Retro Titans - the giants of retro and indie gaming in conversation

If you loved football management games, this episode is a must-listen. That's because we got to speak with the man who pretty much invented the genre, Kevin Toms. He's the developer of Football Manager, the 1980s series of games that started the whole thing. Since you can also now play Kevin Toms' Football Manager on your mobile, we thought it would be a great excuse to find out the story behind the original games, and why they've returned.    🔗 Links: Website - kevintoms.games [https://kevintoms.games/] Facebook - KevinTomsGames [https://www.facebook.com/KevinTomsGames] X - KevinToms [https://x.com/kevintoms]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Space Invaders by Tomohiro Nishikado,

In this episode we catch up with Blaze Entertainment CEO, Andrew Byatt to find out more about the origins of Evercade and the key milestones that have led up to its popularity today. Andrew describes Blaze's vision for retro gaming, the reasons behind the Hyper Mega Tech! brand and explains how licensing works in retro gaming.  We also hear Andrew's desert island carts - can you guess what he picked?  🔗 Links: Websites - Evercade, [https://evercade.co.uk/] Hyper Mega Tech! [https://www.hypermegatech.com/] YouTube  - @EvercadeRetro [https://www.youtube.com/@EvercadeRetro] Instagram - @EvercadeRetro [https://www.instagram.com/evercaderetro/?hl=en-gb] Facebook - @EvercadeRetro [https://www.facebook.com/evercaderetro/] X / Twitter - @EvercadeRetro [https://x.com/evercaderetro] BlueSky - @Evercade [https://bsky.app/profile/evercade.co.uk]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES), by Jun Funahashi

In our second season of Retro Titans, we welcome back Ally Low, game designer and founder of Lowtek Games. Ally discusses the inspiration and challenges around making Flea 2, which returns to Evercade as well as Steam, NES, Dreamcast and Itch-IO. We also cover his new innovation, the Lightbook project-mapped popup book, and his work around making games dyslexic-friendly.  Season 2 will continue to cover Evercade extensively, but we'll also be looking beyond at other systems, so subscribe to get all the latest interviews with games designers, publishers, manufacturers and industry insiders.    🔗 Links: Website - Flea2 press kit [https://lowtek.games/presskit/sheet.php?p=FLEA2] YouTube - Lightbook teaser [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtYQH3RFLg] Facebook - LowtekGames [https://www.facebook.com/lowtekgames] X - Wallmasterr [https://x.com/Wallmasterr]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Noah's Ark NES music, by Chris Gill and Paul Summers.

It's the season finale of Retro Titans and we have drafted in a regular guest, Evercade YouTuber extraordinaire Crazy Burger to help us review Evercade and Blaze Entertainment's 2024.  It's a 'questions and answers' show format, where Phil and Crazy Burger quiz each other about their Evercade highlights and things they'd like to see in 2025 - plus a few awkward and surprising questions thrown into the mix.    🔗 Links: YouTube @CrazyBurger [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzg6BJJLdDxXLS4DLZdPdXw] Facebook @CrazyBurgerYouTube [https://www.facebook.com/CrazyBurgerYoutube] Facebook @Retro.Titans [https://www.facebook.com/retro.titans]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Goodboy Galaxy Zandunia Sunrise, by Vincent Verger with additional composition and production by Rik Nicol

In this episode we take a departure from our usual format focusing on Evercade to interview Chris Smith, CTO of Retro Games Ltd, about the launch of 'The Spectrum' – a modern day recreation of the iconic ZX Spectrum from 1982. Chris is literally the man who wrote the book on the ZX Spectrum and is full of knowledge about the inner workings of the much-loved 80s home computer. So, it's no surprise that after the launch of reimagined versions of the C64, Amiga and Atari 400, we now have The Spectrum.  In this interview, Chris explains why they waited this long to tackle The Spectrum, described some of the challenges in the design and production, and given us a taste of his own home computer favourites.  If you're a proud new owner of The Spectrum, or just have an interest in home computer history, you'll love this episode.  🔗 Links: Website - Retrogames.biz [https://retrogames.biz/] Facebook - Retro Games Ltd  [https://www.facebook.com/THEC64andMoreByRetroGamesLtd] Facebook - The Spectrum Group [https://www.facebook.com/groups/1057896492355118]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Desert Island Disc theme tune, by Eric Coates and his orchestra Monty On The Run theme, by Rob Hubbard