Retro Asylum - The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast

In this episode of the Retro Asylum podcast, show host Jim Middleton catches up with UK Kong Off organisers Oli and Russ to talk all things Arcade Club, Donkey Kong and Walter Day. Before heading off to the North Bristol Retro Meet and talking to Steve Higgins & Kevin Armstrong.

As always, thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
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Richard
Guy Simms (mdkdue)
Richard Hyde
Roger Swan
Plasticman
Stephen James
Robert Ilott
Pete Rogers
Rune P
New Game Old Flame - Podcast
Christopher Bolton
Dylan D'Arch
Bitmap Soft
Mikes vintage Tech
Nik
Howard Price
Matthew Turner
Adam Hinde
Chris O'Regan
James Dunn
Hans aka Muppets4
roushimsx 
Guto Threadbare
Chris Atwill
Harvey Watson
Martyn Jones
Tim TJ Walker
Ricardo Engel
HeavyMetalDon
drnovocalcords
Mal Woods
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm 
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT 
Jon Veal
Thomas Scoffham
Laurens
Andrew Gilmour
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Nick Lees
Blake Brett
Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount.
Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/
Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/
Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum
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Twitter: @theretroasylum
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In this episode of The Retro Asylum Podcast, show host Chris O'Regan chats to Chris Smith and Darren Melbourne, 2 of the 3 founding members of Retro Games Ltd about their past, present, and even future projects. We discuss the peripherals such as the QuickShot II joystick and the ZX Printer as well as how the recently announced handheld machines came about.

As always, thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
Forge 
Richard
Guy Simms (mdkdue)
Richard Hyde
Roger Swan
Plasticman
Stephen James
Robert Ilott
Pete Rogers
Rune P
New Game Old Flame - Podcast
Christopher Bolton
Dylan D'Arch
Bitmap Soft
Mikes vintage Tech
Nik
Howard Price
Matthew Turner
Adam Hinde
Chris O'Regan
James Dunn
Hans aka Muppets4
roushimsx 
Guto Threadbare
Chris Atwill
Harvey Watson
Martyn Jones
Tim TJ Walker
Ricardo Engel
HeavyMetalDon
drnovocalcords
Mal Woods
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm 
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT 
Jon Veal
Thomas Scoffham
Laurens
Andrew Gilmour
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Nick Lees
Blake Brett
Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount.
Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/
Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/
Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum
Retro Asylum on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretroasylum.bsky.social
Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/
Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag
Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/
Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum
Twitter: @theretroasylum
Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

A quintet of show hosts from Retro Asylum Towers grace us with their presence as they chat about the flurry of old-new hardware that was announced in Q2 2026 for later in the year. Topics covered include The Spectrum White Special Edition, Neo Geo AGS+, C64C Ultra, The Spectrum Handheld, and THEC64 handheld among many other things.

As always, thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
Forge 
Richard
Guy Simms (mdkdue)
Richard Hyde
Roger Swan
Plasticman
Stephen James
Robert Ilott
Pete Rogers
Rune P
New Game Old Flame - Podcast
Christopher Bolton
Dylan D'Arch
Bitmap Soft
Mikes vintage Tech
Nik
Howard Price
Matthew Turner
Adam Hinde
Chris O'Regan
James Dunn
Hans aka Muppets4
roushimsx 
Guto Threadbare
Chris Atwill
Harvey Watson
Martyn Jones
Tim TJ Walker
Ricardo Engel
HeavyMetalDon
drnovocalcords
Mal Woods
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm 
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT 
Jon Veal
Thomas Scoffham
Laurens
Andrew Gilmour
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Nick Lees
Blake Brett
Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount.
Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/
Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/
Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum
Retro Asylum on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretroasylum.bsky.social
Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/
Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag
Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/
Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum
Twitter: @theretroasylum
Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

In this interview special episode of Retro Asylum, show host Chris O'Regan chats with Mike Diver, the author of Aliens: The Video Games. This book covers the video games that attempt to portray the horror and excitement of the Alien films. Chris and Mike talk through what to expect to find in the book while discussing the long history of video games based on the celebrated franchise.

You can pre order Aliens: The Video Games: An Unoffocial Guide at Amazon:  https://amzn.eu/d/082qf00A
As always, thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
Forge 
Richard
Guy Simms (mdkdue)
Richard Hyde
Roger Swan
Plasticman
Stephen James
Robert Ilott
Pete Rogers
Rune P
New Game Old Flame - Podcast
Christopher Bolton
Dylan D'Arch
Bitmap Soft
Mikes vintage Tech
Nik
Howard Price
Matthew Turner
Adam Hinde
Chris O'Regan
James Dunn
Hans aka Muppets4
roushimsx 
Guto Threadbare
Chris Atwill
Harvey Watson
Martyn Jones
Tim TJ Walker
Ricardo Engel
HeavyMetalDon
drnovocalcords
Mal Woods
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm 
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT 
Jon Veal
Thomas Scoffham
Laurens
Andrew Gilmour
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Nick Lees
Blake Brett
Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount.
Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/
Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/
Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum
Retro Asylum on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretroasylum.bsky.social
Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/
Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag
Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/
Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum
Twitter: @theretroasylum
Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/

Steve chats to the Zapped to the Past lads once more, this time as they come to the end of the Zzap Magazine era. With a new direction and an upcoming Kick Starter... Find out what's next for the lads!

If you want to back the Zapped To The Past book on Kickstarter, follow this link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zappedtothepast/zapped-to-the-past 
As always, thanks to all of our Patreon's who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
Forge 
Guy Simms (mdkdue)
Richard Hyde
Roger Swan
Plasticman
Stephen James
Robert Ilott
Pete Rogers
Rune P
New Game Old Flame - Podcast
Christopher Bolton
Dylan D'Arch
Bitmap Soft
Mikes vintage Tech
Nik
Howard Price
Matthew Turner
Adam Hinde
Chris O'Regan
James Dunn
Hans aka Muppets4
roushimsx 
Guto Threadbare
Chris Atwill
Harvey Watson
Martyn Jones
Tim TJ Walker
Ricardo Engel
HeavyMetalDon
drnovocalcords
Mal Woods
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm 
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT 
Jon Veal
Thomas Scoffham
Laurens
Andrew Gilmour
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Nick Lees
Blake Brett
Looking for some MiSTer FPGA accessories? Give https://misterfpga.co.uk/ a visit and use the code retroasylum to gain a 6% discount.
Want to find out about Steve's band, The Last Arcade? Check them out at https://thelastarcade.net/
Looking for some new games for your favourite retro system? Then checkout https://www.bitmapsoft.co.uk/
Help support the Retro Asylum by becoming a patron: https://www.patreon.com/retroasylum
Retro Asylum on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretroasylum.bsky.social
Retro Asylum on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/retroasylum/
Retro Asylum YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfCC9rIvCKoW3mdbuCsB7Ag
Retro Asylum on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_retro_asylum/
Retro Asylum on Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/theretroasylum
Twitter: @theretroasylum
Retro Asylum Merchandise: https://retroasylumstore.myspreadshop.co.uk/