Episode 65: Shoot ’em Ups

13th March 2018 Philip Hockaday

The time has come to jump into your R-9/Styx/spaceship of choice, and join the Maximum Power Up team defending humanity against insurmountable odds and bright orange bullets.

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Episode 64: Listeners Choice – Commodore 64

25th February 201813th August 2018 Philip Hockaday

In this episode we start a new series of Listener Top 10’s. First up is the 8bit powerhouse the Commodore 64. The C64 lasted for around a decade from it’s very strong start in the home computer market facing off against the Spectrum and Amstrad 464. Known for it’s amazing SID chip the C64 soon gathered a massive fan base for the music heard coming from it but luckily there were many great games to go alongside that

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Episode 63: PlayStation Portable

15th February 2018 Philip Hockaday

When Sony took it’s first steps into the handheld fistfight it was everything you’d expect from them. Sleek and glossy black, big bright wide screen display, the console stood apart from it’s pears in much the same way as the other systems the Japanese gaming giant had produced.

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Episode 62: Pokemon

24th January 2018 Philip Hockaday

A pocketsized podcast with a young Pokémon fan, Jake and his son Eloy talk about the series, from Game Boy to 3DS, the characters, gameplay and tactics. Everything that makes this long term series appeal to a youngster… and his dad!

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Episode 61: Movie Licensed Games

11th January 201811th January 2018 Philip Hockaday

One of the most popular gaming genres in the mid 80’s to late 90’s was the movie license. From the 8bit home computer scene Ocean software led the way in releasing many great games based on the most popular movies of the time. Games such as Batman The Movie, Robocop, Rambo and Terminator 2 made people want to buy the machines to play them on especially when these titles came packaged with the machine – something Commodore did very well!

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Episode 60: Indie Games

28th December 20173rd January 2018 Philip Hockaday

Indie games represent some of the most highly regarded video games on current gen consoles and the PC, and independent studios represent a hot bed of talent when it comes to creating titles that are not held back by the business driven goals of mainstream publishers.

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Episode 59: Wulverblade Developer Interview

26th November 20173rd January 2018 Philip Hockaday

Michael Heald realised a lifelong dream of becoming a game developer when his first title Wulverblade hit the Nintendo Switch earlier in 2017. Initially intended to be an Xbox One exclusive, Wulverblade was picked up by Nintendo and upon release it garnered critical acclaim across the board for it’s engaging storyline and solid side-scrolling, old school beat ‘em up gameplay.

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Episode 58: Dave Perry Interview

15th November 201728th December 2017 Philip Hockaday

Dave Perry is one of the most memorable contributors to UK games journalism in the 90s. With a career in magazine journalism and being a major part of gaming TV shows Games Master and Games World almost everyone knows who he is. With a wealth of games magazines in his portfolio including Sega Pro, Play, X-Gen and many more Dave had a insightful view of changes in gaming industry.

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Episode 57: Resident Evil

24th October 201715th November 2017 Philip Hockaday

When Resident Evil was released in 1996 on the PlayStation, arguably, the Survival Horror genre was born. Created by Shinji Mikami and developed and published by Capcom, the series has been a massive success, with multiple main series games and numerous spin off titles.

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Episode 56: Nintendo DS

11th October 201724th October 2017 Philip Hockaday

When Nintendo announced a new upcoming heldheld in 2004 codenamed DS (Developer System) they described as “The 3rd Pillar”. The Gameboy Advance and Gamecube were Nintendo’s main machines even though the Gamecube was struggling against XBox and PlayStation 2. However in March 2005 the DS was released and people took notice!

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