392: Mikro-Gen: The Rise and Fall of a British Software House with Chris Hinsley - The Retro Hour EP392

We chat to the team behind the UK's biggest retro computing and gaming museum, the Centre For Computing History in Cambridge. http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: RockerRoller, Liam Clancy, William Bateman, Leigh Bestford Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: New Micro Machines game: http://bit.ly/2rM33lC Man born with no eyes loves gaming: http://bit.ly/2qcg0ju 10 way to breathe new life into old consoles: http://bit.ly/2qHtHs1 Project Rap Rabbit: http://bit.ly/2swnUWF

2 Jun 20171h 10min

We're joined by Amiga legend Dave Haynie, former Commodore chief engineer. We talk about the highs, the lows and the cancelled future plans for the Amiga. The Deathbed Vigil Video: https://youtu.be/BaTjwo1ywcI Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gus Douboulidis, Andrew Webb, Retro Pluggers, Neil Mansell Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: 4 decades of demos for the Amiga CD32: http://bit.ly/2rYmLYn Zelda game for Amiga with Vampire: http://bit.ly/2s3xgZx Sega reveals their 'road to 2020' plan: http://bit.ly/2qjXuuv

26 Mai 20171h 13min

We get the highs and lows of Atari UK with former marketing manager Darryl Still. From the ST glory days to defending the Jaguar, and hanging out with Fatboy Slim and Chesney Hawkes! Kiss LTD website: http://www.kiss-ltd.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: David Stepvenson, Scott Julian, Eric Nelson, Colin Reid Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Atari still around in BladeRunner 2049: http://bit.ly/2rzsuCX Guy finds StarCraft source code: http://bit.ly/2pKzA9Y Castlevania 30th anniversary facelift: http://bit.ly/2rz6atQ

19 Mai 20171h 9min

After 70 episodes of the show, we turn the spotlight onto ourselves. What are Dan, Ravi and Joe's favourite retro systems, games and memories? Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Craig Ruddell, Andreas Sauer, Michael Conklin, Christopher Hull Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Vodaphone finally turn off pager services: http://bit.ly/2pBBcQA Hewson's Hyper Sentinel coming to Nintendo Switch: http://bit.ly/2r7pmxW Retro consoles as cars: http://bit.ly/2pEYcgz Nintendo playstation now fully working: http://bit.ly/2qcjnIQ Prisoners build pc in roof out of spare parts: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39576394

12 Mai 20171h 13min

We reminisce about BBS, Geocities and the earliest days of the Web with Internet Archive's Jason Scott. The Internet Archive: http://archive.org Textfiles.com: http://textfiles.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Paul Harrington, Michael Keith, Lars Boddum, Paul Edwards Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Night Trap HD update: http://bit.ly/2p4PTPS Atari 8-bit book: http://bit.ly/2pdIwkq Sonic Time Twisted: http://bit.ly/2pAS7WG Spectrum Next funded in one day: http://bit.ly/2qABrz5 Turn iPhone into a retro Mac: http://bit.ly/2pdZvD0

5 Mai 20171h 9min

Hiding anti-Lotus 123 easter eggs in Excel, Windows 95 and why Bill Gates thought the Xbox was an insult with Microsoft's former game publishing VP, Ed Fries! Ed's website: https://edfries.wordpress.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth McKee, Robinson Technologies, Gothic Charm, VFX Vault LTD and Simon Pilgrim Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: 90's Google glass: http://dailym.ai/2ppS1yI Archive.org adds early Mac software: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac Robert Taylor of Xerox and Apranet dies: http://bit.ly/2oT81rS

28 Apr 20171h 11min

Brian Moriarty gives us the inside story on Infocom, LucasArts and Loom - will it ever get an official sequel or modern update? Plus some amazing stories of celebs at the Skywalker Ranch! Brian's Website: http://ludix.com/moriarty/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Todd Sarney, Ross Burnett, Imran Chowdhry, Colin Walker Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Thimbleweed Park: https://thimbleweedpark.com/ Nintendo kill the NES Mini: http://bit.ly/2p1ixRl Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ported to Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2plxbTW News report on the arcade scene of 1982: http://bit.ly/2obbtSd

21 Apr 20171h 12min

We chat to the Oliver Twins at the launch of Mystery World Dizzy, plus Jon Ritman gives us the story of classics like Batman, Head Over Heels and Match Day I & II! Jon Ritman website: http://www.ritman.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Chris Duckers, Steve Duke, Ian Poynter, Richard Halling Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Mystery World Dizzy: http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/ 21 things we miss about old computers: http://bit.ly/2pgQGtj Gods remastered: http://bit.ly/2pAu727

14 Apr 20171h 11min