Retro Gaming Discussion Show

By The RGDS Team

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"RGDS Podcast" is a retro gaming podcast for retro gamers by retro gamers!

We cover everything from the 8bit days all the way up to modern indie retro inspired games.

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292 - W.R.A.F Side B (Walk ...

09.26.2021

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 - ...

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09.26.2021 292 - W.R.A.F Side B (Walk Right and Fight) 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 - ...
08.27.2021 291 - Yuzo Koshiro games featuring his music 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 in Bury ...
08.13.2021 290 - Compilation Gold 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 https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/the-little-book-of-sound-chips-vol1?variant=39368939765854 https://c64audio.com/collections/books/the-little-book-of-sound-chips
07.16.2021 289 - 3DO - Daring to Dream 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 ...
06.26.2021 288 - ZX Spectrum 6-PAK Join hosts Kingy and The Drisk as they go over some real classic Spectrum games with their compiled RGDS 6-Pak. Games in this episode are: Fantastic Voyage Software Star Gunfright Dynamite Dan 2 Cobra Dan Dare 2 Show notes:- Papers ...
06.03.2021 287 - Gameboy A-Z Join Garron and Drisky as they go through some classic Gameboy games. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A
05.16.2021 286 - Summer Memories Summer is here, and in celebration of that Kingy, Drisky and Garron reminisce over the fine balance of gaming vs holidays in this anecdote driven episode. Whether it was a holiday in the UK, or one in foreign shores, the ...
04.25.2021 285 - Arcade Hidden Gems - Volume 4 Join Kingy and Drisky as they go through some more arcade Hidden gems you need to play. So come on our Discord channel and play through these games with us today. Games featured in this episode:- Bongo - Jetsoft Boogie ...
04.02.2021 284 - Atari Action In this episode Ric and Kingy cover some of their favourite games on the Atari 8-bit systems, and in particular, the 800XL. Show notes - Street Fighter 2 Documentary https://sf2doc.com/?fbclid=IwAR0hfHUXbL5rWpwWl0TBA-ut0tmSuH-ulkkDE2eiuVF6myyy7BYcQbCX77E 8-bit memories episode https://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/257-8-bit-memories Goonies remake https://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=810&l;=en&sec;=remakes Altirra emulator http://www.virtualdub.org/altirra.html
03.20.2021 283- PS1 Racing Gems Come and join Kingy and Drisky as they burn some rubber and play some of PlayStation racers less talked about today. Amazing PS1 emulator called DuckStation: https://github.com/stenzek/duckstation/releases RGDS Discord Channel https://discord.gg/BwUwY8A
02.26.2021 282 - Retro Remakes In our latest episode of RGDS, Ric and Kingy cover Retro Remakes. The chosen list covers a host of re-imaginings of classic 8-bit era games. They all have been given some polish to bring them up to date with the ...
02.13.2021 281 - Simpson Games ¡Ay, caramba! the RGDS boys have a new podcase out and this time looking at some of the best (and worst) Simpson and Futurama video games ever released. So come join us as we go through some of these classic ...
01.24.2021 280 - Mega CD - 6 of the Best Join Drisky and Kingy as they take you through six of our favourite game on the ill-fated Mega CD or Sega CD. So come join us as we take you through these amazing games.
01.10.2021 279 -Wheels of Fire : Amiga Racers Yes its time to buckle up and take a ride with some of the other amazing lesser talked about Amiga Racing games worthy of your time. So join Drisky and Kingy as they go on a nostalgic nitro fuelled trip ...
12.14.2020 278 - Arcade Games - Hidden Gems Volume 3 As the year comes to an end, The Drisk and Kingy sit with a beer (or two) and intersperse Arcade Hidden Gems: Vol 3 with some festive memories. Join the lads as they go through Merry Driscoll’s choice of seldom ...
11.20.2020 277 - Gaming Turkeys Yes, we thought at RGDS towers it will be fun to do a show talking through some of the Gaming Turkeys of years past that squat in the memories of Drisky and Kingy... So sit back and enjoy as we ...
11.06.2020 276 - Growing up a Gamer Join Garron and Kingy as they go back to the origins of their love for gaming and how it stayed with them through to present day. Expect nostalgia, anecdotes and and schemes they devised to feed their gaming habits. Why ...
10.23.2020 275 - RGDS Halloween Spooktacular 2020 Yes here at RGDS spooky towers we thought it would be fun to go through some spooky and horror games. As we have done a few of these in the past, we decided to go a bit more modern looking ...
10.09.2020 274 - Sega Arcade (Model 2 Board Edition) Come join us back to the totally radical 90's, when Sega was king and taking the World by storm with all their ground breaking 3D arcade games. The Sega Model 2 Arcade Board was special, with games such as Daytona, ...
09.26.2020 273 - ZX Spectrum The Early Years In this fantastic episode, Drisky and Kingy cover the great early period of the ZX Spectrum - 82-84. From mail order games to ones from upstart companies that became industry giants, the lads have it covered. Join in as they ...
09.06.2020 272 - RGDS - Great Balls of Fire Get those balls polished and join us for another fantastic episode of RGDS. Yes Kingy and Drisky are looking at games with trackballs and Spinners. So join us as we go through some all time classic games X-Arcade: https://shop.xgaming.com/products/x-arcade-tankstick-trackball-usb-included Mayflash ...
08.16.2020 271 - Bubble Story Join Drisky and Kingy as they celebrate the excellent series of games in the Bubble Bobble world. The timeless classic that is Bubble Bubble is consistently on arcade players' top ten favourites and is undisputedly one of the best arcade ...
07.24.2020 270 - RGDS- NTSC v PAL In this episode, Aaron, Matt A & Matt L table the discussion that troubled so many gamers in the 8-bit, 16-bit and even 32-bit era. Which is better, PAL or NTSC. More importantly, what’s the difference? If you’ve ever been ...
07.10.2020 269 - Pirates Y'aar welcome to an episode themed around swashbuckling pirate games. Join Drisky and Kingy as they go through various gaming systems and various genres within the theme. Games features in this episode are: Booty Overboard Monkey Island 2 Pirates Capt'n ...
06.19.2020 268 - SNES & Super Famicom Hidden Platform Gems Join Kingy and Drisky as they turn their eye to the amazing SNES and Super Famicom and some hidden platform game gems. Games covered are; Super Adventure Island 2 https://youtu.be/Mq9puS2dark Umihara Kawase (girl with fishing line) https://youtu.be/FDt4ulUnBrc Plokhttps://youtu.be/r-29NkxK6YY Link to ...
