The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)12 Joulu 2025

510: “We Hid Gabe Newell in Our Game!” – Powerhoof - Making Retro Point & Click Adventures – The Retro Hour Podcast EP510

We go Down Under with Powerhoof’s David Lloyd, the brain behind award-winning indie hits like The Drifter and Crawl. From hiding DOS games as a kid to creating their own game engine and scooping Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards. From swapping floppies in the schoolyard to creating retro-inspired adventures, and why the Sierra era still casts a long shadow over indie devs today.

Powerhoof games: https://www.powerhoof.com/

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
1:00:00 - Powerhoof Interview

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Show notes

My UFO Youth Book: https://tinyurl.com/42wdhyy7
Retrobrighting Causes More Harm Than Good?: https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA
New Robin Hood Game for the C64 Impresses: https://tinyurl.com/rb7nj3ts
Rare Sonic Arcade Machine Goes to Auction: https://tinyurl.com/mfmd8c8f
Spectrum Gets a New FPS: https://tinyurl.com/wha2ztrd
M64 – A 4K FPGA Nintendo 64 Clone: https://tinyurl.com/5hcwhadn
Acorn RiscOS Classic Returns on Steam: https://tinyurl.com/4akjdct5
Windows 3.x Hotdog Stand Colour Scheme Origins: https://tinyurl.com/39x9nr7e

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