Retro Asylum

Retro Asylum The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast. Curating gaming culture for future generations. 'World's Best Po

The Retro Asylum podcast show was launched in October of 2011 by Andy Godoy & Dean Swain after they had decided to bring their previous show (which had focused on all aspects of gaming) to an end. The new show would focus on the guys main passion, namely the games that they had grown up with. Unlike other “retro” focused shows that were around at the time, Retro Asylum looked at the scene from a U

K prospective. Whilst other shows talked nothing but Atari, Nintendo & SEGA, Retro Asylum discussed the systems that the British audience had grown up with such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 & Amstrad CPC as well as the consoles and looked at classic British games such as Manic Miner & Chuckie Egg. Within a few months of the show being launched it had shot into the top 20 of the iTunes gaming chart. Eventually Retro Asylum would manage to knock corporate podcast’s such as IGN, Giant Bomb & The Official PlayStation Podcast off of the top spot of the iTunes gaming chart and has continued to do so on numerous occasions. In 2014 Andy Godoy decided to leave Retro Asylum due to family commitments, leaving Dean Swain at the helm. Steve Erickson joined the show in 2015 and shortly afterwards Retro Asylum was voted “Best Video Game Podcast” of 2015 in the very first UK Podcasters awards. Mads Kristensen joined RA in March 2016 and in the same year Retro Asylum was voted "World's Best Podcast' in the NME awards. Matt Wilsher, who had been a previous host in the shows early days also rejoined the show later this year. The shows line-up of hosts was completed when Chris Worthington joined in 2018. In 2021 Retro Asylum celebrated it's 10th Birthday making it not only the UK's Number 1 retro gaming podcast but also one the UK's longest running shows.

12 years since the podcasts inception and Retro Asylum is still going strong.

08/12/2024

Robocop in the arcades, released in 1988 by DataEast. Did you find this game too hard?

Shout out to our newest followers! Great to have you onboard!Kristian Parsons, Mario Angelo Q. Denosta, Carwyn Tywyn, Mi...
04/12/2024

Shout out to our newest followers! Great to have you onboard!

Kristian Parsons, Mario Angelo Q. Denosta, Carwyn Tywyn, Miguel Roshan Dela Cruz, Karlvs Albertvs, Scott Goldstein, Julian Johnson, Dave Allen, Joeven Benz, Ted Broske, Tom Monteyne

Better late than never, here is our video that looks at The Spectrum which is a modern remake of the classic Sinclair ZX...
28/11/2024

Better late than never, here is our video that looks at The Spectrum which is a modern remake of the classic Sinclair ZX Spectrum home micro:

https://youtu.be/i2cW8rZwM-A?si=LknfPRLuI7CeVbKX

Dean Swain from the Retro Asylum podcast gives his opinion on the recently released The Spectrum by Retro Games Ltd. He also shows how to add and use the ori...

For those of you who have bought we recommend that you track down and use the original roms as it increases compatibil...
24/11/2024

For those of you who have bought we recommend that you track down and use the original roms as it increases compatibility 👍
The ROM image files must be stored in the folder /THESPECTRUM/roms/ on your USB stick. Look at the 4th picture for the Rom names that you will need.

Sorry for the amount of images but the press kit edition of The Spectrum is very nice. Once we’ve had a chance to use it...
21/11/2024

Sorry for the amount of images but the press kit edition of The Spectrum is very nice. Once we’ve had a chance to use it, we will let you know what we think of it 👍

Our friends over at GardenSoft have informed us that it is time to dust off your and do the shake & vac:
17/11/2024

Our friends over at GardenSoft have informed us that it is time to dust off your and do the shake & vac:

It's Jim Middleton's first day at work andhe is eager to impress the other hosts by hoovering up!

Spot the difference… Soon!
17/11/2024

Spot the difference… Soon!

As a lot of our followers are migrating over to Bluesky, we thought that we would share our Bluesky link with you should...
17/11/2024

As a lot of our followers are migrating over to Bluesky, we thought that we would share our Bluesky link with you should you wish to follow us over there too: https://bsky.app/profile/theretroasylum.bsky.social

The UK's No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast. Curating gaming culture for future generations. 'World's Best Podcast'- NME Award 2016. Established October 2011. https://retroasylum.com

17/11/2024

Bomb Jack Twin is a two player arcade follow up to the original Bomb Jack game. It’s very hectic and best played in two player mode.