06.06.2020 267 - Amiga Shooters - Volume 2 Join Garron and Drisky as they take you through some more classic Amiga Shooters on Volume 2 of our imaginary compilation of Amiga Shooters. Supercade Book 2 : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vanburnham/supercade-a-visual-history-of-the-videogame-age-1985-2001 SEGA Announcement (FOG & Game Gear Mini) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XBIhtFg58 Adventure Game ...
05.22.2020 266 - Text Adventures Kingy is joined by 3 fantastic guests in this fascinating topic of text adventures; back to an era when flashy graphics meant nothing, but good writing was everything. Guests are: Mark Hardisty, curator of Classic Adventurer magazine Tim Gilberts - ...
05.08.2020 265 - It's a British Thing In this episode, Professor Will Brooker makes his return visit and chats with Kingy, the oddity that is/was British Gaming. They discuss the obscure British references during the 8-bit era; a time when international sales was but a pipe dream. ...
04.24.2020 264 - Netplay: The Lockdown Lowdown We thought in these strange times, we would look for our listeners how to Netplay, in other words playing classic retro machines remotely. To add to the fun, Kingy and Drisky decided to have a competition of some versus games ...
04.09.2020 263 - Cover Tape Wars Kingy and Drisky dive back into the wonderful world of magazine cover tapes and disks on the Amiga and Spectrum. Cor Blimey! Howz-about a free exclusive book to accompany show for every listener!!! ... https://archive.org/details/rgdscovertapewars_202004/mode/2up Talk about generous!!!
03.25.2020 262 - Best Game of 1987 At last, and back my popular demand, the team return to the epic battle-fest that is Best Game of 1987. The lads argued, fought and whittled the list down to a whopping 25 games and then argue their case for ...
03.13.2020 261 - Arcade Hidden Gems vol 2 Drisky and Kingy return with volume 2 and continue on their journey of rare arcade game discovery. This time, the lads go through Drisky's chosen list. Games featured in this episode are: Big Karnak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mw8QpIejpg4 Racing Hero https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcv62GL_Sj4 EDF https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkgO23Ye7DM ...
02.28.2020 260 - Mortal Kombat The kings of retro fighters RetroRic, Matt Lambourne and Matt Aguilera revisit the gory age of the early games of the Mortal Kombat franchise. MK1, MK2, MK3, UMK3 and MK Trilogy. Talking fatalities, controversies, secrets, censorship, the impact of the ...
02.14.2020 259 - Hidden Arcade Gems - Volume 1 Join Kingy and Drisky as they take you through some obscure arcade gaming gems. We all love discovering new games and we all get paralysed by the sheer choice of most retro collections, that we thought it would be fun ...
01.31.2020 258 - Amiga Shooters : Volume 1 Join Garron and Drisky as they take you through some classic Amiga Shooters. The Games covered: Hybris: Hybris Video Hybris Manual Battle Squadron: Battle Squadron Video Battle Squadron Manual Blood Money: Blood Money Video Blood Money Manual Z-Out: Z-Out Video ...
01.16.2020 257 - 8-bit Memories Join Kingy and Ric in this epic episode where the lads share their memories and chosen games in this exciting 8-bit era. They mainly focus on the micro-computers of this period; if Commodore, Sinclair, Atari, Acorn and Amstrad floats your ...
12.29.2019 256 - Decade By Decade/New Year Bash Join Drisky, Garron, Ric, Jon and Kingy as they drunkenly celebrate the year end and reflect over all the previous decades of gaming. Warning: This episode contains alcohol misuse, swearing and other type of content not suitable for all. You ...
12.06.2019 255 - Star Wars Games In celebration of the new Star Wars film, ending of a Saga, join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about some of the lesser known Star Wars Games out there, that we love and all mixed in with two big ...
11.23.2019 254 - Atari 7800 - The Prosystem Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the very much underrated Atari 7800. Could it have been the dominant console if it were released when planned? There are some real gems of games on this system, so join the ...
11.01.2019 253 Arcade Club The 20th of October saw the RGDS team make their annual pilgrimage to Arcade Club in Bury. Join Drisky and Kingy as they chat about the weekend and go over their choices of "games of the weekend". Apologies for the ...
10.14.2019 252 SEGA Dreamcast Join Matt, Aaron and Garron as they talk about their Dreamcast journey, as the console now hits 20 in the PAL region. We chat about made this short lived console so great, some of our favourite games and its legacy. ...
09.21.2019 Sega Blue Skies - 3D Sega Classic 3D collection Drisky and Kingy take you through some classic Sega games that appeared on Sega 3D Classics Collection on the 3DS by M2. Don't worry if you don't have a 3DS as really its an excuse (as if we needed one) ...
08.29.2019 250 - A to Z of Sega Dreamcast No. 250 is upon us. There is no better way to celebrate our sestercentennial episode than have a bumper episode featuring the grossly underrated Sega Dreamcast. Join Drisky and Kingy as they discuss their favourite games in our continuing series ...
08.02.2019 249 - Turn-based Strategy Games Kingy and Drisky chat about some of their favourite games in this tactical genre. The chosen list is one in which the rules of engagement and concise and they are very accessible for players who may be new/shy to this ...
07.19.2019 248 - Sega Saturn - A Japanese Voyage of Discovery In this episode Drisky and G set sail looking at some of the best Japanese only Sega Saturn games to play and how to play them. There are lots of hidden gems for you to discover and enjoy here, so ...
07.05.2019 247 - W.R.A.F - Beat 'em Up Special Ric and Kingy team up to discuss their favourite beat 'em ups. It's such a special genre close to their hearts. Many classics and some lesser known ones are discussed. Expect the usual banter and many memories of these brawler ...
06.21.2019 246 Collecting vs Emulation Drisk is joined by Garron and Kingy as they discuss their own experiences in both camps of retro gaming. The pros and cons are discussed of both physical collecting and that of emulating. There is no right way, only your ...
06.07.2019 245 Revival 2019 Drisky and Garron catch up with Revival organiser Craig Turner to discuss this year's Revival even in Walsall. Full details of the event can be found here-https://www.revivalretroevents.co.uk/ Hope to see some of our listeners there
05.17.2019 244 Three Men and a Baby In celebration of The Drisk becoming a grandad!!! We decided it would be fun to have a show featuring games featuring babies/toddlers. Join Drisky, Garron and Kingy as they try and change the nappies on these retro classics. Come join ...
05.03.2019 243 Gameboy's A Day At The Movies Yes Drisky and Garron look through what we consider the top 5 movie licenses on the humble original Gameboy. There are some classic games talked about so take a listen and join us as we play through it. The RGDS ...

