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| Title | Description | Published | Platforms | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Test Vol. 3 – Amiga POWER | Keith tackles a format he's barely even played to pick out some absolutely bangin' tracks. Enjoy... | 18/08/2021 | A1200, A500, A4000, A600 | Amiga, Sound Test, Music |
| Howard Scott Warshaw (Atari) | We did it! We got him! Adrian talks to the man who "destroyed" the US games market. But did he? Listen to some great tales... | 11/08/2021 | Atari 2600 | Atari, Authors, Interviews |
| Michael Latham tribute | He was a friend of ours who was also responsible for much of our childhood. Adrian rounded up some of Michael's closest friends and SEGA colleagues for this tribute... | 04/08/2021 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Master System, Mega CD, Sega CD | Tributes, Eternal Champions, Producers |
| We’re back, baby! | Oh you'd better believe it! The boys are back and here's what we've got lined up for you... | 28/07/2021 | All | Debate, Hello |
| The Craziest Consoles Part 1 – Plus a Sad Goodbye, For Now… | Adrian runs though the first part of his big list of crazy consoles. We're also taking a big break from podcasting and talk about that a bit... | 08/02/2021 | All | Debate, Goodbye |
| Murder, She Wrote – The Video Game?! | Oh there definitely was one! Rob's here to give us the details... | 01/02/2021 | PC | Point and click |
| Erik Wahlberg (SEGA/SegaSoft) – Interview | The hugely respected SEGA and EA producer worked on titles such as Virtua Fighter, Ristar, Eternal Champions, Knockout Kings. He chats to Adrian about those and everything in between... | 25/01/2021 | Mega Drive, Genesis, PlayStation | SEGA, Electronic Arts, |
| Sound Test Vol.2 – My Life in Racing Games | Keith's finally done another sound test! Hooray! This time he takes us through the racing games that he grew up with... | 18/01/2021 | All | Music, SEGA, Nintendo |
| Konstantinos Dimopoulos (Game Urbanist & Virtual Cities) – Interview | Adrian has a fascinating chat with the legendary 'game urbanist' about the varied lands of all our favourite games... | 11/01/2021 | All | Interviews |
| Our Top 25 Nintendo N64 Games | Oh yes, now it's our turn to ruin the N64, ha ha! We'ev played about 30 N64 games between us so this could have gone better... | 04/01/2021 | N64 | Nintendo, Top 25s, Debate |
| 200th Episode – AA’s 2020 Quiz | What better way to celebrate 200 episodes than by making the boys fight to the death to see who'll be AA's 2020 champion... | 28/12/2020 | All | Quiz, Debate |
| SEGA Chat – Feat. Michael Latham | We simply had to have a two-hour long discussion about our favourite ever gaming company. And joined by our bud, Eternal Champions creator Michael Latham... | 14/12/2020 | Master System, Game Gear, Genesis, Mega Drive, Mega CD, SEGA CD | Interviews, SEGA, Al Nilsen, Tom Kalinske, Michael Latham |
| Weird Gaming Peripherals Vol. 2 | Adrian comes up with another fine list of weird gaming peripherals to chew the fat over. Odd Wii strap-ons, Donkey Kong's bongos and a chainsaw all feature... | 07/12/2020 | All | Peripherals, Debate, Discussion |
| Mac Senour (SEGA) – Interview | Ex-SEGA producer Mac Senour tells us lots of stories from the company's golden era... | 30/11/2020 | Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Genesis | Interviews, SEGA |
| Adrian Wallett (Arcade Attack) – Interview | Yep, we've run out of interviewees so we're interviewing ourselves, ha ha! Just kidding! Dyl and Ade get chatting about the journey so far and where we're headed... | 23/11/2020 | All | Interviews, Journey, Milestone |
| Noah Falstein (LucasArts) – Interview | The LucasArts legend joins our Adrian for a shat about the iconic company, making Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and more... | 16/11/2020 | PC, Amiga | Films, Movies, Interviews, Indiana Jones, Spielberg |
| Weird Gaming Peripherals Vol.1 | Sound issues on this one as well but the boys have a great time discussing weird gaming peripherals. And don't worry, Adrian's researched enough for a second volume... | 09/11/2020 | All | Peripherals |
| Super Mario Brothers Super Show & The Legend of Zelda (cartoon) | Temporary sound issues aside, the boys have a lovely chat about the Mario and Zelda cartoons. Don't like it? Well, excuuuuse me, princess... | 02/11/2020 | NES, N64, SNES, Game Boy | Cartoons, Nintendo, Zelda, Mario |
| Gaming Myths Vol.3 | Here it is, our last ever Myths pod!! Noooo!! Excel's dirty little secret and a game with as much more horrifying meaning are just two of the treats in store for you... | 26/10/2020 | All | Myths, Debate, Discussion, Microsoft Office, Adult themes |
| Jon Hare & Gustav Hedenborg – Interview | The Sensi legend joins us with his Sociable Soccer colleague (and Pro Evo supremo) Gistav Hedenborg for a chat mostly about football/soccer... | 19/10/2020 | All | Interviews, Football, Sensible Software, Konami, Pro Evolution Soccer, Sociable Soccer |
| The console of a thousand names… (PC Engine) | Keith's done a LOT of research on the PC Engine and its offspring. He also reviews the lovely mini... | 12/10/2020 | PC Engine, Turbografx-16 | Hudson Soft, Mini Consoles, Discussion |
| Mortal Kombat 2 | We'll keep the MK bandwagon rolling!! Rob brings all the trivia, the team brings the shouting, all about Morrrrrtaaalllll Kombaaaaatttttt!!! Two... | 05/10/2020 | All | Mortal Kombat, Debate, Midway, Probe, Arcade |
