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, musical memories, 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, musical memories, and biscuits. OMG so many biscuits.
Listen on:
CURRENT PODCAST:
EPISODE #231
ANTEATER
NEXT TEN PENCE LEAGUE GAME
EXERION
Jaleco 1983
ROM: exerion
LIVES: 3
DIFFICULTY: Default
BONUS LIFE: 10,000
DEADLINE FOR SCORE SUBMISSIONS
SATURDAY 21st NOVEMBER 17:00 UK TIME
SUBMIT YOUR SCORE:
TWITTER (X) #10pScore
SIDEKICK APP in the **Ten Pence Club Section**
EMAIL: biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
NO CONTINUES ALLOWED
GET YOUR ROMS!
FROM WHEREVER YOU CAN FIND LEGIT ARCADE ROMS:
MAME, Switch, Evercade, Raspberry Pi, etc.
SHOW LINKS:
Shaun's Twin Galaxies Mouser World Record Video
https://www.twingalaxies.com/records/voting-performances/313925-mame-mouser-points-336600
Pixel Busters Arcade
https://pixelbusters.co.uk/
UK KONG OFF 2 (2027) ANNOUNCEMENT
We're doing it all again!
We are thrilled to confirm our 2nd UK Kong Off tournament for Sunday 2nd May 2027
at Arcade Club in Bury (near Manchester).
More details including how to register are covered in the below video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytXOzw3fVe4
Tic's Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/@ticsarcade6507
Bill Rectangle Book Release - STENHOUSE
https://www.whitehatmedia.org/
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
PODCAST PDF GUIDE
https://evercade.info/download/ten-pence-arcade-guide/
STREAM PREVIOUS PODCASTS 01-199 ON SPOTIFY
https://tinyurl.com/4rycy7fk
Victor’s Tinkerings on Substack
https://virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/
Episodes

Sep 11, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 119 - Teddy Boy Blues
Sep 11, 2023
Sep 11, 2023
1 hr 34 min
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)
Sep 11, 2023
1 hr 34 min

Sep 10, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 118 - Plus Alpha
Sep 10, 2023
Sep 10, 2023
1 hr 25 min
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.
Sep 10, 2023
1 hr 25 min

Sep 9, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 117 - Bagman
Sep 9, 2023
Sep 9, 2023
1 hr 32 min
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.
Sep 9, 2023
1 hr 32 min

Sep 8, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 116 - Toy Pop
Sep 8, 2023
Sep 8, 2023
1 hr 11 min
Recorded live over the Arcade Club / UKVAC partaaaaay weekend.
Actually, while looking VERY suspicious in a parked car…
Sep 8, 2023
1 hr 11 min

Sep 7, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 115 - Klax
Sep 7, 2023
Sep 7, 2023
1 hr 21 min
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.
Sep 7, 2023
1 hr 21 min

Sep 6, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 114 - Spatter
Sep 6, 2023
Sep 6, 2023
1 hr 42 min
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.
Sep 6, 2023
1 hr 42 min

Sep 5, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 113 - Space Firebird
Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
2 hr 13 min
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!
Sep 5, 2023
2 hr 13 min

Sep 4, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 112 - Jungle King
Sep 4, 2023
Sep 4, 2023
1 hr 54 min
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.
Sep 4, 2023
1 hr 54 min

Sep 3, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 111 - Bubble Bobble
Sep 3, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
2 hr 4 min
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’ ???
Sep 3, 2023
2 hr 4 min

Sep 2, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 110 - Xain'd Sleena
Sep 2, 2023
Sep 2, 2023
1 hr 36 min
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)
Sep 2, 2023
1 hr 36 min

Sep 1, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 109 - Raiden
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023
1 hr 50 min
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?
Sep 1, 2023
1 hr 50 min

Aug 31, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 108 - Aliens
Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
1 hr 17 min
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.
Aug 31, 2023
1 hr 17 min

Aug 30, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 107 - Ms. Pac-Man (Speed Up)
Aug 30, 2023
Aug 30, 2023
1 hr 56 min
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.
Aug 30, 2023
1 hr 56 min

Aug 29, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 106 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
2 hr 3 min
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!
Aug 29, 2023
2 hr 3 min


