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Mar 3, 2026

Desert Island Diskettes with survival horror streamer KimC86

Mar 3, 2026

46 min

We've got another cracking episode of our Desert Island Diskettes series, this time with a special guest!

KimC86, a survival horror streamer and all round retro gaming lover, gives us her top 5 desert island games.

Great fun, great games and an all round great episode. A must listen! And you can check out Kim's YT channel here:

And watch the episode on YT here:

https://youtu.be/F9_wgVggmwA

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Feb 24, 2026

Kevin Bayliss interview (Rare legend)

Feb 24, 2026

1hr 12 min

Kevin Bayliss reflects on his incredible career at Rare in this fascinating interview. He worked on some incredible games including Donkey Kong Country, Battletoads, Diddy Kong Racing and Killer Instinct.

Kevin shares some amazing stories including how he created Diddy Kong, why Rare and Nintendo had such an iconic partnership in the 90s, and how Diddy Kong Racing could have looked very different.

AI use in art and video games and much, much more is discussed in this interview with a true gaming legend.

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Feb 17, 2026

Arcade Attack's Desert Island Diskettes

Feb 17, 2026

58 min

It's time for us to rip off, er, I mean, pay homage to the BBC in the only way we know how and bring back Arcade Attack's Desert Island Diskettes. Try saying that after a few shandies.

As it's a comeback for the format, the boys get to choose only two games they'd have if they were stranded on a desert island.

Look out for more of these in the future! If you're a retro gaming (or gaming) content creator and you want to share your choice, please get in touch!

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Feb 10, 2026

Keith's Gaming Mags - March 1993 Pt.2 EGM, Super Play and GamesMaster magazine

Jan 27, 2026

1hr 21 min

In a follow up to last week's episode, we continue our look back at the gaming scene circa March 1993 by delving into three more of the most popular magazines of the time, including a perspective from across the pond courtesy of Electronic Gaming Monthly.

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Jan 20, 2026

Keith's Gaming Mags - March 1993 Pt.1 Sega Power

Jan 20, 2026

1hr 9 min

Remember a time when print media was still relevant? We do, and without gaming magazines Arcade Attack would (probably) never have been born. So join us as we take a look back at the March 1993 issue of the mighty Sega Power, and share some of our own magazine related tales...

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Jan 13, 2026

Ryoichi Hasegawa (SEGA of Japan & Sony Producer) Interview

Jan 13, 2026

1hr 20 min

Ryoichi Hasegawa is a true SEGA legend. He helped produce some classic titles including NiGHTS into Dreams, Crazy Taxi, Streets of Rage 3, Burning Rangers, Ecco the Dolphin and Sonic Jam. He also worked on other classic titles such as Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Jak and Daxter and The Last of Us for Sony.

Stories include his work on Streets of Rage 3 and why it was so much harder for US gamers, his showdown with Nintendo when bringing Mario and Sonic to the Olympics and the true lowdown on how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America got along during the 90s!

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Jan 6, 2026

Dyl's Christmas Gifts

Jan 6, 2026

47 min

It's time for Dyl to give the boys lots of books he's accumulated over the years which bring AI, Witcher and other discussions to the table..

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Dec 30, 2025

Christmas Toys We Loved - Pt 2 - The '90s

Dec 30, 2025

1hr 43 min

Following on from last week's pod, James tackles all the toys we loved at Christmas in the 1990s...

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Dec 23, 2025

Christmas Toys We Loved - Pt 1 - The '80s

Dec 23, 2025

1hr 7 min

What were the world's favourite Christmas toys in the 1980s? James has a jolly good shot at naming them in this week's podcast! Next week, the '90s!

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Dec 5, 2025

Developing a game in the 90s - Eternal Champions roundtable

Dec 5, 2025

1hr 39 min

Erik Wahlberg, John Brandstetter, Kich Ma and Frank Lucero helped create Eternal Champions and share the behind the scenes story of creating one of SEGA's biggets hits!

Eternal Champions and the follow up title Challenge from the Dark Side are both discussed in great detail with the people who made these titles possible. This amazing SEGA team helped take on Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat.

They reflect on the game's development and how SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America had very different views of the game and its future. The team discuss the movie rumours and whether we will ever see a new Eternal Champions games in the future.

Michael Latham interview: https://pod.fo/e/271e6

Erik Wahlberg interview: https://pod.fo/e/b2ba5

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Nov 21, 2025

An old man's take on... Minecraft

Nov 21, 2025

1hr 23 min

What is Minecraft? Er, watch and listen as Dyl scrambles to answer this question whilst also covering the Jack Black 'A Minecraft Movie' as well as the Minecraft Experience.

