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#12 Retro Gaming Heaven, Bricked Carts and the Music of Richard Joseph, with Andy Caomhanach

Release Date: 05/17/2024

#21 Being the UK's youngest competitive gamer and why we need Tekken on Evercade, with Mean Machine Dean

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

Remember Sky TV's Games World from the 90s? In this episode, we meet one of the early finalists and the youngest competitive video gamer of the era, Dean Kennedy - aka Mean Machine Dean. A relative newcomer to Evercade, Dean talks through his early experiences on the platform and what attracted him to it in the first place. As well as his love of Street Fighter, Dean has a passion for all fighting games and would love to see Tekken brought to Evercade - "never say never". Dean also talks about his Twitch channel, inspirations in the world of gaming and his new side-hustle making custom...

#20 Inside Blaze Entertainment HQ and Evercade's 'Hit, Miss and Maybe' for 2024, with Crazy Burger

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

Earlier this month, Retro Titans was invited to a special media day for journalists, influencers and creators, to get a rare opportunity to meet the people who run Blaze Entertainment and try out the new devices and games. We were under embargo until the end of the month, so this interview recorded with Crazy Burger reveals the highlights of the day and our revised take on new launches, like the Alpha, Tomb Raider and Bitmap Brothers 2. Crazy Burger also gives us his take on all the releases and announcements so far in 2024, playing a game of 'Hit, Miss or Maybe'. 🔗...

#19 Total Evercade podcast, Xeno Crisis, and Alpha x Super Pockets, with Olly Barnett

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

In case you hadn't noticed, there's another Evercade podcast out there: Total Evercade, which airs every other Monday evening at 8pm UK time. Here we catch up with one of the regular presenters, Oliver Barnett, to explain what it's all about and they have doubled down on the livestream experience for Evercade fans. We also hear about Olly's love of Xeno Crisis, why he plays Sensible Soccer every Christmas (even though he's not a football fan) and get his reaction to upcoming releases from Blaze Entertainment. Phil also pitches a couple of marketing ideas to Olly, because apparently Blaze...

#18 Resurrecting a retro gaming classic: Duke Nukem Remastered, with Nikolai Wuttke-Hohendorf, aka Lethal Guitar

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

Talk to any Evercade fan and it won't be long before Duke Nukem 1 & 2 Remastered comes up in conversation. And for good reason: it's an example of a classic game, made better for the Evercade platform, without tinkering with it too much. So, this episode goes into the background of how and why the games got (re)made, trying to uncover what makes them so special. Out guest, Nikolai Wuttke-Hohendorf - aka Lethal Guitar - was the lead developer of the Duke Nukem remasters, and he explains exactly how they brought the Duke back from the dead and the lengths they went to to preserve all...

#17 Building an Evercade collection - tips and tricks for acquiring a full set, with Matt Upton

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

Whether you’re a veteran Evercade collector or new to the world of collecting retro gaming carts, you’ll enjoy this interview with Matt Upton. We discuss what it means to be an Evercade collector, whether you need to collect the full set, and hacks for acquiring hard-to-get Legacy carts. Matt is a keen collector himself and was game enough to play our Evercade 'Price Is Right' game - can you beat him guessing the correct price for popular Evercade classics? As always, we have our Desert Island Carts feature, where Matt shares his choices of carts and device to take to a desert...

#16 Evercade Alpha Q&A, listener questions answered and building the Evercade community - with Blaze Entertainment's Sean Cleaver

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

We caught up with Sean Cleaver, Blaze Entertainment's spokesperson and head of marketing, to find out more about Evercade's plans for the future and answer questions about the upcoming Alpha mini arcade and what's been going on in the world of Evercade. We cover the Alpha launch in detail, including how the Evercade mini arcade came about, as questions about specification, game line-up and whether we'll see more mini arcades in future. Sean also answers listener questions, including dealing with bricked carts and whether we'll ever see a Spectrum carts. We also pose the idea of a real-life...

#15 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 2), with Crazy Burger, Vaughan Anscombe and Nik Tyrrell

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

In the second of our ALPHA reaction episodes, we catch up with previous Retro Titans guests Crazy Burger, Vaughan Anscombe and Nik Tyrrell to find out what they think about Blaze's first mini arcade cabinet launch. As well as finding out whether Evercade have got a hit on their hands and if they will be buying one, we also discuss the future of Blaze Entertainment and what they are most excited about for the rest of 2024. 🔗 Links: Crazy Burger on YouTube - Nik Tyrell on YouTube - Evercade Evolution on X / Twitter - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff...

#14 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 1), with Andi Hamilton

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

In this first of two reaction minisodes to the launch of Evercade ALPHA, the new mini arcade bar top machine from Blaze Entertainment, we catch up with journalist and gaming streamer Andi Hamilton. Here we get Andi's initial take and his thoughts on where this fits into the Evercade ecosystem, following the big reveal on Thursday 30th May. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - YouTube - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Mega Man 3 Rock Medley, produced and performed by Daniel Araujo and friends, composed by...

#13 Retro Gaming History, Evercade Reaction and Gaming Music, with author Mike Diver

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

If you're serious about retro gaming and can recall all your devices from days gone by, you'll love this episode with retro gaming journalist and author, Mike Diver. Publisher of three books on retro gaming, with another in the works, Mike has an encyclopedic knowledge of arcades, consoles and computer games. Here we delve into his latest book and talk about why retro gaming holds such a fascination for many of us. As always we get our guest's take on what's happening at Blaze Entertainment and in the Evercade universe, plus our regular Desert Island Carts feature. Turns out Mike is also...

#12 Retro Gaming Heaven, Bricked Carts and the Music of Richard Joseph, with Andy Caomhanach

Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast

In a packed episode, we talk to IT lecturer and media commentator Andy Caomhanach about his love of retro gaming, which goes back to his Commodore 64 days and the Light Fantastic Pack. He describes how is love of computing and gaming led to the discovery of the Evercade platform and what makes it so special. We also tackle the thorny issue of cart failures, which has come up on various groups and forums, in an attempt to get to the bottom of why they might be happening, whether we should be worried and what gamers can do about it. Finally, as always, we have the Desert Island Carts...

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We also tackle the thorny issue of cart failures, which has come up on various groups and forums, in an attempt to get to the bottom of why they might be happening, whether we should be worried and what gamers can do about it.

Finally, as always, we have the Desert Island Carts feature and Andy explains his love of retro gaming music, especially from Richard Joseph.

🔗 Links:

X / Twitter - @andycaomhanach

LinkedIn - @andycaomhanach

University of Galway - www.universityofgalway.ie

Andy on RTE - www.rte.ie

🎵 Music

Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff

Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra

The Chaos Engine (1993) World 2 music ('The Workshops') by Richard Joseph

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