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.

13/07/2025

Stage 2 of Bubba 'n' Stix (Core Design 1994) on the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. Also available on the Amiga.

In our latest video, Jim Middleton reviews a Switch/Steam game that plays like a cross between Bubble Bobble & Donkey Ko...
11/07/2025

In our latest video, Jim Middleton reviews a Switch/Steam game that plays like a cross between Bubble Bobble & Donkey Kong 3: Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/wubO8vlEXz4?si=279hA4BYh1sjEHqb

Jim takes a look at the new Nintendo Switch, single screen platformer from Bortbyting; Flora and Fang. Footage captured on Nintendo Switch 1 and 2.Visit Retr...

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05/07/2025

Come and join in!

Another awesome High score challenge from Retro Asylum!

This month they are featuring 4 games selected from developer Toaplan.

First up is the arcade classic Snow Bros. Which I've never played before.

You control one of 2 snowmen Nick & Tom, your job is to rescue princesses Puripuri and Puchipuchi from captivity by traversing single screen platform puzzles full of enemies. You defeat the enemies by lobbing snowballs at them, naturally. Cover them in enough snow and they turn into a giant snowball themselves which can then be kicked, destroying everything in their path.

It kind of feels a little like Bubble Bobble....actually it feels exactly like Bubble Bobble but a whole lot extra, faster and tougher and ultimately better looking.

I'm really enjoying this game, I've found it's easier using traditional arcade controls rather than a joy pad, you just got to get that authentic feel, maybe I should get some chips in the fryer to recreat that Chip Shop vibe we had in the 90s.

Reckon you can top the high score leader boards? Come and join in over at the Retro Asylum Discord!

Back in 2013, Retro Asylum host’s Andy Godoy, Dean Swain & Ally Hogg were joined by Mikie of retromash.com fame and were...
01/07/2025

Back in 2013, Retro Asylum host’s Andy Godoy, Dean Swain & Ally Hogg were joined by Mikie of retromash.com fame and were lurking around the fields of Essex on the lookout for retro gaming related car boot bargains!

Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast : Episode 355: July High Score Challenge Picks - Toaplan Arcade 1 Car...
30/06/2025

Retro Asylum - The UK’s No.1 Retro Gaming Podcast : Episode 355: July High Score Challenge Picks - Toaplan Arcade 1 Cartridge

Mads and Jim pick four games to play for July's High Score Challenge from the Toaplan Arcade 1 cartridge on the Evercade. 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 Plasticma...

29/06/2025

The Arcade1Up Street Fighter 2 to OutRun conversion is 99% complete.

Here is the video version of episode 354 in which Jim Middleton & Chris O’Regan talk all things Evercade with Blaze CEO ...
22/06/2025

Here is the video version of episode 354 in which Jim Middleton & Chris O’Regan talk all things Evercade with Blaze CEO Andrew Byatt and Head of Marketing Sean Cleaver.

https://youtu.be/KD57Z2Paq_k?si=vAqPXAgxF93ZUZBN

In this video Jim Middleton and Chris O’Regan talk all things Evercade with Blaze CEO Andrew Byatt and Head of Marketing Sean Cleaver.Visit Retro Asylum at h...

20/06/2025

A game that I used to really enjoy was Sega’s Monaco GP (my local newsagent had the sit down version) and sadly the game can’t be emulated. Thankfully there is a great remake, so I thought I’d introduce it to my son and he absolutely loves it!

Checkout our latest video. Jim Middleton gives us his first impressions on ZPF, a brand new shoot em up for the Sega Meg...
19/06/2025

Checkout our latest video. Jim Middleton gives us his first impressions on ZPF, a brand new shoot em up for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis

In this episode Jim unboxes, plays and gives his first impressions on the new Mega Drive game - ZPF. This game was Kickstarted back in 2024 and is published ...

Remember that it’s never too late to tune into the Retro Asylum podcast! No matter what old game or system it is that ge...
19/06/2025

Remember that it’s never too late to tune into the Retro Asylum podcast! No matter what old game or system it is that gets your nostalgic juices flowing, chances are we have covered it. https://retroasylum.com

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