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

This episode's guest's fingerprints are all over some of the most iconic games of the 80s, 90s and beyond - Simon Phipps, aka Simes.  From the 8-bit bedroom coding scene to the heights of AAA development, Simon’s career has spanned hits from Rick Dangerous and Shadow Man, to the Harry Potter games for EA. In addition to finding out about his long career in computer and video games, we hear about his love for art and making Star Wars props and costumes. This feature-length episode covers a lot of ground, and is essential listening for anyone working in the creative or gaming industries - or just wants to find out about them.   🔗 Links: Websites - www.simonphipps.com [https://www.simonphipps.com/] YouTube  - @SimonPhippsArt [https://www.youtube.com/@SimonPhippsArt] Instagram - @SimonPhippsArt [https://www.instagram.com/SimonPhippsArt/] Facebook - @SimonPhippsArt [https://www.facebook.com/SimonPhippsArt] X / Twitter - @SimonPhippsArt [https://x.com/SimonPhippsArt] Plus Three Fields Entertainment [https://www.threefieldsentertainment.com/our-games/wreckreation/] (where Wreckreaction is mentioned)    🎵 Music: Neon Gaming, by Dope Stuff Captain Blood soundtrack - "Ethnicolor" by Jean Michel Jarre

It's the five year anniversary of Evercade, the cart-based retro and indie gaming system, and we are celebrating with a special interview with the CEO and head of marketing of Blaze Entertainment - Andrew Byatt and Sean Cleaver respectively.  Following the latest Showcase announcement on 29th May 2025, we have a deep-dive interview covering all the cart releases, and of course the Taito Alpha! It's a packed announcement, with fan favourites NEOGEO back, Taito getting a first cart release, and a wonderful new indie game, Roguecraft.    🔗 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 Happy Birthday, by jimlapbap

Despite being over 27 years old, developers are still making games for the Game Boy Color - and one such game designer and coder is Shane McCafferty. He has been making games since he was 11, but has taken his side hustle and hobby onto a whole new level, releasing 9 Game Boy Color games on ItchIO in the past 18 months.  We find out what it is that compels Shane to make games like Block Droppin, Cave Dave and Word Forward for the Game Boy Color, which projects kept him up at night, and the ones he's most proud of. We also discuss his current project to make a 'What If?' version of OutRun for the GBC.     🔗 YouTube Links: Itch.IO - @egvrooms-game-boy-games [https://itch.io/c/439443/egvrooms-game-boy-games] BlueSky - @EGVroom [https://bsky.app/profile/egvroom.bsky.social] X - @EGVroom [https://x.com/EGVroom?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming and Space Technology, by Dope Stuff Robocop (Spectrum version), by Jonathan Dunn

Retro Asylum is widely regarded as one of the top gaming podcasts in the world, so we wanted to find out the secret to their success and why they've taken on the challenge of playing through and reviewing every single Evercade cart, on top of the rest of their output. So, Jim Middleton and Chris Worthington were kind enough to share their views and experiences covering the space, why they love Evercade, and whether it's OK to play emulation-based devices.  🔗 YouTube Links: Website - https://retroasylum.com/ [https://retroasylum.com/]  Discord - @RetroAsylum [https://discord.com/channels/412228458564026389/660562957431996431] YouTube - @TheOfficialRetroAsylumYouTubeChannel [https://www.youtube.com/c/TheOfficialRetroAsylumYouTubeChannel] Spotify - Retro Asylum on Spotify  [https://open.spotify.com/show/3k1c2iiReuuUBCXIt42qrP] Spotify - Playthrough on Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/2WzsROaryt1UBxvTlwdD4U]   🎵 Music: Neon Gaming and Space Technology, by Dope Stuff The Secret of Monkey Island, composed by Michael Z. Land

In this episode, we return to the world of Evercade to discuss the Evercade Showcase, which was released on 31st March. In a packed announcement, Evercade released 3 new carts, 2 Super Pockets, a hardware refresh for the EXP-R and VS-R, and teased a few things for the future. To make sense of it all and offer some analysis and predictions, we are joined by our regular special guest: retro gaming and Evercade YouTuber, Crazy Burger.  In addition to Crazy Burger's thoughts and opinions, we managed to get a quick Q&A with Blaze Entertainment's head of marketing, Sean Cleaver.    🔗 YouTube Links: Crazy Burger [https://www.youtube.com/@CrazyBurger] Evercade Showcase [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COZv_YYxkDk]    🎵 Music: Neon Gaming and Space Technology, by Dope Stuff