This week, in celebration of the release of GTA6, the Cocktail Mode podcast is dropping back to 1997 and the top-down carnage that is the birthplace of modern sandbox crime: DMA Design’s pioneering classic, Grand Theft Auto!

We’re taking a tour through the original versions of Liberty City, San Andreas, and Vice City long before the 3D open-world boom.

We'll be chatting about the frantic top-down perspective, public phone missions, and the sheer thrill of hijacking random cars.

As usual, we’ve shaken up a pair of cocktails to keep our hands steady through every rampaging multiplier spree.

Andy’s Cocktail: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/6856/

Dave’s Cocktail: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/28392/

Friends of the show (Not sponsored or affiliated):

www.DiffordsGuide.co.uk

www.ConsoleMAD.co.uk

www.Anstream.com

https://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/

www.amigalive.com

https://turbospirit.world/

#GrandTheftAuto #GTA1 #DMADesign #RockstarGames #RetroGaming #PlayStation #PCGaming #90sGaming #CocktailMode #VideoGameCocktails #OpenWorld #NostalgiaPodcast #GTA6

This week on the Cocktail Mode podcast, Andy and Dave are revisiting the true granddaddy of open-world driving: Durell Software's 1986 classic, Turbo Esprit!

Joined by special guest David ‘Sprex’ Spreckley, we reminisce about an 8-bit technical marvel that pioneered free-roaming city driving long before Grand Theft Auto made it a global phenomenon. Mike Richardson’s masterpiece gave gamers fully navigable city maps complete with working traffic signals, pedestrians, fuel management, and high-stakes car chases.

Plus, Sprex fills us in on Turbo Spirit: Cruise Anywhere - his upcoming love letter to Turbo Esprit that lets you drive down virtually any real-world road, arriving on PC later this year.

Andy’s Cocktail: https://www.instagram.com/p/Da_jNU7vaob/

Dave’s Cocktail: https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/36052/

Sprex’ Cocktail: https://makemeacocktail.com/en/cocktail/7650/

Friends of the show (Not sponsored or affiliated):

DiffordsGuide.co.uk

ConsoleMAD.co.uk

Anstream.com

Amigalive.com

https://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/@skydivedparcelproductions

#CocktailMode #VideoGameCocktails #RetroGaming #TurboEsprit #DurellSoftware #ZXSpectrum #Commodore64 #AmstradCPC #LotusEsprit #8bitGaming #RetroGamer #OpenWorldGames #CruiseAnywhere #TurboSpirit

This week on the Cocktail Mode podcast, Andy and Dave are strapping into the anti-gravity rig to revisit the game that 90s post-pub gaming: Psygnosis’s 1996 masterpiece, WipEout 2097 (aka WipEout XL)!

We’re taking a break-neck lap through the title that brought full-on club culture to the original PlayStation. We break down the game's brutal airbrake mechanics, The Designers Republic’s iconic visual style, and a soundtrack stacked with The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, and Underworld. As usual, we’ve shaken up a pair of cocktails to keep our hands steady through every plasma bolt and track wall.

Andy’s Cocktail: https://cocktailwhisperer.com/tag/industrial-revolution/

Dave’s Cocktail: https://clinkclinkdrink.com/2019/02/28/fire-starter/

Friends of the show (Not sponsored or affiliated):

• DiffordsGuide.co.uk
• ConsoleMAD.co.uk
• Anstream.com
• www.amigalive.com
• https://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/
• Dominik Diamond
• http://turbospirit.world/

#Wipeout2097 #WipeoutXL #RetroGaming #Psygnosis #PlayStation #PS1 #90sGaming #CocktailMode #VideoGameCocktails #DesignersRepublic #Prodigy #AntiGravityRacing