Retro Gaming Discussion Show

Yes its time to buckle up and take a ride with some of the other amazing lesser talked about Amiga Racing games worthy of your time.   So join Drisky and Kingy as they go on a nostalgic nitro fuelled trip through some of these amazing Amiga racers. Don't forget if you want to reach out and give your own memories and thoughts then reach out to us on our Discord channel here...  https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A This will be also where we put the show links to all items covered in our episode.

As the year comes to an end, The Drisk and Kingy sit with a beer (or two) and intersperse Arcade Hidden Gems: Vol 3 with some festive memories.  Join the lads as they go through Merry Driscoll’s choice of seldom spoken about arcade goodies.  All at RGDS would like to wish all of our listeners a Merry Christmas and a better New Year for 2021.   Show notes.   The Drisk’s YouTube channel, featuring  A-Z top 5 of arcade games   https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDrisk/videos   The RG350P retro handheld console   https://droix.net/collections/classic-gaming/products/rg350p-retro-gaming-console?gclid=Cj0KCQiA8dH-BRD_ARIsAC24umaVzq3zXpCbbtL5UryuKiLKcxzI4FW08Q74AQ4J2o596dTLbqUsW-caAiJXEALw_wcB   Games played in this episode   Fever SOS:-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3d-jIWgAk   Hammerin’ Harry:-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GP3EoxU3xk   Asterix:-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LhEovW4Uqw   Gals Panic S Extra Edition:-   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH5LVctRuuY   A.B Cop:-   https://www.youtube.com/w

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_Recoloured   Target Renegade Recoloured https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36470/ZX-Spectrum/Target_Renegade_Recoloured Pacland Recoloured https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36469/ZX-Spectrum/Pac-Land_Recoloured   Kim Justice docu - Rise of the Robots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4udiQq5gpY

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 minded people and ourselves all about Retro gaming. https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A Hope to see you soon.

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 RGDS (Retro Gaming Discussion Show) Discord channel for show notes and catching up with us and our listeners.

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-adventure-games-history-ep238/   Adventuron https://adventuron.io/   A Guide to ZX Spectrum Games book https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077RLWTKP/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1   Spectaculator https://www.spectaculator.com/   Oliver Twins Website https://www.olivertwins.com/   WOS Classic https://worldofspectrum.net/   Spectrum Computing https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/   Hey Matthew song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Jb9aTSoSc   Rise and Fall of Imagine Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hmItsUvyhM   ComCon configurable interface https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=1000070  

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=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=mayflash+f300&qid=1599387628&sr=8-1 Video Tour of Arcade Club: https://youtu.be/8o4ZcV0t_z8 Kensigton with Orbit Ring Trackball: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kensington-Orbit-Mouse-ergonomic-ambidextrous-Sapphire-Blue/dp/B002Q42S4E/ref=sr_1_3?adgrpid=52572632589&dchild=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwkdL6BRAREiwA-kiczOf8fI6HiXbb3SwGJ6YHSaeIpK_e06gDta__2ObMAib8ZPhPcgAixxoCOtEQAvD_BwE&hvadid=259043908211&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9045517&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=17016366982645344268&hvtargid=kwd-316360756243&hydadcr=24354_1753692&keywords=kensington+orbital&q

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 journey to the cave of monsters!    

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 art varies so much from region to region, don’t worry… the boys cover all this and more as they pull out the best and the worst that each gaming region has to offer.   Follow us @RGDSPodcast Music featured in this episode - Intro: Sonic 1 (NTSC and PAL) - PAL Intro: European Club Soccer (Title Theme) - NTSC-J intro: Pilotwings (Rocketbelt) - NTSC-U Intro: Mortal Kombat (MD, Title Theme) - Outro: Midnight Resistance (MD, Level 1 theme)

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 Plokhttps://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

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 - htt

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_DghKg Cyvern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfjSAM1OVvQ Asura Blade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZrICa38J9g PhotoY2K https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH4c815CznE Super Side Kicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrP_V6lrSDI      

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/gdoe0ApzPDM   Fergality https://youtu.be/HZ-xxOjBKtE   Lawsuits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Mortal_Kombat   RetroRic https://twitter.com/RetroRic79   Matt Lambourne  https://twitter.com/LamboMat