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http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/1751.png Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls it’s time for the Retro Asylum 2017 Christmas Special! Join the team, friends and the RA community as they talk about their favourite retro gaming Christmas memories. There’s fun, quizzes and hilarity ga...

As the owner of Retro Asylum I’ve got to recommend our show if you want to hear about retro gaming from a UK perspective, especially if you had a computer back in the day.

One of our most popular style of shows is our 8 Bit Wars episodes:

https://youtu.be/VtLaOBhG1Zg

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/170.png Steve Erickson & Matt Wilsher delve into the tricky topic of emulation and discuss what emulators they use and recommend plus a whole lot more! http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/RA_170_-_Emulation.mp3 Again, a massive thanks and a name c...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/169b.png Mads Kristensen & Chris O’Regan rewind back to the early 1990’s to fire up their 486’s, talk a load of DOS and play Infogrames Alone In The Dark. Once again a huge thanks and a name check as ever to our Patreon supporters: Richard Pipes Nic...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/167.png Paul Davies & Dean Swain play one of the hottest consoles of the early 1980’s that played host to a ton of quality arcade conversions, namely the CBS Colecovision – A console that for it’s time had superb graphics & sound but fell victim of ...

Mads Kristensen and Chris O’Regan take a retrospective look at the Discworld games from the mid 1990’s and discuss point & click adventures in general.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/retroasylum/discworld.mp3

Glad that you enjoyed it!

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/165_final.png After a short break following our Revival 2017 specials, Dean Swain & Chris O’Regan return to take a fascinating look back at Atari’s much maligned range of 16 bit computers. The guys also discuss all of the latest news of the retro ga...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/163.png Our penultimate Revival 2017 audio podcast is our much-anticipated Rare panel featuring Kev Bayliss, Chris Marlow and Sean Pile talking about their work at the legendary development house. The panel was hosted by former Rare staffer and host...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/162.png Almost a year to the day since Henrique Olifiers brought the Spectrum Next prototype and his grand idea to our 2016 panel, Jim Bagley joins Dean Swain and Paul Jenkinson (from The Spectrum Show) to talk about the Spectrum Next, Jim’s ideas t...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/161.png Our Gremlin panel at Revival 2017 sees Mark Hardisty talking with Mike Lister and Rich Stevenson about their development careers at Gremlin and their journey to the software house via Alligator, Hi Tech and Bizarre Developments among others....

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/160WIP.png After an 18 year hiatus Dave Perry roared back to the retro gaming scene at Revival 2017. Join Paul Davies as he and the Revival audience hear all about Dave’s career and adventures as a true icon of a UK video gaming generation. For the ...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/159.png With the dust settling on an incredible Revival 2017, the team sit down with Craig Turner and Jim Bagley to chat about all the fun that was had by all of us who attended the two-day retro gaming blowout. For the lowdown on Revival Retro Even...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_4998.png Mads Kristensen & Steve Erickson take a look at some of the early games by Activision on the Commodore 64 and where possible, compare them to their Atari 2600 counterparts. Games discussed in this episode: Park Patrol H.E.R.O Ghostbuste...

http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/157a.png In this jam-packed show Paul, Mads and Chris take a slight detour and showcase modern games which take a significant influence from the classic gaming retro era through either their aesthetic, gameplay or themes. In addition to the main top...