546: The Making of The Suffering: Horror, Morality and Games That Remember – The Retro Hour EP546
Veteran game designer Richard Rouse III joins us to revisit his journey from Bungie’s early Macintosh games to Centipede 3D and The Suffering. He reveals how the horror classic found its prison settin...
28 Aug 1h 40min
545: Region Locked: The Untold Story of Australian Video Games – The Retro Hour EP545
Australia gave the world pioneering adventures, cult classics and global hits,but much of its gaming history has been left out of the story. This week, we're joined by Region Locked creative lead Mich...
21 Aug 1h 45min
544: Amiga Just Revealed Its Future Plans - The Retro Hour EP544
This week, we’re coming to you from Amiga Kickstart in Derby, where we recorded a fascinating panel looking at what comes next for one of computing’s most iconic names. With the long-running legal bat...
13 Aug 1h 45min
543: Beats of Rage: From Fan Game to OpenBOR - The Retro Hour EP543
This week, we’re joined by Roel van Mastbergen of Senile Team to discover how a homemade MS-DOS tribute to Streets of Rage exploded to around a million players, crashed two servers and evolved into Op...
7 Aug 1h 34min
542: Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542
This week, we’re joined by Veronica from the brilliant YouTube channel Veronica Explains for a journey through a lifetime of tinkering with technology. Veronica shares stories of growing up in a famil...
31 Jul 1h 54min
541: Colin McRae, Batman & AstroBurn: From Games to Hollywood… and Back - The Retro Hour EP541
This week's guest is Haz Dulull whose career has taken him from creating FMV and cinematics for games like Colin McRae Rally and Battalion Wars, to working on blockbuster films including The Dark Knig...
24 Jul 1h 49min
540: Netflix DIDN’T Kill Blockbuster — Here’s What Really Happened - The Retro Hour EP540
This week, we’re joined by former Blockbuster franchisee Alan Payne, author of Built to Fail, for the inside story of the video & game rental giant’s spectacular collapse. Alan reveals why Netflix and...
17 Jul 1h 41min
539: OctaMED, Amigas and Dark 80s Music - The Retro Hour EP539
Synth musician, performer and self-described “bleakwave” artist Paulee Alex Bow joins us. We explore dark ’80s music and an love for the Commodore Amiga. Paulee reveals how OctaMED became the heart of...
10 Jul 1h 49min
