A Retro Video Arcade Games podcast, and a continuation of the original Ten Pence Arcade Podcast which ran from January 2013 - June 2024. Every month we cover a single old-school game in depth, discussing graphics, sound, game play etc. We also run the Ten Pence High Score League, a monthly contest where listeners submit their scores on the games we review. Apart from this there’s arcade banter, news, and biscuits. OMG so many biscuits. Email: biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
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We’re back – AGAIN! One is back from New York (heavily laden with Cheez Its) and the other from Play Expo Blackpool (heavily laden with a poorly voice).By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 103 - Ali Baba And 40 Thieves
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Alan Baba and 40 Thieving Gets – hammer those muthafu**ers! It’s all Trollnads’ fault!!! Eugene Jarvis at Arcade Club!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 104 - Donkey Kong Junior
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Uh oh. There’s an 800lb Gorilla in the room – and he’s your dad! That dastardly Mario (I thought he was the good guy?) has monkey napped him and imprisoned him in a cage. Get those keys and free him! Watch out for the return of the HATE BEAKS!!!! SQUARRRRRRK!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 105 - Strikers 1945 III
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Shaun & Victor agree on arcade games being awesome but come to actual blows on this show’s featured game. Oh dear. Bruises before bedtime. Hopefully the guesty mc guest face co host Vipp can get in the middle and stop them hitting each other with their fetching handbags. Shaun’s has bullets embroidered into it and Victor’s has a ‘Harrumph!’ sticker…
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Ten Pence Arcade - 106 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
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Oooo – arrr! Like an unripe avocado, a bag of Kryptonite nails or lego that imbeds into your foot – Ghouls and bleedin’ Ghosts. Impossible? NO! Some weirdos can actually complete it – TWICE! Listen in as our intrepid podcasters whine about how hard the dang thing is. Up yours Capcom!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 107 - Ms. Pac-Man (Speed Up)
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Shaun & Victor put on their best ‘Crimson Scorcher’ lipstick and a Marilyn Monroe beauty spot to play a classic game, with a fun speedup hack – seen on many updated arcade machines running Pac-Man’s lady friend. Learn cornering and play along with us in a sea of daftness with tiny islands of wisdom.By shaunholley
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This is a lo-fi recorded podcast from a hotel room in Walsall, UK. We were both enjoying Revival Retro event and this was after the first day’s play. We get joined by ‘housekeeping’ in the form of Nintendo Arcade Alex Crowley, who gives a bit of an insight into our featured game – ALANS.By shaunholley
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We reminisce the Revival retro Event while banging on about arcade games and biscuits. Ah, the love of twiddling a biscuit’s joystick and dunking an arcade cabinet in a mug of tea… Beware of stuff falling out of Shaun’s head… Victor makes wrong words during a quiz. Sounds legit?By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 110 - Xain'd Sleena
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Uh oh. No one is owning up to picking the less than great game this podcast. LET’S HAVE A WITCH HUNT! BURN THE WITCH! Or, maybe try and find some positives in it? Who knows? It may be the best game in the world (it’s not)By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 111 - Bubble Bobble
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Bobbles and Bubbles – In a fantasy land where your partners have been kidnapped by a drunken geezer (superdrunkdave) and you’ve been turned into a cute dragon. Phew. What a day! Get bubblin’ and eat tons of fruit and junk food. My favourite things. When is someone going to make the fighting game – ‘Flutes Of Fear’ ???…
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Ten Pence Arcade - 112 - Jungle King
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Aaaarrgh – iiiie – aaaawaargh! Yeah, right. YOU try spelling that noise Tarzan makes at the start of Jungle Hunt. I hope a monkey tosses you off your rope! NERG! Bonehead Steve’s mini meet up! London Video Gaming Market! Other Stuff – may feature a side scrolling man.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 113 - Space Firebird
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it on fire? Or is it just a drab Galaxian clone? We will get to the bottom of this!By shaunholley
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The game? You play a little kid on a trike, peddaling around a bendy maze collecting flowers to give to a little friend on a bonus screen. Knock baddies off the road with the bendy barriers in the maze. The name of it – oh, SPATTER, obviously. Huh? Too cute for words and obviously made by the creators of Flicky (see podcast 54) “There’s no walls in…
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Flax? Fraks? Cacks? Trax? Snacks? (oh, yes please – got any Hob Nobs?) NO! – KLAX! It’s the nineties and a time for Klax, of course! Go back in time and order yourself a t shirt, man! This podcast was recorded LIVE at the Centre For Computing History in Cambridge BIG NEWS IN THE HOLLEY CAMP! Victor gets Rampage Disrememberance.…
