Three life long gamers deep dive and analyse games, one letter at a time. Also cover the cultural landscape in and around the game release. Contains silliness and daft bits. #retrogaming #podcast
Episodes
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Friday Aug 26, 2022
Ey up! We've reached Mega Drive letter O this time round with Onslaught! Is it the bestest ever ever Megadrive game ever...?
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Mark Did
What Sull Did
What Dan Did
Cultural Interlude June 1st 1991
UK Singles Charts
- 10 - Shocked- Kylie Minogue
- 6 - Touch Me (all night long)- Cathay Dennis
- No 1 - The Shoop Shoop Song (it’s in his kiss) - Cher
UK Album Charts
- No 10 - Schubert Dip - EMF
- No 6 - Joyride - Roxette
- No 1 - Seal by Seal
Fillums
- No 8 - Misery
- No 2 - White Fang
- No 1 - Silence of the Lambs
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 14th Oct C&VG issue 115 was on the shelves in Woolworths.
https://retrocdn.net/images/3/37/CVG_UK_115.pdf
- Mercs - Amiga - 90
- Ironsword Wizards & Warriors II - NES - 79
- Midnight Resistance - Megadrive - 86
- Mortal Kombat - Arcade - 72
What could we have been playing?
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Onslaught? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was June 1991 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Tuesday Jul 12, 2022
Ey up! Covid, house moves and root canals cannot stop us forever! We've reached Mega Drive letter N this time round with Night Trap! Is it worth your time or is it a gaming crime?
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What Sull Did
- Fortnite Zero Build
- Hunt: Showdown
- Outer Range
- Foxbase Alpha
- NERG - North East Retro Gaming
What Dan Did
What Mark Did
Cultural Interlude December 1st 1991
UK Singles Charts
- No 10 - Baker Street - Undercover
- No 9 - A Million Love Songs - Take That
- No 5 - It's My Life - Dr Alban
- No 1 - Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer
UK Album Charts
- No 9 - Back to the Light - Brian May
- No 6 - Us - Peter Gabriel
- No 1 - Love Symbol - Prince
Fillums
- No 4 - White Men Can't Jump
- No 2 - Patriot Games
- No 1 - Beauty and the Beast
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 14th Oct C&VG issue 132 was on the shelves in Woolworths-
https://retrocdn.net/images/0/05/CVG_UK_132.pdf
- Side Pocket - MegaDrive - 91
- Thunderstorm FX / Cobra Command - Mega CD- 90
- Mortal Kombat - Arcade - 72
What could we have been playing?
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Night Trap? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was Oct 1992 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Onslaught
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
Ey up! The hiatus is OFF and we've reached Mega Drive letter M this time round with Mercs! Does it deserve our mercy? Cultural interlude from Dec 1st 1991
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What Dan Did
What Mark Did
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude December 1st 1991
UK Singles Charts
- No 9 - Sound - James
- No 7 - Smells like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
- No 1 - Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me - George Michael and Elton John
UK Album Charts
- No 10 - Shepherd's Moon - Enya
- No 7 - Time, Love and Tenderness - Micheal Bolton
- No 1 - Greatest Hits II - Queen
Fillums
- No 10 - Homicide
- No 2 - Point Break
- No 1 - Hot Shots
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 1st Dec C&VG issue 121 was on the shelves in Woolworths-
https://retrocdn.net/images/5/5d/CVG_UK_121.pdf
- The First Samurai - Amiga - 92
- Sonic The Hedgehog - Master System - 90
- Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 - Amiga - 92
- Klax - Megadrive - 85
What could we have been playing?
