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A lively, accessible and entertaining fortnightly retro gaming podcast from Keith, Adrian, Dylan and James @ www.arcadeattack.co.uk. We will cover whole episodes on single retro gaming classics, discuss the latest retro news and topics, broadcast interviews with some of the true legends of the industry or whatever else may take our fancy!
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Murder, She Wrote spanned over 250 episodes! But did you know that the popular crime drama starring Angela Lansbury was also turned into a PC point-&-click adventure game?
Ever fancy stepping into the shoes of Jessica Fletcher? If so, all your dreams have come true! Yup, a Murder, She Wrote video game was released in 2009 and got Rob very curious indeed!
Rob discusses one of the weirdest games to ever hit the PC and is on a mission to solve the ultimate mystery... Is it any good? Dyl, Ade and James chip in with their own views, plus somehow they get talking about The 1-2-3 Kid, a video game based on Breaking Bad and lots more in-between!
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Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Virtua Fighter, Ristar, Eternal Champions, Knockout Kings. Our guest has worked on all these classic games. Erik Wahlberg was a hugely respected producer at SEGA and EA.
Erik Wahlberg was a hugely respected producer at SEGA and EA. He worked on so many classic titles such as Virtua Fighter, Ristar, Eternal Champions, Knockout Kings and lots more in-between! He also discusses the fascinating story behind SegaSoft and creating the worlds first online fighting game; Net Fighter!
Please enjoy this bumper 2-hour video interview where Erik reflects on his time working at SEGA and EA. Erik shares some amazing stories such as eating raw meat with Tommy Tallarico and meeting some of the worlds best boxers! Plus, what is this talk of a new Creed / Rocky game?! Oh yes, you better believe it! His stamp on the video game industry cannot be disputed!
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Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Thursday Jan 14, 2021
Keith's back with another music pod! At last!! Was it worth the wait? You betcha! A tale of how young Keith fell in love with 8-bit SEGA racing games, then 16-bit SEGA racing games, then SEGA arcade racing games, you get the hint (hahahahahha). But seriously, let him tell you tales via the medium of sound and some of the best soundtracks to racing games ever created.
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Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Thursday Jan 07, 2021
Konstantinos Dimopoulos is a hugely respected game urbanist and designer! His role is to create the cities and worlds inside your favourite video games! This amazing role is something I never really knew existed so it was an honour to hear how a city and world can be bought to life within a video game in this lovely podcast video interview! Konstantinos has also just released a stunning new book called Virtual Cities: An Atlas & Exploration of Video Game Cities. The book invites you to visit 45 of the most iconic video game cities. Games covered include Zelda: Majora's Mask, Silent Hill and Half Life 2. Here is a link to his personal website: https://www.game-cities.com/
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
Rocky Balboa - You know the name, you the films, now enjoy an interview with one Rocky's biggest fans; Ryan Rebalkin.
I (Adrian) had the true honour of interviewing one of my favourite podcast hosts on our second ever Arcade Attack: Bonus Stage Podcast interview! I get the chance to chat with Ryan Rebalkin who creates the awesome Going the Distance: The Rocky & Creed Series Podcast!
These bonus podcasts basically give us all an excuse to talk about all the other loves in our life's away from gaming - in this case; ROCKY! But don't switch off now as there is a lovely segment of the interview dedicated to video game chat, memories, favourite games and more.
Ryan possibly loves Rocky even more than me! So step this way for a great chat on Rocky, how his podcast started and how he may be one of the very few people on this earth to complete Rocky on the Master System!
If you love Sly and/or Rocky please be sure to check out Ryan's two amazing podcast:
Rocky Podcast Link: https://goingthedistance.libsyn.com/
Worst of the Best Podcast Link: https://anchor.fm/the-worst-of-the-best-podcast
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Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
What are the best N64 games to hit the market? Mario Kart, Zelda: Ocarina of Time, GoldenEye or even Resident Evil 2? Well, buckle up for our definitive list...
