In this episode we explore Orbix for the Commodore 64, a bouncy Peggle-esque puzzler with a nostalgic twist. Then, we uncovered the haunting tale of Tale of Evil on the Amiga, where you play as Schrodinger the cat, dodging spooky critters and relying on ghostly allies. We wrapped up the game talk with Mushrooms that Grow in the Woods, another Commo…

Prepare for ghastly giggles and retro chills in our Halloween episode! We’re spotlighting spine-tingling new titles: Hermano and Cryo Hazard on Gameboy, where eerie survival is a must, Dr.Dangerous on the Amiga, and Darkula (Amstrad CPC), alongside Pump Kid on the VIC 20! With creepy Halloween snacks, tales of karting mayhem, and the haunting trial…

Join the crew with special guest YouTuber St1ka for an in-depth discussion on Vengeance Hunters, the stunning new Neo Geo beat ‘em up from Nalua Studio, featuring dev/pr Michael aka Amerika. Discover the origins of the studio, the game’s deep combat mechanics, hidden secrets, bold design choices, and tons of background information behind this gorge…

Diego and Andy set afoot alone in the darkness of this mysterious and ominous game, armed only with a torch and good sight in order to escape the intricate puzzles on offer in Tenebra, a multiplatform game by Haplo. Moving braziers, hammers, keys and crumbling doors are only some of the items you will encounter. Get ready for some brain-wrecking pu…

Join the crew in this belated midsummer episode, where we talk about the torn feelings of selling excess games in your overgrown collection, touch on some favourite horror movie moments, and end up sharing a special “fagiolata” recipe. This week in games, we proudly defend our CPU under attack in Data Man (NES), happily bide our time rusting pipes …

Today, we have an absolute blast chatting with Dan Lavoie and Mina Figueroa about retro game publisher MegaCat Studios, where they blend diverse backgrounds to create fantastic modern retro games. Dan and Mina shared insights into the collaborative and dynamic environment at MegaCat, emphasizing the team's passion for all things pixelated. Their en…

Get ready for a waffle as the team dives talks about Sniester, the art of brewing the perfect beer, mastering the delicate craft of fixing joy-cons, the Outer Worlds and more. We'll also share tales from an inspiring Japan Fest and so much more. And of course, we couldn't resist talking about games! This time, we journey into the Heart of Salamande…

More games in this warmer summer episode of New Game Old Flame! Today we have: Rikki & Vikki for the Atari 7800, Diced Tournament for the MSX, and Rocky & Co. for the Commodore 64. But - as per tradition - it’s not all game talk. Bass guitar practice app are harder to find than you think, and staying organised seems to be something out of any of ou…

In this surprise episode of New Game Old Flame, the crew dives into the quirky and charming world of Piopow, a NES game by the late Jeremias Babini. Join us as we flap around in this turn-based arcade adventure where you play as a brave little chick on a mission to save animals from a creepy restaurant with a taste for critters! With its blend of s…

Join us as we chat with Ben and Julian from Space Pants Games about their latest Mega Drive release, "Rocket Panda." Discover how their passion for retro gaming led them to create this modern classic, the challenges they faced during development, and their unique approach to blending old-school aesthetics with contemporary gameplay and karaoke! Hea…

In this regrouping episode, the crew brings three games each to the table, but only three will make the cut for the next game club session. Wiedo shares his plastering adventures, Diego talks about missing the Northern lights, and Andy updates us on his Amiga 2000. Tune in to find out which games made the final list!…

In this episode hosts Diego and Andy, joined by Sean Robinson, wade through a soup of gaming chatter and more! They discuss Diego's Finnish Labour Day celebrations with homemade Sima and Munkki doughnuts, Sean's sketch comedy performances in DC, and his beta testing of the homebrew game Super Sunny World. Andy shares his excitement about the new Mi…

Join the crew and an incredible lineup of guests, including Math (from the Game Gear motherboard reverse engineering), Roger (Super Tilt Bro), and Sean (VGS) for a speculative journey into where modern retro gaming is headed. Our guests share their personal stories and insights before we natter about hardware advancements, new software implementati…

