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Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast

The Retro Asylum is the UK’s number one retro gaming podcast show that looks at gaming culture from a UK perspective. The show regularly features at top of the iTunes chart and sits among some of the industry's biggest names.
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Now displaying: 2020
Dec 24, 2020

The lads have nicked Santa's Sleigh and are off to visit all their podcast mates. More importantly will the sleigh get returned in time for Santa to deliver all the kids presents or will the lads have ruined Christmas?

A Special thank you to Scott Pearson aka Scopie for our wonderful cover art for this episode!

Thanks again to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

William E Rimmer
ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Dec 23, 2020

Mads and Chris indulge themselves and choose the game club game for January from the sequels to games already covered in the game club. Tune in to hear which games have been cast aside and which will be the chosen one for January.

Lookout for our bumper Christmas episode which will be released on Christmas Eve!

Special thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

William E Rimmer
ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Dec 22, 2020

In this special bonus episode, Dean Swain talks to Oliver Harper about the upcoming Street Fighter 2 documentary 'Here Comes A New Challenger' and discusses how Oliver become a successful YouTuber and director.

Checkout the Kickstarter campaign for more information.

Checkout Olivers YouTube channel to see more of his amazing work.

Special thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

William E Rimmer
ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Nov 30, 2020

The launch episode of Playthrough. From the team that brings you Retro Asylum, a brand new community play along podcast featuring modern and middle aged games.

Nov 30, 2020

Chris and Mads don their helmets and jump into the Super Fighter to take on Dogurava and the Gidans in the classic shmup Truxton on the Mega Drive. Did Chris really get a higher score than Mads? Why is Mads crying? Find the answers to these questions and more in this episode.

Special thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

William E Rimmer
ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Nov 29, 2020

In this episode Dean, Steve & Matt travel back to a time when games could be bought for a couple of quid at the local newsagents.

 

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Special thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

William E Rimmer
ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
stephen stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Nov 22, 2020

In our latest Game Club episode, Mads, Chris and game club guest Dean choose a shortlist of three BBC Micro games to go forward to our poll for December's game club game.

Thanks again to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

ninjixel
TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Mitsoyama
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
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Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
stephen stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Nov 1, 2020

Our resident game clubbers Chris and Mads are scared s***less as they play through this survival horror classic on the original PlayStation.

Thanks again to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

TJ
Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Stephen Bell
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Aiden Marriott
Paul Ashton
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

 

Sep 30, 2020

Chris and Mads spend two months bumping into stuff in Ys I and II on the PC Engine. We also reveal which spooky game we will be playing in October.

Thanks again to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Stephen Bell
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Aiden Marriott
Paul Ashton
Rick Jackson
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Richard May
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

Sep 26, 2020

Dean and Chris get together for the first in a new series of Spectrum Next themed episodes. In this episode, they look back at the two Kickstarters and talk Spectrum Next programming with Sunteam's Paul Weller.

Thank you again to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible.

Andy Hudson
Ricardo Engel
Adrian Nelson
Alastair Barr
Straight2Video
RoseTintedSpectrum
Matthew W
James Bentley
Wiedo Belochkin
Tony Parkinson
Gaz H
Mal Woods
Zach Glanz
Richard Rogers
Cane and Rinse
LamptonWorm
Salvio Calabrese
Stephen Bell
Rhys Wynne
Clint Humphrey
Mark Bylund
Aiden Marriott
Paul Ashton
Rick Jackson
Chris Rowe
Jon Sheppard
Laurent Giroud
Martin Stephenson
Aaron Maupin
Jim-OrbitsIT
Jon Veal
Thomas scoffham
Richard May
Andy Marsh
Patrick Fürst
Laurens de Bruijn
Andrew Gilmour
Stephen Stuttard
Matt Sullivan
Magnus Esbjörner
Darren Coles
Garry Heather
Edward Fitzpatrick
Chris Worthington
Nick Lees
Blake Brett

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