By The RGDS Team
The Retro Gaming Discussion Show.
In celebration of Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story being released, Drisky and Kingy go through some of the best Jeff Minter and Llamasoft's best games. There is a real voyage of discovery here, so join us as we play through...
In the first of a brand new series of episodes, RGDS celebrates the love for lesser spoken about home micros and the wonderful games that were released for them. In this episode, Ric and Kingy discuss the Atari 8-bit family...
We are in the bag with the second half of our gargantuan Your Sinclair Top 100. In this episode Drisky and Kingy countdown from 50 to 1. The games covered in this episode are:- 50...
Your Sinclair was one of the "Big 3" Spectrum magazines, alongside CRASH and Sinclair User. It was considered to be more humourous and zany than its contemporaries. Its final issue was in September 1993, which was an incredible run,...
Ric and Drisky, go through 6 Amiga game recommendations by Drisk of Amiga games to try. Will Ric like them enough to use his blank floppy disks to X-Copy Dat Floppy? Show Links: Final Fight Hack: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3582/ Workbench Classic:https://classicwb.abime.net/ Aminimiga:...
Garron, Ric, Drisky and Kingy, put on our paper hats and get into the Christmas spirit, with the RGDS Christmas Special. Where chat about all things Christmas, both past, present and future. Show Notes: Open Discussion: Analogue Pocket: https://youtu.be/VvWxnWdgvbU?si=baATeRQjtucE_dIh Analogue...
Kingy and Drisky, go through 6 PS1 2D Platform Classics. Show Notes: Taito Egret Mini : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Taito-EGRET-%E2%85%A1-mini-Limited/dp/B0B6HZ47HF/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=taito+egret+2+mini&qid;=1701366345&sr;=8-1-spons&sp;_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc;=1 Taito Flashware : https://www.taito.co.jp/en/egret2mini/support/update Rubber Key Wonder Spectrum Doc: https://www.graciousfilms.com/pages/the-rubber-keyed-wonder-film Crash, ZZap 64and Amitrax: https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/crash-micro-action-issue-15-crash-magazine?variant=39991673454686 FPS: First Person Documentary: https://fpsdoc.com/password Letter V...
Ric and Drisky, go through 6 Amiga game recommendations by Ric of Amiga games to try. Will Drisky like them enough to use his blank floppy disks to X-Copy Dat Floppy? Show Links: Weird Dreams: Magazine...
The boys sail the high seas and chat all about gaming piracy and the many retro memories Show Links: Commercial Breaks Doc (Rise & Fall of Imagine): https://youtu.be/ZoDh61sgCOg Wardner : Pete Hahn https://youtu.be/pOo9PzTl8U4?si=CoGz7... Retro Hour Podcast : Fairlight...
It's the spooky season and the lads are back for our annual Halloween Special. Yes, Count Driskula and Gorgon King are back and chat about modern homebrew ZX Spectrum games with a macabre twist. The games covered are:- ...
In this episode Drisky and Kingy go delving in deep to the archives of the PS2 and cover a collection of games that are lesser spoken about. The games covered are:- God Hand War of the Monsters Forsaken City Extreme...
Hello and Welcome to another episode of some fragging vicseral full on action as Drisky and Jon take you through some of the best Boomer Shooter or Neo-Retro FPS blasters around to day. So these are modern shooters but love...
Hello and welcome as Drisky and Kingy talk about Hidden Arcade Gems that are on Antstream service on xbox and PC. Of cours there are many ways to play these games, but this is a great option. Show Notes:...
In an age where Ocean ruled the 8-bit waves with the Hollywood blockbuster licences, other software houses secured the rights to classic British TV shows. Many didn't have a good reputation for being very enjoyable. Kingy and Drisky have went...
Hello and welcome as Drisky and Kingy talk about some of the later arcade racers, in the ultimate modern racing collection. Also we include a section were we talk to Twitch gamer, MAGGS who tells us all about the gaming...
In part three of the Gremlin story Drisky and Kingy discuss the later years of Gremlin, covering the PC, PS1, Saturn and N64 era, up until when Gremlin was bought by Infogrames and became Infogrames Sheffield. So come join...
Drisky & Jon chat all about some of the great DOS platform games out there. Dfend Reloaded (DOS Box Front End): https://dfendreloaded.sourceforge.net/Download.html Games Covered: Commander Keen: https://www.gog.com/en/game/commander_keen_complete_pack - £2.99 Duke 1 and 2 : Can't buy officially...
EPISODE 321 GOIN’ ROUND ME MATE'S HOUSE (MEGA DRIVE EDITION) In this episode of the RGDS podcast with the idea of Goin' Round Me Mate's House, Ric takes Kingy on a trip down Mega Drive Alley as he introduces...
In this episode, Drisky and Kingy cover a truckload of games from the amazing software house, Gremlin Graphics. This is episode 1 of a 3-part series, with this one covering the 16-bit era. Show Notes Bruxólico (ZX Spectrum): ...
In this episode, Drisky and Kingy cover a truckload of games from the amazing software house, Gremlin Graphics. This is episode 1 of a 3-part series, with this one covering the 8-bit era. The Games: Wanted: Monty Mole 1984...
In our latest episode Kingy and Drisky don their tuxedos and sup on their vodka Martinis, shaken not stirred and take a look through March 40th Anniversary of James Bond video games. Not only that It is also the...
In this latest episode, Kingy is joined by some of our friends from our Discord channel to discuss the community game they played in tandem. The game in question is the excellent Tomb Raider 1. Thanks to Oblisky, Snarkade, Dr...
