Arcade Perfect Podcast

It’s episode 63 of the Arcade Perfect Podcast and it’s time for Daz and Taggster to catch up with Mats from Gears of Games to test out all of the conversions of Capcom’s Black Tiger.  The guys faced lots of Tigers in this episode, black ones with a black background 🙄. Some really stinky versions here, but one really shined like the Golden Turd should. We flush it out so the listeners never have to play it!

Thanks to Mats a...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 62 and Daz and Taggsta are joined by Aaron Clement for their Christmas episode and feature game Saint Dragon. Nothing quite says Ho,Ho,Ho like a Silver mecha dragon shooter right?  We discuss this hardly talked about Arcade game and it’s conversions, eat mince pies and drink Brandy. We also find out which present has the golden turd in it! 

Thanks to Aaron for joining us on the last episode of th...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 57 and it’s time for Virtua Racing! Virt Mcpolygon joins us for this episode as we cover all of the ports right to the final GOAL! Which version deserves a podium finish and which left skid marks and a Golden Turd in the pit lane? Tune in to find out.

Outro Track : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5bXXOSPXYM&t=4s 

A very big thank you to Garry Arnott for making up our episode avat...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 61 and Daz and Taggsta are joined by Chris White (OutRun Cannonball creator) to discuss one of SEGA’s most loved games OutRun!  We go back to the arcade in 1986 and relive fond memories of playing OutRun in the arcades, discuss our conversions and that awesome Outrun audio cassette. We talk about crazy OutRun merchandise purchases from Japan, development information and also cover 16 plus ports an...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 60 and Daz and Taggsta are ready to boot footballs....Wait! , what? Are they  covering a Soccer arcade  game???? Nah, it’s time to check out Tatsumi’s classic racer Buggy Boy where you hit Soccer balls, jump logs, collect flags and time gates and get to the goal!

Never released on a console and last released to home computers in 1987 we dig up and play all the ports of the game that’s not seen li...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 59 and its TIGER time!!! Daz and Taggsta are joined by Mark Cassar (This and That Gaming Podcast) to talk about Capcom’s arcade game Tiger Road and it’s computer and console conversions.  Did you play Tiger Road? Did you watch Tiger King? Do you have a Tiger print pair of leggings that you wear around the house when no one is at home? We won’t judge you on the last two, but if you played Tiger Roa...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 58 and its time to enter the super computer and do battle in SEGA’s Gain Ground. Daz loves this game and speaks highly of it, Taggsta on the other hand thinks the best thing about this game is the music. Are they all Golden Turds or does Daz change Taggsta’s mind by the end of the episode. Let’s enter the Gain Ground and find out.

A very big thank you to Garry Arnott for making up our episode ava...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 56 and it’s part 2 of our A to Z of arcade games that don’t receive the attention they deserve, the underdogs, the less popular games that we feel deserve some love and attention. Taggsta actually gets the alphabet correct and Daz really isn’t a fan of Taggsta’s choice for ‘M’. Listeners, what do you think of Mutant Night? It’s a classic right?

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It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 55 and we mix it up with the first episode of a two part series covering the A to Z of Daz and Taggsta’s Arcade picks. Not just any old arcade games and not our favourites either, it’s the A to Z of games that we think don’t get the attention they deserve, the underdogs, the less popular games that we feel deserve some love and attention.

A very big thank you to Garry Arnott for making up our epi...

Daz is joined by Darren Doyle from Greyfox Books on this special episode.

Darren talks about his new book Coin Op The arcade guide currently on Kickstarter.

He delves into how the book was started and also gives the podcast some exclusives that are in the book. So sit back, relax and put your feet up. This ep takes a while and is choc full of stories and trivia. Enjoy

You can check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstart...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast episode 53 - Alien Syndrome by SEGA (1987) We are joined by returning guest Matt Cawley from Retro Domination (well for most of the episode before he fell into the Internet Black Hole). ‘The time bomb is set’ for another explosive review of arcade ports. Which versions had Alien turds and Cheesy Wotsits? Which version did Taggsta rate as the worst game he’s played in the history of the Podcast? Did D...

It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep 52 and this ep we cover all of the ports of Bally Midway’s 1983 game Spy Hunter with special returning guest Kingy from RGDS Podcast. We smoke out the stinky ports and find out which versions you should be playing in comparison to the arcade original. Lots of fun facts throughout and Kingy shares a shocking story from his arcade days playing Spy Hunter. You can check out Kingy and the rest of th...

It’s the Arcade Perfect podcast episode 51 and the feature game is Tecmo’s Solomon’s Key. We catch up with Swedish guest Mats from YouTube channel Gears of Games and chat about the Arcade Version and it’s many conversions (and rip-offs). The boys are faced with a tough choice for there favourite and also the version getting the Golden Turd Award is not straightforward either. Let’s just say opinions differed! Big thanks to Mats ...

We celebrate our 50th episode with the Namco smash hit game Rolling Thunder picked by special guest Dean Swain (Retro Asylum Podcast) who joins us this episode. Mission 1 - We talk about our history of Rolling Thunder from the arcades and what conversions we had back in the day. Mission 2- We go back to the 80’s and play all of the conversions and compare to the arcade original. Mission 3 - ‘Golden Turd’ Classified. Special th...

We head to NYC at catch up with George Gomez, industrial designer of classic arcade games such as Tron and Spy Hunter. We speak to George and throw him some questions about his begins at Bally Midway in the 80’s and his journey to becoming Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer in his current roll at Stern Pinball. Big thanks to George for taking the time out to speak to us. Stern Pinball > https://sternpinball.co...

It’s episode 48 of the Arcade Perfect Podcast and it’s time for Daz and Taggster to test out all of the conversions of Bubble Bobble with our Bonkers guest Dave from This and That Gaming Podcast. It’s Madness!!! It’s one of Taggsters fav games so shutting him up was as challenging as completing all 100 levels on one credit. With such a perfect game would there be a Golden Turd? Tune in or download to find out.  

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The Aliens are coming and who better than to call??? The Arcade Perfect Podcast!! Tagg and Daz and joined by the awesome Youtuber BastichB. The guys look at Alien Storm for this episode and find out and are surprised which gets the award of the Gold Turd. Sit back, chill and put your feet up and we hope you enjoy our latest offering. 

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The boys are back with episode 46 and they're flying in with this doozy of a game. Mark C has joined the team once again with one of his fav's UN Squadron or Area 88 if you're from the land of the rising sun. Not many home ports with game but did the team approve of the home ports or was there a stinky one amongst the lot? Download and find out. 

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It’s the Arcade Perfect Podcast Ep45 and it’s time to crush some crappy versions of Rampage into smithereens with our featured Aussie guests Scooter and Skaidris the creators of GEEK PUNK ! We take on some monstrous versions of this game up to the point of being low on energy (rumour has it the Speccy version made king monster Daz-iod shrink back to human form and shuffle away from his vintage computers just covering his manhood b...