As we progress through the year and step out of our comfort zones, we take a closer look at very pixelated Atari 2600 titles like Fox Hunt Arena and Xanthiom 2600. Andy also gives the Gameboy a good go with Hunt the Gwumbus and Lee Caravallo’s Putting Challenge, which both prove to be more than meets the eye. We also touch on modern hits like Contr…

The team comes back together and explores more games! Today we have Extreme Volleyball Infernal League (Sega Master System), Spediteur (Commodore 64) and Rocket Panda (Sega Megadrive). As we talk about their partnership with Alan-1 and the My Atari Arcade Game Station Pro, Atari's comeback nearly causes Wiedo to die laughing. Fortunately we save hi…

In this episode, Andy and Diego dive into more exciting new games, exploring Ringo on the ZX Spectrum and Metal Dragon on the Sega Megadrive. They also share their excitement about the innovative ways to enjoy modern tech, like playing Doom on a lawnmower and watching movies on an Atari 2600. Additionally, they discuss the intriguing fan-made Sega …

In this two crewmen episode, Wiedo and Andy explore the digital depths of Inky and the Alien Aquarium (Gameboy Advance) and zip through the circuits of SlipSpeed (MS-DOS), with a small detour into the cheeky world of Mega Casanova 2 (Sega Megadrive). But there's more in our digital grab bag: we slide into snowboarding chat, delve into PSU repairs, …

We're finally back after a long sickness period! Our post-afflicted selves this time look at Yeti Mountain (Commodore 64), Kudzu (Gameboy) and Dead Tomb (NES). Naturally there is plenty of other talk including Baldur's Gate 3, the recent endeavours of Wiedo and his Celeste map, and news with a brand new Genesis/Megadrive handheld, a new Atari 400 m…

In this focus episode Wiedo and Andy are joined by Youtuber St1ka to talk about a small gem for the Sega Megadrive: Astebros by Neofid Studios. We briefly touch on portugese shopping and snacks before committing to as many details as we possibly can about this incredibly crafted and creative platforming game, that is so much more than meets the eye…

We're back with a whopper! Today, we're diving into Shoot 'em Up territory with special guest Mark. Before we jump into our game picks – GG Aleste 3 (Game Gear), The Last Defender (Commodore 64), Inviyya (Amiga) and Satazius Next (Dreamcast) – we chat about game cosmetics and cool retro discoveries like the Nirvana engine, KeeperFX, and the Ayaneo …

In this frosty start of the year's first episode, Wiedo hosts us as we greet the new year with a small recap of our top 5 games of 2023. Bringing out the top guns is no easy choice as we are quite passionate about our titles! We also discuss game reviewing and the Gumpyfunction's letter directed to content creators as well as devs and publishers. I…

Christmas is approaching and the holidays are upon us, yay! For the occasion we entertain ourselves and find some picks from the Christmas game barrel. Today we have Super Delivery Boy: The Holiday Shift (Amiga), MegaXmas'89 (Sega Megadrive), Don't Get Poo'd on by a Reindier (Gameboy), Santa's workout 1,2 and 3 (Commodore 64) and RED for the Atari …

As Diego follows the Open AI dram of the past weeks, Wiedo receives his first NES and Megadrive and we all prepare for Christmas. This time we all pick the 3 games each they like most from the entries submitted at the NES Dev Compo 2023: Color Match Combat, Desert Escape!, Miroh Jr., Little Sisyphus, Echoes of the Unread, Super Strife, Fish, Proxim…

Embark on an interstellar review with Goodboy Galaxy for the Gameboy Advance where the gameplay steals the cosmic show! Our podcast takes you through the stellar graphics, stunning animations, engaging platforming and boss fights: we cover it all, including some nice surprises! Spoilers after the show ends, so don't worry and tune in to learn about…

