Episode 360: Interview with Darran Jones
Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast
Release Date: 11/02/2025
Episode 362: 8 Bit Wars Ceasefire - Xmas Special 2025
Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast
The RA team assemble along with Gordon King from the RGDS podcast, wave their white flags into the air to declare a ceasefire and instead spread happiness and cheer during the festive season. Special thanks to Scott Pearson for yet another great cover! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Aaron Maupin Adam Hinde Andrew Gilmour Bitmap Soft Blake Brett Cane & Rinse Chris Atwill Chris O'Regan Christopher Bolton Clint Humphrey Darran Coles DrNoVocalCords Dylan D'Arch Forge Garry Heather Guto THreadbare Guy Simms...
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Episode 361: Vectrex Mini - Interview David Oghia
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Dean Swain, Jim Middleton & Chris O'Regan chat to the man behind the Vectrex Mini Kickstarter, David Oghia. Find out how the project started, how the Kickstarter campaign is going and what to expect from the finished product. Check the Vectrex Mini Kickstarter campaign at As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Aaron Maupin Adam Hinde Andrew Gilmour Bitmap Soft Blake Brett Cane & Rinse Chris Atwill Chris O'Regan Christopher Bolton Clint Humphrey Darran Coles DrNoVocalCords Dylan D'Arch Forge Garry Heather...
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Episode 360: Interview with Darran Jones
Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast
Dean Swain & Jim Middleton are joined by the editor of Retro Gamer Magazine Darran Jones for an exclusive interview. Find out how Darran first got into writing, how he started his career in the magazine business and even what his favourite meal from his local fish & chip shop is. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Aaron Maupin Adam Hinde Andrew Gilmour Bitmap Soft Blake Brett Cane & Rinse Chris Atwill Chris O'Regan Christopher Bolton Clint Humphrey Darran Coles DrNoVocalCords Dylan D'Arch Forge...
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Episode 359: Kong Off UK
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Jim and Chris hold a vigil for Dean's Vectrex before talking to Russ and Oli AKA RetroRuss and 8BitBoyUK about the recently announced UK KongOff - Hot Sauce is optional! Link's for the topics covered in this episode: Donkey Kong Off UK - Arcade Club - Retro Russ - 8bit Boy UK - As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon...
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Episode 358: The Licenses That Got Away!
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Dean, Steve & Mark take a look at the TV & Movie licenses that maybe deserved a game but never actually got one, plus we discuss the Vectrex Mini and a lot more! Want to attend the Fastloaders C64 gig mentioned in this episode? Visit As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes...
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Episode 357: Toaplan Arcade 1
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In episode 357 of The Retro Asylum hosts Chris O'Regan and Jim Middleton focus their attention on the 8th arcade cartridge for the Evercade series of consoles. It boasts 8 games from Toaplan's back catalogue of arcade games. Not only do the hosts chat about each game, but they also announce the winners of the high score challenge as well as the prize draw for some Evercade related goodies. Also covered in this episode are some retro gaming news stories, links below to the source of each one: Ubisoft are releasing Settlers II for the Amiga - The 90’s Arcade Racer game is now vapourware, but...
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Episode 356: ZX Spectrum Next - The 3rd Strike!
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Christopher O'Regan and Dean Swain chat to Henrique Olifiers and Chris Hill about the amazingly successful 3rd Kickstarter campaign of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next and a whole lot more! If you want to back the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter, you can find it at: As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch...
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Episode 355: July High Score Challenge Picks - Toaplan Arcade 1 Cartridge
Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast
Mads and Jim pick four games to play for July's High Score Challenge from the Toaplan Arcade 1 cartridge on the Evercade. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes vintage Tech Nik, Howard Price Matthew Turner Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans aka Muppets4 Roushimsx Guto Threadbare...
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Episode 354: Evercade Interview
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In this episode Jim Middleton and Chris O'Regan talk all things Evercade with Blaze CEO Andrew Byatt and Head of Marketing Sean Cleaver. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch Bitmap Soft Mikes vintage Tech Nik, Howard Price Matthew Turner Adam Hinde Chris O'Regan James Dunn Hans aka Muppets4 Roushimsx ...
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Episode 353: Magic Knight Pixel Jockey Kickstarter
Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast
In this episode of Retro Asylum Dean Swain & Chris O'Regan are joined by Paul from Pixel Jockey to discuss the Magic Knight 40th Anniversary Collection Kickstarter. Plus Dean updates us on his OutRun DIY Arcade project & Chris talk's Flashback & Oblivion! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde kingdiesel Roger Swan Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott MrRockitt Pete Rogers Rune P New Game Old Flame - Podcast Christopher Bolton Damon Crockett Dylan D'Arch...
info_outlineDean Swain & Jim Middleton are joined by the editor of Retro Gamer Magazine Darran Jones for an exclusive interview. Find out how Darran first got into writing, how he started his career in the magazine business and even what his favourite meal from his local fish & chip shop is.
As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!
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Cane & Rinse
Chris Atwill
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DrNoVocalCords
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Garry Heather
Guto THreadbare
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