489: “Don’t Press OK – It Will Destroy Your PC!”: QA Testing at Virgin with Dave Isherwood - The Retro Hour EP489

489: “Don’t Press OK – It Will Destroy Your PC!”: QA Testing at Virgin with Dave Isherwood - The Retro Hour EP489

his week, we go behind the scenes of ’90s game testing with QA veteran Dave Isherwood! From the chaos of Virgin Interactive’s wild office parties to uncovering show-stopping bugs just hours before launch. Hear about the day Virgin fell apart, the mystery of the deadly red screen, and why he had to fake losing video game tournaments.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
37:37 - Dave Isherwood Interview

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Commodore 64 Ultimate Edition: https://www.commodore.net/
Rare Sega Genesis Re-Release: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ftw5a
Worms Forever Game Boy Mod: https://tinyurl.com/8j86zb7b
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