The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)11 Nov 2022

352: Guitar Hero & Rock Band - The History with Mike Dornbrook - The Retro Hour EP352

We're launching a book!

Plus. we get the inside story on Harmonix Music Systems, the company who brought us the legendary party games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. How the company founders remortgaged their houses to make it happen, how they did an industry first and made a game featuring the Beatles music, and how their two leading games eventually became rivals!

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Show notes:

You've been playing Super Mario Bros wrong: https://bit.ly/3Tlts2h
Saucy 'lost' Sega FMV game from the '90s is found: https://bit.ly/3EmnuK3
Resident Evil 4 item screen released as a full game: https://bit.ly/3hzMYKX
Chop Goblin, retro FPS to completed in one go: https://bit.ly/3UtG8Fs

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