RcadeRadio

In this episode of the RcadeRadio podcast, we interview a true legend in the arcade community: Mr. Walter Day. Walter waxes poetic about his many escapades in the arcade community, his visits to India, and foray into Transcendentalism. He also contributes to our “Back to the ‘Cade” segment and answers our regular caller Bob Zarzadeck's very unique question. Listen in to this totally rad episode with a cameo by the Legendary Brian Kuh. - Original Air Date: 04.13.17

In this episode we interview Randy Donahue formerly of Bally Entertainment. A Roving Manager for Bally’s LeMan’s Arcade and Aladdin’s Castle Arcades, he shares the challenges of going store to store and improving its performance from 1984-1992. Listen in and hear some very interesting stories about what kids and employees tried to get away with as well as Randy’s fondness for the industry. The chat was extremely active in this episode and there is a lot of audience participation! Dan Reed is out on this episode but Bob Zarzadeck calls with a special request of our guest… Enjoy this episode of RcadeRadio which originally aired: 03.20.2017

This episode of the RcadeRadio show features a recap of the MN State Lottery/MOA event which occurred on 3.25.17.  “Video Game Player of the Century”, Billy Mitchell, was featured and demonstrated some tips and tricks to obtaining the "Perfect Pac-Man" score. We talk about our experience at the event and share insights on the real Billy Mitchell and his family of Arcade All-Stars. - Original Air Date: 03.29.17

World champion Nibbler player Tim McVey and his wife Tina are our guest hosts on this very funny episode of RcadeRadio! We talk to Tim and Tina about their experience in making the documentary MAN VS SNAKE - The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler and generally just have some fun talking about arcade related stuff. Bob Zarzadek makes another call to the voice mail and the secrets of the talisman are revealed! - Original Air Date 03.16.17

Dan Loosen, founder of the Midwest Gaming Classic and co-founder of GOAT Store, is the guest host on RcadeRadio for this episode which originally aired March 2nd, 2017 at 8:15pm CST on our YouTube channel! Along with business partner, Gary Heil, Dan runs the premiere midwest arcade, pinball, console, and gaming convention: Midwest Gaming Classic. He tells some great stories about past guests like Ben Heck and Eugene Jarvis. He also talks about upcoming guests for this year's MGC. Have a listen! - Original Air Date: 03.02.17

We interview programmer and entrepreneur extraordinaire: Jim Stolis. Jim is the creator of the board game Prospectica, founder of Stolistic Games, co-founder of Hunt Geek, and one of the stakeholders who maintains the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME) project! - Original Air Date: 2-16-17

RcadeRadio is honored to have had Todd Tucky of TNT Amusements on the show! Todd began a Video Game route in 1979, installing games in stores in the Philadelphia area. He also worked full-time at Temple University Student Activities Center where he ran 2 game rooms and the movie theater! In 1984, the Arcade Video boom was over and he had dozens of games with nowhere to sell or place them. But wait! There’s more! He tells a story about when he ACTUALLY got into selling games and it goes way back to the early 70s! Todd is a film buff, film collector, and has produced over 1200 videos on YouTube. He shares stories (and links), talks about some rare arcade titles he’s owned, and his cabaret arcade collection. Have a listen to the extended show! - Original Air Date 02.01.17

This week we "Add-a-ball" with guest host, pinball enthusiast, and restoration guru Jason Heiser. He talks about his EM Pinball collection, fills us in on some Pinball history and talks about the challenges of collecting Pinball today. This week we also add a new segment to the show called "Back to the 'Cade with TimeRunner!" Original Air Date: 1.19.2017

Join us this for the first show of 2017! Our first guest of the year is St. Louis native and arcade collector: Jenn May! She’s a prominent force for good in the Midwest Pinball and Arcade Collectors group and has her own page located at https://www.facebook.com/groups/625643510933939/. We discuss how she landed in the hobby, why she has so many connections, and numerous other topics related to arcade collecting. In addition to being our first guest, she’ll is our first female host featured on the show! - Original Air Date 01.05.2017

Joe Leis is our guest on @RcadeRadio! Who is Joe Leis, you say? For about 40 years Joe has been active in the arcade community. Fresh out of the Air Force, he enrolled at Brown College for electrical engineering. His experience in electronics landed him in the arcade industry. Semi-retired from the arcade scene, he is one of the remaining engineers/operators from the Golden Age that still services routes and makes house calls for jukebox and arcade repair. We’ll talk to him about his extensive experience in the arcade industry. Original air date 12.22.16