| Alex Hall (Ben Drowned) – Interview | You know how much we love Ben Drowned. Adrian chatted to its author (and also fellow gaming nut) Alex Hall... | 28/09/2020 | N64, SNES, NES | Nintendo, Creepypasta, Interviews, Hollywood |
| Evercade review and chat about physical media | We finally get round to reviewing the Evercade and couple it with a good long chat about the merits of physical media... | 21/09/2020 | Evercade | Atari, Piko, Bitmap Bureau, Debate, Physical Media, Collecting |
| Our Top 25 SEGA Master System Games | Oh crikey. We did such a horrendous job with the Mega Drive top 25 we thought we'd try to make amends with this... | 14/09/2020 | Master System | SEGA, Discussion, Top 25s |
| Gaming Myths Vol.2 | Adrian is back with ten more gaming myths to share! Games uninstalling themselves and the Atari ET myth take centre stage... | 07/09/2020 | All | Myths, Discussion, Atari, Horror, Adult themes |
| Australian Takeover!!! | ...Since Spacies, Segamastertim and The Top Loader join Ade and Dyl for a cultural exchange... | 31/08/2020 | All | SEGA, Nintendo, Collecting, Stadia, Debate, Australia, SEGA Hotline, Bubsy |
| Michael Latham (SEGA) – Interview | The Eternal Champions crator and SEGA's 'Mr No' spills all the gossip in this marathon of goodness... | 24/08/2020 | 32X, Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear | SEGA, Michael Jackson, Eternal Champions, Sonic 2, Interviews |
| Gaming Myths Vol. 1 | Adrian brings some lovely gaming myths for him, Rob and Dyl to discuss... | 17/08/2020 | All | Myths, Discussion, Debate, Madden, Polybius, Authors |
| Faran Thomason (Atari/Nintendo/SEGA) | Yes, he really worked for all three and is a true gaming legend. Especially a treat for Jag fans... | 10/08/2020 | Jaguar, Game Boy, PC | Atari, SEGA, Nintendo, Interviews, Bubsy, Testing |
| Mortal Kombat: The Movie & MK Annihilation | You ask, we deliver! The first movie resonated with a lot of us. Its sequel did not... | 03/08/2020 | All | Movies, Films, Debate |
| Top 25 SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Games | How can one podcast get many, many things wrong? Adrian's "algorithm" and TIM! Just kidding, sort of... | 27/07/2020 | Mega Drive, Genesis | SEGA, Top 25, Banter, Debate |
| Comic history, favourite comic-based games and favourite characters | Chris has stayed with us for another podcast to chat about comic-related movies, games, heroes and villains... | 20/07/2020 | All | Comics, Movies, Heroes, Villains |
| Comic chat w/Chris McAuley (Marvel/Utomik) | Our Chris has done some wondrous things so we thought we'd get him along for a rowdy comic-based chat... | 13/07/2020 | All | Comics, Interviews, IndieDev |
| Sami Vanhatalo (Max Payne, Alan Wake) | The Remedy hotshot gave up an hour of his time to chat all things retro gaming and Sociable Soccer... | 06/07/2020 | PC, PS2, Xbox 360, Xbox, PS3 | Remedy, Interviews, Max Payne |
| Double Dragon: The Movie | It's bad (let's get that out of the way) but how bad is it? Rob brings a lot of research... | 29/06/2020 | NES, Master System, SNES, Mega Drive | Movies, Film |
| Resident Evil 3 | Yes we're more than bit late but that's what we do! Keith tackles the PS1 classic and the remake... | 22/06/2020 | PS1, PS4, Xbox One | Capcom, Resident Evil, Survival Horror |
| Streets of Rage 3, 4 & Remake | In the second of our SOR double bill we tackle 3, 4 and Remake... | 15/06/2020 | Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Mega CD, Sega CD, Genesis, PC, Switch, PS4 Xbox One | SEGA, Dotemu, Lizardcube |
| Streets of Rage 1 & 2 | In the first part of our Streets of Rage double bill we tackle the first two games... | 08/06/2020 | Mega Drive, Master System, Game Gear, Mega CD, Sega CD, Genesis | SEGA, Beat em ups |
| Eric Chahi | The Another World creator and cinematic gaming pioneer joined Adrian for a chat... | 01/06/2020 | Amiga | Interviews, Delphine Software, Cinematic Games |
| AA’s Top 25 Amiga Games | A few of you may have noticed that our Tim has been releasing vids counting down our favourite Amiga games. Spoiler alert: we chat through the whole list here! | 25/05/2020 | Amiga | Commodore, Bitmap Brothers, Bullfrog, Tim |
| Eugene Jarvis | From Defender to Robotron, Stargate to Smash TV, his work continues to entertain us to this very day. The gaming legend chats to our Adrian... | 18/05/2020 | Arcade | Atari, Raw Thrills, Pinball |
| The Nintendo Wii | Is the thing even retro? We attempt to answer this question whilst reliving our favourite Wii memoriiiies... | 11/05/2020 | Wii, Wii-U | Nintendo, Grandparents, Family Fun |
| Weird Retro Gaming Merchandise | Ever want to start collecting stamps while your bedrooms slowly fills with zombie smell? The AA boys delve into the seedy world of merch... | 04/05/2020 | All | Merchandise, Stamps, Debate |
| Mike Dailly | The Lemmings and GTA creator finally succumbed to our advances... | 27/04/2020 | Amiga, PlayStation | DMA Design, Psygnosis, GTA, Interviews |
| Half-Life 2 | You know what's coming. Arguably one of the most important FPS games ever gets the AA treatment... | 20/04/2020 | PC | Half-Life, Half-Life 3, Marc Laidlaw, Valve |
| David Doak (Rare) | Adrian has a lovely chat with Dr David Doak! David is mostly known for his work with the Rare team that created GoldenEye and Perfect Dark... | 13/04/2020 | N64, PS2 | Nintendo, Rare, Sony, GoldenEye, FPS |
| The Coviddy Bunker | The boys' first ever remote podcast sees them trapped in the 'Coviddy Bunker' but how will they survive... | 06/04/2020 | All | Coronavirus, Satire |
