Cocktail Mode: Retro Games, Cocktails and Banter

The first person shooter that predates the name 'first person shooter' - Listen to Dave and Andy discus the history, the sequels, the legacy, and of course the fridges. Andy's Cocktail Dave's Cocktail...

26 Nov 20241h 20min

A double header of blade clashing action courtesy of the first two games in Namco's epic tale of souls and swords, eternally retold! What's our favourite in the series? What's our favourite character?...

12 Nov 20241h 11min

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 remi...

29 Okt 20241h 6min

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 fl...

15 Okt 20241h 24min

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 eve...

1 Okt 20241h 7min

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 ...

17 Sep 20241h 24min

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 '...

3 Sep 20241h 6min

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. Cock...

20 Aug 20241h 6min