397: Obsidian & Rocket Science Games with Matthew Fassberg - The Retro Hour EP397

A full on Sega celebration with Adam Koralik, the Dreamcast scene in 2016, his love for rare and obscure consoles and retro collecting around the world. Adam's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamKoralik Thanks to our amazing donators: Lasse Henriksen, Matthew Hudson Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Two new Mega Drive games: http://bit.ly/2hfaXMj Pokemon TCG Telnet server: http://205.185.124.22/ Retro Winter Games for iPhone: http://bit.ly/2hbUUi1 The GameEye unreleased camera add-on: https://youtu.be/rGnzVcqF1yA Disney making laserdisc size cases: http://amzn.to/2gCCdnA NEO Geo games for PC: http://bit.ly/2eWF4Gs

9 Joulu 20161h 11min

We get the story on Bubba N Stix, Rick Dangerous and many more from Simon Phipps of Core Design and Gremlin Graphics! Simon's website: http://www.simonphipps.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Stuart Thomas, Manuel Scharfy, Simon Pilgrim Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Retro Trio sells out in a morning, more stock expected: http://retrodcpowered.com/?i=2 Hackers hit san fancisco transport system: http://bbc.in/2gxctf2 WinUAE gets Laser Disc game support: http://bit.ly/2ggGEDT Raspberry Pi sales could take over C66: http://bit.ly/2guDmjd

2 Joulu 20161h 12min

We get the inside story on Graftgold, developing Uridium, Rainbow Islands, Fire & Ice and much more with Steve Turner! Steve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/t2_steve Thanks to our amazing donators: Kim Jorgensen, Aidan Oloan Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: NES Mini Sells out everywhere: http://bit.ly/2ePCmF7 NES Mini already hacked: http://bit.ly/2g95Gcu Mike Tyson's Punchout music is from 1958: http://bit.ly/2gcG9ea Sega survey results: http://bit.ly/2fz5CR3 Warlock Revenge old skool FPS coming to Steam: http://bit.ly/2gpav0e Doom turned into a platformer: http://bit.ly/2gpgSk3 Pinballs Dreams on Amstrad CPC video: http://bit.ly/2fMTl9e

25 Marras 20161h 6min

We talk to the man who documented the rise of the personal computer, Stewart Cheifet, former host of the legendary Computer Chronicles! https://twitter.com/cheifethttp://www.cheifet.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Luigi Fumero, Christopher Foulds, Scott Macdonald, Johnathan Kaye, SJ Engledow Trading, Andrew Hayes, Damian Page, Francisco Meza, Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Heart of The Alien (Another World 2) ported to Amiga: http://bit.ly/2g1o4z2 Sega asking fans which franchises they want reviving: http://bit.ly/2g1loBs Lost Kirby SNES games rescued: http://bit.ly/2eLQNKj Sensible Soccer update for 2015/ 2016: http://files.swos.eu/swos16-17/ USB computer killer: http://bit.ly/2goTdBt More indieGO details realsed: http://bit.ly/2fa9RCj

18 Marras 20161h 7min

We talk TFX, F-29 Retaliator, Epic and Robocop 3's supposedly unbreakable copy protection (it was cracked in 2 days!) with the amazing Paul Hollywood from Digital Image Design and Evolution Studios. vTime: https://vtime.net/ Thanks to our donators: Tim Daeleman, Garron Tungate, Michael Winn, Joseph Vamosi! Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Unused never-before-seen Virtua Fighter characters discovered: http://bit.ly/2ePQdLC Castlevania remade in Unreal Engine: http://bit.ly/2d9HwaW World's largest arcade machine only costs $100,000: http://bit.ly/2fK8uct Vampire coming to the Atari ST: http://bit.ly/2g3eEH6 Guy perfectly creates videogame sounds style with keyboard: http://bit.ly/2foHUYQ Apple 2 gets new OS after 23 years: http://bit.ly/2fXB65c

11 Marras 201659min

We chat to Kim Justice this week, talking arcade memories, writing for Retro Gamer and documenting British gaming history on Youtube. Kim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/elmyrdehory Retro Gamer Magazine: http://www.retrogamer.net/ Thanks to our donators: Simon Pilgrim, Christopher Buckley, Nicholas Lees, Geoffrey Jones! Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Super Samurai Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mevdinc/super-samurai-remake-of-amiga-retro-classic-first Dreamcast online via Raspberry Pi: http://blog.kazade.co.uk/p/dreampi.html New Sega Megadrive announced: http://bit.ly/2f9cXUQ 6 ways games were better in the good old days: http://bit.ly/2cppxSX The Darkness of Raven Wood BBC Micro Text Adventure: http://bit.ly/2em2fst SNES Rayman prototype revealed: http://bit.ly/2e967lu Wii U goes out of production this week: http://bit.ly/2ejmCKp FriendUP RC1: https://friendup.cloud/

4 Marras 20161h 6min

Raffaele Cecco chats to us about writing for CRASH magazine, his classic games like Cybernoid, Exolon and Stormlord, and upcoming HD remakes of some of his old favourites! Pixel Age Studios website: http://pixelagestudios.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Nintendo Switch reveal: http://bit.ly/2fo1fJD Add HDMI to Spectrum via RPI: http://bit.ly/2dPqunE Retro Freak , take games anywhere: http://bit.ly/2eBN7LQ Super Stardust ported to the C64: http://bit.ly/2e5o8j1 MicroBit to go worldwide: http://bit.ly/2e1vCCX Game charging people to try VR: http://bit.ly/2e5mPR6 Hidden games in Google: http://bit.ly/2feZAqg Woz limited edition Apple IIc: http://bit.ly/2ejuF7z

28 Loka 20161h 1min

We get the inside story of the legendary Hewson Consultants (Uridium, Cybernoid), and 21st Century Entertainment (Pinball Dreams, Fantasies) with Rob Hewson! Hyper Sentinel: http://www.hypersentinel.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Unreleased SNES platformer Kickstarter: http://www.retrocollect.com/News/unreleased-super-nintendo-platformer-socks-the-cat-hits-kickstarter-with-cartridges-up-for-grabs.html Nintendo's office secrets! https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/14/nintendo-storage-room-famicom-disk-system/ Charlie Chaplin game for the C64 download: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=150902 Teletext artist! http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/teletext-pixel-pop-art-technology Rise of The Tomb Raider in PS1 box https://www.facebook.com/playstationaccess/posts/1335098413181438 vega+ launch http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/27/zxspectrumvegalaunchoctober_20/

21 Loka 20161h 9min