STR 68: The Fall of Sega/Homeless In Japan.

STR 68: The Fall of Sega/Homeless In Japan.

In this episode we talk about my recent trip to Japan, The fall of the great Sega, The 20th Anniversary of the PlayStation One, games we have picked up and much much more! As a special Christmas gift you will also get to hear exclusively the premiere episode of the awesome new podcast Intarivisions.

So grab a cup of rum tainted eggnog and listen to the latest episode of Stalking The Retro whilst wrapping your presents!

STR 67: The Rise of Sega.

STR 67: The Rise of Sega.

In this episode our new co-host Mike Kennedy aka Socal Mike joins us as we talk about the rise of the great Sega. We talk about Sega history, games we have been playing, our recent pickups, and much much more. This episode has two Retro Stalking segments. One with Mike at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and one with Septic Lemon at a car boot sale. We also talk about the latest retro news and Mike reveals some awesome new projects he's currently working on. So why not grab yourself a cold can of beer and listen to the latest episode of Stalking The Retro!

STR 66: Hot Curry In My Lap

STR 66: Hot Curry In My Lap

In this episode we totally rip off Retro Gaming Roundup (We love that podcast!) by doing our own Top Ten. We decide and vote on what are the top ten games to get hammered to. We talk about our gaming pickups and games we have been playing lately and introduce a new segment called Retro Stalking. In the segment Socal Mike talks to Willie whilst at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo as he searches for some retro goodies. We have the audio from the Jay Smith Panel at CGE 2014 (Thanks Willie! )and we round up the top retro news stories for the month and much much more!

So grab yourself a nice glass of whiskey and join us as we get hammered and play retro video games.

Check out Retro Gaming Roundup: http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/

Check out the Great Bit Blog: http://www.greatbitblog.com/

Check out the Colecovisions podcast

STR 65: CGE 2K14/HSW Atari Game Over Panel

STR 65: CGE 2K14/HSW Atari Game Over Panel

Special thanks to Willie for letting us include the audio from the awesome Howard Scott Warshaw Atari Game Over Panel. 

Willie starts out the episode describing what it was like running the console area at the convention. He describes his pickups, things he saw, and the awesome panels that he went to. Then we get to hear the awesome Howard Scott Warshaw talking about the Atari Game Over film that was screened at CGE. He also talks about his experiences at Atari, game development, and much much more. To finish things off CGE related Kynrek aka Joshua from the Turtle Flakes podcast joins me and talks about his time at CGE. He rounds up what games he got at the convention and the awesome people he met.


Thanks again to Joshua and Willie for joining me on another exciting episode of Stalking The Retro!

STR 64: Happy 125th Nintendo

STR 64: Happy 125th Nintendo

Nintendo turns 125 years old this week. Septic Lemon, Diagamblic and myself discuss the history of Nintendo from it's card game making days up to and including the video game era. Then we discuss the latest and greatest in retro news on another exciting episode of Stalking The Retro. Happy Birthday Nintendo! You don't look a day over 124.

STR 63: Retro Revival 2014

STR 63: Retro Revival 2014
In this epic episode the great John Romero has a chat with Septic Lemon, Aidy, and Deon about the past, present, and future of game development. We talk about the Retro Revival gaming convention just held this month in Wolverhampton. Septic and Vipp talk about all the games they played, their pickups, meeting up with fellow retro gamers, the crazy prices of most vendors, and much much more. So grab yourself a nice adult beverage and SUCK IT DOWN! John Romero is going to make you his bitch!

Make sure you check out the Cambridge Computer History Museum and perhaps give a donation to keep that awesome place alive!

STR 62: Summer Gaming.

STR 62: Summer Gaming.

Summer time is a wonderful and amazing time in a kid's life especially for kids that love gaming. In this episode we discuss our summer gaming memories We talk about some of our favorite games we played during summer vacations including home consoles and of course trips to the arcade. Then we round out the latest in retro news and discuss the games we have been playing lately. So grab a cold summer beverage and sit back and enjoy another exciting episode of Stalking The Retro.

