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. Links---> https://linktr.ee/shaunholley
CURRENT PODCAST:
NEXT TEN PENCE LEAGUE GAME
DEADLINE FOR SCORE SUBMISSIONS
SUBMIT YOUR SCORE:
TWITTER (X) #10pScore
SIDEKICK APP in the Ten Pence Club Section
EMAIL: Biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
Comment below the podcast on our YouTube channels:
https://www.youtube.com/@ShaunsArcade
https://www.youtube.com/@Alsarcade
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/tenpencearcade/ (as a comment on the podcast post)
UKVAC on the podcast feed thread
NO SUBMISSIONS FROM CONSOLE OR COMPUTER COMPILATIONS AS THEY MAY BE DIFFERENT
(The exception to this rule is the EVERCADE systems, as they use legit arcade ROMS.
NO CONTINUES ALLOWED OBVIOUSLY
Stream Podcasts 01-199 On Spotify: https://bit.ly/3DWKKBb
EMAIL US PICS OF YOUR GAME ROOM / PICKUPS FOR DISCUSSION ON THE SHOW.
LINKS
Al’s Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/@Alsarcade
Shaun’s Linktree (includes links to Youtube/ Instagram/ X/ email): https://linktr.ee/shaunholley
JayPing’s Ode to Ten Pence: https://bit.ly/4i7gJfL
Victor's Substack: https://virtvicstinkerings.substack.com
Listener Pick Ups And Game Rooms On The Ten Pence Website: https://www.tenpencearcade.com/p/images/
Submit your pics via EMAIL: biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
SHOW LINKS
Snapseed Photo Editing App:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.niksoftware.snapseed&hl=en_US
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/snapseed-photo-editor/id439438619
Retro Games HQ Swindon: https://retrogames-swindon.co.uk/home
PINFEST 2025 22nd-24th Aug.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukpinfest-2025-august-22nd-23rd-24th-tickets-1004382644527
UKVAC MEET TIMEWARP ARCADE IS HAPPENING! 15th Nov.
https://www.ukvac.com/forum/threads/one-for-all-you-south-west-vacers-time-warp-arcade-meet-up-15th-nov-25.88192/
UKVAC PayPal stoo@digital-addiction.co.uk
Ted Dabney Experience Podcast Interview With Doug McCrae From GCC.
https://www.teddabneyexperience.com/episodes/tde-ep41-gcc-doug-macrae
Episodes
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.
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 111 - Bubble Bobble
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
Sunday Sep 03, 2023
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’ ???
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 110 - Xain'd Sleena
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
Saturday Sep 02, 2023
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)
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 109 - Raiden
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
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?
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 108 - Aliens
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
Thursday Aug 31, 2023
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.
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 107 - Ms. Pac-Man (Speed Up)
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
Wednesday Aug 30, 2023
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.
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 106 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
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!