Mark, Steve & Dean dress up as Michael Knight, Devon Miles & Dr Bonnie Barstow respectively to discuss the classic action crime drama that had us all running around playgrounds pretending to be a talking car! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hyde ki…

Excerpts from Maru Kiru: The Chosen Ones by Brendan Albetski and Anfield Road by Chris Shepherd / photos of Chris Shepherd, Alex Fitch and Brendan Albetski Legendary Warriors and Football Dreams: In this month’s show, Alex Fitch chats with a couple of graphic novelists who are reinventing classic ideas and locations. Chris Shepherd talks about his …

Kelly Vassie, Myfanwy Tristram, Ian Williams and Alex Fitch at the launch event for the 2025 First Graphic Award at Waterstones Brighton, February 2025. Photo by William Ranieri. First Graphic Novel Award 2025: In this month’s show, Alex Fitch hosts the launch event for the 2025 First Graphic Award. Available to any unpublished comics creator, the …

In this episode Chris and Jim chat to Richard Moss and Connor O'Keane about their upcoming five part documentary 'Terrorbytes' celebrating all things Horror in video games. Order your copy of TerrorBytes at https://terrorbytesdoc.com/ As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations!…

Steel Battalion, the game with arguably the largest controller ever made for a home console gets the RA treatment. Join Chris O'Regan and Mark Byland as they strap themselves in their VTs and try not to fall over! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Guy Simms Richard Hy…

In this episode, Chris and Mads are joined by special guest Martin (of evercade.info fame) to take a look at the games included on the fourth Evercade cartridge. 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 Ci…

James Middleton and Chris O'Regan are joined by Marcin Paczyński and Adam Ziółkowski of Good Old Games (AKA GOG) to discuss the importance of video game preservation. 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 Jam…

Dean Swain is joined by Paul Higgins, an arcade collector to discuss arcade gaming and arcade collecting. They also discuss what they have been playing on the MB Vectrex recently. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel Roger Swan Shot2Bits Plasticma…

Steve, Dean, Mark, Jim & Chris O'Regan look back at what Retro Asylum got up to during 2024, a quick round up of the latest news in the world of retro gaming, they also talk about pixel art on the Divoom Pixoo and look to what the future holds. Plus we have our special on the scene report from the Crash Live event. As always, thanks to all of our P…

In this episode Chris Worthington, Chris O'Regan, Jim Middleton, and Mads Kristensen take our viewers and listeners through the third Evercade cartridge: Data East Collection 1. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel Roger Swan Shot2Bits Plasticman …

Excerpts from graphic novels in progress by Alex Taylor, Corban Wilkin, Cathy Brett, Gareth Cowlin, Anna Trench, Myfanwy Tristram and Mereida Fajardo, and photo of Alex Taylor, Corban Wilkin, Cathy Brett, Gareth Cowlin, Anna Trench, Myfanwy Tristram, Alex Fitch and Mereida Fajardo (on screen) at Waterstone Piccadilly First Graphic Novel Award 2023:…

Photos of Brian Wildsmith exhibtion at Barnsley Museum / excerpts from Breakwater and Follow Me In by Katriona Chapman Drawing on Artistic Practice: In this month’s podcast episode of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch presents a pair of interviews about the connections between sequential art and fine art. Simon Wildsmith chats about the major exhibition in…

Merry Christmas everyone! Tis the season to be jolly, so we thought what better way to celebrate than have 6 grown men fight & shout about what 8 bit home micro is best by playing a load of budget games. Which system will win? Tune in to find out! Special thanks to Scott Pearson for creating another awesome piece of artwork for our cover! As always…

In this second episode of our Evercade Collection series, James and Mads take a look at the games on the Namco Collection 1 cartridge. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel Roger Swan Shot2Bits Plasticman Stephen James Cillian O'Brien Robert Ilott …

Covers of Karl Quappe, Vectorblade, Big Blue, Quartz’s Quest for the Vectrex / photos of Chris Parsons, Malban, and Alex Fitch Criss-Crossing the Vectrex Scene: In the fifth in an annual series of shows looking at the Vectrex, an obscure, but much-loved video game system from the early 1980s, Alex Fitch talks to a couple of programmers who make new…

Steve, Dean & Mads discuss various retro themed topics in this episode including The Rubber Keyed Wonder film by the Caulfields, the Alien movie franchise and a whole lot more! As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel Roger Swan Shot2Bits Plasticman S…

In this episode Chris and Jim get all nostalgic for "the beautiful game" as they talk to journalist, historian, and documentarian Richard Moss about his new book; A Tale of Two Halves: The History Of Football Video Games. As always, thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde…

Jim, Mads, Chris and Rich from the Retro Movie Club podcast take a look at the seminal PS1 title, Resident Evil. Find out if those damn dogs can still make us jump and whether the mansion has aged as well as our esteemed hosts themselves. Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richar…

In this episode Mark leads Jim, Mads and Chris through a nostalgic look back at more than 6 years of our game club. We also hear from a bevy of community members on what the game club meant to them. Thanks to all of our Patreon’s who made this episode possible, we really appreciate your kind donations! Richard Hyde Kingdiesel Roger Swan Shot2Bits P…

In this episode of the Retro Asylum podcast, Matt Wilsher & Dean Swain speak to legendary TV presenter, podcaster & author Jason Bradbury about his forthcoming KIckstarter campaign which will hopefully fund the movie Ctrl AI Delete that promises to be "a retro-fuelled, laugh-out-loud action comedy" which is is co-written and produced by Jason. Help…