Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah! If it's good enough for Tim Waltz, if good enough for us... We're showing our love to one of the Dreamcast's most iconic games this time out on Cocktail Mode: Crazy Taxi reminds us what it was like before the PlayStation and Xbox turned everything brown and grimy! We'll talk punk, we'll talk sequels, we'll talk law suits, …

The greatest videogame ever made? The greatest marketing machine that ever existed? The greatest piece of fortuitous episode timing ever? As the new TV series lands, the remastered original trilogy flies high in the charts, and the conversation about 'what's next' gets ever more prevalent - it couldn't be a better time for Andy and Dave to weigh in…

Welcome to the party, pal, where the drinks are great and the games are... err... you'll have to listen to find out. Dave and Andy wander off topic (as usual) in this episode and end up discussing every Die Hard videogame ever made and spend no small amount of time chatting about the films too. Cocktails this week: Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail s…

Some say "He can't be killed", some say "He drinks blood", I say: This is our longest episode yet so strap for a wild ride back to the eighties when films were great, games were great, and Jim Carrey (thankfully) wasn't famous yet! Drinks this episode: Andy's Cocktail Dave's CocktailBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

The seminal Irem shooter R-Type is the seed to start this episodes conversation about all things H-Shmup - from Gradius to Einhander, Defender to Delta - all bases are covered but they are sadly not 'belong to us', as we complete neglect to mention 'Zero Wing' in all it's meme-y glory. Nevermind, eh? For a bonus point, see if you can spot the momen…

We welcome a guest co-host to Cocktail Mode this week with the aim of bringing some insight to the sport behind the game as we talk about the BTCC in both it's video game and real world variants. Cocktails this week: Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail Chris's CocktailBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

You may not know of Football Champ (AKA Hat Trick Hero) but rest assured we spend plenty of time talking about FIFA, ISS, Sensible Soccer, and just about every other football game of the previous century - and a couple from this - before eventually choosing two drinks to accompany Taito's bonkers arcade soccer game. Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail …

We're of to Strangereal to visit Mobius 1 and the rest of the Ace Combat crew this episode, with the usual few detours en route - that this week include, among others, the musical stylings of Roxette! Andy's cocktail this week And Dave's #Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

Alongside the beast riding adventures of Ax Battler et al we'll be discussing all the usual beat-em-up suspects and some much less well known examples of the genre. Cocktails this episode: Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

This time round we've experimented by choosing a game that neither of us had played before - Konamis 'hidden gem': Rocket Knight Adventures! Cocktails this episode: Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

For the first time on Cocktail Mode we're discussing a game that one of us hadn't played prior to selection for this episode: Toejam & Earl on the Mega Drive! Did we think it was Gnarly (sorry) or Heinous (sorry) and did we both find a bodacious (really, very sorry) cocktail to pair with it? Listen in and find out. Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #…

NBA Jam drains it from downtown into our tenth episode that rapid veers from basketball to just about every other sport - videogame and otherwise - under the sun. Basketball fans of a sensitive disposition can look away now! Cocktails in this episode include... Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #Retrogaming #Cocktail #Podcast…

Some say it's the best PC game ever made, some say it's almost a genre unto itself, some say "Why would you make a game this hard? Are you nuts!?". All sorts of other turn based games get a mention as Dave and I discuss, and try to pair a cocktail with, Julian Gollop's strategy masterpiece. Cocktails featured in this episode: Andy's Cocktail Dave's…

In a change to the advertised episode we're talking about Tetris this time out: The game, the film, the phenomenon. Cocktails this episode: Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

Dave waves the flag for the glorious PC gaming master-race, Andy rants about the quality of stories in games, and we even take the opportunity to give Portal 2 an off topic piece of our mind... all while discussing as many of the 30 Resident Evil games as possible. Oh... and cocktails! Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail #Retrogaming #Cocktail #Podcast…

Join us on a trip to New Washington and beyond as we follow Conrad B. Hart on his stunningly crafted adventure. We'll discuss ports, remakes, censorship, sequels and - of course - THAT door! Dave and Andy even manage to come from broadly the same direction when choosing their cocktails to pair with this 1992 masterpiece. Cocktails from this episode…

Drop in to the late nineties with Andy & Dave as we discuss the beauty of THPS, the art of the 'Strawpedo', the majesty of California Games, and the shear abject horror of having to listen to the The Suicide Machines' "New Girl" for the first time in twenty years. Cocktails from this episode:Andy's CocktailDave's Cocktail#Retrogaming #Cocktail #Pod…

Namco's classic lightgun arcade series is the focus of this episode - with Barbarian, Hitman, John Woo movies and Lebowski's bar in Glasgow featuring among the many obstacles to us sticking to the point! Cocktails from this episode:Andy's CocktailDave's Cocktail#Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

Is Nico Collard really that horrible? Is George Stobbard secretly a pr**k? And are there any cocktails that we can somehow pair with gaming history's most annoying goat? Give us 59 minutes of your time and the answer to all these questions (and more) will become clear! Cocktails from this episode:Andy's CocktailDave's Cocktail#Retrogaming #Cocktail…

Trailer for Cocktail Mode - the podcast where great games meet great drinks!Bởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin

Minnie Driver, Motorway Service Stations, and (of course) Turbo Esprit all feature in this episodes conversation about Taito's brilliant cop chase game - we even try and settle the decades old argument of which was better: ZX Spectrum or Amstrad CPC464? Cocktails from this episode:Andy's CocktailDave's Cocktail#Retrogaming #Cocktail #Podcast…

While reminiscing about the all-conquering fighting game Dave and I touch on Arcade Etiquette, Single Player modes, Kylie's posterior, and THAT movie! We even eventually get around to pairing Street Fighter 2 with a couple of cocktails! Andy's CocktailDave's Cocktail#Retrogaming #Cocktail #PodcastBởi Andy Anderson & Dave Whiffin