Special thanks to Brian Dunning from the Skeptoid podcast for giving us an incredible bumper used in the beginning of this show. Mr Dunning is a really great guy and his podcast "Skeptoid" is a must listen. And a special thank you to our awesome friend Vipp who made it possible to have Brian Dunning insult us. Vipp you are a really awesome dude!

STR 61: Retro PC Memories.

STR 61: Retro PC Memories.

Do you remember the era when AOL was king and games came with screen savers? This episode is all about old school PC gaming. We discuss some of our favorites from back in the day as well as our impressions of the upcoming GOG Galaxy client. We round up Retro E3 news, talk about some games we are playing now, and much much more.

STR 60: Happy Birthday Gameboy!

STR 60: Happy Birthday Game Boy!

The STR crew talks about our favorite Game Boy games as we celebrate 25 years of the most successful portable game console ever made. Scott from RGR joins us as we take a walk down memory lane and discuss some of our favorite games of the system as well as our nostalgic memories of playing the Game Boy. The games we talk about in the episode are: Donkey Kong, Mario Land, Star Trek 25th Anniversary, Quix, X, Tail Gator and much much more. So grab your old school DMG and listen along as we celebrate this very special event.

STR 59: I'm a Commodore Junkie!

STR 59: I'm a Commodore Junkie!
In this episode we talk about some games for the Commodore 64. We discuss some unusual games such as Rock Band and awesome games like Little Computer People, Druid, Clowns, and many more. Willie talks about his recent gaming pickups and we all discuss the retro games that we have been playing lately. Thanks to the SD2IEC I have become a Commodore Junkie. The only cure is to play tons of C64 games.

STR 58: Anonymous Emailer

STR 58: Anonymous E- mailer

STR gets back in the groove with a full crew for this episode. We discuss games such as Comix Zone, Sonic 3, The Laura Croft series, PaRappa The Rapper, Vib Ribbon, and Ganbare Goemon 2. We discuss various topics such as whether or not Sonic 3 is a good game, games that let you play your own CD soundtracks, Scott's wild arcade party, upcoming retro gaming conventions and much much more.

It's hard to believe but STR has been going strong for over two years now!

STR is now available on Tune In Radio so you can stream us whilst playing games on your PS3 or Ouya console.

STR 57: I Adore My 64.

STR 57: I Adore My 64.
In this episode we are joined by Kynrek and talk about the great computer for the masses, the Commodore 64! We discuss the SD2IEC, Jiffy DOS, replacement power supplies, and more. Then we discuss the games we've been playing, retro gaming pickups, controller mods and some retro news. So while you are waiting for a game to load on your Commodore why not listen to the latest episode of Stalking The Retro.

By the way there is no version of Kaboom for the C64 but there are several clones. Check out the Retro Gaming Round Up STR forum to find out more and please feel free to comment on this episode there.

STR 56: LARPing A Cautionary Tale.

STR 56: LARPing A Cautionary Tale.
Happy Year of the Horse everyone! In this episode we talk about M.U.L.E for IOS, retro emulators on I- Phone, the movie Mazes and Monsters, Star Tropics for the NES, Tiny Tank for the PlayStation, William's arcade and gaming trips to NY and Michigan, programming on the Atari 400/800 and much much more!

Remember kids Dungeons and Dragons doesn't cause schizophrenia, late night LARPing however most certainly does.

STR 55: Where The Bleep Is Ian?

STR 55: Where The Bleep Is Ian?
STR is back for 2014 and we have yet another exciting episode for ya. We talk with prolific Atari 7800 home brewer Robert DeCrescenzo about the many awesome games he has made for this retro system. We discuss our new year gaming pickups, games we are playing now, retro news, Coleco tabletop repairs and much much more. Ian pulls a SoCal Mike and shows up late to the show so of course we give him some grief for it.

So grab a nice adult beverage of your choice and get set for a new year of Stalking The Retro!