| Retro Devices and Mega SG Review | Dylan has a good cathart and talks about a bunch of other alternative retro consoles. We also review the Mega SG... | 30/03/2020 | Retro Trio, Retron 5, Mega SG, GPD XD | Alternate Devices, Emulation, Handhelds, FPGA |
| Mike Clarke (Psygnosis) | A lot of Psygnosis's hit titles like the WipEout and Lemmings games were given the gloss they deserved from this man... | 23/03/2020 | Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES | Lemmings, WipEout, Interviews |
| Ico | We think Adrian really likes the iconic PS2 puzzle/platformer... | 16/03/2020 | PS2 | Sony |
| Virtua Racing | Rob waxes lyrical about SEGA's arcade giant and its console ports... | 09/03/2020 | Arcade, Mega Drive, 32X | SEGA |
| Matt Pritchard | Matt Pritchard was a key cog in the Ensemble machine for the first two Age of Empire games… | 02/03/2020 | PC | Ensemble, Valve, Half-Life 3, Age of Empires |
| Sonic Movie | Half review, half spoilers, enjoy our take on the Sonic the Hedgehog movie… | 24/02/2020 | Mega Drive, Master System, Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear | SEGA, Sonic, Movies |
| Bitmap Brothers | The Bitmap Brothers is a dev house that’s well worthy of a tribute... | 17/02/2020 | Amiga, Mega Drive, PC, SNES, Master System, Game Gear | Bitmap Brothers, Music |
| Dylan's Driving Music | Dylan’s whacked together his fave retrogaming tunes to drive to… | 10/02/2020 | Amiga, SNES, Mega Drive, PlayStation, PS2 | SEGA, Rare, Gremlin, Music, Electronic Arts |
| Tim Willits | id Software veteran and Quake/DOOM supremo Tim Willits joins our Adrian for a no holds barred chat... | 03/02/2020 | PC, PS4, Xbox One | id, DOOM |
| Desert Island Diskettes | Friend of the show Andy Endean came up with a lovely idea for us to rip off popular Radio 4 segment Desert Island Discs... | 27/01/2020 | PC, Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES, Arcade, Master System | SEGA, Nintendo, Bitmap Brothers, Bullfrog |
| Walker | DMA Design’s scrolling shooter Walker is one of Adrian and Dylan’s favourite games so the former decided to tell all about this Amiga classic… | 20/01/2020 | Amiga | DMA Design, Psygnosis |
| Alex Trowers | The Bullfrog level designer on awesome games such as: Syndicate; Magic Carpet; Hi-Octane; Populous II and PowerMonger tells all... | 13/01/2020 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES | Bullfrog |
| A decade of retro gaming | We’ve decided to look backwards, at 10 years when retro gaming really staked a claim in the mainstream… | 06/01/2020 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, PlayStation, SNES, N64, NES, Master System, Jaguar | Atari, Nintendo, SEGA, Sony, Microsoft, YouTube, Podcasting |
| Max Payne | Max Payne is the outlawed cop hellbent on revenge after the murder of his family... | 30/12/2019 | Xbox, PS2, PC | Rockstar, Remedy, Scott Miller |
| Christmas 2019 | It’s Christmas, which means it’s the annual Arcade Attack Secret Santa, and another couple of music quizzes to play along with… | 23/12/2019 | Master System, Jaguar, Mega Drive, Mega CD | SEGA, Nintendo, Sony, Secret Santa |
| The Wizard and the Power Glove | We celebrate the 30th birthday of classic gaming movie The Wizard and the legendary Power Glove... | 16/12/2019 | NES | Nintendo, Movies, Peripherals |
| Rare Dreamcast Games Vol.1 | What do classic Dreamcast games Giga Wing 2, Project Justice and Cannon Spike have in common? Have a listen to find out... | 09/12/2019 | Dreamcast | SEGA, Capcom |
| David Craddock - Arcade Perfect | David Craddock is back at AA! This time to talk about his new book Arcade Perfect... | 02/12/2019 | Arcade | SEGA, Nintendo, Capcom, SNK |
| SEGA's 32X | Adrian's acquired a 32X (through somewhat "dodgy" circumstances and he's dying to tell the guys about it... | 25/11/2019 | 32X, Mega Drive | SEGA, Electronic Arts, Asda |
| Ed Fries (Microsoft) | The Microsoft legend chats about leading the team that created the first ever iteration of the Xbox and launching supreme titles like Halo… | 18/11/2019 | Xbox | Microsoft, Bungie, Halo, Word |
| Dragon's Lair and Space Ace | Rob tells us all about the brilliant/frustrating QTE games… | 11/11/2019 | PC, Amiga, Mega CD, Jaguar CD, Jaguar, Arcade | Don Bluth, SEGA, Commodore, Atari, QTE |
| The Retro Hour Podcast | Dan & Ravi from The Retro Hour Podcast join our Dyl & Adrian for a chat about their show and gaming loves… | 04/11/2019 | Jaguar, Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES | Atari, Commodore, Events, SEGA, Nintendo, Garage, Radio |
| Last ever (probably) Jag CD and Mega CD chat | Myst, QTE games and the Make My Video series take centre stage… | 28/10/2019 | Jaguar, Mega Drive, Jag CD, Mega CD, SEGA CD | SEGA, Atari, Don Bluth, Tom Zito, QTE |
| Sean Cooper | The Syndicate creator and Bullfrog legend talks to our Adrian in this week’s pod… | 21/10/2019 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES | Bullfrog, Commodore, SEGA, Nintendo |
| Tribute to Electronic Arts | It’s time to pay tribute to the Electronic Arts we fell in love with. Plus an EA game music quiz devised by our Tim… | 14/10/2019 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, PS2 | Sony, Nintendo, SEGA, Electronic Arts, EA, Trip Hawkins, Tim's Quiz |
| Stephen Sexton | Adrian chats to the poet and author of If all the World and Love Were Young, poems based around Super Mario World... | 07/10/2019 | SNES | Nintendo, Poetry, Reading |
