381: Montezuma's Revenge with Rob Jaeger - The Retro Hour EP381

Hiding anti-Lotus 123 easter eggs in Excel, Windows 95 and why Bill Gates thought the Xbox was an insult with Microsoft's former game publishing VP, Ed Fries! Ed's website: https://edfries.wordpress.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth McKee, Robinson Technologies, Gothic Charm, VFX Vault LTD and Simon Pilgrim Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: 90's Google glass: http://dailym.ai/2ppS1yI Archive.org adds early Mac software: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac Robert Taylor of Xerox and Apranet dies: http://bit.ly/2oT81rS

28 Apr 20171h 11min

Brian Moriarty gives us the inside story on Infocom, LucasArts and Loom - will it ever get an official sequel or modern update? Plus some amazing stories of celebs at the Skywalker Ranch! Brian's Website: http://ludix.com/moriarty/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Todd Sarney, Ross Burnett, Imran Chowdhry, Colin Walker Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Thimbleweed Park: https://thimbleweedpark.com/ Nintendo kill the NES Mini: http://bit.ly/2p1ixRl Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ported to Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2plxbTW News report on the arcade scene of 1982: http://bit.ly/2obbtSd

21 Apr 20171h 12min

We chat to the Oliver Twins at the launch of Mystery World Dizzy, plus Jon Ritman gives us the story of classics like Batman, Head Over Heels and Match Day I & II! Jon Ritman website: http://www.ritman.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Chris Duckers, Steve Duke, Ian Poynter, Richard Halling Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Mystery World Dizzy: http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/ 21 things we miss about old computers: http://bit.ly/2pgQGtj Gods remastered: http://bit.ly/2pAu727

14 Apr 20171h 11min

We reminisce about Amiga demo scene Megademos, parties and more with Kim Frederiksen AKA Psycho/Budbrain! Budbrain Megademo: https://youtu.be/tMHcmEikUjs Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Douglas barry, Brendan Griffin, Hauke Von Bremen and Luigi Fumero Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Hacks to try out today: http://bit.ly/2oEOM8N 8-bit classic 'Booty' gets remake: http://bit.ly/2oEQln9 Atari ST and Amiga in harmoney: https://youtu.be/Wi_WXIBZFzk Early Internet exhibition in London: http://bit.ly/2nSHf4O

7 Apr 20171h 3min

We're joined by the wonderful Ben Heck, the console modding king! We talk about repairing the Nintendo Playstation Prototype and will Ravi convince him to make an Amiga laptop?! Ben Heck on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Ian Guthrie, Wouter Hermans, Geoffrey Hancock, Colin walker. Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Oliver Twins at NVA: https://www.thenva.com/dizzy Apple Watch runs Gameboy games: http://gabrieloc.com/2017/03/21/GIOVANNI.html Stoa Arcade cabinets: http://bit.ly/2nCuOIJ New MegaDrive fighting game coming: http://bit.ly/2npKUEs Plumbers Don't Wear Ties PC version found: http://bit.ly/2nGzpeB Varcade station: http://bit.ly/2nCv8at

31 Mars 20171h 6min

We talk terrible old games, classic consoles and retro snacks with the wonderful Stuart Ashen this week! Ashens on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ashens Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Stelios Kalogreades, Charles Clarke, Pierre Lindbergh, Matthias Ostrowski, Scott Marsden, Paul Edwards Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: cTrix hacks Vectrex to make music: https://youtu.be/V0YNUE3_t8s cTrix Amiga video: https://youtu.be/1IKTNSux0Rc Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers http://www.pcworld.com/article/169863/obsolete_tech.html Div MCC future: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/index.php/divmmcfuture 7th Guest making of video: https://youtu.be/zPAZDWxpJHA

24 Mars 201759min

Lots of coin-op nostalgia in this week's show as chat to Andy Palmer, owner of Europe's biggest arcade - Arcade Club! Arcade Club: http://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth McKee, Robinson Technologies, Robert Hayles, Josef Vamosi, Jonathan Kaye Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Pong table kickstarter: http://kck.st/2nk6QEG SNES UK Promo with Craig Charles: https://youtu.be/RB5ALVUs8bU Rik Mayall Nintendo ads: https://youtu.be/w24KR30nEsg Windows Vista is almost dead: http://bit.ly/2mQThJL Thimbleweed Park released this month: https://thimbleweedpark.com/main Google DeepMind plays Atari games: http://bit.ly/2nFC4SU

17 Mars 201756min

We get the story behind the classic FPS Counter Strike with Minh "Gooseman" Le! Plus, a book all Commodore fans will want to read. Minh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/goosemancs WIN an RC2014 kit: http://www.theretrohour.com/rc2014/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: D Lawless, Scott MacDonald, Katherine Palacios, Peter Boven, Emma Ray Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: David Pleasance Commodore book Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2ni0e9w Dan gets a nintendo switch https://youtu.be/Zoxl0HmVjfs Podcast Awards https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/ Open source port of Prince of Persia: http://bit.ly/2n7DfOI

10 Mars 201758min