25 episodes

The Press Play On Tape podcast is presented by Aaron, Tony & JCVD. We're like The A-Team mixed with an MSX, C64 and Commodore Amiga.

Your home for vintage computer discussions, interviews, and all things to do with 8-bit & 16-bit systems!

Press Play On Tape Podcast Aaron Clement, Tony Cruise, JCVD

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The Press Play On Tape podcast is presented by Aaron, Tony & JCVD. We're like The A-Team mixed with an MSX, C64 and Commodore Amiga.

Your home for vintage computer discussions, interviews, and all things to do with 8-bit & 16-bit systems!

    Episode 36: The Age of Aquarius

    Episode 36: The Age of Aquarius

    It's the age of Aquarius! Episode 36 flies into town with the team chatting to Sean Harrington about the Mattel Aquarius, that curious little Z80-based computer from the house of Barbie. We talk creating new mods for the computer, a bit about it, as well as take a look into Sean's history with the system, Star Wars & more!
    This episode's news:

    SMB on the ZX Speccy - https://events.retroscene.org/cafe2019/gamecompo/2217
    Sonic GX - Sonic for the Amstrad CPC+/GX4000 - http://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/news-events/announcing-sonic-gx-a-new-episode-of-sonic-the-hedgehog-for-amstrad-gx-4000/
    Fastloaders "Amiga Rocks" album funded - can pre-order though https://c64audio.com/products/amiga-rocks-fastloaders-a-triple-cd-of-amiga-game-remixes-pre-order
    Sean's Mattel Aquarius Composite mod board on eBay - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquarius-Computer-Composite-Video-Out-Adapter-Board-/223672642110

    Some of the games mentioned:

    Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
    Choplifter (on many, many platforms)
    Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (Aquarius)
    Utopia (Aquarius)
    Astrosmash (Aquarius, but also Tony's "Let's make a retro game" series on YouTube)

    The two Aquarius Emulators referred to are "Virtual Aquarius" and "AqEmu", both of which can be found here - https://www.zophar.net/aquarius.html
    You can say hi to Sean on Twitter @1stage or visit the Aquarius Community on Facebook!
    Tony's webpage for his programming & games is www.electricadventures.net, along with his YouTube channel of the same name
     

    • 1 hr 28 min
    Episode 35: A Spectravideo 318 & 328 master class

    Episode 35: A Spectravideo 318 & 328 master class

    This episode we're joined by Cameron B as Tony goes back before the MSX to take us on a Spectravideo 318 & 328 master class! In addition we debrief a bit more from PAX Australia, check out what games we've been playing and talk over some news items that caught our eye. All this and more!
    This episode's news:

    Vampire Standalone has been released - http://apollo-core.com/knowledge.php?b=1&note=23461
    PatrikRetroTech Spectravideo 3.5mm audio adapter - https://www.facebook.com/patriksretrotech/posts/2467907583287198
    Pinball Dreams Amstrad CPC - https://twitter.com/BATMAN_GROUP/status/1179130726710730752

    Some of the games mentioned:

    Pyxidis
    Meteor Swarm
    Munch Mania
    Cavern Fighter
    Sydney Hunter and The Caverns of Death
    The Outer Worlds (ok, not "retro" but it's still amazing!)
    The Orange Box (and another not so "retro" title...)

    You can say hi to Cameron over on Twitter @octamed
    Tony's webpage for his programming & games is www.electricadventures.net, along with his YouTube channel of the same name!

    • 1 hr 20 min
    Episode 34: Decathlon on the Kitchen bench

    Episode 34: Decathlon on the Kitchen bench

    Coming to you from the PAX show floor, it's Episode 34! This time we're joined by Tired Parent Mat Kapin, and Arcade Perfect's Dazza to plan some new vintage game inspired movies, remakes we'd like to see and more! An extra special thanks to Audio Technica for letting us use their recording booth at PAX once more.
    Some of the games mentioned this episode:

    Untitled Goose Game
    The Vigilante Proclivities of the Longspur (that's the point & click adventure game Mat mentioned!)
    Mrs Mop
    IK+
    Deviants
    Zamzara
    Hero II
    PSI-5 Trading Company
    Paradroid
    Body Blows

    The Tired Parents can be found over at https://twitch.tv/tiredparents or Mat is on Twitter as @KapinKong
    Daz and the Arcade Perfect Podcast can be found at https://arcadeperfectau.podbean.com/
    Damian's gaming and arcade restoration blog is at https://tehkella.net/retro

