Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

It's another magazine focus episode, as we take a look at the January 1984 edition of Electronic Fun with Computers and Games. Ash chats early videogame nasties, Cliff juggles carts, and after a brief moment of Muppetry they settle into the core of the episode: The Arcades of London!Read the magazine HERETake the UCP Listener Awards Survey HERETheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

An old friend returns to UCP with Starcade from 1984, although this time there's a new host who actually gives a toss about the games being played!Promotional consideration has not been paid for by any of the companies in this episode of Starcade, but that doesn't matter because Ash & Cliff will talk about them anyway! Also, there are games! Xevious! Millipede! Wacko! More Wacko! Also... Wacko!Watch the episode of Starcade HEREListen to the first episode of Starcade HERETake the UCP Listener Awards Survey HERETheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

The year has been and gone, and so to start off 2025 we're looking at the past 12 months, recapping the episodes we did and then throwing it over to you, our listeners so you can tell us what you thought with our first ever Listener Awards!Take the Survey HERETheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Ash and Cliff step up to the Oche for a super, smashing, great time with the 1992 Bullseye Christmas Special. Jim's got special lips, Tony Green has an ego, and all of the special guests are on the lash. But it's fine, it's all for CHARITY!Watch the Bullseye Christmas Special Part 1Watch the Bullseye Christmas Special Part 2Support Dominik Diamonds Little Old Purple Column Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

It's off to the land of Abba, Ikea and other less stereotypical things as your hosts visit Sweden in December 1992! Ash learns all about Nintendo in in the Nordics with the story of Bergsala from his old friend Andy (aka Tamagon64) whilst Cliff flopps on some meatballs. Then Cliff and Ash listen to frustrated teenagers try to play Street Fighter 2 with touch tone phones. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Have fun, bye-bye!Watch the episode hereFollow Tamagon64 hereTheme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com

Lets talk about MSX baby, let's talk about Z80, let's talk about all the good ports and the bad ports that may be, let's talk about MSX as Cliff and Ash look at the Japanese standard that almost could, and sometimes did, but then didn't, and still even now, 40 years later will not die. We also highlight some of our favourite games we've played, and reveal the ultimate Pac-man clone!Find out more on the MSX here: https://www.msx.org/Play some games online here: https://www.file-hunter.com/MSX/Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Under Consoletation on BlueSkyFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com