Not long now until Retro Games Ltd release The Spectrum! Are you getting one? What are your memories of the rubber keyed...
13/11/2024

Not long now until Retro Games Ltd release The Spectrum! Are you getting one? What are your memories of the rubber keyed wonder? Let us know!

Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast : Episode 342: EverCade cart #2 Namco Museum Collection 1
12/11/2024

Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast : Episode 342: EverCade cart #2 Namco Museum Collection 1

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...

We will be streaming from our long forgotten Twitch channel from around 19:30 this evening as we take a look at volume 1...
10/11/2024

We will be streaming from our long forgotten Twitch channel from around 19:30 this evening as we take a look at volume 1 of the Namco collection on the Evercade. Join us: https://m.twitch.tv/theretroasylum/home

09/11/2024

Pole Position is a racing arcade video game released by Namco in 1982. It was licensed to Atari, Inc. for US manufacture and distribution. Pole Position is considered one of the most important titles from the golden age of arcade video games.

05/11/2024

A very quick look at the Pole Position Racing Player by My Arcade.

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Robocop Arcade Game
Robocop Arcade Game

Robocop in the arcades, released in 1988 by DataEast. Did you find this game too hard? #robocop #dataeast #arcadegaming #arcade #arcademachine #retrogaming

Bomb Jack Twin
Bomb Jack Twin

Bomb Jack Twin is a two player arcade follow up to the original Bomb Jack game. It’s very hectic and best played in two player mode. #arcade #bombjack #NMK #tehkan #RetroGaming #arcadegames

Donkey Kong on the 48k ZX Spectrum
Donkey Kong on the 48k ZX Spectrum

This new version of Donkey Kong for the ZX Spectrum was released just a couple of days ago. Get your copy at https://bubu-marcianito.itch.io/arcade-zx-collection-donkey-kong #TheSpectrum #zxspectrum #sinclair #sinclairzxspectrum #donkeykong #arcade

Pole Position
Pole Position

Pole Position is a racing arcade video game released by Namco in 1982. It was licensed to Atari, Inc. for US manufacture and distribution. Pole Position is considered one of the most important titles from the golden age of arcade video games. #poleposition #namco #atari #arcade #arcadegaming #retrogaming

Pole Position Racing Player by My Arcade
Pole Position Racing Player by My Arcade

A very quick look at the Pole Position Racing Player by My Arcade. #atari #namco #NamcoBandai #arcade #myarcade #PolePosition #retrogaming

Tiny Arcade repaired
Tiny Arcade repaired

Managed to repair this New Rally X Tiny Arcade by replacing the screen. #arcade #tinyarcade #namco #NewRallyX #retrogaming

Arcades
Arcades

Saturday night playing arcade games 👍 #arcade #arcadegames #vectrex #RetroGaming #theempirestrikesback

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. Back the Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ctrlaidelete/ctrl-ai-delete

Vectrex in action
Vectrex in action

If there is one system that emulation doesn’t quite do it justice yet, it’s the mighty Vectrex! Absolutely amazing tech for its time and sadly was discontinued far too soon. #RETROGAMING #vectrex #arcade

On Tuesday 17th of September 2024, Dean Swain & James Middleton from the Retro Asylum podcast appeared live on OJ Borg's show on BBC Radio 2 to talk about retro gaming and to quiz OJ about the PlayStation2. #retrogaming #retrocomputing #podcast #radio2 #BBC #arcade

Internal Speaker for ZX Spectrum Next
Internal Speaker for ZX Spectrum Next

Just installed an internal speaker into my #zxspectrumnext that you can actually hear, unlike the previous speaker that I had. 👍 #sinclairzxspectrum #zxspectrum #RETROGAMING #retrocomputing

Pandora’s Palace
Pandora’s Palace

Pandora’s Palace is a 1984 vertical platform arcade game by Konami/Interlogic. #konami #konamigames #arcade #retrogaming

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