378: Midway Magic and Strategic Simulations: Brian Lowe's Game-Changing Career - The Retro Hour EP378

8-Bit Symphony: https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors: Bitmap Books present Metal Slug: The Ultimate History.  Pre-orders open 8/8/19: https://bit.ly/2ywzKVI Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Paul Edwards, Darren Coles, Daniel Waddington, Matthew Martin  Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Retro Computer Museum, Leicester: 'Fantastic Retro Gaming': https://bit.ly/2M2srht Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes: Sonic CD beta: https://bit.ly/2yPLAuh Classic starwars game reprint: https://bit.ly/2yP2QzS                                                        Serious Duke 3D: https://youtu.be/LRNgnwWUUXQ

9 Aug 20191h 18min

Magnetic Fields: http://www.shaunsouthern.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors: Bitmap Books present Metal Slug: The Ultimate History.  Pre-orders open 8/8/19: https://bit.ly/2ywzKVI Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Keneth O'Toole, Steve Netting, Karl Kuras, Asen Ivanov   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Retro Computer Museum, Leicester: 'Fantastic Retro Gaming': https://bit.ly/2M2srht Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes: Mamemeister Shaun Southern interview: https://youtu.be/LH3gE5fHyXQ Alan Turing £50 note binary code: https://bit.ly/2Owhp5Z  Amiga 500 Raspberry Pi accelerator: https://bit.ly/2Yl4JTZ  New Megadrive game Megacat: https://bit.ly/2xVlzch  8bit Symphony goes down a storm: https://bit.ly/31dgHfA

1 Aug 20191h 6min

Anthony Guter website: http://guter.org/mastertronic/index.htm Please visit our amazing sponsors: Bitmap Books and check out their incredible CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games: https://bit.ly/2MeGgbK Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Stuart Brand, Garry Heather, William Jones, Christian Deisch   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes: Retro games now worth 'thousands': https://bit.ly/2GtSauE Atari 2600 game goes on sale for 90k: https://bit.ly/2LGc5uH Streets of Rage 4 Soundtrack: https://bit.ly/2GuSQQe GameSH>: https://bit.ly/2LHMqS9

26 Juli 20191h 9min

Techtoy: https://www.tectoy.com.br/ Please visit our amazing sponsor, Bitmap Books and check out their incredible SEGA® Master System: a visual compendium: https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/products/sega-master-system-a-visual-compendium Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Michael Vreede, Stuard Brand, Craig Crocker, Marcus Davies   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes:  Irata Online: https://irata.online/ Mortal Kombat new movie: https://bit.ly/2XYFRfB Bitcoin on original Apollo computer: https://bit.ly/2Z6g0nG Christian Simpson renders worms in HD: https://bit.ly/2M4CRMv GameStop introducing Retro-Only stores: https://bit.ly/2JQFSxo

19 Juli 20191h 7min

The Friendly Orange Glow: http://friendlyorangeglow.com/ Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jean-Renaud Gauthier, Bryan Darling, Andrew Alles, Gareth McKee   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes:  Nintendo designers always wanted Super Mario Maker: https://bit.ly/2xq8HL1 Infocom cabinet archived: https://bit.ly/1Qnwpeg          N64 and Gamecube Games coming to Switch?: https://bit.ly/2Y0XnnC Cyber1 PLATO system: https://www.cyber1.org/

12 Juli 20191h 7min

Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Daniel Parkinson, Feature Music, Wai Cheung, Patrick McGinty   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes:  Retrospillmessen backstage chat: https://youtu.be/nrUIc6in4EE Full size C64 Clone: https://bit.ly/3299WfY Nintendo fans fight back: https://bit.ly/2YH8HTf N64 HDMI adapter: https://youtu.be/diwQSAq1YRA Raspberry Pi 4 arrives: https://bit.ly/2ZF5MKL

5 Juli 20191h 16min

Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Stephan Riemer, Garry Heather, Phillip Blanshard, Paul Kitching   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes:  Remotely Interested Podcast: https://remotely-interested.com/ Tamagotchi breathalyzer: https://bit.ly/2X913iG Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution: https://amzn.to/2Lj1FQC Incredible Commodore 64 cake: https://bit.ly/2LnZ9Zf Floppy disk fashion: https://bit.ly/31TGzOt

28 Juni 20191h 8min

Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King: http://immortaldarkness.com/landing/ Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Tom Walker, Raymond Montalban, John Taylor, Stuart Brand   Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss 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/ Events we'll be at: Retrospillmessen 2019: https://www.retrospillmessen.no/ Amiga 34 - Germany  Show notes:  Arcade Attack Podcast: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/podcast/ Konami announces plug-and-play TurboGrafx-16 Mini: https://bit.ly/2WUXtbG Commander Keen is back:  https://youtu.be/14ZD9_tLwgA    Mega-CD/Sega CD FPGA Optical Disc Emulator Cartridge: https://bit.ly/2WWtfoS CS:GO gets a retro version of Dust II: https://bit.ly/2x8o8Yk Blade Runner added to Scumm VM: https://bit.ly/2KuofpY

20 Juni 20191h 9min