Under Consoletation: The Video Game Television Podcast

One last time. We end by going back to the beginning. With love. Theme song by Other Chris Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cliff is joined by John (AKA Oddtrots on Twitch) for one of our favourite shows, Starcade. Are we covering the episode because of the number? Or is it because a grown arse man takes on a child who is seemingly wearing the same clothes as him? Or is it so we can find how Mr Pickle died in suspicious circumstances? Well... maybe all of the above. Watch the episode of Starcade here . Follow John on Twitch and check out his podcast . Mr Biffo's Found Footage episode . Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cliffs funishment continues! Last year it was Ewoks, this year it's Star Trek! Cliff has to learn about, then sit and watch the show he frequently refers to as 'Mormons in Space'. No... we don't know why. Ash attempts to convince him that Star Trek isn't boring or bad, and does this by showing him the film that you the listeners voted for: The Wrath of Khan. Will he succeed, or will he do a Spock? Tune in to find out. Commentary begins 25mins 51secs Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Breaking their own rules, Ash & Cliff journey back to JANUARY 1985 to pay a final visit to Mac, Leslie and scumbag Fregg at the BBC's Micro Live. There's movie special effects, Brian Jacks vs Atari, more telephones, some Ghostbusters and an IN STUDIO CHALLENGE. It's very exciting. Watch the episode of Micro Live here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q8hgSAmzH4 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join the Nintendbros Cliff and Andy (@tamagon64) as we take a look at Nintendo's first franchise as it hits 45 years old, Donkey Kong. We start with our mate Shigsy joining Nintendo, Andy's incredible deep dive into those court documents, rejoice Rare's efforts, get confused by Bongo drums and end with a Bonanza. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the sun begins to set on UCP it's time to check in with some old friends at the end of their journey. A Challenge based episode of Videogame Nation is the subject matter of the day, so join Ash & Cliff as they watch John, Eoife and Dan battle for ultimate supremacy over 5 challenges. Also, there's talk about food in beards. It's gripping stuff. Watch the Videogame Nation episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOcblhwX1_k&t=32s Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ash digs into the engine shed containing the past of Densha De GO! Digging up vodka, peanuts and communism! Cliff drops in to talk Densha De GO! 64, and then there's a transfer back to the Ash Express for information on the series up until the present day, how to play it, and a valid reason for visiting Croydon. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shuppatsu Shinkou! Join Cliff and Ash as we rejoin a favourite of UCP, GameCenter CX. This time The Chief... sorry... The Conductor is revisiting a game he failed on in series 17, Densha De GO!, but this time the greatest videogame challenge TV show of all time meets the greatest computer game console of all time, as Arino has to complete the N64 version of the game. Apart from some Moon Cakes and a little visit of some early Super Famicom games, this is one big challenge episode. Why? Because Arino has made a movie... WHICH HE NEVER BRINGS UP IN THE EPISODE! WHO'S. ON. BOARD?!? Watch the translated episode here Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mortal Kombat has been a series steeped in kontroversy, both with its third game, the kontroversies became less about the violence, and more about the changes to the game itself. No Scorpion? No Raiden? Animalities? How many ribcages? Ultimate what-now? Join Ash Versus as he takes a solo dive into some of the kontroversies that dogged the series for its third outing in this months UCP Focus. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ash and Cliff are back with Princess Terra in the post-apocalyptic Portugal for another visit to CyberMaster! But this is a younger Terra, and she's in her Velour phase and has a pet cyborg called Kronos. Beyond that it's the same mixture of challenges, shouting, 90s editing, borderline fetishwear, and a creepy disembodied head threatening children. Perfectly normal light entertainment. Watch the translated episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SMwSaKXees Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DISCLAIMER: The Floppies this year should have been less of a technical nightmare, what with us being sat in the same room... and yet. And still. So this audio release represents the best effort to clean it up, remove the echo/reverb, and make it at least palatable to listen to. Cheers! it's The Floppies 2026! Myself and Cliff get together in person to reveal the winners and the almost winners, discuss some of your feedback, and generally try and remember what it actually was we did during 2025. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I want to be the very best... like no one ever was! To plant them is my real test, to pluck them is my cause! Yes, it's the game that used one of the other vowels, PIKMIN! Ash and Cliff go into the origins, question how truthful Miyamoto is, if he likes boiled eggs, and whether the cold weather has caused shrinkage. Also, we talk about the origins of the game. A bit. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ash & Cliff are stumbling back to 2002 for a late night post session kebab whilst they watch Thumb Bandits on Channel 4! There's Slipknot! Pikmin! Slipknot! Smash Bros.! Slipknot! Cancelled games! Slipknot! Wrestling! and also... Slipknot! Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNSs5-fqhm0 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ash and Cliff go to the younger side of Good Game to check out what the spawnlings are into. They're taking a deep dive into the spin-off show aimed at younger gamers SPAWN POINT. Cliff will vent about Paper Mario, defend the Wii U, and gain another game to add to his 'to play pile'. Ash will end the episode still wondering what Pocket Planes are. It's a trip. Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuu2Q_RH0w8 DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE FLOPPIES: https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Greeetings! Welcome to a new month of UCP fun as we dive back into a show that is one of our favourites, Good Game. We revisit Bajo and Hex, as they battle Hex's sugar zoomies, and Bajo's urge to find a game that is the perfect level of discovery, gameplay and storyline (SPOILERS: Nothing meets Goldie Locks needs). The episode consists of arty explorer Proteus, epic JRPG Persona 4 Golden and FPS Crysis 3. As well as Goose taking Cliff and Ash to school to teach them what a Reboot is... Cliff Rant Incoming! Watch Good Game here: https://youtu.be/eYLyPy2cmPw?si=m2nh67db89zdIJDP DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE FLOPPIES: https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're going back to GamesMaster! Kind of! Ash and Cliff dive into Issue 2 of the magazine of the TV show from all the way back in January 1993. Cliff goes off schedule, Ash compares Ducks to Cheese, and some letter writers have strong feelings on Atari vs Commodore. It's all there in a standard magazine episode that should have been a nice gentle start to 2026, but really really wasn't. Read the magazine here via Sega Retro: https://segaretro.org/GamesMaster_(magazine) DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE FLOPPIES: https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