| 3DO | When Keith asked us to guess what was in the box we were initially a bit worried… | 30/09/2019 | 3DO | Electronic Arts, EA, Trip Hawkins, Capcom, Sanyo, Goldstar |
| John Tobias (Mortal Kombat) | Adrian chats to the MK creator himself... | 23/09/2019 | Arcade, Mega Drive, SNES, Amiga, Master System, Game Boy | Probe, Midway, Mortal Kombat, Nintendo, SEGA |
| Mortal Kombat | Mortal Kombat gets the full AA treatment with some more of Rob’s lovely singing… | 16/09/2019 | Arcade, Mega Drive, SNES, Saturn | Nintendo, SEGA, Midway, Probe, Warner Bros |
| Trip Hawkins (Electronic Arts) | The founder of the company spoke to our Adrian about the good ol' days and what he thinks of EA's current corporate strategy... | 09/09/2019 | Mega Drive, SNES, 3DO, Amiga | Electronic Arts, EA |
| Syndicate | Bullfrog’s Syndicate truly put Cyberpunk on the gaming map, but how has it stood the test of time? Our Rob wants to tackle this one… | 02/09/2019 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES, Jaguar | Electronic Arts, Bullfrog |
| Stoo Cambridge (Sensible) | Adrian gets to chat with the Sensible Software legend most known for the amazing Cannon Fodder... | 26/08/2019 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES, Jaguar | Sensible Software |
| What the hell happened to Electronic Arts? | Loot boxes and the lot, it’s time we talked about the EA-lephant in the room… | 19/08/2019 | Amiga, SNES, Mega Drive, PlayStation | Electronic Arts, Loot Boxes, Current gen gaming |
| Saturday Supercade | Rob tells us the tale of Ruby Spears’ Saturday Supercade, a cartoon show based on your favourite video game characters... | 12/08/2019 | NES, 2600 | Nintendo, Atari |
| Mark Webley (Bullfrog) | Adrian spoke with him about Theme Hospital, the Fable games and what he’s doing with Two Point to list a few… | 05/08/2019 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, SNES | Bullfrog, Two Point Hospital, Lionhead Studios, Current gen gaming |
| Thrill Kill | It was pulled from the shelves by EA but why? The second episode of our Lost Games series focuses on the highly controversial 4-player beat em up… | 29/07/2019 | PlayStation | Electronic Arts, EA, Sony, Paradox, Virgin, Extreme violence |
| GoldenEye | We’ve all played it to death but why? Rob tells us why it is so special… | 22/07/2019 | N64 | Rare, Nintendo, James Bond |
| Console Legacies | What kind of legacies do consoles leave and which were the biggest for us? We also discuss which current gen consoles have likely left a mark… | 15/07/2019 | All | Legacies, Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, SEGA, Atari, Commodore |
| PS2 | PS2 – is it the greatest console of all time? It's time to pay homage... | 08/07/2019 | PlayStation, PS2 | Sony, Rockstar |
| Starr Long | Origin Systems’ Starr Long is widely recognised as one of the most influential figures in the MMO/MMORPG field... | 01/07/2019 | PC | Origin Systems |
| SEGA Master System | Lots of tales and lots of praise for perhaps SEGA’s most underrated machine… | 24/06/2019 | Master System | SEGA |
| Game Boy | We finally got together to discuss our favourite Game Boy memories… | 17/06/2019 | Game Boy | Nintendo, Disney |
| Mega Drive/Genesis Mini | The Mega Drive/Genesis Mini and its three variants have had their full lineups announced! But what do we think? Better have a listen… | 10/06/2019 | Mega Drive, Genesis | SEGA |
| Iain Lee | Iain Lee has entertained us in the UK on TV and radio for years and thankfully he loves retro gaming! It gave us an excuse to track him down for a lovely chat… | 03/06/2019 | SNES, PC, Mega Drive | Nintendo, SEGA |
| BioForge | BioForge is an often overlooked MS DOS game that utilised 3D techniques that were then used in a rather popular console... | 27/05/2019 | PC, PlayStation | Origin Systems |
| DOOM | Is DOOM the greatest FPS ever made? Adrian and Dylan attempt to discover the truth in our most downloaded podcast to date… | 20/05/2019 | PC | id software |
| Another World | Chahi’s masterpiece Another World brought cinematic gaming to the fore. We discuss its troubled development as well as its sequel Heart of the Alien… | 13/05/2019 | PC, Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES | Virgin, Delphine Software |
| Super Mario Bros. Movie | The Super Mario Bros. Movie certainly divided opinion when it was released 26 years ago. Let us reopen some old wounds in this week’s pod… | 06/05/2019 | SNES, NES | Nintendo, Movies, Film |
| Remakes & Remasters | Remakes & Remasters get a good tongue-bashing in this week’s podcast. REmake 2 leads the way but how many Shadow of the Colossi can we take… | 29/04/2019 | PlayStation, PS4, Xbox One, PS2, PC | Sony, Capcom, Remakes |
| Top Gun Games | Top Gun games weren’t all bad, were they? Dylan regrets going through most of them in this podcast… | 22/04/2019 | NES, PS2, GBA, Game Boy | Sony, Nintendo, Konami, Movies, Film |
| Tom Kalinske | Tom Kalinske, the former Sega of America CEO, is a hero of ours and this is the audio from when Dylan spoke to him a few years ago... | 15/04/2019 | Master System, Game Gear, Mega CD, Sega CD, Genesis | SEGA |
| Crazy Taxi | Crazy Taxi is so damn good!! Rob brings the discussion to the table but we’re all willing participants in this gush-fest… | 08/04/2019 | PS2, Dreamcast, Arcade | SEGA, Sony |
| Knights of the Round | So underrated it hurts, Knights of the Round was released during a glut of side scrolling beat em ups but Adrian is here to explain why it should be revisited… | 01/04/2019 | Arcade, SNES | Capcom, Nintendo |
