We're joined once again by Johnny Branchfield for a wee indie games roundup, where McCormick gets 80s DnD vibes from Skald: Against The Black Priory, Mick contemplates life's absurdity in The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa and Johnny gets his tentacles into The Last Case of Benedict Fox

Mick helps root oot counter-revolutionary bourgeois dissidents in "KGB" on MS DOS (1992), Andy Mac takes on heavy metal cinematic platformer "Blacthorne" on the SNES (1994) and McCormick plays auld N64 classic "Jet Force Gemini" (1999) which causes us to use the bleep button a record number of times.

Mick controls an unwieldy hillbilly in "Bubba 'n' Stix" (1994) for the Mega Drive, Andy Mac meets Joe Musashi's dug in "Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi" (1990), also for the Mega Drive, and McCormick ponders the Islamic Golden Age in "Defenders of Oasis" (1992) for the Game Gear.

We also have a re-telling of the opening story of One Thousand and One Nights, featuring a surprising amount of cuckoldry.

Andy leathers zombie Karl Marx in Nightmare Creatures, Mick survives a house of horror in Sweet Home and McCormick solves human-dolphin relations with the help of drugs in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future

We rank all of the levels from Sonic 1, 2, 3 'n' Knuckles to find the ultimate zone

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We've got a wee listicle episode to tide you over - Mick and super-sub Leo Glaister discuss their tap 5 secret characters in video gaming.

Classic Dynamite Neddy action, including the beloved segment "Andy's Curry Hoose Reviews".

Mick has a 90s nostalgia moment with "X-Men" (1993) on the Sega Mega Drive, McCormick ponders sci-fi feudalism with "Phantasy Star III" (1990) also on the Mega Drive, and Andy Mac schools the ancient Greeks on "Hercules" (1997) on the PS1.

Mick saves some souls in SS Lucifer, McCormick confronts Mecha Hawk in Pilotwings 64 and Andy meets up with his sleep paralysis demon in Final Fantasy IX

This week we're shining a light on the support acts of computer games and your Auld Das are bringing you oor tap 5 first bosses.

There's discussions of frogs, pterodactyls, cowboys, barmen and of course, the Greenock Abu.

McCormick takes a wholesome golfing trip with Kirby in "Kirby's Dream Course" (1994), Mick investigates the crimes of Doctor Yoshiyama in "Pulseman" (1994) and Andy finds a new hero in Mayor Mike Haggar in "Final Fight" (1989).

Mick gets involved in some bloodsport with Universal Soldier (Turrican 2), Andy has a happy happy joy joy time and McCormick has a psychedelic experience with LSD: Dream Emulator

Working Christmas Eve? Ya poor soul, we've got ye covered - it's time for the end of year round-up.

As per, yer three intrepid hosts are giving ye their tap 3 games of the year (roast totties) and their least favourite of the year (the brussel sprout) on a theoretical Dynamite Neddy Christmas dinner plate.

Also featuring - Andy Mac reviews Jim Carrey's magnum opus, "Sonic the Hedgehog 3".

It's your favourite, it's oor favourite, it's the fitba special. After a match report from Linlithgow Rose vs. Clachnacuddin in a Scottish Cup tie a million years ago, we dive into four fitba adjacent games. Mick gets sent off for dissent in Red Card, McCormick suffers existential angst in Football Drama, Andy takes a trip down memory lane in ISS 64 and Johnny scuds Bep Jatter in Soccer Story

McCormick finds God in the meditative world of Japanese farming simulator "Harvest Moon" (1996), Mick C pontificates about Proto Man in "Mega Man: The Wily Wars" (1995) and a brief appearance from Andy Mac has him getting lost in the weeds of "Secret of Evermore" (1995).

In the thrilling conclusion to our tabletop adventure, Crawford Lyle (McCormick) and Knuckles McGraw (Andy) learn the dark plans of the mysterious Hugh Scott. Will they foil his infernal plot or will they succumb to madness?

We're doing something a bit different this Galoshans - we're playing spooky tabletop RPG Call of Cthulhu. Join eccentric dandy Crawford Lyle and battle-scarred hardman Knuckles McGraw in 1920s Greenock as they solve the mystery of the disappearing dock workers

McCormick finds out what it's like to truly hate Mondays in "Garfield: Caught in the Act" (1995), Clocherty becomes a 1660s French maritime monster in "Pirates! Gold" (1993) and MacArthur hates ladders but loves Xenomorphs in "Alien 3" (1992). All three games are on the Sega Mega Drive, just how we like it.

Also featuring: a discussion of the obscure Garfield lore characters present in "Orson's Farm" and a history lesson aboot the trials and tribulations of Captain William Kidd, and his chad former sidekick Rab Culliford.

Nae Mick today unfortunately but we've got special guest Aero experiencing daddy issues in Final Fantasy Legend 2, McCormick doing religious studies in Soul Edge and Andy having no moral compass in Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance

We've got a Michael-centric episode as Mr Andy Mac is busy doing reconnaissance work at "The Biscuit", with the return of an indie games recommendations episode.

McCormick charts the history of a cursed object in "The Case of the Golden Idol" (2022) and Mick attempts to survive an Eastern European battle royale in "Fear and Hunger 2 Termina" (2022). They also predict the winner of the US presidential election so you're gonnae want to get yourself to the bookies after listening to this one.

Andy Mac ponders what it is to be sexy in "Sexy Parodius" (1996), McCormick imagines life as a Victorian gentleman fighting the occult in "Master of Darkness" (1992) and Mick pilots his Mega Zord through some admittedly poor cultural sensitivity in "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" (1994).