In the future world of the early 1980s, in a faraway land called New Zealand. Two kids independently discovered an electric universe of light, colour, and 4 channel sound. This was Atari.This was Adam & Bob.This was xlxe. Thanks so much f

Ultima IV & Drelbs

Jul 27th, 2019 1h 10m

Wherein we banter all over Ultima IV, Archon, Theatre Europe and discover who won our Drelbs score challenge. Somehow we also waggle our Quickshots over Summer Games too

Ghostbusters & Seven Cities of Gold

Mar 16th, 2019 1h 11m

Wherein we muse over the gameplay vs. morality of Seven Cities of Gold, and try to put Mr. Staypuft in a gender box. Come join the banter and find out more about Hacker, Wargames and open world games. Also, will Adam's proton pack last out over

Blue Max

Jan 13th, 2019 1h 7m

Wherein we take to the skies in the best Atari 8-bit flying games.Featuring the vocal stylings of Bob Brown & Adam SimpsonEngineered by Bob BrownAmazing theme music by Stef AnimalFind her here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/73b8Rbi9Bgsa

The Great American Cross Country Road Race

Nov 11th, 2018 57m 40s

Wherein we race through some of the more legendary driving games of our kiwi youth including Pole Position, Pitstops 1 & 2, Fire Chief, the Last V8 and more!Also, where have we been? what have we been buying? and who's getting the beers in?

Bruce Lee

Aug 18th, 2018 42m 9s

Wherein we banter about the great Atari 8bit platformers of our youth!Featuring Title music by Stef Animal. Find her great album of retro sounding goodness here: https://stef-animal.bandcamp.com/

Star Raiders 2 & Mercenary

Jul 21st, 2018 44m 26s

Wherein we wonder if our teenaged selves are still stuck on Targ in 1985's Mercenary and Star Raiders 2 or The Last Starfighter, which were you? and who won our SR2 challenge this week?With great title music by @Stef_Animaland support by:

Getaway!

Jul 8th, 2018 42m 32s

Wherein we go all in on the 1982 Atari classic Getaway! Plus great memories of other APX games we loved in the 80s. Also who wins our Getaway! challenge?

In the Beginning

Jul 1st, 2018 58m 35s

xlxe episode 1 Wherein we discuss how these magic boxes appeared in our homes, how they changed us and vice versa and our first games.

xlxe pilot test ep 0

Jun 30th, 2018 10m 41s

A technical test pilot, wherein is discussed our amazing pilot theme music, the great game it came from and the story of it's composition; our other encounters with early computerised musics; the origin of BBSs; and how the Ultima series got st

Intro beta

Jun 28th, 2018 39s

Still working on this but here's a beta of our title featuring the awesome musical stylings of @stef_animalFind more of her retro-tech inspired music at http://stef-animal.bandcamp.com

Pilot test ep 0

May 28th, 2018 12m 56s

Wherein is discussed our amazing theme music, the great game it came from and the story of it's composition; our other encounters with early computerised musics; the origin of BBSs; and how the Ultima series got started.Actually very little t