| Amiga Sci-Fi/Cyberpunk Vol. 1 | Beneath a Steel Sky, Universe and DreamWeb are three Amiga classics that Dylan thinks are worth a remake... | 25/03/2019 | Amiga, PC | Commodore, Cyberpunk, Sci-Fi |
| Barry Leitch | To say Barry Leitch is a retro gaming music god is a bit of an understatement. Adrian managed to catch up with the legend himself… | 18/03/2019 | Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES, PC | SEGA, Gremlin, Commodore |
| The Demise of Silent Hill | Silent Hill has provided us with a lot of memories over the years but it’s seemingly come to an end. We discuss every title and document its demise… | 11/03/2019 | PlayStation, Xbox, PS2 | Konami |
| Amiga Memories | Lots of memories, facts about the hallowed machines and tips on how to get the best of your ageing Amiga today… | 04/03/2019 | Amiga | Commodore, LucasArts |
| Sound Test Vol.1 - Mega Drive Boss Music | Keith shares his favourite Mega Drive/Genesis boss themes and it is a cracker. Some you will have heard, and some you won’t… | 25/02/2019 | Mega Drive, Genesis | SEGA |
| Andreas Tadic | His expertise brought the Alien Breed games to life, Adrian caught up with Team 17’s Andreas Tadic… | 18/02/2019 | Amiga | Commodore, Team 17 |
| Rob's Amazing Game Ideas | No less than thirty amazing game ideas in the hour, for your approval (or disapproval)... | 11/02/2019 | All | Satire |
| Black Mirror's Bandersnatch | We discuss Stefan’s story with spoilers galore; the inspiration for the episode (Choose Your Own Adventure books); and the importance of being able to choose your own destiny in video games… | 04/02/2019 | Spectrum | Sinclair |
| Christian Erickson | Most of you will know as the enigmatic Lance Boyle of the epic MegaRace games and from the 2007 Hitman movie… | 28/01/2019 | PC, Mega Drive, Mega CD, Genesis | Movies, Film, FMV games, Shadow Stalkers |
| Episode 100 | For podcast 100 we have lots of quizzes to highlight how little we know about ourselves and the nonsense we come out with... | 21/01/2019 | All | Quiz, Nonsense, Ideas |
| Warcraft Adventures | Blizzard’s foray into the adventure genre with Warcraft Adventures didn’t exactly go to plan. The idea, to expand more on the Warcraft universe, was a good one. The game’s formulation was not… | 14/01/2019 | PC | Blizzard, Warcraft |
| Waffling Taylors | We caught up with The Waffling Taylors for a fun chat about Resident Evil and things sort of associated with it in our first ever 6-man podcast… | 07/01/2019 | All | Resident Evil |
| Can we be objective about our beloved games? | Can we review objectively the first ever games we played growing up, even if they were awful? I think you know the answer, but listen as we tie ourselves in knots… | 31/12/2018 | All | Childhood, Memories |
| Christmas 2018 | It’s Christmas time hooray!! That means it’s time for our “secret” Santa, where we all buy each other retro gaming goodies. We also have a quick chat about the state of retro gaming this year... | 24/12/2018 | All | Christmas, Secret Santa, State of play |
| Full Throttle | The point and click adventure Full Throttle took a completely different slant to what went before. Adrian is a big fan and he’s here to tell us all about it… | 17/12/2018 | PC | LucasArts |
| Classic Tetris World Championship | We’d never heard of the Classic Tetris World Championship before! Rob’s here to tell us all about it… | 10/12/2018 | NES, Game Boy | Nintendo, Tetris |
| What is Retro Gaming? | On the podcast’s two-year anniversary, Dylan asks the question, “What is Retro Gaming?”, whilst discussing the popularity of our little hobby and is/when is this all going to end… | 03/12/2018 | All | Memories, Future, Retro Gaming |
| Simon Phipps | Enjoy our chat with the Rick Dangerous, Wolfchild and Shadow Man (to name a few) supremo, Simon Phipps… | 26/11/2018 | Amiga | Commodore |
| Nathan McCree | Core Design’s Nathan McCree composed the music for the first three Tomb Raider games and he kindly agreed to have a chat with our Adrian about the old days and working with a certain small band called The Spice Girls… | 19/11/2018 | PlayStation | Core |
| Street Fighter Movie | It’s about time we had a chat about films based on our favourite video games. So, erm, we’ve chosen to start with Street Fighter (thanks to Rob)… | 12/11/2018 | Saturn, PlayStation | Movies, Film, Kylie Minogue |
| Mega/Sega CD and Jag CD Chat | Dylan and Adrian’s meandering chat about the Atari Jaguar CD and Sega (Mega) CD peripherals they picked up a few months ago went so well they decided to give us an update... | 05/11/2018 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Jaguar, Mega CD, Sega CD, Jaguar CD | Atari, SEGA |
| Golden Axe | Rob opens up a whole can of Golden Axe-related worms... | 29/10/2018 | Mega Drive, Arcade, Master System, Game Gear | SEGA |
| IK+ | How does a game contained in only one screen capture the hearts and minds of gamers? Let Adrian tell the tale of IK+... | 22/10/2018 | Amiga, PlayStation | Karate |
| What makes the perfect 'platformer'? | What makes the perfect platformer? We have no idea! But have a great time pretending to know what we’re talking about… | 15/10/2018 | All | Platformers, Debate |
| Dave Perry (GamesMaster/Games World) | Dave Perry literally commentated our video gaming childhood and he’s kindly stopped by to answer our many, many questions... | 08/10/2018 | All | Interviews, TV |
| Clock Tower | Clock Tower (PS1) is probably the scariest game you’ve never played. Why? Because it’s damn expensive that’s why... | 01/10/2018 | PlayStation | Horror |
