Retro Titans - the Evercade podcast
Retro Titans: the podcast dedicated to the epic world of retro and indie gaming on Evercade
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#19 Total Evercade podcast, Xeno Crisis, and Alpha x Super Pockets, with Olly Barnett
07/22/2024
#19 Total Evercade podcast, Xeno Crisis, and Alpha x Super Pockets, with Olly Barnett
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 bigwigs listen ;-) There's also a few references to Olly's collaborator, and head admin for the Evercade Hangout, Ryan Andrews - who appears on episode 5 of Retro Titans, if you want to check that out before or after listening to Olly. 🔗 Links: YouTube - Facebook - X / Twitter - 🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Xeno Crisis 'Area 1, Perimeter', by Daniel Bärlin (Savaged Regime) for the Sega Mega Drive. Mastered by Lee Mintram (Featurecast).
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#18 Resurrecting a retro gaming classic: Duke Nukem Remastered, with Nikolai Wuttke-Hohendorf, aka Lethal Guitar
07/07/2024
#18 Resurrecting a retro gaming classic: Duke Nukem Remastered, with Nikolai Wuttke-Hohendorf, aka Lethal Guitar
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 the iconic features, whilst also making a number of gameplay improvements. 🔗 Links Twitter / X - Blog - 🎵 Music Duke Nukem Title Scereen, by James Paddock Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Axis, by
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#17 Building an Evercade collection - tips and tricks for acquiring a full set, with Matt Upton
06/22/2024
#17 Building an Evercade collection - tips and tricks for acquiring a full set, with Matt Upton
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 island. 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Streets of Rage 2 'Good Ending', by Yuzo Koshiro
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#16 Evercade Alpha Q&A, listener questions answered and building the Evercade community - with Blaze Entertainment's Sean Cleaver
06/11/2024
#16 Evercade Alpha Q&A, listener questions answered and building the Evercade community - with Blaze Entertainment's Sean Cleaver
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 Evercade event (EverCon?) As always, we have Sean's Desert Island Carts and find out the games and device one of the heads of Blaze Entertaintment would take, if stranded on a desert island. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra OutRun 'Spash Wave', by Hiroshi Kawaguchi
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#15 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 2), with Crazy Burger, Vaughan Anscombe and Nik Tyrrell
05/30/2024
#15 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 2), with Crazy Burger, Vaughan Anscombe and Nik Tyrrell
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 Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Manic Miner, by Matthew Smith. Published in 1983 by Bug-Byte
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#14 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 1), with Andi Hamilton
05/30/2024
#14 ALPHA mini arcade launch reaction (part 1), with Andi Hamilton
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 Yasuaki Fujita and Harumi Fujita
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#13 Retro Gaming History, Evercade Reaction and Gaming Music, with author Mike Diver
05/24/2024
#13 Retro Gaming History, Evercade Reaction and Gaming Music, with author Mike Diver
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 a big music fan, so we cover that too. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - Muck Rack - Amazon - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Xenon 2 - Megablast (Amiga Music), by Bomb the Bass and Dave Whittaker
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#12 Retro Gaming Heaven, Bricked Carts and the Music of Richard Joseph, with Andy Caomhanach
05/17/2024
#12 Retro Gaming Heaven, Bricked Carts and the Music of Richard Joseph, with Andy Caomhanach
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 feature and Andy explains his love of retro gaming music, especially from Richard Joseph. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - LinkedIn - University of Galway - Andy on RTE - 🎵 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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#11 Witch n' Wiz - the story behind the super-addictive puzzle game on Evercade, with Matt Hughson
05/08/2024
#11 Witch n' Wiz - the story behind the super-addictive puzzle game on Evercade, with Matt Hughson
Witch n' Wiz is one of my all-time favourite games on Evercade, so I've been chomping at the bit to speak to the game's developer Matt Hughson. It was everything I hoped and more. We discussed how he came up with the idea for Witch n' Wiz and developed it into the game we all love. He explained his process for devising the levels and gets the difficulty level just right, before moving on to tell the story of his involvement with Evercade. Matt, who is based in Vancouver and works as a developer in his day job too, is also a fierce supporter of the homebrew developer scene and he explains why the community is so supportive, and tells us about some of his own favourite games. As always, we covered his top choices of a device and carts to take away for the Desert Island Carts feature. If you enjoyed Witch n' Wiz or have any interest in how games actually get made, this episode is for you. 🔗 Links: Linktr.ee - X / Twitter - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Nebs 'n Debs, by kulor (thanks to Chris Cacciatore)
