We have made it through to 300 episodes. The RGDS team would like to thank all you lovely listeners out there - without you, we would have never reached this landmark episode. Join Kingy, Drisky, Garron, Ric and Aaron as they catch up, go over favourite past episodes and choose some hidden gem games. Show notes: Deadlock's RGDS companion book https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NJX4RuprqvauSqQyCU767Qxw4XuQGndJ/view Extra Life Arcabe Club Event https://facebook.com/events/s/extra-life-24-hour-charit...
Mar 30, 2022•2 hr 12 min
For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D In this super sci-fi episode Ric and Kingy are dropped deep into the Central American jungle to chat about all these weird and quirky Predator themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era right through to the early 2000's PC games. Games covered in this episode are: PREDATOR (1987) ZX Spectrum - Predator Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum - YouTube Commodore 64 - Predator Longplay (C64) [50 FPS...
Mar 06, 2022•2 hr 31 min
In this episode, Kingy is joined by 2 of the creators of Melkhior's Mansion - Rich Jordan and Craig Stevenson. This project took 3 and a half years to complete and is a brilliant homage to the Ultimate Play the Game ZX Spectrum Classic, Atic Atac. Show Notes: Ger Melkhior's Mansion here: https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-mansion Rich's Remakes can be found at https://retrospec.sgn.net/index.php Craig's ZX Art: https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/c/craig-stevenson/...
Feb 03, 2022•1 hr 17 min
Join Kingy and Jon as they celebrate the popular series of Wonder Boy games from Sega. From its humble platform origins, through to its RPG/Metroidvania endgame, there is no denying this great series went through an evolution of styles. Show notes: Blasphemous game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/774361/Blasphemous/
Jan 22, 2022•1 hr 6 min
It is with sad news that we hear of the passing of the great and influential American Football icon, John Madden. Please join Matt Aguilera and Matt Lambourne with our RGDS tribute to this legend.
Dec 31, 2021•45 min
Join the RGDS festive mood with Kingy and Drisky as they cover 12 Christmassy-themed ZX Spectrum games. It's time to blow the dust off your rubber keyboard and get your kids involved in the 8-bit Christmas spirit. Games covered are: Frantic Pengo : https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36581/ZX-Spectrum/Frantic_Pengo Chrimblast: https://www.jungsi.de/chrimblast-sinclair-zx-spectrum/ Zombos Christmas Capers : https://malcolmkirk.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-unofficial-zombos-christmas-capers.html?m=1...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Join Matt Aguilera in his first interview of a retro God for the first time in a few years. It's an honour to have Gold2th gaming, a YouTuber with old school comedy vibes with a touch of Tupac and a sprinkle of music parodies guaranteed. The discussion is all about Gold2th's current retro gaming pickup obsession and his unique story telling technique You can find Gold2th's channel here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMyT7zNoO-GiWw_FU2C2F9A/featured...
Dec 02, 2021•1 hr 22 min
October 15th/16th 2021 saw the team make their pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury. They were joined by a host of friends and had a great weekend playing games and chatting away. Tune in to hear all about it - including listener contributions. Show notes Z-Exemplar Episode https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/lets-play-z-exemplar RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u...
Nov 05, 2021•2 hr 6 min
Kingy and Ric return to the beat-em-up genre and follow on from the last episode. This time round, the lads cover much more lesser known games in this amazing genre. Games covered: Growl - 1990 - Taito Violent Storm - 1993 - Konami Night Slashers - 1993 - Data East Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - 1993 - Capcom The Ninja Warriors - 1994 - Titus Shin Nekketsu Kouha: Kunio-Tachi no Banka - 1994 - Technos Sengoku 3 - 2001 - SNK Viewtiful Joe - 2003 - Capcom Show Notes:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ7...
Sep 26, 2021•1 hr 52 min
Join Matt and Drisky as they go through some classic games featuring the music of the music wonder Yuzo Koshiro. Pre Show Chat: Zool ReDimensioned Quake Remaster Amiga Mini RGDS Listener Meetup on 16th Oct at Arcade Club in Bury Games Covered: Revenge of Shinobi (Mega Drive): GamePlay: Link Soundtrack: Link Act Raiser (SNES): GamePlay: Link Soundtrack: Link Streets Of Rage / Bare Knuckles (Mega Drive): Gameplay: Link Soundtrack: Link Streets of Rage - Title Music - Link Soul to Soul - Get a Life...
