@deanswain

Cockney voice of the award winning Retro Asylum podcast. Old computers, arcades, consoles & video games are my thing. Podcasting about them since 2011.

 England - Hertfordshire
retroasylum.com
Joined May 2009
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Worldwide Exclusive! First production ZX Spectrum Next We have the 1st photo! Of Henrique Olifiers - @ZXSpectrumNext Photo: @gamesyouloved
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It’s nice to see the graphics that I coloured in years ago which were originally drawn by Dawn Drake being used in a new version of Target; Renegade. It’s available on a number of formats but you can also play it in a browser. So go & check it at jbinary.itch.io/next-target-…
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Target Renegade comes to the Sega Megadrive, Sega Master System & ZX Soectrum Next in an unofficial port. This is the Megadrive version shown running here with graphics by some bloke called Dean Swain… You can download the game at jbinary.itch.io/next-target-… #sega #genesis #megadrive #ZXSpectrumNext #retrogaming
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“Grace,” the new single from The Last Arcade is out everywhere October 23rd. Pre-save now at the link below 👇🏼🤟🏼🌊🎶 #music #newrelease #single #independent #band #synthwave #synthrock #synthpop #liverpool
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youtu.be/-BqlGOrsfHw?is=Cz3i… - RGT sat down this week with the amazing Dean Swain from @Retro_Asylum what an honour talking all things retro gaming , retro asylum and their amazing 15 year run and Deans gaming history , great show we hope you enjoy it #retrogaming
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Replying to @TheRetroAsylum @deanswain @Unofficialcont1 @graciousfilms1 @VectrexOn @ZXSpectrumNext @bitmap_books @brazengameplay @JasonBradbury @THEC64_RGL @retrohouruk
Amazing work guys love the channel here’s to another 15 years you truly will be retro then! 🕹️❤️💪
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Replying to @TheRetroAsylum @deanswain @gamesyouloved @graciousfilms1 @VectrexOn @ZXSpectrumNext @bitmap_books @brazengameplay @JasonBradbury @THEC64_RGL @retrohouruk
The pleasure was all ours gents and a huge thank you to @deanswain for an excellent episode , thank you sir
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The Retro Asylum podcast is now 15 years old! To help celebrate this milestone @deanswain was kindly invited onto the Flashback podcast to talk about the show and its history. You can listen at open.spotify.com/episode/1rY… #retrogaming #podcast
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My highest score ever on #Wizball on the #ZXSpectrum thanks to this new enhanced version that should be finished & released later today. So much more fun to play when you strive to beat your highest score & get your name on here #OceanSoftware #RetroGaming
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Just been having a go on this, an enhanced& bug-fixed version of #Wizball on the #ZXSpectrum. Leigh Ashton has spent a month on this so far. No more flickery graphics or dodgy collision detection plus a parallax starfield among many other improvements. COMING SOON! #OceanSoftware
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We wanted to share this little video of the best era of the 1980s in conjunction with our book. Atari: A Visual History as it was a big part of our time back in the #1980s Covering over 400 pages of 8-bit games in a bespoke hardback book. Check it out:tinyurl.com/332xzf9u
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Indie Retro News: Alien 3 - Probe Software's Alien platformer arrives on the Amstrad CPC Plus! indieretronews.com/2026/10/a… #retrogaming #gaming #amstrad @TheRetroAsylum @RVGPodcast @xyphoe @PixelCNinja #alien
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How cool is this? My good friend & fellow podcast host @Markbylund_Kitt asked Jay Smith (aka father of the Vectrex) to sign a Mine Storm overlay for me. Such a nice gesture, thanks mate! 👍👍👍 #vectrex #retrogaming
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Our roving reporter Mark Bylund aka @Markbylund_Kitt is hands on with the @VectrexOn Mini at the Portland Gaming Expo. #vectrex #vectors #retrogaming
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Gone back to the cabaret style screen bezel rather than the Arcade 1up bezel. #arcade1up #outrun #sega #arcade
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Our roving reporter Mark Bylund aka @Markbylund_Kitt is at the Portland Gaming Expo and has been playing the recently announced THE 800 XL by Retro Games Ltd/Plaion/Atari. #atari #8bit #computer #retrogaming #the800xl
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Replying to @wisemidds
@wisemidds & @chrisoregan venture up north to visit Play Expo Blackpool which celebrates it’s 16th year whilst @deanswain chat’s with YouTuber @KimxxxJustice about her latest book “The Rubber-Keyed Wonder: Sinclair ZX Spectrum Story”. traffic.libsyn.com/retroasyl…
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Have you ever wondered what a more arcade accurate version of of Robocop would look like on the #zxspectrum? Well Kirby2000 is working on a mod of the original game to see if it is possible: spectrumcomputing.co.uk/foru… @Mlambm what do you make of this?
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We’ve been playing Vectorblade by Malban, with an Atarivox+ plugged in which enables speech 👍 #vectrex
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The past couple of weeks has seen a frenzy of new games being developed for the Vectrex. Fabio Giampietro is developing 2 games right now that have taken us by surprise. Vector Dragons is basically Double Dragon, the other game is Vector Burner which is a conversion of Sega’s Afterburner and that looks absolutely stunning. #vectrex #doubledragon #arcade #retrogaming
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