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
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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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 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!"
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Mega Drive letter E we check out interplanetary hero Earthworm Jim and his quest to save Princess What's-Her-Name. Did we dig it? Cultural interlude from November 11th 1994
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Cultural Interlude November 11th 1994
UK Singles Charts
No 8 - All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
No 5 - Saturday Night - Whigfield
No 1 - Baby Come Back - Pato Banton cover of The Equals original
Albums
- No 9 - Monster by REM
- No 8 - Amorica by Black Crowes
- No 1 - Unplugged in New York - Nirvana
Fillums!
- No 4 - Forrest Gump
- No 2 - Pulp Fiction
- No 1 - Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
C+VG Issue 156
What Could We Have Been Playing?
What did YOU think of Earthworm Jim? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was November 1994 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Fastest 1
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Letter D we inhabit Dahna and hack n slash our way through countless bad uns. Is it Dah best or Dah worst? Cultural interlude from December 20th 1991
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What Dan Did
Cultural Interlude December 20th 1991
UK Singles Charts
- No 5 - Guns n Roses - Live and Let Die
- No 3 - KLF feat Tammy Wynette - Justified and Ancient
- No 1 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody / These Are The Days Of Our Lives
UK Album Charts
- No 8 - The Definitive Simon and Garfunkel - by erm...Simon and Garfunkel
- No 2 - Stars - Simply Red
- No 1 - Greatest Hits II - Queen
UK Film Charts
- No 6 - Suburban Commando
- No 2 - Hot Shots!
- No 1 - The Addams Family
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
C&VG HITS!
- Rolling Thunder 2 - Mega Drive
- Smash TV - Amiga
- Super Castlevania IV - SNES
- Burning Fight - Neo Geo
What Could We Have Been Playing?
- Death and Return of Superman
- Dangerous Seed
- Devil Crash MD and the follow up Dragon's Revenge
- Decap Attack
- Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Dynamite Heady
- Dynamite Duke
- Desert Strike
- DJ Boy
What did YOU think of Dahna: Megami Tanjō? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was December 1991 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Earthworm Jim
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday May 15, 2021
Saturday May 15, 2021
Letter C is pinball metal madness with Crüe Ball. Waggle your flippers, hit your bumpers and stop losing your balls. Cultural interlude from September 5th 1992
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What Mark Did
What Dan Did
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude September 5th 1992
UK Singles Chart
- No 5 - Felix - Don’t You Want Me
- No 4 - Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart
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No 1 - Snap - Rhythm is a Dancer
UK Album Charts
- No 10 - We Can’t Dance - Genesis feat "No Son of Mine" and "I Can't Dance"
- No 2 - Laughing on Judgement Day - Thunder
- No 1 - Greatest Hits - Kylie Minogue
UK Film Chart
- No 9 - Universal Soldier
- No 5 - Lethal Weapon 3
- No 1 - Alien 3
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
Reviews
- BC Kid - Amiga
- Die Hard - NES
- Parodius - Super Nintendo
- Prince of Persia - Super Nintendo
What Could Have Been Playing?
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
- Columns
- California Games
- Contra: Hard Corps
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Cannon Fodder
- Cobra Command
What did YOU think of Crüe Ball? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was September 1992 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Dahna: Megami Tanjō
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Letter B is shoot-em-up Battle Mania Daiginjō. Strap on your jetpack, take control of Mania and Maria and shoot all on-comers!! Cultural interlude from December 24th 1993
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What Sull Did
What Dan Did
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Cultural Interlude Dec 24th 1993
UK Singles Chart
- No 5 - It’s Alright - East 17
- No 2 - Take That - Babe
- No 1 - Mr Blobby - Mr Blobby
UK Album Charts
- No 5 - So Close - Dina Carroll - feat Ain’t No Man
- No 2 - One Woman: The Ultimate Collection - Diana Ross
- No 1 - Bat Out Of Hell II - Back into Hell - Meat Loaf feat I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)
UK Film Chart
- No 7 - Demolition Man
- No 5 - Jurassic Park
- No 1 - A Perfect World
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
Reviews
- Rebel Assault - PC CD-ROM
- Sensible Soccer - SNES
- Cybermorph - Jaguar
- Dr Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine - Mega Drive
What Could Have Been Playing?
- BOB
- Barbie Super Model
- Bare Knuckle
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Battletoads
- Beyond Oasis
- Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing
- Buck Rodgers Countdown to Doomsday
- Blockout
- Bonanza Bros
What did YOU think of Battle Mania Daiginjo? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was December 1993 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Crue Ball
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
Saturday Apr 10, 2021
The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis journey begins and letter A is Alien Storm. Which one of us will be Elvis, April O'Neill or Robbie the Robot and vanquish the Alien badness? Cultural interlude from June 28th 1991.
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What Dan Did
What Mark Did
What Sull Did
Cultural Interlude June 28th 1991
UK Singles Chart
- No 8 - Bryan Adams - (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
- No 5 - Salt N Pepa - Do You Want Me?
- No 1 - Andrew Lloyd Webber & Jason Donovan - Any Dream Will Do
UK Album Charts
- No 4 - Seal by Seal - feat "Crazy", "Future Love Paradise", and "Killer"
- No 2 - R.E.M. - Out of Time - feat. "Losing My Religion" and “Shiny Happy People"
- No 1 - Cher - Love Hurts - feat “Love and Understanding”
UK Film Chart
- No 1 - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
- No 2 - Edward Scissorhands
- No 3 - The Silence of the Lambs
- No 4- Thelma and Louise
- No 5 - The Naked Gun 2 ½: The Smell of Fear
And what we’ve all been waiting for!!!!! - Games
- Sim City - Super Famicom / SNES
- Hunter - Amiga
- Solstice - NES
- The GG Shinobi - Game Gear
- The Simpsons - Arcade
Charts
What Could Have Been Playing?
What did YOU think of Alien Storm? How many AWOOGAS would you give it? How was June 1991 for you?!
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Next Episode's game - Battle Mania: Daiginjō
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Saturday Mar 27, 2021
Sull, Dan and Mark begin their exciting journey through the Mega Drive / Genesis library, one game, one letter at a time.
SEGAAAAAAAA!
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Next Episode's game; 2-1 - Alien Storm
"Playing the games so you don't have to!"
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
As we come to the end of World 1 we look back over the highs and lows of our NES / Famicom journey and the gems we endured thanks to the belligerent randomiser. Bring on World 2! SEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
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