    • 43 min
    Episode 33: Training to keep up with the Commodore - featuring Marc from Game the System

    Episode 33: Training to keep up with the Commodore - featuring Marc from Game the System

    With thanks to Audio-Technica, here's episode 33 of the Press Play on Tape podcast recorded live from the  Expo Hall floor back at PAX Australia 2018! This episode Aaron is joined by Marc from the Game the System Podcast to talk up how to start keeping up with the Commodore 64 (as if you aren't already!). Tips on finding hardware, games to look at and other ways to get involved with the community behind one of the world's best loved home computers.
     
    If you'd love to hear more of Marc and the GTS crew, they're found at http://gamethesystem.co/ or in all major podcast apps!
     
    Where can you find us?

    Visit us at https://ppot.audio to find links to this show, as well as all our older episodes
    You can find us on iTunes by searching for Press Play on Tape Podcast – we’d love it if you gave us a review while you’re there!
    We can be found on Facebook by searching for Press Play on Tape podcast, and on Twitter @PPOT_Podcast
    Tony has his game reviews, pickups and more over on the Electric Adventures YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/electricadventures
    You can read up on some of Damian's restoration projects here - http://www.tehkella.net/retro/
    Outro track - Roland's Rat Race main theme (C64)

     Intro theme "Exolon Remix" by Ash Read and Nicholas Jones used with permission

    • 34 min
    Episode 32: The Shoot'em Up pew-pew-pewcast!

    Episode 32: The Shoot'em Up pew-pew-pewcast!

    Come in Vic Viper, we've got a mission for you! Pilot your way through some of the PPOT team's favourite shoot'em ups from across a wide range of platforms, and report back. Only you can complete this mission - Do not fail us!
    Episode 32 is GO!
    Where can you find us?

    Visit us at https://ppot.audio to find links to this show, as well as all our older episodes
    You can find us on iTunes by searching for Press Play on Tape Podcast – we’d love it if you gave us a review while you’re there!
    We can be found on Facebook by searching for Press Play on Tape podcast, and on Twitter @PPOT_Podcast
    Tony has his game reviews, pickups and more over on the Electric Adventures YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/electricadventures
    You can read up on some of Damian's restoration projects here - http://www.tehkella.net/retro/

     Intro theme "Exolon Remix" by Ash Read and Nicholas Jones used with permission

    • 1 hr 14 min
    Episode 31: Commodore Amiga racing games

    Episode 31: Commodore Amiga racing games

    Welcome to the 68000 mile rally! The PPOT crew have their Zoomers in hand, and are all buckled in to take the Amiga for a spin through some of their favourite driving games. 
     
    Links to cool stuff mentioned in the episode:

    The Gigatron TTL Kit PC Tony picked up https://gigatron.io 
    Retro Revolutions has the Consolised Atari Lynx videos at https://youtube.com/channel/UCfqax0cikE8pDajVM3DY7cg

     
     Where can you find us?

    We're bought to you with the support of our Sponsors Bartronica, Pinball Paradise & Ms. Bartronica! Head to http://bartronica.com/ to check them out
    Visit us at https://ppot.audio to find links to this, and all our older episodes
    You can find us on iTunes by searching for Press Play on Tape Podcast – we’d love it if you gave us a review while you’re there!
    We can be found on Facebook by searching for Press Play on Tape podcast, and on Twitter @PPOT_Podcast
    Tony has his game reviews, pickups and more over on the Electric Adventures YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/user/electricadventures
    You can read up on some of Damian's restoration projects here - http://www.tehkella.net/retro/

     Intro theme "Exolon Remix" by Ash Read and Nicholas Jones used with permission

    • 1 hr 17 min

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Knowledgable Hosts, Distracting Background Music

Fantastic hosts! There are many exciting topics available in this podcast's catalog, and I've started listening several times. The experience, unfortunately, falls apart for me because of the distracting background music. It's wonderful, classic, chiptune music, which I would love to listen to on its own, but when it's contantly playing quietly behind the speakers it prevents me from enjoying the content.

To the hosts: The recording quality is good enough and the content is exciting enough that this extra production touch is not needed. Many low-budget podcasters and YouTubers feel the need to add background music to smooth over some perceived quality issue. This isn't a problem on this podcast. Let your voices blast loud and clear!

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