- Mazin Wars / Saga
- Mega Bomberman
- Mega Man: The Wily Wars
- Mega Turrican
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
- Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse
- Micro Machines / 2 : Turbo Tournament / Military / Turbo Tournament 96
- Monster World IV
- Mortal Kombat
- MUSHA
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Next Episode's game - Night Trap
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Saturday Feb 26, 2022
Ey up! We've reached Mega Drive letter L this time round with Landstalker! Is it a treasure or a duffer? Cultural interlude from October 1st 1993
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Dan Did
What Sull Did
What Mark Did
Cultural Interlude October 1st 1993
UK Singles Charts
- No 5 - Mr Vain by Culture Beat
- No 4 - She Don’t Let Nobody by Chaka Demus and Pliers
- No 1 - Boom Shake the Room - DJ Jazzy Jeff and Fresh Prince
UK Album Charts
- No 8 - Wild Wood - Paul Weller
- No 2 - In Utero - Nirvana
- No 1 - Bat out of Hell II - Meat Loaf
Fillums
- No 3 - Jurassic Park
- No 2 - Sleepless in Seattle
- No 1 - The Fugitive
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 1st October C&VG issue 143 was on the shelves in woolworths-
https://retrocdn.net/images/7/7f/CVG_UK_143.pdf
- Super Mario All Stars - SNES - 94
- Zombies - SNES - 88
- Shadowrun SNES - 89
- Silpheed - Mega CD - 85
- Ecco the Dolphin - Mega CD - 94
What could we have been playing?
- Lethal Enforcers
- Lemmings / Lemmings 2: The Tribes
- Lost Vikings
- Light Crusader
- Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Landstalker? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was October 1992 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Mercs
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Ey up! We've reached Mega Drive letter K this time round with Krusty's Super Fun House! Is it a Moe or is it a No from us? Cultural interlude from Dec 10th 1992
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Sull Did
What Dan Did
What Mark Did
- Silicon Valley
- The Righteous Gemstones
- Pig
- Wrath of Man
- One Night in Soho
- Inscryption
- Thrustmaster T300RS
Cultural Interlude Dec 10th 1992
UK Singles Charts
- No 10 -Deeper and Deeper - Madonna
- No 8 - Out of Space by The Prodigy
- No 1 - I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston
UK Album Charts
- No 6 - The Freddie Mercury Album by Freddie Mercury
- No 5 - Greatest Hits - Gloria Estefan
- No 1 - Greatest Hits 1965 - 1992 - Cher
Fillums
- No 5 - The Crying Game
- No 2 - Death Becomes Her
- No 1 - Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 10th December 1992 C&VG issue 133 was on the shelves in Woolworths
https://retrocdn.net/images/8/87/CVG_UK_133.pdf
Super Mario Kart - SNES
Mario Paint - SNES
Lemmings - 92
Kablooey - 90
Star Wars Pinball - 89
What could we have been playing?
Kid Chameleon
King of the Monsters
Klax
Knuckles' Chaotix
Kris Kross: Make My Video
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Krusty's Super Fun House? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was December 1992 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Landstalker
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Saturday Dec 18, 2021
Ey up! We've reached Mega Drive letter J this time round with Jungle Strike! Was it high flying or air-to-ground? Cultural interlude from June 13th 1993
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Dan Did
What Mark Did
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude September 14th 1993
UK Singles Charts
UK Album Charts
- No 8 - Connected - Stereo MCs
- No 6 - Unplugged and Seated - Rod Stewart
- No 1 - What’s Love Got To Do with It - OST
Fillums
- No 3 - Indecent Proposal
- No 2 - Falling Down
- No 1 - The Vanishing
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 14th June 1993 C&VG issue 139 was on the shelves in Woolworths
https://retrocdn.net/images/archive/c/c8/20160924212947%21CVG_UK_139.pdf
Alien 3 - SNES
Final Fight - MEGA CD
Superfrog - Amiga
What could we have been playing?
James Pond 1 2 or 3
Joe & Mac
John Madden (loads of the buggers)
Jurassic Park
Jewel Master
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What did YOU think of Jungle Strike? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was September 1990 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Krusty's Super Fun House
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Thursday Nov 18, 2021
Ey up! We've reached Mega Drive letter I this time round with shoot em up Insector X. Was it a buzz or a splat? Cultural interlude from September 7th 1990.
