Why? Just why did they make Wanted Monty Mole so hard? Listen to Phil and Chris discuss this retro gaming classic by Gremlin Graphics on the ZX Spectrum. It also came out on the Commodore 64.

It has just been released on Nintendo Switch and is also available on Steam thanks to Pixel Games UK (https://pixelgames.uk/).

Other titles in the series include...

Monty is Innocent

Monty on the Run

Auf Wiedersehen Monty

Moley Christmas

Impossamole

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Whether you are a PC gamer or a console gamer, we want to know, are games just too long now?

Games only lasted about 20 minutes back in the days of the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, now they can last for hundreds of hours! Games like Zelda and the Witcher, massive sprawling sandbox style adventure games, role playing games, not to mention the almost infinite quality of online gaming like GTA. Is it that us middle aged people just haven't the time or energy to start a game with that much content? Or maybe games are better value now than they ever have been? Let us know your thoughts.

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Yippee Ki-Yay Muddy Funksters it’s Christmas Time!!

Can you think of a better way to enjoy Christmas than listening to two old guys trying to figure out why they can't remember Die Hard?

Well, here you go, our gift to you, us trying to remember Die Hard, then we watch it and share our thoughts on it now. Is it as good as it was back then? Is it as good as… the book?

Let us know if you watch Die Hard over Christmas - it is a Christmas movie, after all.

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Using expert knowledge and superlative memory recall, we look at the top 30 ZX Spectrum games we were all buying or being given by Santa for Christmas 1985.

Did you get any of these retro gaming treasures?

Which ones were actually any good?

What would your top 30 look like from that time? 

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Can I play with madness? How about some Chaos?

This week we look at Julian Gollop’s massive Sinclair hit, the same guy that brought us Rebelstar, Laser Squad (which we enjoyed on the Amiga) and X-Com. Some would say he was the king of turn-based type games. Does Chaos live up to our memories?

Would we rather play D&D or any other Games Workshop table top game?

Do you remember playing this one? Did it ever come out on the Commodore 64?

Want to play along?

Here is a link so you can:

https://torinak.com/qaop/play/chaos

Here is Chaos Reborn on

Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/319050/Chaos_Reborn/

If you want to play the original with a friend who isn’t close enough to cozy on up to your Speccy, try Stephen Smith’s play by email version:

https://stephensmith.itch.io/complete-mayhem

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Do you remember the first time you watched Robocop? Did your mum or dad rent it out on VHS for you? Or were you not allowed to watch it back in the day? If you watch it today, does it still hold up?

Join Phil and Chris as we try to remember this classic, then we discuss what we think of it after watching it again, so 30 years or so since the first time.

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Was the first ever Mortal Kombat a Flawless Victory or are your memories deceiving you?

In this episode Phil and Chris try to remember playing Mortal Kombat back on the Sega Megadrive / Genesis, and the Super Nintendo. It was amazing right? Realistic digitized sprites, martial arts action, special “fatality” moves, blood, gore… must still be amazing!! Tune in to find out how these two old men remember it and what they think of it now when they play it once again!

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Do you remember buying games back in the 80s and 90s? What was your local games shop like? Did you browse the shelves of the big shops like Menzies and WH Smiths? Or were you lucky enough to have a small independent games shop in your town?

Was it more fun buying games in a box in a real shop than ordering them online or downloading a digital version?

Do you get all your games on Steam and other digital stores now? Do you miss the experience of going to the games shop, or do you still have a games shop close to home you visit? Let us know!

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