534: How Games Like Wipeout and Tony Hawk Changed the Music Industry - The Retro Hour EP534
This week we’re joined by video game music expert Matt Ombler, head of music and gaming partnerships at Laced, to explore the incredible world of game soundtracks, from Sonic on the Mega Drive and Ton...
5 Jun 1h 40min
533: cyber.cafe: The 90s TV Show That Exposed the Internet's Wild Side - The Retro Hour EP533
This week, we’re joined by Wingham Rowan, creator and host of the pioneering ’90s ITV show cyber.cafe. Long before YouTube, Twitch, Tinder and social media, cyber.cafe explored the strange, funny and ...
29 Mai 1h 46min
532: Elite Systems: Inside the 80s Arcade Conversion Powerhouse - The Retro Hour EP532
This week, we’re joined by Elite Systems co-founder Steve Wilcox for a journey through one of the most important names in British gaming history. Steve shares how a family business in the West Midland...
22 Mai 1h 55min
531: Inside Psygnosis: WipEout, PlayStation and the Rave Generation - The Retro Hour EP531
Inside Psygnosis: WipEout, PlayStation and the Rave Generation - The Retro Hour EP531This week we’re joined by former Psygnosis PR manager Glen O’Connell for a brilliant journey through one of the mos...
15 Mai 1h 45min
530: Inside Gargoyle Games: Stuart Cox on Light Force, Scooby-Doo and ThunderCats - The Retro Hour EP530
This week, we’re joined by Stuart Cox, artist at the legendary Midland studio Gargoyle Games, for a brilliant trip through the golden age of British 8-bit development. Stuart shares how he went from t...
8 Mai 1h 47min
529: Nightdive, Stardock and the Business of Saving Classic Games: Larry Kuperman - The Retro Hour EP529
This week, we’re joined by Larry Kuperman, former VP of Business Development at Nightdive Studios, former Business Development Manager at GameStop, Stardock veteran, and co-founder of the IGDA Ann Arb...
1 Mai 1h 50min
528: The Man Behind the Atari Jaguar: John Mathieson- The Retro Hour EP528
This week, we’re joined by John Mathieson, the hardware designer best known as the father of the Atari Jaguar. John takes us through an extraordinary career that began at Sinclair Research on the ZX S...
23 Apr 1h 39min
527: The Untold Story of the Amstrad Scene PD Libraries, Magazines and More - The Retro Hour EP527
On this week’s podcast, we celebrate 42 years of the Amstrad CPC with special guest Jo Cook, who takes us deep inside the Amstrad scene of the late 80s and 90s. From growing up with a CPC 464 and help...
16 Apr 1h 41min