Aug 27, 2021•2 hr 34 min
Remember those days when gaming compilations were something to be excited about. Well, with the help of our listeners, Drisky and Kingy discuss the most popular gaming boxsets of this bygone era. Notes - Little Book of Soundchips https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/the-little-book-of-sound-chips-vol1?variant=39368939765854 https://c64audio.com/collections/books/the-little-book-of-sound-chips...
Aug 13, 2021•2 hr 25 min
Welcome to another fantastic episode were we look at the often maligned and derided in it short life. But for RGDS towers we love the console, seeing it as a vanguard into CD gaming and showing the art of the possible, with some fantastic and eclectic titles that never found life anywhere else. So come and join Matt L, Matt A and The Drisk as we discuss through some of our fondly remembered games and console memories. https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A...
Jul 16, 2021•2 hr 28 min
Join hosts Kingy and The Drisk as they go over some real classic Spectrum games with their compiled RGDS 6-Pak. Games in this episode are: Fantastic Voyage Software Star Gunfright Dynamite Dan 2 Cobra Dan Dare 2 Show notes:- Papers Please game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/239030/Papers_Please/ Retro Virtual Machine - https://www.retrovirtualmachine.org/en/...
Jun 26, 2021•1 hr 33 min
Join Garron and Drisky as they go through some classic Gameboy games. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A
Jun 03, 2021•2 hr 29 min
Summer is here, and in celebration of that Kingy, Drisky and Garron reminisce over the fine balance of gaming vs holidays in this anecdote driven episode. Whether it was a holiday in the UK, or one in foreign shores, the lads were sure to still get their gaming fix.
May 16, 2021•1 hr 41 min
Join Kingy and Drisky as they go through some more arcade Hidden gems you need to play. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. Games featured in this episode:- Bongo - Jetsoft Boogie Wings - Data East Ninja Baseball Batman - Irem FAST LANE - Konami Puzzle Action Tant R - Sega SHUUZ - Atari RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A Show Note: Memory Engine - By Gary Walkden book...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 34 min
In this episode Ric and Kingy cover some of their favourite games on the Atari 8-bit systems, and in particular, the 800XL. Show notes - Street Fighter 2 Documentary https://sf2doc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0hfHUXbL5rWpwWl0TBA-ut0tmSuH-ulkkDE2eiuVF6myyy7BYcQbCX77E 8-bit memories episode https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/257-8-bit-memories Goonies remake https://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=810&l=en&sec=remakes Altirra emulator http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html...
Apr 02, 2021•2 hr 53 min
Come and join Kingy and Drisky as they burn some rubber and play some of PlayStation racers less talked about today. Amazing PS1 emulator called DuckStation: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A
Mar 20, 2021•2 hr 5 min
In our latest episode of RGDS, Ric and Kingy cover Retro Remakes. The chosen list covers a host of re-imaginings of classic 8-bit era games. They all have been given some polish to bring them up to date with the modern age (and that’s just the show hosts). Remakes featured in this episode: Manic Miner http://retrospec.sgn.net/game/mm The Pyramid https://archive.org/details/The_Pyramid Klass of 99 http://retrospec.sgn.net/game/ko99 Empire Strikes Back https://archive.org/details/1EmpireStrikesBac...
Feb 26, 2021•2 hr 45 min
¡Ay, caramba! the RGDS boys have a new podcase out and this time looking at some of the best (and worst) Simpson and Futurama video games ever released. So come join us as we go through some of these classic video games. 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....
Feb 13, 2021•2 hr 21 min
Join Drisky and Kingy as they take you through six of our favourite game on the ill-fated Mega CD or Sega CD. So come join us as we take you through these amazing games.
Jan 24, 2021•1 hr 55 min
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....
Jan 10, 2021•2 hr 9 min
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 ht...
Dec 14, 2020•2 hr 20 min
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_Rene...
Nov 20, 2020•2 hr 7 min
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.
Nov 06, 2020•2 hr 3 min
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....
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 54 min
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 list...
Oct 09, 2020•2 hr 18 min
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.am...
Sep 26, 2020•3 hr 19 min
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: ht...
Sep 06, 2020•2 hr 14 min
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!
Aug 16, 2020•2 hr 25 min
