bXFqONY

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We've got another cracking episode of our Desert Island Diskettes series, this time with a special guest!

KimC86, a survival horror streamer and all round retro gaming lover, gives us her top 5 desert island games.

Great fun, great games and an all round great episode. A must listen! And you can check out Kim's YT channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@KimC_86

And watch the episode on YT here:

https://youtu.be/F9_wgVggmwA

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Kevin Bayliss reflects on his incredible career at Rare in this fascinating interview. He worked on some incredible games including Donkey Kong Country, Battletoads, Diddy Kong Racing and Killer Instinct.

Kevin shares some amazing stories including how he created Diddy Kong, why Rare and Nintendo had such an iconic partnership in the 90s, and how Diddy Kong Racing could have looked very different.

AI use in art and video games and much, much more is discussed in this interview with a true gaming legend.

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It's time for us to rip off, er, I mean, pay homage to the BBC in the only way we know how and bring back Arcade Attack's Desert Island Diskettes. Try saying that after a few shandies.

As it's a comeback for the format, the boys get to choose only two games they'd have if they were stranded on a desert island.

Look out for more of these in the future! If you're a retro gaming (or gaming) content creator and you want to share your choice, please get in touch!

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Did you know that not every video game character was designed by Sega or Nintendo? I know, scary.

After revealing the top 25 characters of the aforementioned companies in previous pods, we finally look at the best of the rest...

Who will be crowned the best? Will it be a street fighter, maybe a resident evil resident, a mere mortal who likes to kombat or perhaps even an alien from the Nth Dimension? Enjoy this top 25!

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Next week we're presenting you with our top 25 video game characters not created by Sega or Nintendo - but this week, enjoy this bonus podcast where we look at some of the unlucky characters who did not make our top 25!

Did your favourite character make the subs bench? Should they have ranked higher? Get ready to shout at us as we reveal the characters who did not make our top 25 of all time!

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In a follow up to last week's episode, we continue our look back at the gaming scene circa March 1993 by delving into three more of the most popular magazines of the time, including a perspective from across the pond courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly.

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Remember a time when print media was still relevant? We do, and without gaming magazines Arcade Attack would (probably) never have been born. So join us as we take a look back at the March 1993 issue of the mighty Sega Power, and share some of our own magazine related tales...

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Ryoichi Hasegawa is a true SEGA legend. He helped produce some classic titles including NiGHTS into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage 3, Burning Rangers, Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic Jam. He also worked on other classic titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter and The Last of Us for Sony.

Stories include his work on Streets of Rage 3 and why it was so much harder for US gamers, his showdown with Nintendo when bringing Mario and Sonic to the Olympics and the true lowdown on how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America got along during the 90s!

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It's time for Dyl to give the boys lots of books he's accumulated over the years which bring AI, Witcher and other discussions to the table..

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Following on from last week's pod, James tackles all the toys we loved at Christmas in the 1990s...

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What were the world's favourite Christmas toys in the 1980s? James has a jolly good shot at naming them in this week's podcast! Next week, the '90s!

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Erik Wahlberg, John Brandstetter, Kich Ma and Frank Lucero helped create Eternal Champions and share the behind the scenes story of creating one of SEGA's biggets hits!

Eternal Champions and the follow up title Challenge from the Dark Side are both discussed in great detail with the people who made these titles possible. This amazing SEGA team helped take on Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

They reflect on the game's development and how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America had very different views of the game and its future. The team discuss the movie rumours and whether we will ever see a new Eternal Champions games in the future.

Michael Latham interview: https://pod.fo/e/271e6

Erik Wahlberg interview: https://pod.fo/e/b2ba5

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What is Minecraft? Er, watch and listen as Dyl scrambles to answer this question whilst also covering the Jack Black 'A Minecraft Movie' as well as the Minecraft Experience.

That's a whole lotta Minecraft.

You can watch Dyl play Minecraft while listening to this podcast if you wish.

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Scott Miller is the gaming legend who founded Apogee Software and 3D Realms. He's best known in our circles for being a pioneer of the shareware model that helped change gaming forever.

Scott also helped launch some amazing titles including Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, Commander Keen and Raptor. Scott shares some amazing stories on his hit titles, how he helped id Software on their way and also the truth behind Duke Nukem Forever and whether we may finally see a new Duke Nukem movie!

Max Payne's bullet time creation, how Captain Planet almost cost Duke his iconic name and an amazing story on working with Leonardo Di Caprio all included in this amazing interview!

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Love a bit of Barbie's fashion parade? Sunk an unholy amount of hours into a game? Really enjoyed one of those universally hated titles? Well this pod is just for you!

We look at a whole host of your guilty gaming pleasures. So strap in and enjoy, hopefully without too much cringe.

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Dust off your old HI-FI systems and Walkmans and take a deep dive into the amazing story of Cassette 50!

This compilation game was advertised in every 8-bit computer magazine under the sun and promised 50 of the best games ever made for a bargain price! Was Cascade Games' offer too good to true? Well, you better tune in to find out…

We also share some quite incredible cassette-based memories that include the invention of podcasting, Dyl’s dulcet tones interrupting smooching time, an old banger that delivered the true sound of 80s and a story that leads us to Caroline Quentin of all people!

Mario Gonzalez interview:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/mario-gonzalez-action-52/

Kim Justice Cassette 50 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z-4k-jDS_s

Cassette 50 interview:

https://pixelatron.com/blog/cassette-50-the-interview/

Action 52 episode:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast-september-3-2017/

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WARNING: This interview includes swearing and themes that are not appropriate for children.

DOUBLE WARNING: Don't let the kids hear this!

Cliff Bleszinski (aka CliffyB) is the legendary game designer best known for his work on the Unreal and Gears of War franchises while at Epic Games. After leaving Epic in 2012, he co-founded Boss Key Productions which released LawBreakers.

In this no-holds-barred interview, Cliff reflects on the highs of Jazz Jackrabbit, working on Unreal titles and of course, creating the Gears of War series.

He also talks about the Gears of War movie, his favourite games, how he "hates" Hideo Kojima, and how the breakdown of his marriage helped inpsire his work.

Cliff Bleszinski Twitter: https://x.com/therealcliffyb

Cliff Bleszinski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CliffBleszinski

Control Freak Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Control-Freak/Cliff-Bleszinski/9781797148700

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One more from the archives before we return in a fortnight with an absolute humdinger of an episode.

Speaking of humdingers, this is one of our favourite ever chats from the AA vaults. SEGA legend and 6th member of Arcade Attack, the late and great Michael Latham.

So if you've not heard it before (or you want to enjoy it again), the highlights include Michael covering his time working at Activision (Ghostbusters/Power Drift), meeting (and winning over) Michael Jackson, stopping a buggy Sonic 2 flying out to production, working on many 32X games (three of which were unreleased) and the never-ending battle between SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America.

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Another fantastic interview from the archives to keep you going until our return in the autumn.

For our 50th epsisode almost seven years ago, we welcomed SEGA legend and retro gaming god Al Nilsen to the show.

One of the integral cogs in the SEGA machine of the early 90s, his work ensured that a certain blue hedgehog made the impact he did. Enjoy (or re-enjoy if you listened to us in 2018) 90 minutes of retro bliss!

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