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#10 The joy of collecting Evercade, crazy cart prices and going legacy, with Connor from Seafoam Gaming
04/30/2024
#10 The joy of collecting Evercade, crazy cart prices and going legacy, with Connor from Seafoam Gaming
The Evercade Facebook groups have been lit up in the past few weeks discussing collecting and selling carts. As a non-collector myself, I am intrigued by the desire to own the whole collection and equally curious about the prices some of these carts can command. So, to understand more about the art of collecting on Evercade, I spoke to reviewer, collector and all-round retro gaming fan Connor (aka Connor The Braixen) from Seafoam Gaming. We also have time to discuss licensing, why some carts go legacy and which ones could be up for deletion next. Connor has an extensive knowledge of Evercade and retro gaming in general, and his enthusiasm is infectious. As always, we have time to discuss Connor's desert island carts and play out with one of his favourite retro gaming tunes. 🔗 Links: Website - Blue Sky - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Valis III - Nizetti, by Hisao Inoue, Jun Hasebe & Shingo Murakami
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#9 Behind the scenes of a successful indie game studio, with Mega Cat Studio's James Deighan & Andrew Marsh
04/25/2024
#9 Behind the scenes of a successful indie game studio, with Mega Cat Studio's James Deighan & Andrew Marsh
The Mega Cat Studios Collections (I & II) are firm fan favourites amongst the Evercade community, so having the opportunity to talk to the company’s founder James Deighan and cinematic director Andrew Marsh was a real treat. This episode covers a lot of ground, from the origin story of Mega Cat Studios and how they started working with Blaze Entertainment, through to the business of making indie games and defining success in a hit-led industry. If you have any interest in developing your own game or you’d like to peep behind the curtain of a successful game studio, this episode is for you! It also happens to have a banging tune to play out at the end. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - Instagram - Facebook - Discord - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Coffee Crisis theme tune, by Mega Cat Studios
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#8 Evercade hardware updates, Tomb Raider, Street Fighter and Duke Nukem, with Andi Hamilton
04/19/2024
#8 Evercade hardware updates, Tomb Raider, Street Fighter and Duke Nukem, with Andi Hamilton
Fresh from a mid-season break, we talk to gaming journalist and YouTuber Andi Hamilton and get his take on the latest Evarcade news, the growth of retro gaming and his love for Duke Nukem, Street Fighter and Sensible Soccer. As usual we have the Desert Island Carts feature, where Andi tells us his choice of device, carts and music to take away on a desert Island. Do make sure you subscribe to Retro Titans to never miss an episode and give us a review, if you have a moment to spare. 🔗 Links: X / Twitter - YouTube - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Splatterhouse 2 Genesis Music - Bellache Boss Battle, by Eiko Kaneda
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#7 - Nik Tyrrell on the golden era of gaming, collecting cartridges and Evercade Family Fortunes
03/24/2024
#7 - Nik Tyrrell on the golden era of gaming, collecting cartridges and Evercade Family Fortunes
We catch up with Nik Tyrrell, a retro gaming YouTuber, Evercade collector and fan of the 8-bit era. As well as providing his thoughts on all things Evercade, Nik gives us his perspectives on the golden era of gaming, what the appeal of collecting cartridges is and his hidden gems in the Evercade library, amongst other things. We also play an Evercade game, 'Evercade Family Fortunes', which you're welcome to join in at home or on the move. All you need is a pen and paper before you start listening. Do make sure you subscribe to Retro Titans to never miss an episode and give us a review, if you have a moment to spare. 🔗 Links: YouTube - Facebook Group - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra New Zealand Story - arcade in-game music
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#6 - Behind the Evercade Evolution magazine with Liam Isaacs, Mark Rutland and Vaughan Anscombe
03/17/2024
#6 - Behind the Evercade Evolution magazine with Liam Isaacs, Mark Rutland and Vaughan Anscombe
In our sixth epsiode, we catch up with three of the team behind Evercade Evolution, a fan magazine devoted to the world of Evercade. We find out why the magazine was created and hear some of the highlights so far - from a chance encounter with OutOfTheBit, which led to first Evercade single cart release, to how the magazine runs as a non-profit and raises money for charity. Liam, Mark and Vaughan also give their thoughts about the world of retro and indie gaming on Evercade, why they'd like to see a Spectrum cart and make their predictions on games and hardward for the year ahead. 🔗 Links: Evercade Info - Twitter - 🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Boomerang Kid, by AceMoon
