347 - 2024 Arcade Club Meetup

Drisky and Garron, chat through six hidden gems on the GBA for our listeners to enjoy. Games are: Drill Dozer Ninja Cop (AKA Ninja Five-O) Iridion II Astro Boy: Omega Factor Car Battler Joe Sabre Wulf Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel with video versions of the podcast 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, watching, and liking, to help our fledgling new YouTube channel to get better known. Also please join us on Discord and chat with us and other listeners here: https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u  

Following on from the last episode about Arcade Club, the Drisky and Kingy promised to do an episode on the lovely gift they received at the meetup.  The lads go through the list of their favourite games  that were cram-packed into the hacked Game & Watch systems they received. Games on the episode: 1. Magical Puzzle Popolis  (GG) [Drisk] 2. The Castle (SG-1000) [Kingy] 3. Mole Mania (GB) [Drisk] 4. Arena (GG) [Kingy] 5. Dragonfire (Coleco) [Drisk] 6. The Heist (Coleco) [Kingy] 7. Magical Chase (PCE) [Drisk] 8. Balloon Kid (GB) [Kingy] 9. GG Aleste (GG) [Drisky] 10. Boy and His Blob (NES) [Kingy] 11. Factory Panic (GG) [Drisk] 12. Donkey Kong Jr (G&W) [Kingy] 13. Snoopy Tennis (G&W) [Drisk]   Almac's links on hacking the G&W: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZOSLUE6OfE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_6cOGCK-Ac   The New Schmoo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfyBBOgGAyQ   Killing Time Redux      

It was the annual meetup in September this year at Arcade Club. It was our best yet, with so many great friends of the show making a brilliant effort to come to the event.  We are blessed with the most excellent of listeners.  So, join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the weekend and cover 6 amazing games that stood out on this particular weekend. The games are: Motos Solar Fox Vindicators  Star Castle Zoo Keeper  Amidar Again, thank you for everyone who made the effort to come.  We shall see you all next year.    

The RGDS Team return with another celebration of the wonderful PC Engine.  Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about 6 chosen titles on this amazing console.   This episodes games: Shockman Keith Courage in the Alpha Zone Boxy Boy The Legendary Axe Victory Run Bonks Revenge   As discussed, the RGDS meetup at Arcade Club in Bury is on the 20th and 21st of September.  It's always a great event and we'd love to see our lovely listeners join us there if you can make it.  Hop into our Discord channel if you want more info.  https://discord.gg/JydxCV4x    

If you thought the guys suffered in pain from bad UK TV show licences the last time around, then you're in for a treat - Drisky and Kingy return to the dangerous world of TV to game adaptions, but this time its with all those big-budget American shows from the 80s.  We'd love to know which ones you bought.   Games featured in this episode: The Dukes of Hazzard (Spectrum & C64) Airwolf (Spectrum & C64) Miami Vice - (Spectrum & C64) The Fall Guy (Spectrum & C64) Street Hawk (Spectrum & CPC) The Addams Family (Spectrum & C64) The Munsters (Spectrum & C64) Zorro (Spectrum & C64) Blue Thunder (Spectrum & C64) V (Spectrum & C64) Knight Rider (Spectrum and C64)   Show notes: Games Drisky mentioned: Doom Enhanced  SP Grand Prix  Asphalt Legends Thank Goodness You Are Here    

Jon joins Drisky as we go through six arcade games chosen by Jon for them both to play through.

Drisky, Kingy, and Ric go through part two and the concluding part of our Amiga extravaganza where we go through our top 50 Amiga games.  This episode covers from 25 through to 01 and our number one game. If that wasn't enough we include another massive free Amiga book covering in-depth, not only all the games covered and their related games in the series. but the history of the Amiga, all the game pack-in bundles, and some of the histories of the key publishers and developers. Book 2:https://archive.org/details/rgds-amiga-top-50-games-book-two-25-01-v-1 Book 1:https://archive.org/details/rgds-amiga-top-50-games-2-v-3-book-one-50-26-7-jun The book is completely free, although if you consider a small voluntary donation on Buy Me a Coffee, for all my efforts, I would appreciate it:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheDrisk Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel with video versions of the podcast 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, watching, and liking, to help our fledgling new YouTube channel to get better known. Also please join us on Discord and chat with us and other listeners here: https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u Don't forget to subscribe and listen to part two, with our next episode covering the top 25 games and another free and even bigger Amiga book to enjoy.

Drisky, Kingy, and Ric go through part one of our Amiga extravaganza where we go through our top 50 Amiga games.  This episode covers from 50 through to 26. If that wasn't enough we include a massive free Amiga book covering in-depth, not only all the games covered and their related games in the series. but the history of the Amiga, all the game pack-in bundles, and some of the histories of the key publishers and developers. https://archive.org/details/rgds-amiga-top-50-games-2-v-3-book-one-50-26-7-jun The book is completely free, although if you consider a small voluntary donation on buy me a Coffee, for all my efforts, I would appreciate it:  https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheDrisk Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel with video versions of the podcast 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, watching, and liking, to help our fledgling new YouTube channel to get better known. Also please join us on Discord and chat with us and other listeners here: https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u Don't forget to subscribe and listen to part two, with our next episode covering the top 25 games and another free and even bigger Amiga book to enjoy.

Drisky and Kingy return to the Sony PlayStation 1 to look for more lesser-heard-of racers. The games covered in this episode are: Courier Crisis Muppets Racemania Mille Miglia Vanishing Point Wild Rapids Running Wild Peak Performance Streak: Hoverboard Racing Burning Road Tank Racer   Show notes: Innsmouth - https://bitfans.itch.io/innsmouth The Videokid - https://pixeltripstudios.itch.io/the-videokid                

Yes its another fab episode of RGDS your Retro Gaming discussion Show.  It's your host Paul Driscoll AKA Drisky and Gordon King AKA Kingy to discuss the wonderful Atari Lynx handheld console. So koin us as we go through this wonderful hand held machine. Please join us on our 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 get better known. Also please join us on Discord and chat with us and other listeners here: https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u