In our latest episode, Drisky and Kingy discuss their love for emulation and all the many ways you can play those classic games. Find out how they each came across emulation and their views on it. They also discuss their...
Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss some of their favourite homebrew 8-bit releases of 2022. Games in this episode:- Ringo - ZX Spectrum Knights and Slimes - C64 Dire Dare - Amstrad CPC TCQ - ZX Spectrum Empire Strikes...
Join Kingy and Garron as they return with a "memories" episode and chat about what life was like in the 1970's in the UK before video gaming was a thing. How did they ever manage to survive, and what did...
Join Drisky as he interviews gaming industry legend Martyn Brown. Yes the co-founder of 17-Bit Software and Team-17, and so helped design and publish siuch amazing games as Alien Breed, Project-X, Body Blows, Super Frog and Worms to name but...
Yes Boys and Ghouls here at RGDS towers we thought we would really go crazy for Halloween, with an A to Z of Halloween video games to try over the spooky season. if that wasn't enough we decided...
Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss some quality PS2 arcade racers. There are so many great racing games that came out in the generation of gaming, we'd love to hear what your fav ones of this era were. ...
Join The Drisk, Garron and Kingy as they try to win Kingy over on the wonderful Sega Saturn with some games that was released in the west and only on the Sega Saturn. Show Notes: Megadrive 2 mini :...
Join The Drisk and Kingy as they chat about some of their favourite games based on kids TV we love (and we sure you do to). Games in this episode:Chip and Dale (NES) : Cartoon | Game Link Through The...
Join Ric, The Drisk and Kingy as they chat about some of their favourite sword yielding and magic wafting games. This isn't deep RPG style games but more an episode on easy accessible and highly playable titles within the sub-genre....
Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss 4 of the lesser spoken 3d platform games on the Nintendo 64. The games in this episode are: Glover Iggy's Reckin' Balls Space Station Silicon Valley Rocket: Robot on Wheels Show notes:...
Yes at RGDS Towers we thought we would chat about all things Sonic, in celebration of the Sonic Origins compilation... With us talking about the first four Sonic releases and then we chat about the brilliant Sumo Digital Sonic and...
Here at RGDS Towers, we are treated to another Ric Edit marvel, as Drisky, Ric and Aaron take you through some of the licensed movie games on the wonderful Amiga. So grab the popcorn and mega slurpy as we reminisce...
Join Drisky and Kingy as they cover a great collection of Game Boy games that are fantastic conversions of their arcade counterparts. Games covered in this episode: Double Dragon Donkey Kong Burger Time Deluxe Elevator Action Mr Do Ms...
Here at RGDS Towers, we love our Amiga, and so in celebration of the wonderful new Amiga Mini console, we thought it would be fun to wax lyrical of some of our recommendations of lesser know Amiga games. So grab...
To celebrate the 40th Birthday of the ZX Spectrum, Kingy and Drisky do their own RGDS top 40. 40 games to celebrate 40 amazing years of this incredible home micro. It's epic in length, but such an amazing computer deserves...
Drisky and Kingy chat through the Shadow of the Beast Trilogy on the Amiga and the wonders of whizzy graphics and music. Drisky also chats about his new toy, the Amiga Mini and his opinions... and also a complete...
We have made it through to 300 episodes. The RGDS team would like to thank all you lovely listeners out there - without you, we would have never reached this landmark episode. Join Kingy, Drisky, Garron, Ric and Aaron as...
For best listening experience use headphones in a dark room with some alcoholic beverages of your choice :D In this super sci-fi episode Ric and Kingy are dropped deep into the Central American jungle to chat about all these...
In this episode, Kingy is joined by 2 of the creators of Melkhior's Mansion - Rich Jordan and Craig Stevenson. This project took 3 and a half years to complete and is a brilliant homage to the Ultimate Play the...
Join Kingy and Jon as they celebrate the popular series of Wonder Boy games from Sega. From its humble platform origins, through to its RPG/Metroidvania endgame, there is no denying this great series went through an evolution of styles. ...
It is with sad news that we hear of the passing of the great and influential American Football icon, John Madden. Please join Matt Aguilera and Matt Lambourne with our RGDS tribute to this legend.
Join the RGDS festive mood with Kingy and Drisky as they cover 12 Christmassy-themed ZX Spectrum games. It's time to blow the dust off your rubber keyboard and get your kids involved in the 8-bit Christmas spirit. Games covered are:...
Join Matt Aguilera in his first interview of a retro God for the first time in a few years. It's an honour to have Gold2th gaming, a YouTuber with old school comedy vibes with a touch of Tupac and...
October 15th/16th 2021 saw the team make their pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury. They were joined by a host of friends and had a great weekend playing games and chatting away. Tune in to hear all about it -...
Kingy and Ric return to the beat-em-up genre and follow on from the last episode. This time round, the lads cover much more lesser known games in this amazing genre. Games covered: Growl - 1990 - Taito Violent Storm -...
Join Matt and Drisky as they go through some classic games featuring the music of the music wonder Yuzo Koshiro. Pre Show Chat: Zool ReDimensioned Quake Remaster Amiga Mini RGDS Listener Meetup on 16th Oct at Arcade Club...
Remember those days when gaming compilations were something to be excited about. Well, with the help of our listeners, Drisky and Kingy discuss the most popular gaming boxsets of this bygone era. Notes - Little Book of Soundchips ...
Welcome to another fantastic episode were we look at the often maligned and derided in it short life. But for RGDS towers we love the console, seeing it as a vanguard into CD gaming and showing the art of the...