Laugh at us once more as we come up with a "definitive" console Top 25 using strange algorithms based on whoever's hosting the episode. This week it's Dylan's turn to host the N64 top 25 as he's barely played 20 N64 games (better leave it to the experts eh?) And don't worry, you're not going mad, this episode was filmed after Thanksgiving and was postponed for a whole load of reasons.
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Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
Battle against the Arcade Attack lads in this retro gaming quiz! Test your gaming knowledge across many fun rounds in this fun quiz.
Let's not beat about the bush, this is now our 200th episode extravaganza as the drunk mailbox episode was a complete write-off for several reasons. Will it ever see the light of day? Possibly. Might be something to tease to our future Patreon backers, hint hint. Just kidding, we're way off doing a Patreon!
Adrian has come up with many gaming-related questions to pose to the boys (the rounds in which definitely do not infringe any copyright laws...).
Rob and James versus Keith and Kev, who will be crowned kings of our "ef off 2020" quiz? Listen to find out!
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Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Eternal Champions & Virtua Fighter - just two of the iconic games Michael Latham helped create while being a producer at SEGA. He is back and ready to share loads of new stories and his views on SEGA today and in its glory days! The Arcade Attack boys are back and ready to celebrate everything SEGA! Plus, with a very special guest to help keep us all in check!
For our 199th episode we thought it only right to wax lyrical about our favourite ever video game company - SEGA.
Favourite SEGA consoles, favourite games, favourite arcade games, memories - it's all here, for two whole hours! Ex-SEGA supremo (and, amazingly, AA fan) Michael Latham kindly joined us to join in the fun and tell us more than a few amazing stories from the company's golden era. He also sends a volley back at Mac Senour for some comments he made in a recent interview. Let the SEGA fest commence!
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Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
In the first of our monthly bonus episodes (hopefully released first Monday of every month) for our regulars, Adrian takes on the popular Arsenal podcaster Andrew Mangan from the Arseblog Arsecast in a chat that covers how Andrew became so famous, interviewing the likes of Cesc Fabregas, what video game character would beef up the Arsenal midfield and lots of gaming and football (soccer) chat in between. Enjoy!
Check out his podcast here - https://play.acast.com/s/arseblog
Follow Arseblog on Twitter here - https://twitter.com/arseblog
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Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
The Resident Evil Chainsaw, Donkey Kong's Bongos and a lock for the NES?! Enjoy a look at ten more of the craziest gaming peripherals and accessories ever released.
Ever feel the need to bong Donkey Kong's bongos? Then, have no fear! Arcade Attack is here! Well, it's Adrian with another round of slightly odd gaming peripherals that may or may not tickle your fancy.
Said bongos, an array of curious Wii controller "attachments" and a famous chainsaw are just some of the treats in store for you today. Bong bong.
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Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Gunstar Heroes, Tomb Raider, the SEGA Menacer... Just a few of the titles and projects ex-SEGA producer Mac Senour helped create. Enjoy a great interview with a true SEGA legend.
Mac Senour shares some really eye-opening and unbelievable stories about his time working as a producer for SEGA for Arcade Attack. Mac reflects on the extremely strained relationship between SEGA of America and SEGA of Japan during the early 90's with some stories you need to hear to believe.
He also discusses his vital role on getting the legendary Gunstar Heroes released - which seemed to be destined for the bin! Mac also talks about his role on the SEGA Menacer gun, working on Taz for the Game Gear, playing golf with Clint Eastwood and getting hit in the stomach by Joe Frazier. Mac also reflects on his time working for Atari and US Gold and his role in helping Lara Croft and Tomb Raider see the light of day. Mac also provided a lovely text interview in the past for Arcade Attack.
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Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Yep, we've gone all meta and are now interviewing each other! Ha ha! But seriously, Adrian has been the main driving force at AA so I (Dylan) thought it'd be nice to make him the interviewee for a change.
So, learn more about the man and let us take you on a whistle-stop tour of our journey so far. Apologies if we missed any of you in the shoutouts, we only had an hour!
