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Retro gaming talk for up to four players.
Arcade Attack turns retro gaming into a group conversation, with quick jokes, half-serious verdicts, and plenty of remembered detail. Episodes move from arcade picks and SNES soundtrack debates to LucasArts rankings, survival horror chat, and the hidden costs of free games.
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Arcade Attack is a retro gaming show with the energy of a group conversation already in progress. It is quick, warm, and happily untidy. The panel moves through arcade picks, console memories, public polls, ranked lists, and head-to-head matchups without sanding off the side jokes. That looseness is part of the appeal. A segment on classic beat 'em ups can pause for memories of playing Kung Fu on holiday, then snap back to why the game helped define a genre. A Chrono Trigger versus Final Fantasy VI debate gives proper attention to graphics, soundtrack, gameplay, artwork, and music history, but it still leaves room for impressions and comic interruption. The show knows a lot about retro games, yet it wears that knowledge lightly. It is not trying to sound like a lecture. It sounds like fans making a case, correcting each other, and occasionally admitting that their definitive lists may have come from a very small sample size. Episodes often work from a simple hook: pick one arcade game, rank LucasArts point-and-click adventures, compare two RPGs, or count down secret games hidden inside other games. Other installments stretch the frame. The discussion of free downloads looks at upgrades, spending traps, and Roblox through the eyes of people who have seen both old retail tricks and modern digital pressure. Desert Island Diskettes adds a more interview-led format, with Sam Dyer discussing Bitmap Books and console history, and Kim talking survival horror, Resident Evil, controllers, and platform memories. The recurring pleasure is not just the topic list. It is the back-and-forth. Arcade Attack suits listeners who want retro gaming talk that is informed, playful, and rooted in lived experience.
Made for: Best for retro gaming fans who enjoy arcade history, console nostalgia, rankings, polls, and relaxed panel banter. It also suits listeners who like hearing why old games still matter beyond pure technical trivia.
What sets it apart: Arcade Attack blends fan-level detail with group momentum: rankings, archive picks, guest selections, and modern gaming gripes all run through the same chatty panel chemistry. It feels researched without becoming stiff.
A lively, accessible and entertaining weekly retro gaming podcast from Keith, Adrian, Dylan and James @ www.arcadeattack.co.uk. We will cover whole episodes on single retro gaming classics, discuss the latest retro news and topics, broadcast interviews with some of the true legends of the industry or whatever else may take our fancy!Like what we do? Please support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/arcadeattacke9a54c71b4e7f21321be42e68c350c0b97237d22
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Arcade Attack pairs close attention to retro games with the relaxed friction of four friends comparing memories, mechanics and industry stories.
Arcade Attack Retro Gaming Podcast turns old games into lively group conversation, with Dylan, Adrian, James and Keith trading memories, jokes and close observations about how games play.
Arcade-only rules meet Adrian's console picks, and your inner rules lawyer gets excellent company.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm arcade roundtable finds its best stretch in Kung Fu's sharp feel, rising challenge, and Mallorca coin nostalgia.
Arcade Attack's Arcade Archive Vol. 3 gives itself a clean prompt: each host brings an arcade game to the table. From there, the fun comes from how quickly that premise gets tested, with console picks like Pang and Tank Tank Tank on Wii U nudged into the debate.
A fan-powered retro showdown where Chrono Trigger's soundtrack gets the deepest hearing.
Arcade Attack frames its retro matchup as a crowd-shaped verdict, weighing graphics, soundtrack, gameplay, artwork, review scores, and social-media input rather than leaning on a single host's ranking.
A lively panel weighs how free games can lead players toward paid upgrades, with banter softening the warning.
Arcade Attack looks at the uneasy space between a free download and the spending habits it can nudge into view. The panel keeps the issue grounded through one speaker's near miss: after paying about a tenner to hurry an upgrade along, he found himself at the lower end of a…
A warm retro-podcast detour where Patreon jokes and Rotterdam food memories make the company the main attraction.
Arcade Attack's episode plays as a loose, companionable panel chat, with Rotterdam emerging as its most vivid stop. Cheap Eurostar travel, museums, art galleries, bitterballen, stroopwafels, and a hot market stroop give the travel talk real texture, while Dylan, James, Barry,…
A friendly survival horror chat where controller layouts become part of the challenge.
Arcade Attack puts its desert island disquette setup to work on a survival horror chat, with James joined by streamer Kim to revisit games she loves and plays on stream.
A warm Dave Grossman interview that mixes LucasArts memories, Return to Monkey Island, and a purple-tentacle time-travel aside.
Dave Grossman's Arcade Attack appearance has an easy, well-shaped appeal: it moves toward his LucasArts years, then circles forward to Return to Monkey Island while that game's reception still feels close at hand.
A warm, unruly toy-lane trip where Laser Tag and console bargains spark Christmas debate.
Arcade Attack's seasonal special turns a nostalgic trip down toy lane into a busy, affectionate panel chat about the toys, prices, and hardware that filled late-1980s wish lists.
A tribute interview with Team17 co-founder Martyn Brown discussing his early career and the creation of classic Amiga games.
The Arcade Attack hosts kick off a two-part Christmas special by reminiscing about iconic retro toys from the 1980s.
The Arcade Attack podcast interviews Dave Grossman, a LucasArts legend and co-designer of The Secret of Monkey Island.
A retro gaming podcast revisits a 2018 interview with legendary video game composer Chris Huelsbeck, discussing his work on classic game soundtracks.
The hosts of Arcade Attack introduce their third volume where each brings an arcade game to discuss, with Adrian already breaking the only rule by mentioning a console version.
Arcade Attack frames Chrono Trigger vs Final Fantasy VI as a “gaming jury” case, with patrons and followers casting the final verdict after the hosts set out each game’s case.
The hosts of Arcade Attack introduce a discussion about the hidden costs of free games and downloads.
Dylan interviews Sam Dyer, Creative Director of Bitmap Books, about their new book 'Leaps and Bounds' covering console history.
The hosts of Arcade Attack discuss ranking all 15 LucasArts point-and-click adventure games and consider opening a poll to the public.
James explains why "Retro Hunters" is about collecting for "the joy of owning that piece of history," not "the green eyed money monster."
Kim says Resident Evil 3 on PS1 was her first game, chosen after a Toys R Us trip with her dad.
The Arcade Attack crew discusses their top 20 secret video games hidden within other games, sharing nostalgic memories and trivia.
The hosts discuss their favorite video game characters and review the Sonic 3 movie while sharing hopes for Sonic 4.
Andy Davidson discusses his early inspiration for creating the classic game Worms from his bedroom.