In this episode, Diego tempts our taste buds with post-Halloween pumpkin snacks, whilst Andy has an existential crysis. Game highlights include Fydo's Magic Tiles (Gameboy), Laserscape (Commodore 64) and The Brush Brothers (Amstrad CPC) and finally Foxyland (Sega Megadrive). We also talk about The Meating Kickstarter (on November 26), the possible …

Boo! It's Halloween again and this time we endeavor to fulfill a new guiness by talking about 7 games! Troll Mother, Enceladus, Feed it Souls (all for Gameboy Color), Tiny Nightmares (ZX Spectrum), Ghosty Manor (MSX2), Spooky Soccer (NES) and Suite Macabre (MSX/Colecovision) all make their appearance on this late night terrifying episode! Not happy…

Whilst age creeps up on us creating some momentary lapses of memory, we discuss buying clothes, cider brewing, sight reading apps and some modern game woes. This time we report on Alwa's Awakening (NES), Rogue Declan Zero (Amiga) and briefly on Nightshift, Neon Noir and Maria Renard's Revenge (all Amiga games). We also have a look at a very difficu…

We're back from the holidays and we have a lot to talk about! Heroes against Demons (Sega Master System), News Stand, Metal Warrior Ultra (Commodore 64), Banger management (ZX Spectrum) and Taco Princess Moon (SNES) are some of the games we played.We also talk about some Danish liquorice candy, lots of hardware improvements and Wiedo's new job; Die…

Today we talk about an exciting operating system Diego discovered some time ago: C64 OS! We learn from a VERY PASSIONATE Greg the intricacies of developing an operating system with such a small amount of RAM and the huge amount of work he has done to make his dream come true. First, but not least we talk again about Canadian. snacks!…

In this special episode, we talk about a unique genre of computer games that has a long history, and has evolved through time without ever going away completely: text adventures! We explore the genre through the words of Enrico Colombini, a legendary figure on the Italian computer programming scene, as well as Lu and Al, the two young and brilliant…

Whilst I fix some more retro hardware and Diego does some sport, Wiedo pulls a hole in his roof in hope to get some fresh air! As busy as we are fixing things and improving ourselves, today we look at: Tapeworm Disco Puzzle (NES/Multi platform), Stevedore (MSX) and I take a VERY quick look at Traumatarium (Gameboy) and Astebros (Sega Megadrive). We…

Wiedo, Diego and special guest Mads together with myself delve into the first game club episode where half of the participants have not even played the game! We point-and-click our way through potatous(?) adventures in Gobliiins 5 on PC from Pierre Gilhodes. Whilst not strictly retro, this game has a place in most of our hearts and was made nearly …

In this episode we take a break from the usual format and talk to Malte (aka Thunderblade) from publisher Protovision 64 to find out more of their world and endeavours. Diego, Wiedo and myself also talk about one of the publisher's game each: Sam's journey, Muddy racers and Cursed Tomb, all for the most popular microcomputer of the 80s, the Commodo…

It’s a sunny day today and we are joined by Skittles to discuss his game Repugnant Bounty for Gameboy Color and many other topics including our beloved snacks, Zelda and more. Other games include Zeta Wing 2 for Commodore 64 and Tactus (NES)! My mind is blown as I discover Antonio Savona has been in a fighting movie and the virtual boy is a standal…

Relinquish all anxiety as you listen to us play some modern games for old platforms in this content-packed episode! Nebs’n’Debs (NES), Looptris (NEO GEO), Apotris (Gameboy Advance) are a few of the titles we are talking about today, we expand in further dimensions with Space Station 23 (Commodore 64) and Full Quiet (NES) and we have a micro-review …

Backlog anxiety starts to creep on us as we explore this episode’s round of games: Hime’s Quest (Gameboy Color), Alter Ego (Sega Megadrive), Star Evil (NES) and Cecconoid (Amiga)! Lots of hardware updates, the art of game design, and the Italian ban on ChatGPT also make it in this episode together with loads more!…

Love peanuts and games? This whopping episode is for you! Join the crew together with Mark (Kitt) and developer Kyle Thomson while we explore the depths of Jessie Jaeger in Cleopatra's Curse (PC ENGINE) to save our grandpa! We also look at Supercooked (SNES), Hero core (Gameboy Advance), and Vectorblade (Vectrex) after coming to know Wiedo has a di…

