Episodes
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 70th Anniversary in April since James Bond was first introduced to the world in the book Casino Royale and October last year was the 60th Anniversary of the Bond films, so there is plenty of reasons to celebrate Bond.
So sit back and enjoy as we take you through 40 years of...
Published 03/01/23
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 Goggles and Mike Hod
Show notes:
Tomb Raider 2 fan remake demo:
http://tombraider-dox.com/
Published 02/12/23
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 top picks of emulators for many systems.
Show Notes:
Arcade Paradise:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRARBnSQ6iA
Tiny Metal:
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/TINY-METAL-FULL-METAL-RUMBLE-1595198.html
The emulators discussed are:
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Published 01/22/23
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 Back - C64
Penguin Attack - Amstrad CPC
Show Notes
Behlogar -https://store.steampowered.com/app/1399750/Beholgar/
Atari Couchcade - https://www.game.co.uk/en/arcade1up-atari-couchcade-2872946
RGDS XMAS Quiz on Powerpoint - https://bit.ly/3CjR41t
Published 01/03/23
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 they do for entertainment? Tune in and find out.
Show notes:
Hoffman live Amiga DJ set
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVF-GbGHxA8
CPC Dire Dare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E30zyCOMsA
Published 12/02/22
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 a few. So come join us as we reminisce about the wonderful Amiga days and some of the systems best games, with the Mr Team-17 himself.
Published 11/18/22
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 to double bill the episode, also giving you a suggest Horror film for each letter as well.
So sit back and enjoy this epic length episode and hopefully discover some spooky treats to try this Halloween.
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Published 10/26/22
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.
Show Notes:
Daddarulekonge ebooks - https://daddarulekonge.itch.io/?fbclid=IwAR14BLXMnBwKxoYS1HOfHRbSnqqCi185N88gCyHy8-AFG30GR-VbsTfXJp4
Published 10/07/22
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 : Link
Everdrive Mega Pro : Link
Egret Console Mini : Link
Raddical Reggie You Tube : Link
Metal Jesus Rocks You Tube : Link
ThaBeast721 You Tube : Link
Papago Translator : Android | Apple
Launch Box
Saturn emulator : Mednafen
Saturn Mode disc optical : Link
Sega Action Replay :...
Published 09/16/22
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 Trapdoor (Spectrum) : Cartoon | Trap Door Game | Through The Trapdoor Game
Adventures Of Batman & Robin (SNES) : Cartoon | Game Link
Thunder Cats (Amiga) : Cartoon | Game Link
Bravestarr (Spectrum) : Cartoon | Game Link
Bugs Bunny : Crystal Castle (Game Boy) : Cartoon | Game Link
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Published 09/02/22
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.
Games in this episode:
Moonstone (Amiga) Myth (Amiga) Magic Sword (Arcade) Twinkle Tale (Mega Dive) Ice Palace (C64) Heretic (PC) Show notes:
Steering wheel config video for combined pedals as mentioned by Kingy -...
Published 08/11/22
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:
Rodeo shooting mechanical game
https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=17476
Goldeneye Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIDUjKgbl24
Glover on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1257880/Glover/
Rocket: Robot on Wheels...
Published 07/23/22
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 Sega Tennis and Racing games.
So sit back and enjoy as we take you Super Sonic.
We will share out some of the things mentioned on our Discord channel.
RGDS Discord Channel
https://discord.gg/HzGAZ5FV7u
Ending Music on You Tube
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Published 07/02/22
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 about these classic films and the license adaptations with our very own Movie game compilation..
Show Notes:
Odin : Ultimate Retro Handheld
Games:
Godfather
Film Trailer
Game Longplay
Game Manual
Blues Brothers
Film Trailer
Game Longplay
Game Manual
Karate...
Published 06/17/22
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 Pacman
Boulder Dash
Parodius
Show notes:
Renegade 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0ML_bx_xhw
Mario vs Donkey Kong - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip5oAXDsPVs
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwRZ21Hn5yE
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Published 06/04/22
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 some floppies and join us as we X-Copy 'Dat' Floppy of some real classics.
Show Notes:
RGDS Discord Channel: Discord Link Buy an Amiga Mini : Amazon Link
Extra Amiga Mini Mouse: Amazon Link
Extra Amiga Mini Joypad: Amazon Link
Competition Pro USB Joystick: Amazon Link
A500...
Published 05/20/22
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 the time. We'd love to hear your own personal top 40's.
Show notes:
Spectrum Archive Link to Play OnLine
https://archive.org/details/zx_spectrum_library_games
John Ritman RGDS Podcast
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Published 05/06/22
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 off topic chat on pinball.
So come and join us as we cover these wonderful if divisive games.
Amiga Mini: https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-A500-Mini-Electronic-Games/dp/B09BW8N7JZ
Competition Pro USB Joystick: Competition Pro USB Joystick C64 Mastertronic Book Kingy has...
Published 04/15/22
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 they catch up, go over favourite past episodes and choose some hidden gem games.
Show notes:
Deadlock's RGDS companion book
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NJX4RuprqvauSqQyCU767Qxw4XuQGndJ/view
Extra Life Arcabe Club Event
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Published 03/30/22
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 weird and quirky Predator themed games. The titles range from the 8-bit era right through to the early 2000's PC games.
Games covered in this episode are:
PREDATOR (1987)
ZX Spectrum - Predator Walkthrough, ZX Spectrum - YouTube
Commodore 64 - Predator...
Published 03/06/22
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 Game ZX Spectrum Classic, Atic Atac.
Show Notes:
Ger Melkhior's Mansion here:
https://bitglint.itch.io/melkhiors-mansion
Rich's Remakes can be found at https://retrospec.sgn.net/index.php
Craig's ZX Art:
https://zxart.ee/eng/authors/c/craig-stevenson/
Published 02/03/22
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.
Show notes:
Blasphemous game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/774361/Blasphemous/
Published 01/22/22
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.
Published 12/31/21
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:
Frantic Pengo :https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/36581/ZX-Spectrum/Frantic_Pengo Chrimblast: https://www.jungsi.de/chrimblast-sinclair-zx-spectrum/ Zombos Christmas Capers : ...
Published 12/23/21
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 a sprinkle of music parodies guaranteed. The discussion is all about Gold2th's current retro gaming pickup obsession and his unique story telling technique
You can find Gold2th's channel here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMyT7zNoO-GiWw_FU2C2F9A/featured
Published 12/02/21