| William Anderson (Virgin Games) | The chief level designer of some of Virgin Games’ biggest titles in the mid-90s including Cool Spot, Global Gladiators, The Jungle Book and Disney’s Aladdin... | 24/09/2018 | Mega Drive, Genesis | Virgin Games, Disney, Interviews |
| Rise of the Robots | Was Rise of the Robots really that bad? Dylan’s having a hard time convincing the guys… | 17/09/2018 | Mega Drive, Genesis, PC, Amiga | Bad Games, Mirage |
| David Brevik (Blizzard) | The Diablo legend joined our Adrian for a chat... | 10/09/2018 | PC | Blizzard, Diablo, Interviews |
| Grand Theft Auto | It seems unthinkable that GTA had relatively lukewarm beginnings in its PS1 debut... | 03/09/2018 | PlayStation | DMA Design, GTA |
| Bruce Shelley (Railway Tycoon) | Adrian chats with the man who created Railway Tycoon and Civilisation (with Sid Meier of course), retro gaming god, Bruce Shelley… | 27/08/2018 | PC | Civilisation, Microsoft, Interviews |
| Virtual On | Sega’s arcade classic took mech-fighting to the next level and was one of the best arcade conversions to the Saturn… | 20/08/2018 | Arcade, Saturn | SEGA, Mechs |
| Mario Kart 64 | Rob’s had a bee in his bonnet ever since Adrian pooh poohed Mario Kart 64 back in our Diddy Kong Racing pod, so here is his chance to state the case for Mario Kart 64… | 13/08/2018 | N64 | Mario Kart, Racing Games, Debate |
| Waluigi | Is Waluigi one of the greatest most underused characters in all of video gaming, or just the Luigi version of Wario… | 06/08/2018 | All Nintendo | Nintendo, Waaaaaaah |
| Sunset Riders | Red Dead Redemption 2 is incoming but why not pick up this instead... | 30/07/2018 | Arcade, SNES, Mega Drive, Genesis | Konami, SEGA, Nintendo |
| Chris Shrigley | The Electronic Arts and Gremlin supremo Chris Shrigley joined us back in 2016 for an email Q&A but we’re pleased to say he’s now agreed to this very podcast... | 23/07/2018 | All | Gremlin, Electronic Arts |
| What is Chiptune? | Dylan tries to convince Adrian and Rob Chiptune is a great thing whilst downing a few too many tinnies. This also features a review and snippets of 8 Bit Weapon’s new self-titled album… | 16/07/2018 | Game Boy, Commodore 64 | Chiptune, Music, 8 Bit Weapon |
| David Craddock (author) | He's one of our favourite retro gaming authors. We recently did an email Q&A with him about Rocket Jump and he kindly gave us some more of his time | 09/07/2018 | PC, Arcade | Books, Novelist, Interviews |
| Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) | Adrian does his best to sell the SNES classic to Rob and Dylan. Has he done enough? Better listen to find out… | 02/07/2018 | SNES | Nintendo, Link, Zelda, Zorldo |
| CD Peripherals | Adrian and Dylan have finally shelled out for their most wanted CD peripherals and they’re not happy! Just kidding! Adrian’s picked up the Jag CD, Dylan paid a bit less for his Sega CD… | 25/06/2018 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Jaguar, Mega CD, Sega CD, Jaguar CD | Atari, SEGA |
| Bret Mogilefsky | The Grim Fandango/LucasArts supremo kindly gave some of his time to drop and have a good chat with our Adrian… | 18/06/2018 | PC | LucasArts, Interviews |
| RoboCop vs Terminator | Not just a glorious Genesis/Mega Drive game, we also discuss the comic and the (ugh) SNES version... | 11/06/2018 | Mega Drive, SNES | SEGA, Nintendo, Movies, Film, Comics |
| Diddy Kong Racing (N64) | Adrian tells us how he had to choose a kart racer for his newly purchased N64 and thankfully went for Diddy Kong over a certain other kart racer which shall not be named… | 04/06/2018 | N64 | Racing Games, Debate, Mario Kart, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong |
| Tod Frye (Atari) | He’s known for his work on the Atari 2600 Pac Man and Swordquest to name but two titles… | 28/05/2018 | 2600, Arcade | Atari, Interviews |
| McDonald's Games | We take a look at those creepy and creepily good McDonald’s games in this super-sized special… | 21/05/2018 | Mega Drive, SNES, Game Boy | Fast Food, Licensed Games |
| Mega Drive Mini HYPE | This week we join the queue of people warbling on about the Mega Drive Mini recently announced. We add in a bit of chat about the PS4 MD Collection forthcoming... | 14/05/2018 | Mega Drive, Genesis | Mini Consoles, Debate |
| Recent Retro Gets | Recent Retro Gets – One member of Arcade Attack has spent quite a lot this month… | 07/05/2018 | All | Retro Gets |
| Bill Rehbock (Atari/Sony) | He was responsible for some of the biggest releases on the Atari Jaguar whilst also being the former vice president of Sony’s R&D team... | 30/04/2018 | Jaguar, PlayStation | Atari, Sony, Interviews |
| The Sega Saturn - What went wrong? | We try to find out… | 23/04/2018 | Saturn | SEGA, Bernie Stolar |
| Matthew Costello (author, DOOM 3) | Adrian chats with Matthew Costello, the scriptwriter for Trilobyte’s bestselling CD-ROM interactive dramas The 7th Guest, its sequel The 11th Hour and also the amazing Doom 3… | 16/04/2018 | PC | DOOM, Books, Interviews |
| Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis | Hal Barwood’s masterpiece gets the full AA treatment… | 09/04/2018 | PC, Amiga | LucasArts, Movies, Film |
| Game Movies - What's the point? | To mark the release of another naff looking Tomb Raider film, we get talking about what exactly is the point of turning game franchises into movies… | 02/04/2018 | All | Movies, Film, Tomb Raider |
