Living in the Retro Arcade

By Joel McLaughlin

This show covers the golden age of video games...the arcades of the 1970s, 1980s and beyond. I will talk about the arcade games themselves and the vibe of the arcade and why without it we wouldn't hav... more

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The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

Living in the Retro Arcade episodes:

January 02, 2021 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 18 - Christmas Gifts Past and 2021
Today I talk about the poll and what I got for Christmas for 2020 and the plans for 2021
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14min
December 12, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 17: 80s Man Cave Decorations
Today I talk about the decor for the ultimate 80s arcade themed man cave.
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22min
November 28, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 16: Christmas Video Game Memories
Today I talk about the two systems I remember getting on Christmas, the Atari 800 XL and the Atari 7800.

What was your Christmas video game memories? Send me a clip at [email protected]
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16min
November 21, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 15: Death and Resurgence of the Arcade
Today I talk about the death and resurgence of the arcade.
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17min
November 07, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 14: Playing Arcade Classics Today
Today I talk about 3 ways to play arcade classics:
1. Buying something new and prebuilt.
2. Building something
3. Buying the actual machine

https://arcade1up.com/
https://www.atgames.net/arcades/
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20min
October 31, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 13 - The Asteroids Series
Today I talk about Asteroids and it's sequels, Asteroids Deluxe and Blasteroids.
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20min
October 24, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 12: Atari System 1 and System 2
Today's show is a little geeky in that I talk about the boards behind the great games. Specifically, Atari System 1 and System 2 which were some of the early attempts to make it easier to develop arcade games without having to build new hardware for each and every video game.
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11min
October 17, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 11 - RoadBlasters
Today we talk about the classic RoadBlasters. Very similar to Spyhunter and very fun game!

Next week we will talk about the system behind this and many other Atari arcade games....Atari System 1 and System 2
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13min
October 10, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 10 - Spyhunter
Today I talk about the 1983 classic Spyhunter!
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11min
October 03, 2020 Living in the Shade of an 80s Arcade Episode 9 - The Arcade Game that Never Was: The Last Starfighter
Today we talk about the video game that never was in the 80s, The Last Starfighter. Thankfully you can play this game today by going to this website:

http://www.roguesynapse.com/games/last_starfighter.php
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18min

FAQs about Living in the Retro Arcade:

How many episodes does Living in the Retro Arcade have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.