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What Dan Did
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Cultural Interlude September 7th 1990
Noel Gallagher & Confidence Man
UK Singles Charts
- No 8 - Naked in the Rain - Blue Pearl
- No 4 - Groove Is In The Heart - Deee-Lite
- No 1 - Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini - Bombalurina
UK Album Charts
- No 5 - Blaze of Glory - Jon Bon Jovi
- No 3 - Grafiti Bridge - Prince feat Thieves in the Temple
- No 1 - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti In Concert
Fillums
- No 8 - Gremlins 2 - The New Batch
- No 2 - Die Hard 2
- No 1 - Memphis Belle
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
On the 7th September 1990 C&VG issue 106 was on the shelves in Woolworths
https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-106/
C&VG Hits
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - Sega Master System
Charts
What could we have been playing?
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- International Superstar Soccer Deluxe
- INXS: Make My Video
- Iron Helix
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Insector X? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was September 1990 for you?!
Get in touch and let us know. We love to hear from you lovely people and that.
Next Episode's game - Jungle Strike
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
Thursday Oct 21, 2021
We reach Mega Drive letter H with the sequel to the much loved Another World; Heart of the Alien. Does it have a big heart or is it a big flat fart? Cultural interlude from June 1st 1994.
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Mark Did
- Movies That Made Us
- ALL Batman films
- Puzzle Bobble 3D
- Deathloop
- Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania
- F.I.S.T.
What Dan Did
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude June 1st 1994
UK Singles Charts
- No 9 - No Good (Start The Dance) - The Prodigy
- No 5 - Get-a-way - Maxx
- No 1 - Come on you Reds - Manchester Utd and Status Quo
UK Album Charts
- No 9 - Parklife - Blur
- No 8 - God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies feat Mmm Mmm Mmm
- No 1 - I Say I Say I Say - Erasure feat Always
Fillums!
- No 10 - Braindead from Peter Jackson
- No 5 - Groundhog Day
- No 1 - 3 Ninja Kids
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
C&VG issue 152
- Another World on the 3DO
- Super Metroid on SNES
- Sam & Max Hit the Road on PC
What Could We Have Been Playing?
Deadlock's Super Groovy Episode Archive - bit.ly/PHEpisodeGuide
What did YOU think of Heart of the Alien? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was June 1994 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Insector X
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
We reach Mega Drive letter G and busting makes us feel good! Cultural interlude from December 1st 1990
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Round Table Chat About Games and That
What Sull Did
What Mark Did
What Dan Did
Cultural Interlude Dec 1st 1990
UK Singles Charts
- No 8 - I’ll be your baby tonight - Robert Palmer & UB40
- No 6 - Fantasy - Black Box
- No 1 - Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice
UK Album Charts
- No 9 - The Very Best of - The Bee Gees
- No 6 - Rocking All Over The Years - Status Quo
- No 1 - Immaculate Collection - Madonna
Fillums!
- No 5 - Exorcist III
- No 2 - Repossessed
- No 1 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
C&VG issue 109
What Could We Have Been Playing?
- Golden Axe 1,2,3
- Ghouls and Ghosts
- Gain Ground
- Gley Lancer
- Gynoug
- Gunstar Heroes
What did YOU think of Ghostbusters? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was Dec 1990 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Heart of the Alien
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Saturday Jul 31, 2021
Mega Drive letter F we try to become the Fastest 1! Did we achieve it? Cultural interlude from June 28th 1991
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What Dan Did
What Mark Did
- Oxenfree
- Resident Evil: Village
- The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
- Cruella
- Physical
- Last American Virgin
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude June 28th 1991
UK Singles Charts
No 3 - Erasure - Chorus
No 2 - Color Me Bad - I wanna Sex You Up
No 1 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
UK Album Charts
No 8 - Deacon Blue - Fellow Hoodlums
No 5 - Beverley Craven - Beverley Craven
No 1 - Cher - Love Hurts
Fillums!
No 3 - Navy Seals
No 2 - Silence of the Lambs
No 1 - The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
C&VG issue 116
- Hero Quest from Gremlin on the Amiga
- Wrestle War on the Megadrive
- Block Out on the Megadrive
What Could We Have Been Playing?
What did YOU think of Fastest 1? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was June 1991 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Ghostbusters
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"