Activision: The Inside Story with David Crane - The Retro Hour EP123

We find out about life manning the phones as an early 90's Sega Game Counsellor with Tim Gadler. Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timgadler Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Frank Rundholt, Edward Sanguinetti, Sebastian Kiernan, Gary Audley Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Nintendo fans are not happy with NES offerings on Switch: https://bit.ly/2Ml4jny Sonic Adventure remake?: https://bit.ly/2HiuFHV Hyperkin HDTV NES Zapper: https://bit.ly/2RD7n4l Japan outlaws console modding: https://bit.ly/2Ca4r4m Evan Amos book: https://amzn.to/2QVO29k

18 Jan 20191h 8min

Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Dennis Beverloo, Ryan Scoular, stephen quinn, Cameron Armstrong Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Lost NES SimCity turns up: https://bit.ly/2D2nteN Early Arpanet Pioneer dies: https://bit.ly/2RCvteA Gamecube pads on Nintendo Switch: https://bit.ly/2AF1mJI Golf in Doom - Hellshots Golf: https://bit.ly/2QAzXOc A visit to id software in 1993: https://youtu.be/Q65xJfVkiaI

11 Jan 20191h 12min

Xbox Revisited: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-Revisited-Public-Civic-Renewal Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Laurence Bennion, Falko, Nigel Wilkinson, Andrew P Jones Oliver Wilmot's video games quiz: https://www.facebook.com/anotherquiz Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Bandersnatch: https://bit.ly/2BZo3YX Soulja Boy Console removed from sale: https://bit.ly/2EYuEpN Nogalious coming for MSX, c64 and CPC: https://bit.ly/2F6cYcv Steamlink on Raspberry Pi: https://bit.ly/2F6do2z John Major thought email was a fad: https://bit.ly/2GUs4DR

4 Jan 20191h 10min

Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Laurence Bennion, Falko, Nigel Wilkinson, Andrew P Jones Oliver Wilmot's video games quiz: https://www.facebook.com/anotherquiz Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/

21 Dec 201848min

Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Karl Kuras, Stuart Marshall, Paul Edwards, Richard Pemberton Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer52 here: https://beer52.com/retro Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/   Show notes: The History of Hacking with Captain Crunch - https://bit.ly/2CaPz7a Midway Arcade to Raven Software with Jake Simpson - https://bit.ly/2EgCJpo Blade Runner & Command & Conquer with Louis Castle - https://bit.ly/2LcTbbw Bad Influence! with Andy Crane - https://bit.ly/2rBRoE5 Early Internet Adventures with Michael Lawrie - https://bit.ly/2QRRjue Bullfrog: The Inside Story with Glenn Corpes - https://bit.ly/2UEu3Pi Blizzard, Diablo and Warcraft with David Brevik - https://bit.ly/2zSVQ5O Activision: The Inside Story with David Crane - https://bit.ly/2LfmgDl See you next week the the Christmas retro gaming superquiz!

14 Dec 20181h 4min

Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retro Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Michael Fisher, Martin Henne, Laurence Bennion, Simon Buckner Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Desert Bus for Hope raises $730,000: https://ubm.io/2OQPTek 11 Sega products you've never heard of: https://bit.ly/2QExW7I                                                CD32 Anthology set 2: https://cd32covers.blogspot.com/p/cd32-anthology-set-2.html Back To The Future and Monkey Island crossover: https://bit.ly/2G7QJ7l

7 Dec 20181h

Bad Goat Studios: https://www.mosseadventure.com/ Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jonathan Kaye, Luis Zegarra, Michael Reynolds, Frank Eivind Rundholt  Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/   Show notes:   Intellivision Amico: https://bit.ly/2rez4Rk  Farming simulator 64: https://bit.ly/2KI6qRn  The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games: https://amzn.to/2Qywhkh  Original Dragon's Lair on GOG: https://bit.ly/2rcMehB  Command and Conquer is back: https://bit.ly/2Qo2Ot6

30 Nov 20181h 2min

8-Bit Symphony Hull: https://c64audio.com/blogs/news/8-bit-symphony-press-release Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Kevin Leah, Dean Ripley, David Parrish, Stuart brand Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Starquake released on Amiga: https://bit.ly/2AecHPY Lyons Tea LEO in VR: https://bbc.in/2JhOv3m Retro Stone hand held: https://engt.co/2DSCuS6 N64 Classic 'not on plan': https://bit.ly/2BsCkOZ Commodore Format: http://www.commodoreformatarchive.com/

23 Nov 20181h 12min