Retro Gaming Discussion Show

It's the spooky season and the lads are back for our annual Halloween Special. Yes, Count Driskula and Gorgon King are back and chat about modern homebrew ZX Spectrum games with a macabre twist.

The games covered are:-

Ghostly Capers (2023)
https://teknamic.com/product/ghostly-capers/

Bruxólico (2023)
https://amaweks.itch.io/bruxlicozx

Castlevania : The Spectral Interlude (2015)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/adventure/castlevania-spectral-interlude/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Dark Castle (2016)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/maze/dark-castle1/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Yumiko In The Haunted Mansion (2012)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/maze/yumiko-in-the-haunted-mansion/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Metamophasis (2021)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/metamorphosis/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Terrorlandia (2014)https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/platform/terrorlandia/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Maritini: Freelance Monster Slayer (2012)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/maze/maritrini-freelance-monster-slayer/qid:677436/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Nosy (2021)
https://javierfopiani.itch.io/nosy

Invasion Of The Zombie Monsters (2010)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/arcade/action/invasion-of-the-zombie-monsters/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

Tenabra Macarbre (2013)
https://majikeyric.itch.io/tenebra-macabre

Dark: The Lost Pages (2021)
https://zxart.ee/eng/software/game/the-dark-lost-pages/
[Can Play This Online or Download for Free]

ULAPLUS Spectrum games

https://sourcesolutions.itch.io/ulaplus10

Don't Forget:

https://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/- Biggest Arcade venue in Europe. Don't forget RGDS is doing a listener meet up on 13th and 14th October 2023. It's so much fun.

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Kickstarter:

From Coin-Ops to Table-Tops: The Essential Electronic Games

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tabletop-book/from-coin-ops-to-table-tops-the-essential-electronic-games?fbclid=IwAR0ufn5BaEtyzq7CxGiy31NOI3xYtShNxWxyRyYHuR7Orb53Yv9cv4FY96g

In this episode Drisky and Kingy go delving in deep to the archives of the PS2 and cover a collection of games that are lesser spoken about.

The games covered are:-

God Hand

War of the Monsters

Forsaken City

Extreme Metal Racing

Freedom Fighters

The Suffering

Maximo

Show notes

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

Chase Horizon 2

Samurai Western

This years Arcade Club meetup is on 13th/14th October at Arcade Club, Bury, near Manchester

Hello and Welcome to another episode of some fragging vicseral full on action as Drisky and Jon take you through some of the best Boomer Shooter or Neo-Retro FPS blasters around to day. So these are modern shooters but love letters to those fab gunners we grew up with in the 90's. So Hail to the King Baby and chew some bubble gun as we take you for a blast of a time.

Show Notes:

Prodeus
https://store.steampowered.com/app/964800/Prodeus/ - £19.99

Cultic: Chapter One
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1684930/CULTIC/ - £8.50 (Free Demo Available)

Ion Fury https://store.steampowered.com/app/562860/Ion_Fury/ - £20.99

Dusk https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/ - £14.99

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465510/DUSK_82_ULTIMATE_EDITION/?curator_clanid=6856383 - Dusk 82 edition DUSK '82: ULTIMATE EDITION - £5.19

Amid Evil
https://store.steampowered.com/app/673130/AMID_EVIL/ -£15.99
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1852860/AMID_EVIL__The_Black_Labyrinth/ - DLC £9.99
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2320910/AMID_EVIL_VR/ - £8.37

W40k boltgun
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2005010/Warhammer_40000_Boltgun/ - £18.99

Hon mentions

Turbo Overkill https://store.steampowered.com/app/1328350/Turbo_Overkill/

Beyond Sunset https://store.steampowered.com/app/1665260/Beyond_Sunset/?curator_clanid=41054936

Project Warlock
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1640300/Project_Warlock_II/?curator_clanid=41054936

Karm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1348760/KARM/?curator_clanid=41054936

Impaler https://store.steampowered.com/app/1573090/Impaler/?curator_clanid=41054936

Phantom Fury https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733240/Phantom_Fury/

Viscerafest https://store.steampowered.com/app/1406780/Viscerafest/?curator_clanid=41054936

Don't Forget:

https://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/ - Biggest Arcade venue in Europe. Don't forget RGDS is doing a listener meet up on 13th and 14th October 2023. It's so much fun.

Please join us on our new You Tube channel here:

https://www.youtube.com/@RGDSPodcast-qw6mw

We have loads of cool stuff already and stacks of great new content on the way, so please consider subscribing, watch and liking, to help our fledgling new You Tube channel to getbetter known.

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Hello and welcome as Drisky and Kingy talk about Hidden Arcade Gems that are on Antstream service on xbox and PC. Of cours there are many ways to play these games, but this is a great option.

Show Notes:
https://www.antstream.com/ - Antstream service if you want to knoww more.

https://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/- Biggest Arcade venue in Europe. Don't forget RGDS is doing a listener meet up on 13th and 14th October 2023. It's so much fun.


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In an age where Ocean ruled the 8-bit waves with the Hollywood blockbuster licences, other software houses secured the rights to classic British TV shows.  Many didn't have a good reputation for being very enjoyable.  Kingy and Drisky have went through the pain of these games, so our dear listeners don't need to.  Tune in as they discuss brief memories of the shows alongside the games.

