Retro Gaming Discussion Show – Details, episodes & analysis

When it comes to Sega's Naomi system, it's easy to think of games like Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead, Monkey Ball, Virtua Fighter etc.  And as amazing as these games are, they've been spoken about to death on many podcasts, including our own.  So, most of our listeners know Drisky and Kingy by now, they like to dig a little deeper in this rich catalogue of amazing arcade games.

Games in this episode

Illmatic Envelope

Airline Pilots

The Maze of Kings

Wild Riders

Tokyo Bus Guide

The King of Route 66

Alma, King and Drisky join you for this Halloween Spooktacular, where we discuss the fantastic listener meetup in October and what it was like.  We also go through all the high scores competition for the chosen games and the winners.

Then, as it's Halloween, we discuss some spooky-themed games at Arcade Club, which many of you can play at home to join in the fun.

So, can you beat our weekend scores? 

Are you planning to play any spooky games for Halloween?

Come join us and enjoy the spooky festivities.

Show Notes:

Brentalfloss does Ghosts 'n Goblins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuuj8EL3tE

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Released in 1982, the Colecovision was a direct contender to the Atari 5200, yet no one really speaks about it - especially in the UK.

Join Almac and Kingy as they chat about the system and go through a list of a dozen games they deem worthy of everyone playing.

The games are:

• Donkey Kong Jr.

• Mr. Do

• Gyruss

• Bump 'n' Jump

• Jungle Hunt

• Carnival

• Congo Bongo

• Matt Patrol (unreleased version of Moon Patrol)

• Spy Hunter

• Frenzy

• Time Pilot

• Zaxxon

Show notes:

Homebrew games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vFgMBFhYI

Flashcart!

https://github.com/aotta/PiCOLECO

Convert your NES controller

https://yesterware.blogspot.com/2020/06/turn-nes-controller-into-colecovision.html

https://github.com/samson7point1/coleco_to_nes

https://www.pcbway.com/

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 no Dokidoki Daibouken (Elf)
https://youtu.be/WXNmZb2U3SY

Claymates
https://youtu.be/9UWlVQ1i9Ag

Sutte Hakkun (Colour Penguin)
https://youtu.be/SHrAV2JNgMg

Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel
https://youtu.be/bD9kUSaXoXE

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.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/

FS-UAE Emu: https://fs-uae.net/
Buy Kickstarter roms officially: https://www.amigaforever.com/
WHDLoad: https://www.whdownload.com/

The Games:

Apidya
Game: https://youtu.be/QCwvVpfhi7k
Manual:
Manual
Chris Huelsbeck Remaster MP3:
https://chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com/album/apidya-soundtrack

Agony
Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4RnxYPpMKI
Manual : https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=38
Frank Sauer Website: http://francksauer.com/index.php/games/test/15-games/published-games/10-agony

Frenetic
Game: https://youtu.be/hCRoQzGVf6E
Manual: http://hol.abime.net/627/manual

Killing Game Show
Game : https://youtu.be/mLZoYUgilkI
Fatal Rewind Game : https://youtu.be/qh3G5mWVj-E
Manual: http://hol.abime.net/627/manual

StarDust
Game : https://youtu.be/c35y_rBOrDY
Manual :
Manual
Super Stardust CD32 : https://youtu.be/d0FDH-Wfcic
Super Stardust HD : https://youtu.be/-UPZ3L_MMJ0
Super Stardust VR : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc6XyfJwBbQ

Silent Demo scene Amiga :
Soul Kitchen : https://youtu.be/07Uf-wW7zzY
Fruit Kitchen : https://youtu.be/SE3eUVUWtVU

Turrican 2
Game : https://youtu.be/wFtLGDywZlg
CDTV Version : https://youtu.be/DmkgaHTHD6I
Manual:
Manual

Soundtrack and Remaster : https://chrishuelsbeck.bandcamp.com/music
Gunlord : https://youtu.be/9v22jvBf5pU (Buy Gunlord X on PS4 or Switch)

Walker
Game: https://youtu.be/UaNEml45ZL8
Manual:
Manual

Controls:
Manual

Xenon
Game : https://youtu.be/N8zfoir_T8M
Game - Arcadia Version : https://youtu.be/3xfin5uNa_s
Manual:
Manual

Get Fresh TV show : https://youtu.be/LYyBi2Bgfvg

Xenon 2
Game : https://youtu.be/d-TfIo8UGwc
Game CDTV: https://youtu.be/ywwGYL4Qtng
Manual : Manual

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 Adventurer http://classicadventurer.co.uk/

A Gremlin in the Works - https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/a-gremlin-in-the-works

Gilsoft adventure systems kindly written in Stefan's Blog -

http://8-bit.info/the-gilsoft-adventure-systems/

Stefan's text adventure games - https://8bitgames.itch.io/

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp5NLOIuJRk

Klass of 99 - Skooldaze sequel

http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/rjordan/klass/

Games that Weren't

https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

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 globally living in. Please note that many references made in this episode were recorded prior to the lockdown in which we are all currently living under.

Be safe everyone, we will make it through this.

Games features in this episode:

1943: BATTLE FOR MIDWAY

AFTER BURNER

AUF WIEDERSEHEN MONTY

BLACK TIGER

CALIFORNIA GAMES

CONTRA

DARIUS

DIZZY

DOUBLE DRAGON

DRAGON SPIRIT

DUNGEON MASTER

GALAGA 88

HEAD OVER HEELS

IK+

LEISURE SUIT LARRY

MANIAC MANSION

OPERATION WOLF

PAC-MANIA

R-TYPE

RAINBOW ISLANDS

RASTAN

SHINOBI

STREET FIGHTER

WARDNER (PYROS in USA)

WONDER BOY IN MONSTER LAND

Show notes:-

Blast Annual Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1863593401/blast-annual-2020-volume-1-multi-platform-retro-game-book

Black Tiger Speedrun - https://www.speedrun.com/black_tiger/run/zq6r5j5y?fbclid=IwAR21Xw4YiZrOEfw5Pq7QhFFvkpZHa3_c0kuVIJMpu4s9rt1mPt4XA5bASJg

Shinobi Megadrive/Genesis - https://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?30411-WIP-Shinobi-MD-port&p=824182&viewfull=1&fbclid=IwAR2n990LZTt7j3E2LSUQEK7o-S2Xrbnr3SjQdiwXdymQaSEh_WYc60fQWZY#post824182

Darius info - http://shmuplations.com/darius/?fbclid=IwAR2ifjK8FpJ2xHwDTxfTdpBDZ1rGYZUXH2f7nKi89ymWFAfDnhUr-kqrerg

EX  Mosquito Rtype Speedrun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_16HX57QRA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0t7q6_pNrFd6OxYkXpJivqrwfcS1VID77KQ7riG0MWTyqB3678q9eW0as

Head over Heels remake - https://store.steampowered.com/app/1134050/Head_Over_Heels/

Monster Max - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ga1rmuNjMA