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It's not the episode 300 you might have expected (don't worry, we'll be celebrating soon), but Mark, Mads and Chris team up for the first time to select three Saturn games to take forward to the game club shortlist for March. Thanks to all of our...

In our first game club episode of the year, Chris and Mark strap in for a deep dive into the Rare classic, RC Pro Am.  They also review the Atari high score challenges from December and catch up on the latest retro news. Thanks to all of our...

Jim, Mark and Mads get together to talk about the blue hedgehog's 8-bit outings. Which 8-bit Sonic games will be up for vote for the game club in February 2023? Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate...

Mads and Chris return to game club action and take a deep dive into the Sensible Software classic, Wizball. They also catch up on what they've been up to and make a special announcement about the future of the game club.  Special thanks to Mark...

The RA gang are joined by some very special guests to engage in mortal combat once more in the first ever 8 Bit Wars Christmas Edition. Who will be the glorious victor? Special thanks to Scott Pearson for his amazing artwork for this episodes cover!...

Dean Swain talk's to arcade collector Alex Crowley about the opening of the Arcade Archive Musuem and what we can expect to play when we visit. For more information on the Arcade Archive, visit Alex's YouTube channel: Thanks to all of our...

In this episode Chris and Mads don their football jerseys and try to save the world cup from alien interference in Soccer Kid for the Amiga. Special thanks to Mark leither for cleaning up the image of Soccer Kid used on our cover. Checkout Mark's...

Dean, Chris & Steve get nostalgic once again about the 1990's and this time look at 90's TV and reveal what they got up to on their nights out. Plus, Steve ventures to Blackpool for Play Expo 2022! Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this...

In an bizzare experiment that goes horribly wrong, Matt & Steve swap voices with Mads & Chris whilst trying to pick some Commodore 64 games for the November Games Club shortlist. Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode...

In this episode our resident RPG experts, Mads and Chris, give the chant on the Black Isle 1999 classic, Planescape: Torment. Like the stunning artwork on this episodes cover? It's by Sergio Strano. Checkout Sergio's work on his Instagram page: ...