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This was supposed to be uploaded weeks ago but someone tried to wipe it from the internet and Bry went off grid. However he has returned and managed to get this up.

The usual rubbish is included, top ten, the list, AI stuff.

Bry and Mik have been partying hard but not in the way you think.

Don't talk about club 260

New feature alert - What do you hate this week?

Audience participation from Marc (aka Cram)

Blind Ranking Cereal

Additional AI with Barry the Lurker

The boys are podcasting on a Sunday after work. Mik is Hungover and Bry is tired, what can go wrong?

Mik's blind top ten Spectrum games, general gaming chat and Tim the Cube.

Mik and Bry are heating up as Bry gets addicted to points.

Lots of games coming out, will Mik like them?

Barry the Lurker is back and bringing Wi-Fi

Blind ranking consoles

AI conversation and a terrible movie trailer make up the end of the episode .

Somehow the boys managed to lose this audio but due to some recovery software it's making it to your ears.

Brys bag of stuff makes its first appearance.

Switch 2, hit or miss?

Struggling to sleep, Mik and Bry will read you a story.

Mik and Bry sit and wait for the Switch 2.

Bry finds out some important wartime information.

Mik's top 10 CupHead bosses

AI PLAY - Mik in the Mushroom kingdom.

Welcome to the Treehouse, Mik and Bry discuss a listeners opinion on the pod.

Mik discusses Cuphead's top 10 weapons and does a Mario blind ranking

Bry introduces the Artificial Fact of the Harrowman.

This weeks AI play has the boys live out a normal day at the cafe.

Mik and Bry adventure through the world of Artificial Facts once again. This time discussing a lesser known Sean Bean movie "The Devil's Furlough"

Switch 2 is coming to Retro Bay!!

Mik has flashbacks to his Blackpool "singing" days

Mik and Bry discuss the hidden arcade beneath Spanish City and the possibilities of finding it.

GTA trailer is in the news and needs to be discussed.

The AI play is more ghostly goings-on

Mik and Bry talk about Mik's experiences at NerdFest. General rambling and what we have been playing. Some discussion over Oblivion and Expedition 33.

Featuring a Creepy Pac-Man story and AI play with Mik becoming Doctor Who.

Mik and Bry struggle with time and ideas as they try to come up with stuff to talk about. Super Mik-Torid makes his first appearance and the boys discuss a time old Scottish tradition.

Mik and Bry discuss VR gaming and the titanic experience.

They take on some of the listener advice and discuss the Switch 2.

A gaming urban legend is discussed and Mik plays some Garfield from 1989.

Mik and Bry managed another episode. This week talking bread, a Whitley Bay based Resident Evil and other useless things.

Also testing out a new feature at the end featuring Tony Hawks 3. This section is also available the Retro Bay Cafe Youtube channel.

Mik and Bry are back for the millionth time but this time can they make it stick. We have a plan in place, but that mainly consists of asking for help with a plan. At least we can be regular.

The boys are back for Christmas and they haven't come alone. Mik and Bry are joined by Christmas regular, Mins and making his first appearance the pod, CyberSteve. A few festive games and stories are followed by our longest radio play yet as we re-join CyberSteve on Mars and ask him to save Christmas.

Massive thanks to everyone for listening to us this year, next year is going to be bigger and better.

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It's coming, the 16-bit podcast is recorded and will go out soon, we have had issues to sort and even this episode is just two weeks worth of pod mashed together. Please enjoy while we prepare the one you actually want. Radio play at the end features MIKMAN.

Mik plays Cyberpunk 2077, what does he think? Mini consoles are they worth it? this weeks play involves Mik moving into a new place... or was he always there?

A new question is posed, Top 3 16 bit generation games?

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Mik and Bry discuss a bit more disappointment from last week.

Bry talks more about Cyberpunk 2077, as it's free to play 28th - 31st March 2024.

This week we finish we a radio play starting Bry's favourite listener CyberSteve.

Mik and Bry talk about gaming disappointments. When they have been let down after being hyped for a release. 

Thank you to all the people who sent voice notes for the episode and helped to open up the discussion. 

This week we finish with another musical. Please get in touch if you think this is a feature we should drop. 

Great Scot! and I don't mean Mik. This week the boy discuss musicals, Starfield and general disappointment. A question is thrown out to the audience. 

Please get in touch if you have any talking points on the Retro Bay WhatsApp number 07936740968

I guess we are back?

After an extended break due to life and work commitments, Mik and Bry are back at it, going to a weekly format again.

The main change is the show is no longer "family-friendly" although this doesn't make the content much different you won't hear the coins as much unless completely necessary.

