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A video gaming podcast that covers both retro gaming as well as modern systems. The show features discussion on various topics, reviews and more.
Chris Smith is joined by regular host Paul Monaghan and special guest Rob Leane, gaming editor for the Radio Times. We discuss Rob's career...
Chris and Paul once again realise almost another year has gone by since they last recorded. Join us as we catch up on the year just gone, an...
You wait weeks for a podcast, then two hours come along at once. Chris is joined by returning host Paul to look at their highlights from the...
Chris Smith the Newer is joined by returning hosts Jake and Tommy to discuss the last 12 months, and what they've been up to in life and vid...
Chris Smith mk 2 is joined by returning host Tom Charnock to share fond memories of Atari's much maligned console. They cover their own intr...
This episode features two interviews discussing two new print productions. First up is Daryl Baxter who has written the Making Of Tomb Raide...
Our latest guest is Ashley Day, currently employed by Team17. Over this three hour chat we discuss all aspects of his career. Starting out w...
This episode we are joined by two guests, both writers and they also produce their own podcast. Samuel Roberts and Matthew Castle join Paul...
Our 42nd magazine related guest is Tim Ponting. Paul spoke to Tim about his career in games magazines and PR. Starting out on drumming magaz...
Paul is joined by best selling author and journalist, Keith Stuart. Keith started his career in the 90's at Big Red Software helping write g...
The same motley crew as the last bonus episode return for another pandemic related show, as Chris, Chris, Jake and Arron do their best to ap...
There is plenty for Commodore Amiga fans in this episode. Paul sits down to speak to Marcus Dyson who spent 4 years on Amiga Format, as well...
Our latest interview is with VP of IGN, John Davison. John started his career in the games industry over 30 years ago with his first fulltim...
This episode we are joined by a huge guest! Gary Whitta joins Paul to discuss his career in games journalism, writing Hollywood screenplays,...
In this third pandemic related bonus episode, the two Chris Smiths are joined by Jake and Arron for as they check in on each other, and talk...
Tim Weaver has been writing for decades. Currently he has 10 David Raker novels under his belt, a very popular crime/ thriller series. He st...
In this episode Paul sits down to discuss CVG magazine and more with Paul Glancey and also another Paul, this time Davies! Yes three people...
Chris Scullion joins us this episode to discuss his career as a games writer. Starting on Official Nintendo Magazine in 2006, he has also wr...
In this episode Paul interviews Paul McNally about his career in videogames journalism and much more. Paul started his career on ST Action u...
In this latest interview, we speak to original Retro Gamer magazine editor Martyn Carroll. We cover several magazines for the first time on...
This episode we revisit the "listener choice" format, previously used on our Dreamcast, Game Boy and Commodore 64 shows. Back before the wor...
In this episode we celebrate 100 episodes of Maximum Power Up. Since the show started in 2015 we have covered a mixture of modern and retrog...
In this bonus episode we have two guests, Frank Gasking and Sam Dyer. Frank runs the excellent and informative website Games That Weren't fo...
In this episode we are very happy to have Dominik Diamond on the show. For many gamers in the 90's he was the face of gaming on television a...
The Maximum Power up team for another special bonus episode as Lockdown 2020 continues. In this new Pandemic Pod, the team discuss the two "...
We are delighted to have Danny Wallace on the show discussing his career. In this 90 minute chat we discuss how he started out doing work ex...
Following on from episode 94 we continue our walk down memory lane looking at July to December 1998. Many gamers see 1998 as one of the grea...
In this episode we speak to Glen O'Connell about his career in the games industry as well as sports PR. Starting out at Psygnosis he shares...
For this special bonus episode of the Maximum Power Up podcast, we have an almost full house* as the team gather to keep each other sane dur...
We are very happy to welcome David Wilson on the show for this new episode. David recently left Sony after almost 20 years as Head of UK PR...
Is this one of the greatest years for games releases? Paul, Chris, Arron and Chris sit down to discuss if it truly is. The major players in...
Once again Chris Smith mark 2 is joined by Paul & the other Chris Smith, with Arron coming along for the ride too. After the fairly well rec...
Chris Smith mark 2 is joined by Paul & the other Chris Smith for a bit of Christmas chatter. Somehow Maximum Power Up hasn't done this befor...
This is a special one off episode celebrating the games writing of Jason Brookes who sadly passed away recently. In 2016 and 2019 Paul had t...
In this episode we take a look at one of the most loved 16bit game tie ins. Released in 1993 for the Sega Megadrive and Super Nintendo, game...
Well this is a blast from the past, back in 2014, Chris got together with Martin Hinson and Kurt Kalata from Hardcore Gaming 101 to talk all...
Paul sits down with Cam Winstanley to discuss one of the most popular Amiga magazines, Amiga Power. Lasting over 5 years Amiga Power built u...
In November 2001 Microsoft released their first console into a market that was changing. Sega's Dreamcast had failed so they left the market...
Join Chris, Phil and Aaron as they take a trip to the movies. In what's hopefully a first of many movies based on games episodes the crew ta...
Welcome to part 2 of the Top 10 Games Mags. These are the final 5 magazines that have been voted by our listeners on Twitter, Facebook and m...
Games magazines have always been a popular part of gaming. Although there aren't too many around these days, in the 80's & 90's there were l...
Chris Smith Mk. 2 takes the reins for this episode looking at some highlights from the history of bringing pinball to the world of video gam...
In this episode Paul interviews Dave Upchurch. Starting his career at EMAP on popular 90's magazine ACE he soon was moved to The One Amiga w...
Witness Phil using powers that rival those of the World's Greatest Detective, as he supervises the first joint appearance of Chris Smith ori...
In October this year it was announced that after almost 26 years GamesMaster magazine would be ending. A mainstay on magazine racks for so l...
In this episode Paul sits down with Geoff Glendenning to discuss his career in games marketing. Spending over a decade working in advertisin...
Join our intrepid three as we go runnin' and gunnin', and diving into the shoot'em up sub genre of run'n'gun games. Messers Phil, Jake and C...
Paul sits down to chat to ex games journalist Neil West in this episode to discuss his career. Neil started his career on Sega Power alongsi...
In this episode Paul chats with Gary Penn about his career in the games industry that spans over 30 years. They discuss his work on well kno...
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die." Hot on the heels(ish) of the Dreamcast Listener's Choic...