The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)1 Aug 2025

491: Croc Was Meant to Be Yoshi - Then It All Changed! - Matt Porter, Argonaut Programmer - The Retro Hour EP491

This week we’re joined by Matt Porter, former programmer at Argonaut Software and one of the key developers behind Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. Matt shares inside stories from the development of titles like Creature Shock, Scooby-Doo Mysteries, and SWAT: Global Strike Team, delves into the challenges of porting games across wildly different platforms, and teases some fascinating lost betas and unreleased gems he’s been finding on 30-year-old hard drives.

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Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
37:40 - Matt Porter Interview

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Show notes

James Pond Revival and AI Campaign: https://tinyurl.com/9wafa3zx
Bitmap Bureau Terminator Game Delay: https://tinyurl.com/yry357hp
Game Gear Camera Mod Using GBC Hardware: https://tinyurl.com/msrus64r
Rare 3DO M2 Console Withdrawn from Sale: https://tinyurl.com/4z6hv5h7
Super Mario Bros. Remastered Coming to PC: https://tinyurl.com/4dmy62vk

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