Contact Retro Bay Cafe on Facebook and Instagram if you have any discussion points you would like to hear our opinion on.

The first annual Retro Bay Podcast Christmas special starts here. Join Mik, Bry, Producer Tom and guest Minler as they discuss Christmas memories, traditions and games. Finishing off with a festive quiz. Will team Retro Bay take home the grand prize?

Mik comes up with a new name for the Retro Bay "fanbase"

Game of the year discussion, prep for Christmas

and more Cyberpunk. Shock horror.

Piano sound effect by Oleg Kyrvlkovv from Pixabay

This week Mik and Bry talk about lots of different and varied topics but never finish a single conversation. Lots of stuff in this one, physical media, GTA6, Cyberpunk 2.1 and much much more.

Mik and Bry have a general discussion, why the episodes have taken a while. Switch, xbox, Mik's 24 game a year plan. Hard work as ever .

Mik and Bry discuss their favourite and most hated Acclaim games. Starfield and Cyberpunk continue to dominate discussions. Wrestling, book signings and more feature this week.

Mik is 100 hours into Starfield, a game he supposedly hated. Bry has had a clean break from its world to venture back into Night City and the world of Cyberpunk. They also create a new segment for next episode.

Mik is grumpy so Bry brings quotes about video games being too cheap to make him grumpier.

Starfield, Starfield and Starfield.

Mik and Bry are joined by guests Ian and Andy, to talk about their childhood, toys, games and collections. Lots of stuff is covered in this episode and is not the most structured episode you could hope for.

Mik and Bry return to a weekly podcast format, however this episode is completely dominated by Starfield. Will Mik like it?

Mik and Bry discuss chimps, dogs and Resident Evil. Which games can you play with children? Also some Gamepass news and some mandated fun.

This week Mik and Bry discuss more vampire survivor, is it a spectator game? lots to discuss in old news, so lets not say much at all, that seems to be the plan.

Bry forgot to play the mandated game so it's being carried over to next week.

Bry owes Mik and apology when they discuss Redfall.

Is Vampire Survivors the king of mandated games? Old News features Sega Saturn and Minecraft.

Mik and Bry discuss the usual GTA, Mario, Donkey Kong. Mik celebrates completing all challenges in Cuphead... well not him exactly. Bry sounds like he has just woke up but happily discusses more Nintendo family tree issues with Bowzer's children.

The mandated game was For Honour but please don't expect a full review as neither of us got far. We may in the future.

Next week we discuss Vampire Survivors as Mik closes in on another completed game.

Second in a week, we should be back on track...for now.

Mik and Bry discuss vampire survivors and the potential of a special episode and should the pod split into two? Game pass and Neon Abyss reviews as our mandated game. Old news features the Gameboy, God of War, Cuphead and Mario Land.

Next weeks mandated game is For Honor.

Mik and Bry drop in to fill the void after a missing episode last week. They discuss the Mario movie (no spoilers) and once again discuss the Donkey Kong family tree. Producer Tom drops in to quickly talk Red Dead. However most of the episode is taken up by talk of toast.

Mik and Bry are very tired boys. This week they are recording in the studio and at night time after playing resident evil 4, what could possibly go wrong. Cuphead, Resident Evil 4 and mobile games feature in the first part. Old News includes Metal Slug and Final Fight CD.

GamePass Mandated Fun this week was - My Friend Pedro

Next week it is Neon Abyss, contact Retro Bay Cafe on Facebook if you have an opinion on this game and would like to share it with us.

Mik and Bry discuss the usual, Donkey Kong and Resident Evil. Gamepass game this week was Inkulinati. Old News features a look back on Tekken 3, Bioshock infinite, Nintendo Ds and the original Resident Evil. Also Mik goes bananas!

This week Mik and Bry discuss ghosts in games, Bears, more Donkey Kong, Turnips and more. Old news brings us a strange look back at the PSP featuring and albino skunk.

Mik and Bry are joined by their producer Tom to discuss Sniper Elite, Mario Kart and more. Old News this week features the original Xbox, KC Munchkin, Sonic Drift and of course more Donkey Kong. Tom confesses his love for Carl while Mike and Bry try to work out who Carl even is.

This week is recorded in HeartBeats Studio rather than the Cafe. 

Bry and Mik discuss the Donkey Kong family tree, Atomic Heart (which divides opinion), releasing unfinished games (which does not) and go back in time to talk about Mario RPG, Conkers bad fur day, Castle of illusion and the Nintendo World Championships 1990. 

Bry and Mik discuss Nintendo 64, Star Wars, Game remakes and more. LIVE from Retro Bay Cafe.