The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We catch up with Psygnosis legend Ian Grieve to hear some more incredible inside stories from the company that brought us Lemmings, Wipeout, Colony Wars and lots more. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ BetterHelp - You deserve to be happy. Try the world's largest on-line therapy service and get 10% off your first month by using our link at https://www.betterhelp.com/retro  We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: Thanks so much to our latest supporters, in the Hall of Fame this week: CrapC64Gamer,  John Stewart,  Bill E and Tero Reittu https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Sega leaves arcade business after 50 years: https://bit.ly/3sdpcWU Repurpose old video game consoles: https://bit.ly/34aabxh Long lost Jaguar game found: https://bit.ly/3HuxtMK Castlevania AGA coming to Amiga: https://youtu.be/zWfq03-YMZI

4 Feb 20221h 46min

We're joined by industry veteran Rod Cousens to hear some amazing stories from his time as vice president of Activision, the rise and fall of Acclaim Entertainment and the early days of the British micro-computer games scene. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Give your own ‘shower shave’ a go, by redeeming a free Harry’s Trial Set. All you cover is £3.95 for delivery, head to https://harrys.com/retro  We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Nintendo offering free retro video game posters: https://bit.ly/3G6e96M Decent Street Fighter 2 on Amiga: https://bit.ly/3GaZXJM Home made Mega Drive dev kit: https://bit.ly/3AQQFBT Mega Drive dev kits: https://bit.ly/3rYIrTU

28 Jan 20221h 42min

We get some amazing inside SEGA stories with the former man-at-the-top, CEO of SEGA Europe and Virgin Games, Nick Alexander.   Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Mike Ward, Stefano Zambon, Richard Halling, Matthew Martin, Tyler Catlin Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Psygnosis and Ocean trademarks renewed: https://bit.ly/3nKnMBL https://bit.ly/3GM04wl PlayStation 3 games on PS5 store: https://bit.ly/3FLErex Tomb Raider on Game Boy Advance: https://bit.ly/3Kr0RFj https://youtu.be/_GVSLcqGP7g Raspberry Pi game barcode scanner: https://bit.ly/3KFf9CD Shadow man remaster: https://bit.ly/3tO7Dz4 Console watches: https://bit.ly/3nIwssC

21 Jan 20221h 33min

We get some amazing stories from Peter Clarke who was an in-house musician at Ocean Software in the 80s, working on classics like Bubble Bobble and Head Over Heels alongside Martin Galway. He's about to release a new SID remix album featuring other C64 legends. Encore64: https://encore64.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ 1 Shot Energy – The candy company of gaming. Each chewy candy piece has 75mg of caffeine + over 600mg of additional energy, focus, eye health and antioxidant supplements.  Use our code "RETRO" to get 15% off your order and help support the podcast: https://1shotenergy.com/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Mike Ward, Stefano Zambon, Richard Halling, Matthew Martin, Tyler Catlin Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Hidden SNES emulator SNESticle: https://bit.ly/3rbaAqF  WebRcade: https://chromeunboxed.com/play-your-retro-games-web-chromebook-webrcade Hoffman releases Knightmare: https://bit.ly/3njsM0c  TigerBoy Advance: https://bit.ly/33r9VZU  Racing Lagoon playable: https://bit.ly/3rdWAwn Racing Lagoon download: https://bit.ly/33y0B6k

14 Jan 20221h 37min

Action Retro: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoL8olX-259lS1N6QPyP4IQ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Richard Lacey, Txabi Alastruey, shinywolf, mattbeef Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Commodore 64 games coming to Nintendo Switch: https://bit.ly/3HDQImw New Mortal Kombat Arcade hack surpasses SEGA CD version: https://bit.ly/3eVMmLd Is Gex making a comeback?: https://bit.ly/3F3hoLZ Game Boy PageBoy add-on: https://bit.ly/3t4XBcE N64’s GoldenEye 007 coming to Xbox?: https://bit.ly/33bQXpO Early Internet chat room 'The Palace': https://bit.ly/3JNFX2N

7 Jan 20221h 28min

Have a very Merry Christmas and we'll see you in 2022. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Monster Joysticks: https://monsterjoysticks.com/theretrohour We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Nathan Tabor, Tim Robinson, Laura Linneman, Hugo's Desk Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    Sinclair - The Inside Story with Nigel Searle - The Retro Hour EP256: https://bit.ly/3J9e2KB Namco: Inside Stories with Scott Rogers - The Retro Hour EP287: https://bit.ly/3ejd1RJ Atari & Computing Pioneer Chris Crawford - The Retro Hour EP270: https://bit.ly/3H7j2gJ Dominik Diamond & 8-Bit Show & Tell - The Retro Hour EP269: https://bit.ly/3qohfx3 Soviet Strike, Transformers & FMV Games with Flint Dille - The Retro Hour EP282: https://bit.ly/3yXg384 Brenda Romero: Wizardry & Sir-tech - The Retro Hour EP262: https://bit.ly/32wp2Ra Triumph of the Nerds with Robert Cringley - The Retro Hour EP283: https://bit.ly/3yUHtv6 The Gaming Historian - The Retro Hour EP258: https://bit.ly/33K6mxY  Motocross Madness with designer Robb Rinard - The Retro Hour EP299: https://bit.ly/3EqReCu Clint from LGR, Kim Justice & Dimitris from MVG - The Retro Hour EP300: https://bit.ly/30U2edM Dreamcast: Where It Went Wrong with Sega's Mark Subotnick: https://bit.ly/32tTNX2 DJ Aphrodite: Making Chart Hits on The Amiga - The Retro Hour EP259: https://bit.ly/3qjWGSB

24 Des 20211h 53min

Merry Christmas to all our amazing listeners, we'll see you in 2022! Don't forget, it's our Patron's Christmas Party this Sunday night at 8pm: https://www.patreon.com/posts/join-us-for-our-59763539 Neil RMC:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Mark Fixes Stuff: https://www.youtube.com/c/markfixesstuff Paul Drury's Podcast: https://www.teddabneyexperience.com/ Olly's Retro Quizes: https://www.patreon.com/brendle Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gaming mag (Play, Edge, Retro Gamer and PC Gamer) for just £3! https://magazinesdirect.com/retrotrial Get 10 FREE craft beers thanks to Beer 52: https://www.beer52.com/Retro We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Nathan Tabor, Tim Robinson, Laura Linneman, Hugo's Desk Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour

17 Des 20211h 23min

https://www.youtube.com/c/JanBeta/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gaming mag (Play, Edge, Retro Gamer and PC Gamer) for just £3! https://magazinesdirect.com/retrotrial Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retro We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Nathan Tabor, Tim Robinson, Laura Linneman, Hugo's Desk Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes:    New Grand Theft Auto Trilogy patch fixes 100+ bugs: https://bit.ly/3y6iX9U San Andres recreated with Far Cry 5 Dunia engine by fan: https://bit.ly/3Gv5StA Mega Man live-action movie: https://bit.ly/3EGI31z Virtual BBC Micro: https://virtual.bbcmic.ro/ Portable Sega Saturn: https://bit.ly/3m91xVB                                                                Atari buys Mobygames: https://bit.ly/3yaHcUE Amiga Turbo Santa xmas game: https://bit.ly/3dxppgy

10 Des 20211h 38min