The Retro Hour - Episode 22 (Dizzy & Codemasters with The Oliver Twins)

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 Dec 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 Dec 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 Dec 20211h 38min

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 10 FREE craft beers thanks to Beer 52: https://www.beer52.com/Retro Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gaming mag (Play, Edge, Retro Gamer and PC Gamer) for just £3! https://magazinesdirect.com/retrotrial 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: Lee Gregor, Sarah Transylvania, Philip Goodson, Graham Sinclair, Julian Sheppard 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:      Microsoft tried to buy Nintendo: https://bit.ly/31j0qLu Game Boy Advance 'hacked' to run PlayStation games: https://engt.co/3DhevWX Lost game gets Switch release: https://bit.ly/2ZJQtWI Raspberry Pi palmtop: https://bit.ly/3deDoId Paprium coming to current gen systems and Dreamcast: https://bit.ly/3xJk6E4

3 Dec 20211h 38min

The Secret History of Mac Gaming: https://secrethistoryofmacgaming.com/ 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 10 FREE craft beers thanks to Beer 52: https://www.beer52.com/Retro Retro Gamer Magazine - Get 6 months of Retro Gamer, with a retro controller absolutely free at: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retropod 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: TommyRetroNerding, David Harling, Kevin Fisher, Phillip Powell 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 GamesMaster lands: https://youtu.be/xQEDt5Goe_8  Atari release unreleased games: https://bit.ly/3oXNC57  Resident Evil edition Dreamcast listed for $18k: https://bit.ly/3l5QLij  Atmosphere VHS game is back: https://bit.ly/3FKFXxT  Dune screenplay written on MS-DOS: https://bit.ly/2Zqgmec

26 Nov 20211h 37min

Franck Sauer: http://francksauer.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Retro Gamer Magazine - Get 6 months of Retro Gamer, with a retro controller absolutely free at: https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retropod 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: Nicolò Pittoni, Christopher Tuckwell, Filipe Gomes, Antti Liha-vainen, Action Retro  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:    GTA trilogy receives terrible scores: https://bit.ly/3oHY7JT  Duke Smoochem 3D: https://youtu.be/h10pd7vDytg  Play as The Hoff on retro arcade beat 'em up: https://bit.ly/3qRedTZ  Unrealsed Dune GBA game is coming: https://bit.ly/3x0wVK6

19 Nov 20211h 20min

The Rubber Keyed Wonder - 40 years of the ZX Spectrum: https://bit.ly/3H87eeX Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Claim your FREE case of 8 craft beers from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retro 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: Pekka Saarimaa, Steady Eddy, Eric, Karl Bate, James Wilde 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:    Mark Zuckerberg made GTA San Andreas a lot more real: https://bit.ly/3H4ILax 8-Bit Christmas trailer: https://bit.ly/3C0S0ox Ocarina of Time VR: https://bit.ly/3F1fUCd Retro collectors uncovering hoards of old data: https://bit.ly/305lww0 A playable alpha of Tomb Raider 3DO port: https://bit.ly/3ccVrOB

12 Nov 20211h 38min

Thanks so much to all our amazing listeners, patrons, guests and sponsors for enabling us to live our dream and bring this show to you each week, here's to 300 more! LGR: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLx053rWZxCiYWsBETgdKrQ Kim Justice: https://www.youtube.com/c/KimbleJustice MVG: https://www.youtube.com/c/ModernVintageGamer 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: James Greenhorn, Mark Cave-Ayland, Klaus Lindgren, Phil Goodson, Jonathan Harrington 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

5 Nov 20211h 33min