This episode is a stand alone one after the sad news that previous podcast guest Jason Brookes sadly passed away this month.  Appearing on episodes 33 and 86 discussing his time of Edge and Super Play he was a great guest. Jason shared his background on how he got into writing, his love of Japanese gaming and much more.

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In this episode we are jumping aboard our flying carpet and entering a Whole New World as we discuss Aladdin.

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There were several Commodore Amiga magazines available to buy in the 90’s but Amiga Power was seen as the king. Another great magazine from Future Publishing featured some of the best magazine writers which could easily be seen when you read the magazine. 

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In November 2001 Microsoft released their first console into a market that was changing. Sega’s Dreamcast had failed so they left the market. However Microsoft knew how to make an entrance! From the off they set out to do things differently.

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In what’s hopefully a first of many movies based on games episodes the crew take a look at 1993’s Super Mario Bros The Movie. We take you through the movie, offer our thoughts and what we want from a future Mario Movie.

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Welcome back to part 2 of The Top Ten Games Magazine list. Thanks again to everyone that voted for their favourite magazines to make up this top 10. In part 1 we covered some great titles with writers from the mags who shared some great stories with us.

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Welcome to our latest episode where we discuss the first part of the Top 10 Listener’s Choice Games Magazines. Back in January this year we asked for people to tell us their favourite magazines, the votes were counted and here are the results! Over 100 magazines were voted for so some obviously didn’t make the cut but some that did may surprise you.

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Chris Smith redux and Phil take a journey through time and pinball, taking a look at highlights and interesting curios from the world of Video game Pinball.

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In this episode Paul interviews Dave Upchurch. Starting his career at EMAP on popular 90’s magazine ACE he soon was moved to The One Amiga where he became the magazines editor. At the time the Amiga was going from strength to strength with games such as The Secret Of Monkey Island 2, Chaos Engine.

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Phil, Maximum Power Up’s very own answer to Bruce Wayne, is joined by a rogues gallery of Chris Smiths to discuss some of Batman’s many video game outings.

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