The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

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12 Aug 20211h 32min

Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: expressvpn.com/retro Hows your Brain performing? Check out Sons Brain Health supplement at https://sons.co.uk and use the code Retro25 to get £25 off your first order 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:  Jonathan Harden, Clyde Radcliffe, Matthew Martin, Drek Young, Gavin Burnett  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:    PS2 game boxes almost looked a lot cooler: https://bit.ly/37jLAE2 Mister Multisystem: https://bit.ly/3yqEppk Turn Game Boy Camera into a webcam: https://bit.ly/3yAHkfa Kung Fu Master comes to Amiga: https://bit.ly/3Cp7eVQ

5 Aug 20211h 35min

Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Hows your Brain performing? Check out Sons Brain Health supplement at https://sons.co.uk and use the code Retro25 to get £25 off your first order 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:  MCSH, Ian Petts, Steve Tyrell, Rhys Clatworthy  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:    Google Doodle RPG: https://bit.ly/3f7bdME Nintendo Leak Reveals 'Ocarina Of Time' Sequel We Never Got To Play: https://bit.ly/3ybLWbE Bethesda Releases New Free Content for Original DOOM and DOOM 2: https://bit.ly/3rCKdcY Scientists Have Built A Robot Hand That Can Play Super Mario Bros: https://bit.ly/3BVovWu id Software's Mario PC port found in a stack of discs submitted to a museum: https://bit.ly/3yhZZN2 Retro gaming shop of the week: InsanityRetroGaming, Nuffield Industrial Estate, Poole - https://www.insanityarcade.com/

29 Jul 20211h 30min

https://firststarsoftware.com/ Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week:  Geoff Owen - Beyond Farpoint Podcast, John Butler, Stephen Marshall, AnalogDarling, M_Duck 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:    Nuclear Powered Gameboy: https://bit.ly/2V1W1JE 37 year old Apple II easter egg: https://bit.ly/3eEDRVd Rare Nintendo card up for sale: https://bit.ly/3rpMKqV X-men 1up Arcade: https://bit.ly/3BrtHkp PrintShop online: https://bit.ly/3y2AZJm Retro gaming shop of the week: InsanityRetroGaming, Nuffield Industrial Estate, Poole - https://www.insanityarcade.c

22 Jul 20211h 32min

We chat to Paul Docherty for a unique inside look at the world of Jeff Minter and Llamasoft in his new documentary Heart of Neon. https://www.heartofneon.com/ Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games:  https://bit.ly/3hkGax6 Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: expressvpn.com/retro Start your language journey with 25% OFF any course at https://www.michelthomas.com use discount code RETRO at checkout Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week:  Pokadex, Joel Thoman, Gavin Burnett, Peter Savage, Paul Thompson 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:    Super Mario 64 sells for $1.5m at auction: https://bbc.in/3B5Squw Columns comes to Spectrum: https://bit.ly/3riFBbJ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas’ 8K Remaster: https://bit.ly/3B46811 Midi cart on Snes: https://bit.ly/3radxat Retro internet for computers: https://bit.ly/36JAacd Frog find - https://github.com/ActionRetro/ Retro gaming shop of the week: Robot City, New York - https://robotcitygames.com

15 Jul 20211h 33min

I, Cringley: https://www.cringely.com/ Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games:  https://bit.ly/3hkGax6 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:  English Man Dan, Raul, Charlotte Woolley, Richard Yetzes, Adrian Nelson 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 reject new F zero game: https://bit.ly/3xqlzhR Dr. Roland for the Amstrad CPC: https://bit.ly/3ACremK New Doom clone 'Fashion Police': https://bit.ly/3dVeoq3 Newgrounds founder to be awarded GDC: https://bit.ly/3hnw5AR Retro Gaming Shop of the week: Video Game Trader, Calgary - https://www.videogametrader.ca/

8 Jul 20211h 39min

Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games:  https://bit.ly/3hkGax6 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: Mark Gidley, Bill Kavanagh, Aulden, Gary Antcliffe, Al Newman 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:    Lost Atari Jaguar CD game released: https://bit.ly/3Af0MiS Space Jam retro-style beat-'em-up: https://bit.ly/3jvIiFc KFC arcade: https://bit.ly/3xl7Atm Rare Atari game found at Goodwill: https://bit.ly/3qDu1I3 Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX: https://bit.ly/3h5mazC Retro Gaming Shop of the week: Game Over Videogames, Bellvue Washington - https://www.facebook.com/GameOverWA/

1 Jul 20211h 29min

Audacity games: https://adgm.us/ Retro Hour Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/WKTnToKvfUietBRT6 Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books Super Famicom: The Box Art Collection:  https://bit.ly/3gQrLK9 WIN a month's subscription boz of BeerZ on Facebook, and get 10% off your first order by using our code RETRO. Competition: https://bit.ly/3gNayBk  BeerZ website: https://beerz.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: Dave Wilkinson, Scott Byrne-Fraser, Ryan Brooks, Jim Weil, Ollie Jaye 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:    Mystery vintage mag service: https://bit.ly/2TYzYTm Super Mario widescreen: https://bit.ly/3d48IJN FPS Documentry: https://www.creatorvc.com/fpsdoc Final fantasy animated series: https://bit.ly/3vQGR6K Retro Gaming Shop of the week: Revival Games, Plymouth. https://bit.ly/3wQLJKo

24 Jun 20211h 39min