AWOOGA! Ash and Cliff finally enter the Cyberzone after getting lost in Cyber Swindon... curse that magic roundabout! Craig shouts a lot, Thesp chews the digital scenery, and two of our contestants are from Mensa! Well.. one of them is, but the other did apply! Will Ash and Cliff survive their encounters with the Borg? Can they get their minds around the complexities of the puzzles? Will they know what to do with a duck? Find out... now. Watch Cyberzone here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLj-xibrpoM DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN THE FLOPPIES: https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

That's a wrap for recording in 2025, so as Ash and Cliff finish recording January's core episode they take a few moments to reflect on the year gone, as well as launching the survey for this years Floppies awards! Fill in your results here: https://forms.gle/LF4aYLozHfScLDdu6 Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's somebody at the door, there's somebody at the door! And somebody at the window! Somebody at the window! And people trapped in a painting! And people trapped in a painting! Yes, it's the UCP Christmas special, and keeping with our core and Extra episodes it's Christmas 1984 as Ash and Cliff visit the Pink Windmill for a show filled with excitement, song and dance numbers, adventure, song and dance numbers, camp robots, song and dance numbers, and high peril. Also, there's song and dance numbers. Will Emu's goose be cooked? Can Rod Hull get some green jelly? Will you be surprised by the legitimate videogame connection this episode has? Listen and find out! Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ash and Cliff are back in Studio 1 for the Micro Live Christmas Special! The studio is EXTRA flammable today, and that's not just from the brandy bottles hidden around the set, it's also covered in pre-safety code tinsel! As the episode careens towards its end credits, there's hackers, games, animation, drummers, and Cliff sulking that once again he has got himself all worked up for something that won't happen, and Ash gets to trot out some of his drummer jokes. Truly, this episode is a gift to all... except Cliff. Theme song by Other Chris Follow Under Consoletation on BlueSky Follow Under Consoletation on Twitter Follow Under Consoletation on Instagram Send your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.