| Chris Huelsbeck | He’s best known for his outstanding work on the Turrican games but you’ll have heard his excellent music scores in many, many other places... | 26/03/2018 | Amiga, Mega Drive, SNES | Turrican, Musicians, Interviews |
| Swordquest | Adrian talks the AA crew through the often told tale of Swordquest – i.e. Atari’s Adventure meets massive competition ($150,000 in total) in a series that was never finished… | 19/03/2018 | 2600 | Atari, Tod Frye |
| James "Purple" Hampton | The LucasArts and Atari supremo joined our Adrian for a lovely chat about the other legends he’s worked with, the Jaguar smash hit Alien Versus Predator and much much more… | 12/03/2018 | Jaguar | Atari, Movies, Film |
| Wolfenstein 3D | A legendary game and a story beautifully told by our Keith… | 05/03/2018 | PC | Apogee, Shareware |
| Tommy Tallarico (game music god) | He’s true gaming royalty and has worked on over 300 video games since the 90s which is quite frankly staggering... | 26/02/2018 | All | Music, Musicians, Interviews |
| Theme Park | Rob tells a tale of a game that gave the player far too much power. Spike the fries, refuse to build any toilets, the choice is yours as you create your own Theme Park… | 19/02/2018 | All | EA, Electronic Arts, Bullfrog Productions |
| Al Nilsen (SEGA) | What better way celebrating our 50th podcast than to interview a true retrogaming legend – SEGA marketing supremo Al Nilsen… | 12/02/2018 | Master System, Game Gear, Mega Drive, Genesis, Mega CD, Sega CD | SEGA |
| Controversial Opinions | Do we hate Mario? Does current gen gaming suck? Is Zool cooler than Sonic? We unleash our controversial opinions in this week’s pod… | 05/02/2018 | All | Debate |
| Rampage vs King of the Monsters | There can be only one winner... | 29/01/2018 | Arcade, Neo-Geo, Master System | SNK, SEGA, Rampart |
| Weird Dreams (Amiga Classics) | Adrian tells us more about this hidden gem that quite frankly we all want to have a go on now… | 22/01/2018 | Amiga | Rainbird Software |
| David Fox | The LucasArts legend David Fox joined Adrian for our first ever interview podcast… | 15/01/2018 | Amiga, PC | Interviews, Lucas Arts |
| Desert Strike | Why not kill time at work listening to our chat about Desert Strike and its ace sequel Jungle Strike with lots of opinion and trivia thrown in… | 08/01/2018 | SNES, Mega Drive, Amiga, Master System | EA, Electronic Arts, Mike Posehn |
| Devil May Cry | Needless to say, Devil May Cry brought new meaning to the word “cool”. The PS2 games (1-3) feature heavily, along with our thoughts for the future of the franchise… | 01/01/2018 | PS2 | Capcom |
| Christmas 2017 | Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all! Regardless of your faith (or lack thereof), come join in our Christmas celebrations… | 25/12/2017 | All | Secret Santa, Debate |
| Daze Before Christmas | Adrian talks about a Christmas-themed hidden gem that if you have it could fetch you more than a pretty penny... | 18/12/2017 | SNES, Mega Drive | Christmas Games, Funcom, Sunsoft |
| Our collecting habits | The AA crew go through what drives us to spend £££$$$ on games that were released over twenty years ago. There's also a competition... | 11/12/2017 | All | Collecting |
| Out Run vs Power Drift | Yup, they’re “at each other’s throats” again. Dylan is bringing Out Run, Keith is bringing Power Drift. Hear the history. Hear the facts... | 04/12/2017 | Arcade, Saturn, Mega Drive, Genesis, Master System | SEGA |
| The Simpsons Arcade Game | Konami's monster gets a mini tribute from the AA clan... | 27/11/2017 | Arcade | Konami, Novotrade, Backbone |
| NBA Jam vs White Men Can’t Jump | NBA Jam is up against the Atari-Jaguar-only White Men Can’t Jump, a game so loosely based on the film it hurts, in this week’s face-off… | 20/11/2017 | Jaguar, Arcade, Mega Drive, Genesis | Atari, Acclaim, High Voltage |
| Movies that should've had video games | Ranging from Commando to The Truman Show, the gang explain how they would have made them into retro games using 90s tech... | 13/11/2017 | All | Movies, Film |
| Road Rash (series) | Has Road Rash redeemed itself? We ask this question & look back at the highs and lows of the franchise... | 06/11/2017 | PlayStation, Mega Drive, Genesis, Mega CD, Sega CD, 3DO | Road Redemption, EA, Electronic Arts |
| Ben Drowned | Ben Drowned helped defined the Creepypasta genre and brought to life by Adrian and the Arcade Attack crew in our first ever “audiobook”… | 30/10/2017 | None | Creepypasta, Audiobook |
| Night Trap | October (4 of 5) 2017 In the first of our Halloween Specials we take a look at the landmark title Night Trap, what surrounded its initial release and what the PS4 version has to offer… | 23/10/2017 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Mega CD, Sega CD, PS4 | SEGA, Tom Zito, FMV Games, Controversy |
| Sonic Movie HYPE | Paramount have announced a Sonic game coming 2019 hooray! We chat through possible storylines and casting… | 16/10/2017 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Master System, Game Gear | SEGA, Sonic, Movies, Film |
| Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Arguably the greatest Action/Adventure game of all time, Zelda:Ocarina of Time gets the full AA treatment… | 09/10/2017 | N64 | Nintendo |
| Stallone Games | Sylvester Stallone ranks No. 2 of all-time action heroes here at AA (sorry Adrian!) so we’ve had a bit of a chat about some of his VG exploits… | 02/10/2017 | All | Movies, Film |
| Nintendo Mini Consoles | What games would you rather have on the Nintendo Minis? Check out our thoughts here… | 25/09/2017 | SNES, NES, N64 | Mini Consoles, Nintendo |
