As promised, we share with you our favourite PC games from the 80s, 90s and 00s! Yes there’s a little bit of Doom, but no gloom. Sean Cooper interview: Scott Miller interview The podcast is now WEEKLY! Want to help us keep going, access our extra “Beyond the Pod” episodes and increase our AA Retro […]
80s/90s/00s PC Memories – Pt.2 The games – August (1 of 4) 2026 Read More »
It’s about time we tackled a subject we’ve managed to avoid the last ten years – PC gaming! Who else other than our James to tackle it – and this week he hits us hard with PC hardware memories from the gang and our wider community. We’ll tackle the games next week. James’ Amstrad pod:
80s/90s/00s PC Memories – Pt.1 The hardware – July (4 of 4) 2026 Read More »
Ken Rose was a programmer for both SEGA and Atari and worked on many classic titles, as well as some of the biggest unreleased games in gaming history. At SEGA he worked on Sonic Spinball, which proved to be a big hit. However, he also worked on many unreleased title such as Treasure Tails, which
The story of ‘Black ICE / White Noise’ – Ken Rose interview – July (3 of 4) 2026 Read More »
The best arcade design does not wait to teach you. A target moves. A warning flashes. A sound lands at the same moment as a hit, and your thumb understands the lesson before your mouth can explain it. That speed is not accidental. It is the old craft of making a screen readable under pressure.
How Arcade Games Teach Players to Read the Screen Without a Manual Read More »
It’s Ade’s turn to try and find some bargains with our Patreon money. He’s chosen Blockbuster Retro near our hometown of Croydon and may (or may not) have bent the rules much to Dyl’s annoyance! Chuck in a sad car boot tale and a magic trick to make your head spin, and you’ve got our
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