Ten Pence Arcade Podcast V2.0
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 Shaun and Alex 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.
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 Shaun and Alex 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.
CURRENT PODCAST:
NEXT TEN PENCE LEAGUE GAME
DEADLINE FOR SCORE SUBMISSIONS
SATURDAY 4TH APRIL 17:00 UK TIME
TEN PENCE LINKS
SHAUN
https://x.com/ShaunHolley
https://www.youtube.com/@ShaunsArcade
https://www.instagram.com/shaun_holley/
https://www.facebook.com/shaun.holley1
ALEX
https://www.youtube.com/@Alsarcadeade
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577021939997
https://www.instagram.com/alex_arcade2084
https://x.com/AlsArcade
WEBSITE / EMAIL
https://www.tenpencearcade.com/
mailto:biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
PDF GUIDE
https://tinyurl.com/10p-pdf-guide
STREAM PODCASTS 01-199 ON SPOTIFY
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Episodes
Monday May 13, 2024
Ten Pence Arcade - 125 - Armored Car
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
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!
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 124 - Gyruss
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
Saturday Sep 16, 2023
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!)
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 123 - Cliff Hanger Edward Randy
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
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 comfortable podcast player and listen to us ramble about arcade games n stuff. xxx
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 122 - Go!Go! Mile Smile
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
Thursday Sep 14, 2023
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.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 121 - Baluba-Louk No Densetsu
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
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!!!
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 120 - Truxton II
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
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)
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 119 - Teddy Boy Blues
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
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)
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 118 - Plus Alpha
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
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.
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 117 - Bagman
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
Saturday Sep 09, 2023
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.
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 116 - Toy Pop
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Friday Sep 08, 2023
Recorded live over the Arcade Club / UKVAC partaaaaay weekend.
Actually, while looking VERY suspicious in a parked car…
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 115 - Klax
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
Thursday Sep 07, 2023
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.
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 114 - Spatter
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
Wednesday Sep 06, 2023
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 the sky” – True dat, mother.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 113 - Space Firebird
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
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!
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 112 - Jungle King
Monday Sep 04, 2023
Monday Sep 04, 2023
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.