| Action 52 | Action 52 (NES compilation) is a tale worth retelling – so Adrian tells us all… | 18/09/2017 | NES | Nintendo, Vince Perri |
| Video Game Music | It’s about time we talked about retro video game music. Keith kicks us off with his favourite VGM soundtracks and what makes them special for him, finishing with a VGM quiz… | 11/09/2017 | All | Music, Debate |
| Obscure SNES Titles Vol.1 | Obscure SNES Games Pt 1 focuses on the excellent Firemen and Demon’s Crest… | 04/09/2017 | SNES | Nintendo, Rare Games, Human Entertainment, Capcom |
| Bubsy - What could possibly go wrong? | Bubsy, the world’s favourite anthropomorphic bobcat (?) takes centre stage in this week’s podcast, Bubsy 3D in particular… | 28/08/2017 | SNES, Mega Drive, Genesis, PlayStation, Jaguar | Accolade, Imagitec |
| Dino Crisis (series) | Could Dino Crisis have been bigger than Resident Evil? Dylan’s probably lost his marbles but hear a lowdown of all of the series’ high and low points… | 21/08/2017 | PlayStation | Capcom |
| We Love Katamari | We love Katamari. No seriously, we bloody love this game and pay it the credit it deserves in this podcast… | 14/08/2017 | PS2 | Sony |
| Resident Evil 2 | It’s time to pay homage to what we believe is still the best game of the franchise – Resident Evil TWO… | 07/08/2017 | PlayStation | Capcom, Resident Evil |
| Retro Gaming Bars | Booze, bars, retro gaming? Rob checks out the current fad with unexpected results… | 31/08/2017 | All | Bars |
| Half-Life/Counter Strike | It was about time we did a Half-Life/Counter Strike special episode… | 24/07/2017 | PC | Half-Life, Marc Laidlaw |
| We are Arcade Attack! | For our 20th podcast special we thought it apt to tell you all a bit about ourselves and our retro gaming backgrounds… | 17/07/2017 | All | History, Formation, Collecting |
| Black Ice/White Noise (Jaguar CD) | Adrian tells us all about the ill-fated Atari Jaguar CD and Black Ice/White Noise, a game that could have saved Atari… | 10/07/2017 | Jaguar, Jaguar CD | Lost Games, Atari |
| Daytona USA vs Sega Rally | It’s time to face-off and pay homage to two landmark racers... | 03/07/2017 | Arcade, Saturn, Dreamcast | SEGA |
| Star Fox & Dylan Cuthbert | Star Fox was a SNES sensation. Dylan talks about it and its chief creator, wunderkind (and namesake) Dylan Cuthbert… | 26/06/2017 | SNES, Game Boy | Argonaut, Nintendo |
| FIFA vs Sensible Soccer | FIFA or Sensi? We had a choice to make when we were kids, did we make the right one… | 19/06/2017 | Mega Drive, Genesis, Amiga | SEGA, Sensible Software, Jon Hare |
| It Came From the Desert | It came from the desert… Adrian tells us where’s it’s going and why… | 12/06/2017 | Amiga, PC | Cinemaware |
| Street Fight 2 Clones | We take a look at some of those SF2 “clones” that you may (or may not) have missed… | 05/06/2017 | All | Fighting Games, Debate |
| Flashback and Fade to Black | Flashback is a classic but where does its sequel Fade to Black sit with it in history? We try to find out… | 29/05/2017 | Amiga, PC, PlayStation | Delphine Software |
| Duke Nukem | Adrian’s all outta bubble gum. Duke Nukem doesn’t have any either. They both kick ass in this week’s podcast… | 22/05/2017 | PC | 3D Realms, Apogee |
| Earthworm Jim | What do you get when you cross a spacesuit with a worm? One of the best videogame characters of all-time it seems… | 15/05/2017 | Mega Drive, SNES | Interplay, Shiny Entertainment |
| Metal Gear Solid (PS1) | Hideo Kojima’s 1998 masterpiece Metal Gear Solid is a personal favourite of both Keith and Dylan, and is definitely worthy of its very own podcast… | 08/05/2017 | PlayStation | Konami |
| Day of the Tentacle & Skyline | Day of the Tentacle and our Dylan’s very own project Skyline get the AA treatment… | 17/04/2017 | PC | Indie, LucasArts |
| Zool, Saturn Gets & Ghostbusters | Zool, Japanese Saturn gets and Ghostbusters on the Master System is your trio of loveliness this fortnight… | 03/04/2017 | Amiga, Saturn, Master System | SEGA, Gremlin |
| Landstalker, Moonstone & TMNT | Landstalker, Medieval Amiga classic Moonstone, and everyone’s favourite half shell heroes – TMNT on the NES, get the AA treatment… | 20/03/2017 | Mega Drive, Amiga, NES | SEGA, Nintendo, Mindscape |
| Final Fantasy 7 | The best game of all time? Possibly… We pay homage to the EPIC Final Fantasy VII… | 06/03/2017 | PlayStation | Squaresoft, Square Enix |
| Silent Hill 2 (PS2) | Realise your darkest fears and join us in our Silent Hill 2 special… | 20/02/2017 | PS2 | Konami, Horror Games |
| Dune 2, Road Rash & Home Alone | In this podcast we take a look at Dune 2: The Battle for Arrakis (Cool!), Road Rash 1 and 2 on the Mega Drive (yeah!) and Home Alone... | 06/02/2017 | Amiga, PC, Mega Drive, Genesis | SEGA, Movies, Film, Westwood Studios |
| NES Mini, VRcade & Arcade Memories | This month we take a look at the Nintendo Classic Mini, ponder one potential future for arcade gaming, and talk about our own arcade memories... | 01/01/2017 | NES, Arcade | Nintendo, VR, SEGA |
| Christmas 2016 | The Secret of Monkey Island games, secret santa and Master of Darkness all feature in our second ever pod... | 01/12/2016 | Amiga, PC, Master System | LucasArts, SEGA, SIMS Co. |
| Podcast 1 | This month we review an early SNES beat ’em up and a Mega Drive classic, and look back at the ill-fated Atari Jaguar. Dyl reports back from the EGX Expo in Birmingham, and we look at some tasty retro gets... | 01/11/2016 | All | Retro Gets, EGX, Expos, Final Fight |