That's a whole lotta Minecraft.

You can watch Dyl play Minecraft while listening to this podcast if you wish.

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Nov 7, 2025

Scott Miller (Apogee) - Interview

Nov 7, 2025

52 min

Scott Miller is the gaming legend who founded Apogee Software and 3D Realms. He's best known in our circles for being a pioneer of the shareware model that helped change gaming forever.

Scott also helped launch some amazing titles including Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, Commander Keen and Raptor. Scott shares some amazing stories on his hit titles, how he helped id Software on their way and also the truth behind Duke Nukem Forever and whether we may finally see a new Duke Nukem movie!

Max Payne's bullet time creation, how Captain Planet almost cost Duke his iconic name and an amazing story on working with Leonardo Di Caprio all included in this amazing interview!

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Oct 24, 2025

Exposing your guilty gaming pleasures!

Oct 24, 2025

1hr 38 min

Love a bit of Barbie's fashion parade? Sunk an unholy amount of hours into a game? Really enjoyed one of those universally hated titles? Well this pod is just for you!

We look at a whole host of your guilty gaming pleasures. So strap in and enjoy, hopefully without too much cringe.

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Oct 10, 2025

Cassette 50 (and select cassette stories)

Oct 10, 2025

1hr 5 min

Dust off your old HI-FI systems and Walkmans and take a deep dive into the amazing story of Cassette 50!

This compilation game was advertised in every 8-bit computer magazine under the sun and promised 50 of the best games ever made for a bargain price! Was Cascade Games' offer too good to true? Well, you better tune in to find out…

We also share some quite incredible cassette-based memories that include the invention of podcasting, Dyl’s dulcet tones interrupting smooching time, an old banger that delivered the true sound of 80s and a story that leads us to Caroline Quentin of all people!

Mario Gonzalez interview:

Kim Justice Cassette 50 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z-4k-jDS_s

Cassette 50 interview:

https://pixelatron.com/blog/cassette-50-the-interview/

Action 52 episode:

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast-september-3-2017/

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Sep 26, 2025

Cliff Bleszinski (Unreal, Gears of War) - Interview

Sep 26, 2025

1hr 6 min

WARNING: This interview includes swearing and themes that are not appropriate for children.

DOUBLE WARNING: Don't let the kids hear this!

Cliff Bleszinski (aka CliffyB) is the legendary game designer best known for his work on the Unreal and Gears of War franchises while at Epic Games. After leaving Epic in 2012, he co-founded Boss Key Productions which released LawBreakers.

In this no-holds-barred interview, Cliff reflects on the highs of Jazz Jackrabbit, working on Unreal titles and of course, creating the Gears of War series.

He also talks about the Gears of War movie, his favourite games, how he "hates" Hideo Kojima, and how the breakdown of his marriage helped inpsire his work.

Cliff Bleszinski Twitter: https://x.com/therealcliffyb

Cliff Bleszinski Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CliffBleszinski

Control Freak Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Control-Freak/Cliff-Bleszinski/9781797148700

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Sep 12, 2025

Re-rewind - Michael Latham (SEGA, Eternal Champions) - interview

Sep 12, 2025

2hr 30 min

One more from the archives before we return in a fortnight with an absolute humdinger of an episode.

Speaking of humdingers, this is one of our favourite ever chats from the AA vaults. SEGA legend and 6th member of Arcade Attack, the late and great Michael Latham.

So if you've not heard it before (or you want to enjoy it again), the highlights include Michael covering his time working at Activision (Ghostbusters/Power Drift), meeting (and winning over) Michael Jackson, stopping a buggy Sonic 2 flying out to production, working on many 32X games (three of which were unreleased) and the never-ending battle between SEGA of Japan and SEGA of America.

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Aug 29, 2025

Re-rewind from 2018 - Al Nilsen (SEGA legend) interview

Aug 29, 2025

1hr 39 min

Another fantastic interview from the archives to keep you going until our return in the autumn.

For our 50th epsisode almost seven years ago, we welcomed SEGA legend and retro gaming god Al Nilsen to the show.

One of the integral cogs in the SEGA machine of the early 90s, his work ensured that a certain blue hedgehog made the impact he did. Enjoy (or re-enjoy if you listened to us in 2018) 90 minutes of retro bliss!

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