Retro Gaming Discussion Show – Details, episodes & analysis

If you thought the guys suffered in pain from bad UK TV show licences the last time around, then you're in for a treat - Drisky and Kingy return to the dangerous world of TV to game adaptions, but this time its with all those big-budget American shows from the 80s.  We'd love to know which ones you bought.

Games featured in this episode:

The Dukes of Hazzard (Spectrum & C64)

Airwolf (Spectrum & C64)

Miami Vice - (Spectrum & C64)

The Fall Guy (Spectrum & C64)

Street Hawk (Spectrum & CPC)

The Addams Family (Spectrum & C64)

The Munsters (Spectrum & C64)

Zorro (Spectrum & C64)

Blue Thunder (Spectrum & C64)

V (Spectrum & C64)

Knight Rider (Spectrum and C64)

Show notes:

Games Drisky mentioned:

Doom Enhanced 

SP Grand Prix 

Asphalt Legends

Thank Goodness You Are Here

Jon joins Drisky as we go through six arcade games chosen by Jon for them both to play through.

Your Sinclair was one of the "Big 3" Spectrum magazines, alongside CRASH and Sinclair User.  It was considered to be more humourous and zany than its contemporaries.  Its final issue was in September 1993, which was an incredible run, considering the 16-bit computers had taken foothold years prior.  In 1991, they published their top 100 games list, which was compiled by staff writer Stuart Campbell.  It was a comprehensive list of games featuring many classics (and some curveballs).  Join Drisky and Kingy as they go through the games on this list.  With thanks to Gary Arnott for recreating that final cover for our own poster for this episode. 

Here are the first 50 games in the first part:

100    Zzoom
99    Maziacs
98    Pheenix
97    Mined Out
96    Cruising on Broadway
95    The Train Game
94    RoboCop
93    Gyron
92    Green Beret
91    Avalon
90    Bounder
89    Cobra
88    Wheelie
87    Codename Mat
86    Trashman
85    Guardian 2: Revenge of the Mutants
84    Technician Ted
83    Football Manager
82    Hyperaction
81    Dark Star
80    Sir Lancelot
79    Atic Atac
78    Flying Shark
77    Gyroscope
76    Three Weeks in Paradise
75    Wriggler
74    Pang
73    Popeye
72    Hijack
71    Frankie Goes to Hollywood
70    G-Force
69    Match Point
68    Tapper
67    The Way of the Exploding Fist
66    Splat
65    Batty
64    Buggy Boy
63    Scrabble
62    Thrust
61    Eric and the Floaters
60    Knot in 3D
59    Hyper Sports
58    Operation Wolf
57    Dun Darach
56    Bounty Bob Strikes Back
55    Saboteur
54    Rastan
53    Ping-Pong
52    Jumping Jack
51    Robotron: 2084

Snow Notes:

World of Stuart top 100 reproduction

https://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/ys100/ystop100.htm?fbclid=IwAR2J01M29bQutvprNe91s7dmoxSpndRIAyKFS2nw9ozOuHGmR0G0xfvKp3I

Kingy's Mined Out remake

https://archive.org/details/mined

Gyron Arena

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2193/ZX-Spectrum/Gyron_Arena

Joy Chant - The High Kings

https://www.amazon.co.uk/High-Kings-Joy-Chant/dp/0553243063

Saturday Superstore - kids playing Speccy games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aUgK9rBGI

Steven Smith's games (including VR ones)

https://stephensmith.itch.io/

First Class TV show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg-jmty8XuQ

Neadeital

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36565/ZX-Spectrum/Neadeital

Drisky and Garron catch up with Revival organiser Craig Turner to discuss this year's Revival even in Walsall.

Full details of the event can be found here-https://www.revivalretroevents.co.uk/

Hope to see some of our listeners there

In celebration of The Drisk becoming a grandad!!! We decided it would be fun to have a show featuring games featuring babies/toddlers.

Join Drisky, Garron and Kingy as they try and change the nappies on these retro classics.

