404: Celebrating 90's Gaming & Computer Magazines - The Retro Hour EP404

404: Celebrating 90's Gaming & Computer Magazines - The Retro Hour EP404

We chat with retro gaming magazine historian (and all round nice chap!) Paul Monahan to re-live the days of classic console and computer magazines, cover disk demos and those amazing bumper Christmas issues. Join us for a delightful rewind to those pre-Internet days when these magazines were the heart of the gaming community.

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Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
40:25 - Paul Monahan Interview

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Show notes:

Live Action Zelda Movie Announced: https://tinyurl.com/4c3hsmp2
New Retro Mini PC AM01 Perfect For Emulation: https://youtu.be/jPhpVzbUNSE
Flip DS Handheld Windows PC Revealed: https://tinyurl.com/yjnsrcy2
Marvel Super Heroes Runs on Mega Drive: https://tinyurl.com/2dh4afva
Beyond Sunset: Cyberpunk Mix of Classic Doom and Deus Ex: https://tinyurl.com/muvfwv76
Dark Chambers for Atari 2600+: https://tinyurl.com/5yz2v4mb

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