Do you like Pigs? Do you like the Commodore 64? Then join us as we delve into our first book club episode of 2023 where we talk about Frank's endeavours with the whole crew who made this impressive technical feat possible on the classic 8bit Commodore machine!The NGOF Crew

No animal has been harmed for the selection of this title. After the death of our laptop, we're back with some exciting games: Lester for the Commodore 64, Ramiro el Vampiro IV(ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC), Bufonada (ZX Spectruma, MSX) and the Gruniozerca trilogy for the NES! As usual there is much more as we delve into random online courses, survival…

Another whopping episode with so much to talk about! Off we go with a particular focus on Bulb (Gameboy Color), some Amstrad CPC 2022 competition picks and an in depth talk about Pio Pow (NES). We also express our love for Rogue64 (Commodore 64) and touch on the Wonderboy anniversay collection as well as Dwell 2 and Trophy for the NES/Switch.All th…

Broken ankles and toes make it in this caffeinated late-night episode, together with the Analogue pocket, Chat GPT and much more. We explore Nescape (NES), some Bruce Lee sequels (Commodore 64), Tanzer for Sega Megadrive and we touch on Piopow (NES), Ghost chase, Portal 2 and the usual Children of Morta. We also go on a tangent and ramble on about …

A small special episode where we want to wish you all a happy new year and talk about the upcoming changes to New Game Old Flame! We touch on Overcooked and a couple of other topics in this first 2023 episode, thank you all for listening and we hope you have a happy 2023!The NGOF Crew

We're all a bit ill on this Christmas episode as we look at Sarah Jane Avory's RGP for the Commodore 64. We talk about some off topic modern releases including Diablo 4, Children of Morta and Terra Nil. More on the retro-scene we talk about Pier Solar, Paprium and Water Melon studios and the recent Insane Pain for Megadrive! We also touch on Warcra…

Join the crew and Pix as we interview Toni Sventrom the author of Magiduck for DOS PC! We also waffle on about Northern lights, Retromining on a NES, Konix joysticks, Teletext, Picoboot, PS2 MC2SIO, Gardacon 2022 and much much more!The NGOF Crew

In this spooky episode we talk about Halloween, driving games, cube escape games and Minekart madness from Matt Hughson. We discover Diego's nerdy love for marine traffic monitoring and the sad news of Google Stadia passing away. All this before delving into saving really poorly people with a bible on the Dreamcast!…

In this episode we are joined by Wiedo and Matt Hughson (author of the game) and we partake in friendly snack chats with Horlicks and tea as we talk modern game design and the latest Witch n' Wiz for the NES!The NGOF Crew

Today we are looking at the arena shooter Xeno Crisis on the NEO GEO/Sega Megadrive. We also talk coffee, Portland Expo and swap meets with Mark! Shooting our way through really tough monsters we try to reach the end, but we also touch on Inviyya, Unseen 64, Tattoo Assassins and make a plan for a Monkey Island episode! Talk about efficiency eh!…

In this episode we look at collecting gold ingots in a critter infested mansion on the MSX as well as expressing our sympthies for the Queen passinig away. We talk about unaligned controller thumbsticks and some new commodore 64 stuff as well as a quick peak in some other games we're currently playing! More snacks and more keycaps!…

Do you have an Atari 5200? Do you love catching rats, electric rats and flying tomatoes? Then this game is for you! Get into the rodent catching through ambiguous pipes and extra coin levels. We digress on Rocksmith and tracktor software and Diego finally gets to play Temple of Elemental Evil!The NGOF Crew

Our first episode with guests where we play a lovely caravan shooter on the Sega Master System! Thanks to Alex (game creator) and Kitt (Mark) for joining us in exploring playing arcades while fueling a car, having peanut butter and southern Germany pretzels as snacks! Monkey Island, a modern cart dumper and more indie games also introduce this awes…