Come join the chat on our Discord channel..

https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A

Games featured in this episode are:-

Aero Wings 2

Bio Miracle Bokutte Upa

Chuck Rock 2

Herbert's Dummy Run

Jack the Nipper 1 & 2

Messiah

Yoshi's Island

Show Notes - 

Drisky's Jack the Nipper Map -

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1zf6koYYRvihAj0h8gol7x6hAQo2goRSE

Parodius featuring Bobby the Baby -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Parodius_-_Pursue_the_Glory_of_the_Past

Yes Drisky and Garron look through what we consider the top 5 movie licenses on the humble original Gameboy.  There are some classic games talked about so take a listen and join us as we play through it.

The RGDS Discord Channel:
A new place for our listeners to all meet up and chat.  Lots of fun and useful knowledge with a great group.  We hope to see you there soon.
https://discord.gg/f583qJa

Ant Stream Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/234135283/antstream-retro-gaming-reborn/description

BGB a great Gameboy Emulator:
http://bgb.bircd.org/

Please note:- There are 2 versions of this episode; the stereo mix is done in a cinematic way to celebrate the movies.  If you, for whatever reason, require the mono version - please choose that one

For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D

In this epic sci-fi episode, Ric and Kingy awake from their retro cryo-pods aboard the RGDS Nostromo and chat about all these lovely Alien themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era, right through to the 64-bit generation. You may hear the lads wax lyrical about their favourite titles, but remember - in space, no one will hear them scream.
Games covered in this episode are:

Alien - Atari 2600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hTPqNqqJk

Alien - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6NVttxy_nI - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCw3SmAvRMs - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCtjw2-dNxc&t=286s - Amstrad

Fanmod Bugfix spectrum version - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=625&p=18783&hilit=alien#p18783

Aliens - US Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vqewOH474 - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKq1b9CzToE - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJc0AO0Op4 - Amstrad

Aliens - EU Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2E2BQiwHI&t=1471s - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efolLO2zcpc - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qd-9CvnlU - Amstrad

Windows fan remake of Aliens titled LV-426 (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUOqAm3SeE
https://derbian.webs.com/lv-426/

Aliens 2 - MSX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tLZbhlzcs
Play msx games online @ http://www.jamsx.com/
Cancelled NES/FAMICOM version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdgs5IVlWec

Aliens (Arcade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvvgwFbHr7Q

Alien 3 - Mega drive/Amiga/Snes/C64/Gameboy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMOdKrs8wdg - Megadrive Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ge5vZN_DiU Amiga Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPafigDOOvI&t=849s - Snes Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xarmn0gTCkg&t=529s - C64 Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNuIz7yUx_E - GameBoy Version

Alien 3 The Gun - Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htUjhFtgtEY

Aliens vs Predator Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHS2TIISUE

Aliens vs Predator - Atari Jaguar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLG8v3O_UE

Alien Trilogy - PS1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2IQrfci0I

Ultimate Doom Mod Alien Trilogy
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-the-ultimate-doom/news/alien-trilogy-ud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqjKV5wZ8U

Ultimate Doom Mod Aliens Total Conversion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5qOCCnxj88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzQPWfFIDM
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-tc

Alien Infestation - Nintendo DS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFW4fOyEjlI

Alien Neoplasma - ZX Spectrum Homebrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEE2Gxex1s

Project Firestart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UJamK45o4

Organism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sZI04RXtM

Alien Breed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZtX8Vj4s0

Alien Syndrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC0wrCI0-EI

Xenomorph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPrMz1SrAhI

Please note:- There are 2 versions of this episode; the stereo mix is done in a cinematic way to celebrate the movies.  If you, for whatever reason, require the mono version - please choose that one

For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D

In this epic sci-fi episode, Ric and Kingy awake from their retro cryo-pods aboard the RGDS Nostromo and chat about all these lovely Alien themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era, right through to the 64-bit generation. You may hear the lads wax lyrical about their favourite titles, but remember - in space, no one will hear them scream.
Games covered in this episode are:

Alien - Atari 2600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hTPqNqqJk

Alien - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6NVttxy_nI - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCw3SmAvRMs - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCtjw2-dNxc&t=286s - Amstrad

