Dan from ace retro gaming content creators (and fellow podcasters) SEGAGuys joins Dyl and Keith to discuss the five games he’s have to kill time while stranded on a desert island. I know what you’re thinking, there’s bound to be five Nintendo choices, right? Right??! Grab SEGAGuys on YouTube or the podcatcher of your choice […]
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For the next instalment of AA retro hunters, James travelled a helluva long way to Caterham in… Surrey? What? Okay… That Retro Place takes centre stage as James spends the princely sum of £16 on the MEGA DRIVE (or GENESIS, not MASTER SYSTEM) versions of Speedball 2 and Super Thunderblade. The vid he made in
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I didn’t arrange anything special for our 350th pod so you’ll have to make do with us talking about the Mario, Sonic and Street Fighter movies in great depth… Just kidding! This podcast is a 60-minute face-off to see who’s the movie royalty and who should just stick to video games. FIGHT! The podcast is
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Arcades were never just rooms full of cabinets. They were social engines. You learned by watching the kid who could clear a stage, found favorites when a crowd formed, and joined the culture before playing. Discord has not recreated that perfectly. It has moved the gathering instinct somewhere faster. Gaming communities are now part of
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What happens when you rebuild an arcade shooter with no graphics at all? In 2026, that question has an answer. And it is only the start of how strange retro gaming has become. Battle For Asciion Turns Arcade Shooting Into Pure Text Battle for Asciion follows the blueprint of Gradius and R-Type. It includes scrolling
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