Insert tape, rewind to start, press play and listen to our special guest, Rob Caporetto, give a master class in all things Acorn and the BBC Micro! Listen carefully, as we assure you that you’ll learn something new – we definitely did!
The honor of selecting the publisher of choice went to our special guest, with Rob opting for a left-field publisher Synapse Software. After much deliberation about this obscure software house, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that Synapse created a fair number of games that we actually enjoyed playing on our beloved 8-bit micros, and it seems you agreed with us by giving us your top Synapse games in our social media discussion. 
Listen to episode 11 now, we guarantee your ears will thank you!Outro track for this episode: Spellbinder - The Weevil Remix Where else can you find us?Listen to the ‘Press Play On Tape Podcast’: http://pressplayontape.podbean.com/Web: http://www.retrodomination.com & http://www.ausretrogamer.com/

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It's the age of Aquarius! Episode 36 flies into town with the team chatting to Sean Harrington about the Mattel Aquarius, that curious little Z80-based computer from the house of Barbie. We talk creating new mods for the computer, a bit about it, as well as take a look into Sean's history with the system, Star Wars & more! 
This episode's news:

SMB on the ZX Speccy - https://events.retroscene.org/cafe2019/gamecompo/2217
Sonic GX - Sonic for the Amstrad CPC+/GX4000 - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/announcing-sonic-gx-a-new-episode-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-for-amstrad-gx-4000/
Fastloaders "Amiga Rocks" album funded - can pre-order though https://c64audio.com/products/amiga-rocks-fastloaders-a-triple-cd-of-amiga-game-remixes-pre-order
Sean's Mattel Aquarius Composite mod board on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquarius-Computer-Composite-Video-Out-Adapter-Board-/223672642110 

Some of the games mentioned:

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Choplifter (on many, many platforms)
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Aquarius)
Utopia (Aquarius)
Astrosmash (Aquarius, but also Tony's "Let's make a retro game" series on YouTube)

The two Aquarius Emulators referred to are "Virtual Aquarius" and "AqEmu", both of which can be found here - https://www.zophar.net/aquarius.html 
You can say hi to Sean on Twitter @1stage or visit the Aquarius Community on Facebook!
Tony's webpage for his programming & games is www.electricadventures.net, along with his YouTube channel of the same name

Episode 36: The Age of Aquarius

This episode we're joined by Cameron B as Tony goes back before the MSX to take us on a Spectravideo 318 & 328 master class! In addition we debrief a bit more from PAX Australia, check out what games we've been playing and talk over some news items that caught our eye. All this and more!
This episode's news:

Vampire Standalone has been released - http://apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=1¬e=23461
PatrikRetroTech Spectravideo 3.5mm audio adapter - https://www.facebook.com/patriksretrotech/posts/2467907583287198
Pinball Dreams Amstrad CPC - https://twitter.com/BATMAN_GROUP/status/1179130726710730752

Some of the games mentioned:

Pyxidis 
Meteor Swarm
Munch Mania
Cavern Fighter
Sydney Hunter and The Caverns of Death 
The Outer Worlds (ok, not "retro" but it's still amazing!)
The Orange Box (and another not so "retro" title...)

You can say hi to Cameron over on Twitter @octamed
Tony's webpage for his programming & games is www.electricadventures.net, along with his YouTube channel of the same name!

Episode 35: A Spectravideo 318 & 328 master class

Coming to you from the PAX show floor, it's Episode 34! This time we're joined by Tired Parent Mat Kapin, and Arcade Perfect's Dazza to plan some new vintage game inspired movies, remakes we'd like to see and more! An extra special thanks to Audio Technica for letting us use their recording booth at PAX once more.
Some of the games mentioned this episode:

Untitled Goose Game
The Vigilante Proclivities of the Longspur (that's the point & click adventure game Mat mentioned!)
Mrs Mop
IK+
Deviants
Zamzara
Hero II
PSI-5 Trading Company
Paradroid
Body Blows

The Tired Parents can be found over at https://twitch.tv/tiredparents or Mat is on Twitter as @KapinKong
Daz and the Arcade Perfect Podcast can be found at https://arcadeperfectau.podbean.com/
Damian's gaming and arcade restoration blog is at https://tehkella.net/retro

Episode 34: Decathlon on the Kitchen bench

With thanks to Audio-Technica, here's episode 33 of the Press Play on Tape podcast recorded live from the  Expo Hall floor back at PAX Australia 2018! This episode Aaron is joined by Marc from the Game the System Podcast to talk up how to start keeping up with the Commodore 64 (as if you aren't already!). Tips on finding hardware, games to look at and other ways to get involved with the community behind one of the world's best loved home computers.
 
If you'd love to hear more of Marc and the GTS crew, they're found at http://gamethesystem.co/ or in all major podcast apps!
 
Where can you find us?

Visit us at https://ppot.audio to find links to this show, as well as all our older episodes
You can find us on iTunes by searching for Press Play on Tape Podcast – we’d love it if you gave us a review while you’re there!
We can be found on Facebook by searching for Press Play on Tape podcast, and on Twitter @PPOT_Podcast
Tony has his game reviews, pickups and more over on the Electric Adventures YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/electricadventures
You can read up on some of Damian's restoration projects here - http://www.tehkella.net/retro/
Outro track - Roland's Rat Race main theme (C64)

 Intro theme "Exolon Remix" by Ash Read and Nicholas Jones used with permission

Episode 33: Training to keep up with the Commodore - featuring Marc from Game the System

Come in Vic Viper, we've got a mission for you! Pilot your way through some of the PPOT team's favourite shoot'em ups from across a wide range of platforms, and report back. Only you can complete this mission - Do not fail us!
Episode 32 is GO!
Where can you find us?

Visit us at https://ppot.audio to find links to this show, as well as all our older episodes
You can find us on iTunes by searching for Press Play on Tape Podcast – we’d love it if you gave us a review while you’re there!
We can be found on Facebook by searching for Press Play on Tape podcast, and on Twitter @PPOT_Podcast
Tony has his game reviews, pickups and more over on the Electric Adventures YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/electricadventures
You can read up on some of Damian's restoration projects here - http://www.tehkella.net/retro/

 Intro theme "Exolon Remix" by Ash Read and Nicholas Jones used with permission

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