Iain Lee's Random Access Memories (Iain Lee)

I'm joined by Scott Balcony of www.balconyshirts.co.uk to talk about one of his favourite games. Minder on the ZX Spectrum is an incredibly frustrating experience but is also a lot of fun.

You can watch the interview here https://youtu.be/33ut2MlL8Ko

Watch me playing the game here https://youtu.be/xoP6LD_MnGc

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Episode 2 of the podcast that invites it's guest to bring a game from the past that means something to them. Good, bad or just really weird, we dig deep to find out why that game is so special.

Podcast host and broadcaster David Turner joined me to talk about Fiendish Freddie's Big Top O' Fun on the Atari ST. It's a tough and often terrifying game.

Find out more about David and The Computer Game Show here https://tcgs.co/

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Watch the interview here https://youtu.be/MaxpU3WtQtQ

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This was an absolute joy. Elliot is host of the excellent The Retro Future YouTube channel. a wonderful place where he shows off his collection of retro games (a LOT of GameBoys), repairs, unboxes and plays. His channel is here https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroFuture

Things to listen out for...my dishwasher, the fact we do talk about the game a little and me slurping coffee.

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This was a real treat for me. JetPac on the BBC was a really important game for me growing up. It was one of the standards that we played during lunch time in teh computer room.

Retro Faith is a journalist and streamer. You can find out more about her here https://retrofaith.net/

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Here is episode 5 for you! This time I got to chat to Neil from @RMCRetro - he is such a lovely man and has a lot of places you can find him! Check out the following retrocollective.co.uk and https://www.youtube.com/@RMCRetro/about

Ultima is a game I have a brief and embarrassing relationship with...I'm sure it will give you a giggle!

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This was a real thrill for me...watch me fanboying as I speak to actress, author and voice over artist Shelley Blond. She has never played a video game...so why talk to her? Two reasons - one she is fab and secondly because she is the OG voice of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider.

I really enjoyed this - big thanks to Shelley for taking the time to chat.

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Our first arcade entry! Absolutely thrilled to have Danny Wallace on the show. TV presenter, author, radio producer and so much more. I'm lucky enough to call Danny a friend and I really think you're going to enjoy his gaming history.

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A real thrill to speak to James Farley from The Computer Game Show podcast about his choice of game. It's a wild ride covering sex ed, postcards in shop windows and Rice Krispies.

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This episode I am joined by gaming pioneer Kevin Toms. He wrote the original Football Manager back in the early 80's Always a thrill for me to talk to the people that really were at the forefront of gaming in the UK. We do spend a lot of the time talking about late diagnosis of ADHD and as always, I learn so much talking to other ADHDers.

You can follow Kevin on Twitter @kevintoms

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I did have a few problems with the audio and the mix isn't how I'd like it, so apologies for the levels.

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Something slightly different this week and a real thrill for me. Count Binface comes from the planet Sigma 9 and has decided to try and help British politcs. He has stood in several elections including the race to be mayor of London.

He's hoping to run again but it costs £10k. He has a GoFundMe which you can have a look at if you feel so inclined - https://www.gofundme.com/f/CountBinface2024 and check him out on Twitter https://twitter.com/CountBinface

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Rees hosts a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees where he makes some fascinating videos explaining consoles, computers and games. He also spends a lot of time restoring old machines. I find the latter incredibly relaxing. I have no real idea what he's doing, but for me it's almost meditative. He also host a delightful podcast called Rees Rambles. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reesrambles

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I was lucky enough to have Dave (RTS) get in touch with me when I started doing this delightful little pod. Not only was I grateful because he is a decent human being, but also because it meant I became aware of his excellent YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@RoseTintedSpectrum It's absolutely brilliant. Very funny, quite sweary and put together with a lot of love and detail.

In this episode we barely mention the game he brought...totally my fault, I was fanboying a little bit. If you do watch some of his videos, be sure to mention you heard him here first.

Oh and if you are a Speccy owner...there's a cheeky bonus for you at the end of the pod.

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Hello you. David Turner here. Growing up in the 90's, I was a big fan of Iain Lee. The 11 O'Clock Show made me howl and I've followed his journey since then. Whether it be stealing strawberries or winding people up on late night radio, he's always a fun character.

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Welcome to the show that invites a guest on to chat about a 'retro' game that means something to them. The term retro here is used VERY loosely. Basically the guest can bring anything...

Season 2 Episode 1 kicks off with Dave Velociraptor - one of the hosts on teh fab This Week in Retro podcast and YouTube show.

Check out TWIR -

https://www.youtube.com/thisweekinretro

https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y?si=f67cca56405c4261

And follow Dave on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social

Feel free to watch the show on my YouTube channel... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg7_eVZ2UgqlFTQC0Kjv62jnRtsPIqZ3s

Support me at www.ko-fi.com/iainLee

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This weeks guest on the show that asks people to bring a retro game to the table is Amigo Aaron. Along with Boat and The Brent, Aaron has been podcasting about retro games forever. Starting off with the Amiga he quickly moved onto other delights including the TRS-80 and the humble Speccy.

Check out the Amigos Retro Gaming YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming

Look for their pods in all the usual places - The CoCo Show, ARG Presents, Our Sinclair...there's loads of em.

And you can contribute to their annual charity live stream at www.amigathon.com The next on is Saturday 18th January 2025

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This episode Holly from The Retro Collective joins me and brings the BBC game Monsters.

If you want to visit The Cave and The Arcade Archive then head over to https://www.retrocollective.co.uk/ and if the This Week in Retro pod appeals find it in all the usual places or here https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y?si=e4c4ed9b7e3e4b7e

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Joined in this episode by Sean Bell from The Computer Game Show. Big fan of the show and haven't had the chance to chat much before so this was a delight! We talk about the The Biz on the ZX Spectrum written by Chris Sievey aka Frank Sidebottom.

Here's Sean playing the Biz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3woSlOfoZDY

Merch, podcasts and everything TCGS related https://linktr.ee/tcgs

James Farley T-Shirt

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This episode I'm chatting to Clint who is perhaps better known as LGR on YouTube. He jumped into the game early and his hard work has paid off. he's currently sitting at 1.75 million subs. Unfortunately he was recently hit by Hurricane Helene. It's an incredible story. Check out his YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/@LGR

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Pixel Cherry Ninja is the host of an excellent retro gaming channel. He does a lot of work covering the FPGA scene. We bonded over Alejandro Martin and the Super Sega System Scam (my words, not those of PCN!) Turns out we also share a few other things as well!

If you enjoyed this then do check out PCN's YouTube channel and tell him I sent you. Head over to https://www.youtube.com/@PixelCherryNinja you can also support his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/PixelCherryNinja

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I'm a big fan of Mat Murray on and off The Computer Game Show. He's always said no to doing shows outside of TCGS so I was really thrilled he agreed to coming on RAM. It's a really lovely episode that not only covers the Sega Saturn, we also get into Severance and Mr Beast...don't worry, we recorded this a few weeks ago so it shouldn't have any current spoilers.

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