🎙️ Love at First Byte Spectrum crushes, Amiga affairs, and the awkward romance of growing up digital

What do you remember falling in love with first: your gaming system… or your teenage sweetheart?

In Love at First Byte, Drisky and Kingy dust off the cassette tapes, fire up the disk drives, and confess their first proper loves – the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore Amiga. Along the way, things get uncomfortably honest as they compare late‑night loading screens to teenage dating, joystick fumbling to first kisses, and the emotional trauma of both game crashes and heartbreak.

It's a funny, warm, and gloriously nostalgic chat about:

• The moment a computer stopped being a thing and became "the one"
• Why waiting 5 minutes for a game to load felt exactly like waiting for a crush to call
• Spectrum squeaks, Amiga swagger, and fierce playground loyalty
• How our early tech obsessions shaped who we became (and possibly ruined our dating skills)

Whether you were a proud Speccy owner, an Amiga devotee, or just someone who remembers being young, awkward, and hopelessly devoted to both silicon and someone who sat two desks away in Maths, this episode is for you.

Boot up. Tune in. Fall in love all over again. 💾❤️

Music on Episode: https://youtu.be/7-GlmU2mEow old RGDS host Andre Fosters song Other Links: BoxRoom App: https://pantaloon-io.itch.io/boxroom Rohan Khar PC: https://archive.org/details/@rohankar Don't forget to check out our YouTube channel with video versions of the podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@RGDSPodcast-qw6mw

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OpenBOR (short for Open Beats of Rage) is a free, open-source game engine designed primarily for creating side-scrolling beat 'em up games — the classic style made popular by titles like Streets of Rage and Final Fight.

There are literally hundreds of homebrew games made with this and if you love a good WRAF, then this is the episode for you.

Join Kingy, Almac and Retroric as they discuss their favourite choices from the plethora of games.

Games in this Episode:

He-Man

Castlevania: Silver Night's Crusaders

Ghouls 'n' Demons

Dungeons and Dragons

Evil Dead

Nightslashers X

Show notes:

Wardner by Ric for Amiga - https://retroric.itch.io/wardneragademo

Chronocrash -

https://www.chronocrash.com

New He-Man game-

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3749580/HeMan_and_the_Masters_of_the_Universe_Dragon_Pearl_of_Destruction/

Dungeons and Dragons cartoon -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-34TlmRULR8

Whether you're nostalgic for Speccy parsers or cinematic hack‑and‑slash, this episode celebrates how Middle‑earth has evolved across generations of gaming hardware.

So, what are your favourite Tolkien games? Have you ever typed "THROW ROPE" at a troll?

Come join us on this An Unexpected Journey.

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Join Kingy and very special guests from our Discord channel: Darren, Logan and Paul. The guys wax lyrical over this often misunderstood Tomb Raider game, which deserves everyone's attention. Just as with the previous episode that we covered Tomb Raider 1 episode, a few years back, the entire episode is dedicated to this game.

Join Kingy, Garron, Almac and Turnbl as the lads discuss their opinions on their new hardware purchase - The Analogue 3D, the N64 FPGA lovely bit of kit. Is it the saviour of their dust-gathering cartridges?

Games featured on this episode:

Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Perfect Dark

Sin and Punishment

Shadows of the Empire

Mission Impossible

Waverace 64

Diddy Kong Racing

Jet Force Gemini

Drisky and Kingy come back after the extended Chrimbo break choosing six top games froms the wonderful Ant Stream collection. Don't worry if you havent got Ant Stream, its just six awesome retro game to play... Alien Holocaust 2 (A2600) Arabian Nights (Amiga) Don Doko Don (Arcade) Reshoot-R (Amiga AGA) Side Pocket (Arcade) Pirate Pete (Arcade) Notes: PC Overlay to make your games look like a CRT: https://mausimus.itch.io/shaderglass Mac Overlay to make your games look like a CRT: https://dirkwhoffmann.github.io/RetroVisor/

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Kingy is joined by Almac and Drisky as they cover the games in Newsfield's incredibly popular ZX Spectrum magazine, CRASH. CRASH at this time of year always had a bumper edition Christmas special and it is with issue 12 (Dec '84/Jan '85) that the lads celebrate the games that were reviewed.

Games featured in episode:

Astronut - Software Projects

Backpackers Guide to the Universe - Fantasy Software

Boulderdash - First Star Software

Cyclone - Vortex Software

The Fall Guy - Elite

Knight Lore - Ultimate

Lode Runner - Software Projects

New Cylon Attack - A 'n' F Software

Pole Position - Atarisoft

Potty Pigeon - Gremlin Graphics

The Runes of Zendos - Dorcas Software

Skyranger - Microsphere

Underwurlde - Ultimate

When it comes to Sega's Naomi system, it's easy to think of games like Crazy Taxi, House of the Dead, Monkey Ball, Virtua Fighter etc. And as amazing as these games are, they've been spoken about to death on many podcasts, including our own. So, most of our listeners know Drisky and Kingy by now, they like to dig a little deeper in this rich catalogue of amazing arcade games.

Games in this episode

Illmatic Envelope

Airline Pilots

The Maze of Kings

Wild Riders

Tokyo Bus Guide

The King of Route 66

Alma, King and Drisky join you for this Halloween Spooktacular, where we discuss the fantastic listener meetup in October and what it was like. We also go through all the high scores competition for the chosen games and the winners. Then, as it's Halloween, we discuss some spooky-themed games at Arcade Club, which many of you can play at home to join in the fun. So, can you beat our weekend scores? Are you planning to play any spooky games for Halloween? Come join us and enjoy the spooky festivities. Show Notes: Brentalfloss does Ghosts 'n Goblins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEuuj8EL3tE

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https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u

Games in this episode are:

Wipeout Pulse Afterburner: Black Falcon LocoRoco 2 Medievil Resurrection Burnout Legends Prinny: Can I Really be the Hero? Everybody's Golf 2 Crazy Taxi: Fare Wars

Show notes:

https://www.ppsspp.org/buygold/