The shows/games featured in this episode are:

Minder 

 Knightmare

 Benny Hill’s Madcap Chase

Grange Hill 

Bangers and Mash 

Thunderbirds (Grandslam)

Monty Pythons Flying Circus

Auf Wiedersehen Pet 

The Young Ones 

Yes Prime Minister

Spitting Image 

Eastenders

Super Gran

Run The Gauntlet

Dalek Attack

Allo Allo

 

Hello and welcome as Drisky and Kingy talk about some of the later arcade racers, in the ultimate modern racing collection.  Also we include a section were we talk to Twitch gamer, MAGGS who tells us all about the gaming event at Arcade Club Bury on the 16th August 2023.

Show Notes:
https://timelessgaming.co.uk/  - Retro event on 16th Aug

https://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/ - Biggest Arcade venue in Europe.  Don't forget RGDS is doing a listener meet up on 13th and 14th October 2023.  It's so much fun.

https://teknogods.github.io/ - The emulator to play the games we cover in the home.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.naver.labs.translator&hl=en&gl=US - Japanese translator app where you can take a photo and will translate Japanese to English.  So useful for playing Retro games.

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The games covered:
H2Overdrive - https://youtu.be/a9ebSUc06bI
Dirty Drivin
Initial D stage 8 infinity
Outrun 2 SDX - https://youtu.be/qN_r0BUhGiY
Radical Bikers
Sega Race TV
Sega Rally 3
Storm Racer G
Supercars 
Super Bikes 2
Wagan max tune 6
Wacky races
Dead Heat

Hon Mentions:
Rise : Race for the Future - https://youtu.be/bjCY4VJ0aFs
Riptide GP : Renegade  - https://youtu.be/LMBAWz1fvhg
80's Overdrive -
Slipstream - 

In part three of the Gremlin story Drisky and Kingy discuss the later years of Gremlin, covering the PC, PS1, Saturn and N64 era, up until when Gremlin was bought by Infogrames and became Infogrames Sheffield.

So come join us as we go through these amazing games

1. slipstream 5000 
2. whiplash
3. Actua Soccer
4.Loaded
5. Normality
6. Actua Golf
7. Reloaded
8. hardcore 4x4
9.Realms of the Haunting
10. N2O
11.Motorhead
12 Body Harvest post Gremlin

Hon mentions:
13 Wacky Races
14 Hogs of War 
15 Soul Bringer

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Drisky & Jon chat all about some of the great DOS platform games out there.


Dfend Reloaded (DOS Box Front End): https://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Download.html

Games Covered:

Commander Keen: https://www.gog.com/en/game/commander_keen_complete_pack - £2.99

Duke 1 and 2 : Can't buy officially today… So Dfend Reloaded and Abandonware sites your only friend sadly.

Alien Carnage: https://3drealms.com/catalog/alien-carnage_48/ - FREE

Monster Bash: https://www.gog.com/en/game/monster_bash - £4.99 - 49p right now 90% off https://www.gog.com/en/game/monster_bash_hd - £7.19 - £2.89 right now

Jazz Jack Rabbit: https://www.gog.com/en/game/jazz_jackrabbit_collection -£1.99 80% at moment
Jazz Comic Scan http://www.zerker.ca/home/files/Jazz.pdf

 

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EPISODE 321

GOIN’ ROUND ME MATE'S HOUSE

(MEGA DRIVE EDITION)

In this episode of the RGDS podcast with the idea of Goin' Round Me Mate's House, Ric takes Kingy on a trip down Mega Drive Alley as he introduces Kingy to some lesser-known gems that he may have missed out on in attempt to peel Kingy away from his SNES loving ways. 

GAMES

ADVENTURES OF BATMAN & ROBIN [1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR0MWpOK1RU

ALISIA DRAGOON [1992]

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

BAD OMEN/DEVILISH [1992]

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

COMIX ZONE [1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS-F0UFezFA

CONTRA HARD CORPS (JPN) [1994]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6vDhKpjzpI

DYNAMITE HEADDY (JPN) [1995]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPdzvGn7SSw

ELEMENTAL MASTER  [1990]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmwIKpO8OtM

GLEY LANCER [1992]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlaP-7SIHz0

SHINOBI III [1993]

In this episode, Drisky and Kingy cover a truckload of games from the amazing software house, Gremlin Graphics.  This is episode 1 of a 3-part series, with this one covering the 16-bit era.

Show Notes

 

Bruxólico (ZX Spectrum):

https://amaweks.itch.io/bruxlicozx?fbclid=IwAR2s7RxLKDlqScVbRzr5j-nyUgnX1z9VDXrf7SMFWVHuAh-vFS6T-2D6d0s

 

Amiga Event by Ravi of The Retro Hour:

https://www.amigashow.com/

 

 

Totally free James Bond Book:

https://youtu.be/a3bZ8dTWkvA

links to book in the You Tube vid description.

Game shoutouts:

Arietta of Spirits
Blossom Tales (Steam)
Kaze The Wild Mask
Eight Dragons
Tamuki Justice
Sega Picross
Blast Brigade Vs Evil of Dr Creed
Ni No Kuni
Spy Who Shot Me

Debug Magazine
https://www.teamdebug.com/magazine

Gremlin Games:

Switchblade
https://www.simonphipps.com/games/

Turbo Lotus Esprit
Super Cars
Venus The Fly Trap
Hero Quest
Lotus 2
Pegasus
Super Cars 2
Utopia
Harlequin
Lotus 3
Cannonball Outrunhttps://github.com/djyt/cannonball

Nigel Mansells World Championship
Rik Mayall TV Ad for game: https://youtu.be/e7_2zoE4GkU

Space Crusade
VideoKid
Top Gear
Horizon Chase Turbo

Zool
Zool Redemensioned

Zool 2
Top Gear 2
Top Gear 3000