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Recorded live over the Arcade Club / UKVAC partaaaaay weekend. Actually, while looking VERY suspicious in a parked car…By shaunholley
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Dix Francs Arcade Presente Le Menage A Trois avec Victor, Shaun & Alex Bagman ou ‘Le Bagnard’ par Valadon Automatique. Un jeu en Francais sur les sacs d’argent et les chariots de train agacants. Aussi, des biscuits.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 118 - Plus Alpha
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Cute, but dead ‘ard – that’s us! Er, no, that’s this show’s featured game Plus Alpha from Jaleco. Shaun finds out that that metal cupboard in the kitchen with a hole in it is actually an oven. He can now have hot pies now.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 119 - Teddy Boy Blues
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On this episode we discuss ‘are Twinkies any good’, how many CRT monitors Shaun actually needs and is Lewis Waddington actually Shaun’s alter ego (he’s not) Another cab finds it’s way in to Victor’s arcade as one bids farewell (or actually forcibly removed from the premises)By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 120 - Truxton II
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Truxton 2 or DK Remix Spooky Edition? We’ve been playing both! Some more than others… Truxton 2 – Tedious or amazing? We decide! We argue! We laugh! We cry! It changed our lives (or not)By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 121 - Baluba-Louk No Densetsu
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Oh! We think we’ve found a hidden, lost, forgotten about diamond in the dark with this show’s game! No idea what the name means but, it’s a great little game. SEND SHAUN ALL YOUR OLD SCART BLOCKS!!!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 122 - Go!Go! Mile Smile
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We’ve been on an arcade road & air trip to Chicago! Biscuits & Gravy, Galloping Ghost, Walmart, Underground Retrocade, Chik Fil A, Pixel Blast, Burritos, Logan Arcade etc. Listen in to hear us tell of some of the best arcades on the planet in the heart of arcade land.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 123 - Cliff Hanger Edward Randy
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Oh lord – has Doc Mac picked a game for us! Horny Eddie as we call it, but actually, your character is a bit of an action hero. But did we like it?, did the listeners like it? Listen in and find out. The wintery holiday festivity things have been and gone and we are now recovering from Xmas pud and brussell sprout poisoning. So, pull up a comfortab…
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Gyruss – Journey to Blackburn, via the M40 and M6, with a diversion through Neptune. Fly with us through the solar system to try and get home in time for dinner (we’re having spaghetti hoops!)By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 125 - Armored Car
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Strap on your driving gloves, grab street cash and get it to the bank, quick! Steer clear of bunk rubbers and weird steamrollers ( ? ) Use a deadly saw horse to get you out of trouble! Usual nonsense or actually a good description of the game? Listen to this podcast and YOU can decide!By shaunholley
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Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit, Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit, Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit, Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit,Ribbit. Bis…
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(Ugly) Monkey see, monkey do. Join us, as we yap about a gibbon based Rastan clone and how Kate Bush is the queen of the North.By shaunholley
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Scores like chuffin’ telephone numbers, that wazzock of a game Gigawing! This and more Yorkshire reviews on this episode of Ten Pee Arcade podcast. Shaun shouts at Jeremy and remembers his first band – ‘Resistor Array’ DOPE FLUTES!!!By shaunholley
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Resistor Array have done their 20 minute rock opera where they ‘shriek about beaks’ HATE BEAK GALLEON!!! Popeye runs about a bit grabbing ripped out fleshy hearts, while avoiding old ‘stupid beard’ and sea hags chucking bottles about the shop!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 130 - Neo Drift Out: New Technology
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Shaun has been back to Vulgus with speedy bullits, pouring IPA in to his face and wazzin’ round corners on this show’s daft racing game. While Victor has been a tad more productive in restoring a new cabaret cabinet and failing to qualify quite a lot…By shaunholley
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Rastan is full of annoying enemies – find out which ones kill you over and over again. Nails in Satan’s testicles, lime jelly, space hoppers and other normal stuff discussed this show. And don’t forget Idiot fish, bloody boulders, and men with horse’s arses.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 132 - Robotron 2084
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This week in Robotron… Shaun is busy being an absolute unit while Victor deals with a Cybernetik Pick n Mix Revolt. Sandra on the checkouts isn’t having any of it. BEWARE THE MAN IN THE QUADRAHAT!!!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 133 - Act-Fancer