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Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
It was a true pleasure to interview LucasArts legend Noah Falstein for Arcade Attack. Noah reflects on his career, his many games he has worked on and what it was like to work with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas in this in-depth and entertaining interview.
Noah has worked on some huge titles, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, The Dig, Battlehawks 1942 and many more. He also discusses his work on some of his recent projects. Please check out his text interview for Arcade Attack: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/noah-falstein/
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Oh you'd better believe there's a volume two of this! In the last of our poor-sound-quality pods (is that a term?) the boys minus Dyl and plus Kev go on an Adrian-led journey through some of the strangest gaming peripherals ever made.
The Sega Activator, Mind Link and an inflatable motorbike for the NES are just three of the treats in store. And Troy Aikman gets a good "kicking", what more could you ask for?
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Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Hey paisanos! National stereotypes and off-duty wrestlers abound as we discuss the Super Mario Brothers Super Show, while Adrian pretends to hate the Zelda cartoon...because of the colour of Link's hair? Well excuse me, princess! And who is that making their long awaited return to the pod?
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Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Rat Man from GTA, the even darker secrets of the Secrets of Evermore, the ghost of Minecraft and a scary FPS game hidden in Microsoft Excel! Yup, ten more gaming myths and urban legends to get your teeth into!
***This podcast contains adult themes so if there's any little-uns about you can either stuff some cotton wool in their ears or tell them they're in for a treat, up to you!***
We've now covered EVERY GAMING MYTH THERE HAS BEEN AND EVER WILL BE! Well, not really! We've come to the end of Adrian's countdown of the greatest gaming myths he could find on the internet.
A game with a darker meaning and a nasty surprise for spreadsheet users (we're not talking about you, Serco) are just two of the treats in store.
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Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Jon Hare is the football game pioneer (Sensible Soccer, SWOS), Gustav Hedenborg is the latter day football game guru (Pro Evolution Soccer series) and they've now joined forces on the exciting Sociable Soccer. It was only right to get them both on the podcast, right?
Adrian caught up with Jon and Gustav for a lot of football/soccer chat, what their previous soccer-game escapades were like and what the future looks like for Social Soccer.
Sociable Soccer Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/sociablesoccer
Sociable Soccer Twitter - https://twitter.com/Sociable_Soccer
Gustav's Sociable Soccer Twitter - https://twitter.com/CaniggiaCM
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Like seriously, wtf?? So it's not a thousand but it's about twenty which is as ridiculous as its marketing. The PC Engine (as we'll call it here in the show notes) is a thing of wonder at Arcade Attack as none of us owned one. Why? We shouted "rise from your gwaaave" at Keith a lot and it worked! He's here to explain all to coincide with him finally getting ahold of Konami's mini version of the console.
So let Mr B explain how the NEC/Hudson Soft partnership came about, what made the console so special in Japan and pretty much redundant everywhere else, what the most popular titles on it are, the crazy CD peripherals and what he made of the mini. We also discuss one of the most famous Kanye West myths of all time. Bonk, anyone?
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Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Mortal Kombat 2 improved in every aspect from the Midway classic. We run through the fighting games development, backstory, the new characters (Baraka, Jax and Kitana) and our views on one of the best games ever made.
Do we cover Mortal Kombat too much? Probably. But we love it so we'll keep on doing it mwahahahahahahahaaaa!
MORTAL KOMBAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTT...two was quite the feat on arcade and home ports but how good was/is it? Rob's bringing the pain yet again as the boys wax lyrical about the game some say is even better than Street Fighter 2! Well, I don't say it but some do.
Mortal Kombat 2 took all that was great about the first game and ramped it up to eleven. With new characters, moves and cool concepts, is Mortal Kombat 2 truly the best ever MK game ever made!?
Lots of tales of the game's arcade birth and upgrades, the home ports, some juicy trivia and the team shouting a lot. What more could you ask for?
And for dessert go check out our John Tobias interview, MK1 pod and MK films pod xxx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYAd8LMYcg
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Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
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