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 #227
METAL SLUG
NEXT TEN PENCE LEAGUE GAME
JOE & MAC RETURNS
DATA EAST 1994
ROM: joemacr
DIFFICULTY: Medium
LIVES: 3
DEADLINE FOR SCORE SUBMISSIONS
SATURDAY 25TH JULY 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, Antstream etc.
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/
biscuits@tenpencearcade.com
PDF GUIDE
https://tinyurl.com/10p-pdf-guide
STREAM PODCASTS 01-199 ON SPOTIFY
https://tinyurl.com/4rycy7fk
Victor’s Tinkerings on Substack: https://virtvicstinkerings.substack.com/
JayPing’s Ode to Ten Pence: https://bit.ly/4i7gJfL
Episodes
Sep 7, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 115 - Klax
Sep 7, 2023
Sep 7, 2023
1hr 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 6, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 114 - Spatter
Sep 6, 2023
Sep 6, 2023
1hr 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 5, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 113 - Space Firebird
Sep 5, 2023
Sep 5, 2023
2hr 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 4, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 112 - Jungle King
Sep 4, 2023
Sep 4, 2023
1hr 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 3, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 111 - Bubble Bobble
Sep 3, 2023
Sep 3, 2023
2hr 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 2, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 110 - Xain'd Sleena
Sep 2, 2023
Sep 2, 2023
1hr 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 1, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 109 - Raiden
Sep 1, 2023
Sep 1, 2023
1hr 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?
Aug 31, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 108 - Aliens
Aug 31, 2023
Aug 31, 2023
1hr 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 30, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 107 - Ms. Pac-Man (Speed Up)
Aug 30, 2023
Aug 30, 2023
1hr 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 29, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 106 - Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Aug 29, 2023
Aug 29, 2023
2hr 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 28, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 105 - Strikers 1945 III
Aug 28, 2023
Aug 28, 2023
1hr 52 min
Shaun & Victor agree on arcade games being awesome but come to actual blows on this show’s featured game. Oh dear. Bruises before bedtime. Hopefully the guesty mc guest face co host Vipp can get in the middle and stop them hitting each other with their fetching handbags. Shaun’s has bullets embroidered into it and Victor’s has a ‘Harrumph!’ sticker on it.
Aug 27, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 104 - Donkey Kong Junior
Aug 27, 2023
Aug 27, 2023
2hr 6 min
Uh oh. There’s an 800lb Gorilla in the room – and he’s your dad! That dastardly Mario (I thought he was the good guy?) has monkey napped him and imprisoned him in a cage. Get those keys and free him!
Watch out for the return of the HATE BEAKS!!!!
SQUARRRRRRK!
Aug 26, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 103 - Ali Baba And 40 Thieves
Aug 26, 2023
Aug 26, 2023
2hr 4 min
Alan Baba and 40 Thieving Gets – hammer those muthafu**ers!
It’s all Trollnads’ fault!!!
Eugene Jarvis at Arcade Club!
Aug 25, 2023
Ten Pence Arcade - 102 - R-Type
Aug 25, 2023
Aug 25, 2023
2hr 7 min
We’re back – AGAIN!
One is back from New York (heavily laden with Cheez Its) and the other from Play Expo Blackpool (heavily laden with a poorly voice).