Fanmod Bugfix spectrum version - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=625&p=18783&hilit=alien#p18783

Aliens - US Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vqewOH474 - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKq1b9CzToE - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWJc0AO0Op4 - Amstrad

Aliens - EU Version - ZX Spectrum, C64 & Amstrad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_2E2BQiwHI&t=1471s - Spectrum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efolLO2zcpc - C64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4qd-9CvnlU - Amstrad

Windows fan remake of Aliens titled LV-426 (2007)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TUOqAm3SeE
https://derbian.webs.com/lv-426/

Aliens 2 - MSX
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0tLZbhlzcs
Play msx games online @ http://www.jamsx.com/
Cancelled NES/FAMICOM version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdgs5IVlWec

Aliens (Arcade)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvvgwFbHr7Q

Alien 3 - Mega drive/Amiga/Snes/C64/Gameboy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMOdKrs8wdg - Megadrive Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ge5vZN_DiU Amiga Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPafigDOOvI&t=849s - Snes Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xarmn0gTCkg&t=529s - C64 Version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNuIz7yUx_E - GameBoy Version

Alien 3 The Gun - Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htUjhFtgtEY

Aliens vs Predator Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTHS2TIISUE

Aliens vs Predator - Atari Jaguar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLG8v3O_UE

Alien Trilogy - PS1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW2IQrfci0I

Ultimate Doom Mod Alien Trilogy
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-the-ultimate-doom/news/alien-trilogy-ud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djqjKV5wZ8U

Ultimate Doom Mod Aliens Total Conversion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5qOCCnxj88
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMzQPWfFIDM
https://www.moddb.com/mods/aliens-tc

Alien Infestation - Nintendo DS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFW4fOyEjlI

Alien Neoplasma - ZX Spectrum Homebrew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZEE2Gxex1s

Project Firestart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8UJamK45o4

Organism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7sZI04RXtM

Alien Breed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZtX8Vj4s0

Alien Syndrome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC0wrCI0-EI

Xenomorph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPrMz1SrAhI

Yes, with Easter around the corner, Kingy and Drisky have decided to take you through an EGG-xellent adventure full of us poaching some of the best games and yolks through gaming past.

We cover the Dizzy series, Chuckie Egg 1 & 2, Jazz Jack Rabbit and Billy Hatcher and that's not all Yolks! we even manage to squeeze in a few honourable mentions.

So come and join us on this EGG-citing adventure and have a great Easter.

Show Notes:

Dizzy Fansite:-

http://yolkfolk.com/

Chuckie Egg Fansite (Get Chuckie Apple here):-

http://www.bagshot-row.org/chuckie-egg/

Jazz Jackrabbit on GOG:-

https://www.gog.com/game/jazz_jackrabbit_collection

Jazz Jackrabbit comic scans:-

https://www.gog.com/forum/jazz_jackrabbit/original_manual_scans_with_comics_here

35 Years ago this month, Jet Set Willy was unleashed upon the 8 bit world.  This sequel to the already popular Manic Miner still remains a fan favourite to this day.

Join Kingy and Drisky as they cover the entire series of Miner Willy games and discuss it's enduring legacy.

Show notes:-

8-bit Annual Kickstarter:-

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8bitmagazine/8-bit-annual-2019-hardback

Spectronica Album by Tufty can be found here:-

https://tufty1.bandcamp.com/album/spectronica

Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy Remakes:-

http://retrospec.sgn.net/

Your Sinclair Tipshop Tiptionary

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001347

Sam Coupe Emulator

http://www.simcoupe.org/

Jet Set Willy Lord of the Rings

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi

Jet Set Willy Megamix

http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0025421

Matthew Smith interview on Thumb Candy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ngGU4tUDLM

Central Cavern Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/groups/centralcavern/

Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner Online Community

http://jswmm.co.uk/

Manic Miner: The Lost Levels NDS

http://headsoft.com.au/index.php?category=mmll

Sir Lancelot Mobile remake

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lapigames.sirlancelotquest

Gary Arnott's icon art (Pooterman)

https://www.deviantart.com/pooterman