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#5 - Building an Evercade Community, with Ryan Andrews
03/11/2024
#5 - Building an Evercade Community, with Ryan Andrews
So, what happens when you discover Evercade? You want to share your experiences and ask questions of like-minded people, of course. Thankfully there are plenty of options to choose from, including the Evercade Hangout on Facebook. This week, we catch up with Ryan Andrews, head admin of the Evercade Hangout, which promotes itself as 'the only Evercade group that allows all opinions whether they're good or bad.' We find out what goes into running a successful Facebook Group, how the sister channel, the Total Evercade YouTube livestream works, and Ryan's personal take on all things Evercade. 🔗 Links: Facebook - YouTube - (where Total Evercade lives) 🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Goal-scoring Superstar Hero, written by Jon Hare and Richard Joseph, performed by Jackie Reed
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#4 - Making Full Void with Ali Motisi, Out Of The Bit
03/03/2024
#4 - Making Full Void with Ali Motisi, Out Of The Bit
In this episode we catch up with three of the team behind the futuristic, dystopian Evercade classic, Full Void. The game's developer Out Of The Bit is a small independent studio based in Wimbledon London and was founded in 2008 by Ali Motisi. Ali and two of his team Tom Cullen and Leo Halwart explain how the pandemic was the inspiration for Full Void and some of the decisions they made, from the choice of music to the style of pixel art. We also get find out how it got picked up by Evercade to become Blaze Entertainment's first single-game cartridge and how it felt to pick the Debug independent gaming Subscriber's Choice award. If you are interested in indie gaming or the Evercade platform, this is a must-listen episode. 🔗 Links: Website - Twitter / X - Facebook - Instagram - 🧑💻 Interviewees: Twitter / X -@ Twitter / X - Twitter / X - 🎮 Out Of The Bit games on Evercade: 🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Full Void (Amiga version), by Robyn Powell
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#3 - Flea and dyslexia in gaming, with Ally Low, Lowtek Games
02/25/2024
#3 - Flea and dyslexia in gaming, with Ally Low, Lowtek Games
In this episode of Retro Titans, we talk to Ally Low, the founder and owner of game studio Lowtek Games and a prominent figure on dyslexia in gaming. Ally explains the progress around dyslexia, but why it's still coming up short and what he'd like to see happen next. We also discuss his process for creating amazing, addictive games like Flea and Tapeworm Disco Party, and then promoting them with Blaze Entertainment. Ally provides budding games developers with his top tips for getting into gaming and creating the next Evercade classic. In the final part of the show, Ally also shares the top three carts and device he would take with him to a desert island, as part of our Desert Island Carts feature. Make sure you hang around for his music choice at the end of the show. Whether you are new to Evercade or a seasoned gamer on the platform, you'll love this deep-dive into all things Evercade. 🔗 Links: Website - Twitter - TikTok - 💾 Gaming-making engines: GB Studio - Godot - 🎮 Lowtek Games games on Evercade: 📖 Projector Mapping demo: @JohnBlueRiggs 🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Tapeworm Disco Party - in-game music
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#2 - Evercade origins and top games, with Sir_Top_&_Hat
02/18/2024
#2 - Evercade origins and top games, with Sir_Top_&_Hat
For our second episode of Retro Titans, we talk to one of the leading lights in the world of Evercade, Sir_Top_&_Hat. We find out how he discovered Evercade and played a role in the development of the platform, including gaining those early licenses and promoting the Evercade community. He also shares the top three carts and device he would take with him to a desert island, as part of our Desert Island Carts feature. Whether you are new to Evercade or a seasoned gamer on the platform, you'll love this deep-dive into all things Evercade. 🔗 Links: Twitter - 🎵 Music Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra New Zealand Story - arcade in-game music
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#1 - YouTube reviews and getting started, with Crazy Burger
02/12/2024
#1 - YouTube reviews and getting started, with Crazy Burger
We kick off Retro Titans with an interview with one of the leading retro gaming YouTubers, Crazy Burger. We discuss his accidental success as a YouTuber, the early days of Evercade, the Super Pocket success, predictions for the future, and his Desert Island Carts + much more! Whether you are new to Evercade or a seasoned gamer on the platform, you'll love this deep-dive into all things Evercade. 🔗 Links: YouTube Facebook Instagram
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