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Victor certainly didn’t want to die in Llandudno and Shaun has been viewed 60 thousand times! We review, without doubt – an arcade game. Or maybe a poor console game that made it’s way into the arcade? Hmm. Act-Fancer or trapping ‘parts’ in a fridge door? YOU DECIDE.By shaunholley
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Revival goodness in Walsall, carrier bags full o’ biscuits and Rescue! Q. Who doesn’t love a brightly coloured clown with a power ball? A. Holley.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 135 - Nemesis (AKA Gradius)
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Buckle up for a bumper thrills ride through Nemesis and make sure you have a fridge full of horses to keep your cool! May contain terrible theme tune singing at 1h 31m 58s… Oh, and have a thought for the poor Whippet…By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 136 - Pinball Action
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Pantless podcasting at it’s best! Ew. Fact – Octopii wear knickers on their heads. Remember people – *** CONTROLLING REALITY TECHNIQUE ***By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 137 - Asteroids Deluxe
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When you have eyes like footballs, you may notice that a wasp is a fake bee (if you look VERY closely) Rivetting speed limit section with chat about shooting rocks right int’ face.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 138 - Karate Champ
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Our old Granny used to say “listen to arcade podcast nonsense and your cucumbers will grow well” Wise words old woman, wise words. Anyone not liking Karate Champ is officially a “BAWBAG”By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 139 - Twin Cobra
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We’re back with Cruise News ™, oiled up 1942 phones, Linux Jam Sandwich Distro, New spectacles that makes Shaun’s head seem too small, Crazy golf, Ass hat helicopters and Chin hooks. Make of that, what you will.By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 140 - Mr Do's Castle
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Who’d have thunk there would be a hidden character named Piface Linux Motherf***er in such a cheery family oriented game?By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 141 - Magical Spot II & Rootin' Tootin'
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OH MY! Two Games this show, to make up for the time we’ve had off, due to Victor being in Portland OR, for the game show PRGE. 1. Wiggly wiggly woo! 2. Parpity parp parp! Make of that, what you will…By shaunholley
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Jaleco 1990By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 143 - Gemini Wing
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Shootah’s! Big insectoid jobbies with crappy tunnels and boggley laser eyed snek monsters. We’re talking about Gemini Wing. Nowt to do with nonsense astrology either, just shootin’ stuff right int’ face! And how many Street Fighter characters can you think of in a minute? If it’s less than 13, PITY THE FOOL! Does anyone fancy a bit of gout?…
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Your regular arcade cheese delivery system (The Ten Pence Arcade Podcast) is in full effect with gaming waffle and a high dose of buffoonary this time around. Victor interjects random words, while Shaun necks his first monitor and also breaks an angel…By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 145 - Astro Invader & Kamikaze
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Everything arcade and more, including – exploding caps, snack bats and packing dead rats into a box marked ‘Peter’ What would you do with an incandescent dog?By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 146.5 - Vectrex Special
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Victor and Chris, sittin’ in a tree – V_e_C_t_R_e_X – ING! Yes, it’s an in between podcast special episode with Victor and Vectrex developer/collector/ultra enthusiast Chris Parsons, aka CNP of Vector Republic Games. Learn how to make caramel with your Vectrex…By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 146 - X Multiply
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Shaun imagines a Rivita perfboard eprom reader, while Victor mainly fails in his endeavours for arcade enlightenment (as usual) Have *YOU* earned the right to be alone yet?By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 147 - Super Trio
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Broken SNES game, or really broken SNES game, you decideBy shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 148 - Galaxy Wars & Balloon Bomber
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New Beginnings? The first show without our beloved beardy fool – We got another fantastic podcaster in the chair with Victor to waffle about 2 games this time! A metaphorical chair, not a chair for 2 people, that is crazy talk. Who said that?By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 149 - Funky Fish
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A finger lickin’ good host this time (clue?) We have an overseas guest on to talk arcade, pinball and weird fish!By shaunholley
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Ten Pence Arcade - 150 - Terra Cresta
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This is the 150th podcast – somewhat of an achievement due to the circumstances! To celebrate this mile stone, we have a fresh faced young lad, new to podcasting – so, don’t be too harsh on him while he is learning the ropes! Warning – may contain a daft lad.By shaunholley
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