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Retro Gaming Discussion Show episodes:

292 - W.R.A.F Side B (Walk Right and Fight)

291 - Yuzo Koshiro games featuring his music

290 - Compilation Gold

289 - 3DO - Daring to Dream

288 - ZX Spectrum 6-PAK

287 - Gameboy A-Z

286 - Summer Memories

285 - Arcade Hidden Gems - Volume 4

284 - Atari Action

283- PS1 Racing Gems

282 - Retro Remakes

281 - Simpson Games

280 - Mega CD - 6 of the Best

279 -Wheels of Fire : Amiga Racers

278 - Arcade Games - Hidden Gems Volume 3

277 - Gaming Turkeys

276 - Growing up a Gamer

275 - RGDS Halloween Spooktacular 2020

274 - Sega Arcade (Model 2 Board Edition)

273 - ZX Spectrum The Early Years

272 - RGDS - Great Balls of Fire

271 - Bubble Story

270 - RGDS- NTSC v PAL

269 - Pirates

268 - SNES & Super Famicom Hidden Platform Gems

267 - Amiga Shooters - Volume 2

266 - Text Adventures

265 - It's a British Thing

264 - Netplay: The Lockdown Lowdown

263 - Cover Tape Wars

262 - Best Game of 1987

261 - Arcade Hidden Gems vol 2

260 - Mortal Kombat

259 - Hidden Arcade Gems - Volume 1

258 - Amiga Shooters : Volume 1

257 - 8-bit Memories

256 - Decade By Decade/New Year Bash

255 - Star Wars Games

254 - Atari 7800 - The Prosystem

253 Arcade Club

252 SEGA Dreamcast

Sega Blue Skies - 3D Sega Classic 3D collection

250 - A to Z of Sega Dreamcast

249 - Turn-based Strategy Games

248 - Sega Saturn - A Japanese Voyage of Discovery

247 - W.R.A.F - Beat 'em Up Special

246 Collecting vs Emulation

245 Revival 2019

244 Three Men and a Baby

243 Gameboy's A Day At The Movies

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