The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We talk about the early Amiga days with legendary artist Jim Sachs, the man behind graphics for Defender of The Crown, Saucer Attack and the CDTV's user interface. Jim's Website: http://www.fish-byte.com/AboutAuth.htm Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Left Lion interview with Dan & Ravi: https://t.co/mBq348jV9n New gaming TV show coming to Dave: http://bit.ly/2aAnacI Sega profits rise: http://bit.ly/2aGt5e7 Brutal Doom 64: http://bit.ly/2aGtygq PS Vita cracked: http://bit.ly/2aAnGr9 Angry Birds ported to the Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2azkjOf Scumm Mockup means Monkey Island 2 on C64: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=149728

5 Aug 20161h 10min

We chat Loom, 7th Guest, Wing Commander and much more with legendary video game composer George "The Fat Man" Sanger who has worked on over 200 games since 1983! George Sanger website: http://www.fatman.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Sonic Mania: http://engt.co/29ZQUOG Sega Mini console? Already done!: http://engt.co/29ZQUOG Tomb Radier live concert: http://bit.ly/2amexjv Last VHS tape player to roll off production line: http://bit.ly/2aANd5W Unrealased Amiga game: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=83501 SNES bluetooth controllers: http://bit.ly/2aszCMT Rare Apple 1 could reach $1millon in auction: http://bit.ly/2ahRxkM

29 Jul 20161h

The rise of fall of Coleco, the 80's USA video game crash and the inside story of ID Software in the 90s with Jennell Jaquays! Jennell's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DragongirlStudios / https://www.facebook.com/Jennell.Jaquays.Artist/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http:// twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Ninetendo announce the NES Mini: http://bit.ly/2aeteaz Space Chase, a CBM II game that was 25 years late: http://www.spacechase.de/ N64 DD NTSC version found by Metal Jesus: https://youtu.be/b64Bx0WKh7M Future Publishing release Classic Gaming: Volume 1: http://bit.ly/28U34Ks Blocky Skies (New Amiga game): https://youtu.be/A4sBfGtHQjU RZA from WU-Tang teams up with Atari on new album: http://bit.ly/28QeNb7 Pocket Chip: http://bit.ly/29SqNsf World of Speccy needs new admin: http://bit.ly/29SqNsf

22 Jul 20161h 15min

We get the inside story on Bullfrog, Graftgold, Bitmaps and EA with legendary game graphic artist John Kershaw! http://johnkershaw.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Finally cracked Saturn: http://bit.ly/29JdSIz Nintendo go Shares up: http://bit.ly/29yiDEd First game developed for 'Nintendo Playstation': http://bit.ly/29UlpHX Giana special Edition CD32: http://bit.ly/29JNQaH Speccy Kickstarter gone bad: http://bit.ly/2a3NWMm Abandoned arcades: http://bit.ly/2afWcFB Every gameboy game on xbox for free: http://bit.ly/29Je9vf BT's long lost SNES 'Interactive TV' cart discovered: http://bit.ly/29HOD8J

15 Jul 20161h 10min

We chat to legendary C64 and Amiga musician, Chris Huelsbeck - the man behind classic game soundtracks like Turrican 2, R-Type and The Great Giana Sisters! Chris' website: http://www.huelsbeck.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: RGDS Podcast: http://retrogamingdailyshow.libsyn.com/ Nintendo blocks NES: Visual Compendium book: http://bit.ly/29wtz8D Everdrive coming for Gameboy Advance: http://bit.ly/29saw1L 100mhz BBC Micro: http://bit.ly/29CFj95 Lost Apple prototypes: http://bit.ly/1k0UOYQ Prisons keeping cassette tapes alive: http://bit.ly/1TVYwAc Jerry Maguire VHS pyramid in desert: http://bit.ly/29nO3OK Presidental Race 8-bit game: http://cnet.co/29s9LWB Sony bans PSN customer for username: http://bit.ly/28ZcIfc

8 Jul 20161h 6min

We talk the early BBS hacking scene, the failure of 3DO and lots more with the co-founder of Interplay, Rebecca Heineman! Rebecca's website: http://burgerbecky.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Shaggy listens to Amiga tunes: http://bit.ly/298iGHf Last episode of Video Game Nation: http://bit.ly/28MP55O Ecco Dolphin unreleased Dreamcast beta found: http://bit.ly/29hx3wi Atari movie kickstarter: http://kck.st/1S0drap Sony refund for PS3 Linux court case: http://bit.ly/28KT9Dn

1 Jul 20161h 15min

We speak to gaming pioneer Richard Bartle who co-invtended the first M.U.D game in the 70s, which lead to the rise of MMOs! How did it all start, and why would he close down World of Warcraft? Richard Bartle's website: http://mud.co.uk/richard/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Smartboy: http://bit.ly/28TXHgp Polite googling: http://bit.ly/1rre6fa Eagle box: http://bit.ly/28W2y0k New Amiga case look: http://bit.ly/1Sby7fA NERG 2016: http://bit.ly/28QudMo Sonic dominos: http://bit.ly/28W91GE Football Fever compliation for Amiga CD32: http://bit.ly/28W91GE Pietro brothers Spectrum Mario clone demo: http://bit.ly/292azxY NAS had a Rob the Robot: http://bit.ly/28RDWjn

24 Jun 20161h 5min

We reminisce about seaside Arcade memories, the Commodore 64 and Amiga games with the author of the Visual Compendium books, Sam Dyer! Bitmap Books website: http://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Sega party at top of the Shard: http://bit.ly/1sJuLvN Doom 2016 on the Doom 1 engine: http://www.moddb.com/mods/doom-emulation Mastertronic Archives book is coming: http://kck.st/1V1sxOF Game easter egg found after 33 years: http://bit.ly/1XZreqE Story of Atari movie Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1S0drap Early retro net photos with iPhone: http://tcrn.ch/1OgDYWi Sonic 2 why video games are released on Tuesdays in the US: http://read.bi/23giVG9 Control Drone with power glove: http://bit.ly/1Y4RXQQ Play retro games easily on modern PC/Mac: http://gamesnostalgia.com/en/ Geekout Scotland: http://www.geekoutshow.com/ Team17 co-founder Debbie Bestwick made MBE: http://bbc.in/1Yj0GPx

17 Jun 20161h 5min