384: Swordquest and Atari's Pac-Man with Tod Frye - The Retro Hour EP384

We talk about classics like Zool and the Lotus series with Gremlin founder Ian Stewart! Urbanscan website: http://www.urbanscan.co.uk/ Win Play Expo Manchester weekend passes: http://bit.ly/2jQHBcl Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Graham Thompson, Brenda Stones, Damian Page, Dan Ryan Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Super Play is back for one issue: http://bit.ly/2xVOyL4 NES mini is coming back: http://bit.ly/2xyJbVh Spectrum 35 event: http://bit.ly/2yv8ANK Klystrack: http://bit.ly/2xjTWuS

22 Sep 201755min

We're joined by Ian Livingtone CBE to talk Tomb Raider, founding Games Workshop and Fighting Fantasy. Ian Livingstone Twitter: https://twitter.com/ian_livingstone Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Stephan Ricken, Clive Glazebrook, Steve Engledow, Benny Damsgaard Nielsen Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Resident evil Mega Drive: http://bit.ly/2f0iGNV Amiga sells for £16k: http://ebay.eu/2xEWaFF 5 Games that should be remade: http://bit.ly/2x2rptB Football manager exhibition at NVA: http://bit.ly/2x7G85L Use Atari Jaguar controler on PC: http://bit.ly/2wvjuka

15 Sep 20171h 7min

We talk about the rebirth of the legendary Thalamus with Andy Roberts, and an inside look at some classic Commodore 64 magazines. Thalamus Digital: http://www.thalamusdigital.co.uk/ Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Alan Bennett, Christopher Zaremba, Lauri Turjansalo, Greg Gaughan Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Mario is no longer a plumber: http://bit.ly/2eVum5c Atari Retro: http://bit.ly/2xRtFkd New Street Fighter II cartidge:http://bit.ly/2vuvZRA Guardian Gaming with Violet Berlin: http://bit.ly/2eLeOQM

8 Sep 20171h 10min

We're joined by François Lionet, the man behind the legendary game creation tools STOS and AMOS! The history, highs and lows and his plans for a 21st century update of AMOS. Friend UP: http://friendup.cloud Click Team: http://www.clickteam.com/ Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Simon Pilgrim, Northeast Horizons, Warren Jenkins, Colin Walker Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Rarest Sega 32X game re-released: http://bit.ly/2vQwDUZ Retro publisher Thalamus are back: http://bit.ly/2epZWHj Bubsy 3D WTF: http://bit.ly/2ev5CUs SNES Classic UI and menus revealed: http://bit.ly/2gvgMZM

1 Sep 20171h 8min

The story behind one of the most controversial games ever, Vince Desi gives us an inside look at Postal. Running With Scissors website: http://runningwithscissors.com/ Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: James Weiner, Carl Parkes, Mathew Martin, Raymond Montalban Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Tempest 4000: http://bit.ly/2vuFyLy Atari Jag Emulator: http://bit.ly/2xi354v KitKat getting sued by Atari: http://bit.ly/2v7QPkA Despacito as an 80s computer game track: http://bit.ly/2wungyx The Supa Retron HD. Snes mini killer?: http://bit.ly/2w3EKk9

25 Aug 201759min

We get the inside story on a true arcade classic - the legendary Q*bert from the man behind it, Warren Davis. Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Holy Cheever Church Records, Stelios Kalogreadeas, Konstantinos Daskalakis, Darren Coles Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Sonic Mania released: http://bit.ly/2uOzGRF Sonic Mania Animated Opening on SEGA CD https://youtu.be/MNLu7a-9yE8 Half of Payphones being decommisioned: http://bit.ly/2uHk3vv Next Gen N64 controller: http://kck.st/2fReh3I

18 Aug 20171h 17min

Cult Sega Mega CD FMV horror game Night Trap is being re-released and remastered for its 25th anniversary. We get the story on how it happened and why it deserved to reach a new audience with the man behind it, Tyler Hogle. Night Trap 25th Anniversary: http://www.nighttrap25.com Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Christopher Foulds, Naweed Iftkhar, Wiktor Zarema, Garry Heather Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Ravi's CD1200 video: https://youtu.be/9LmFmH4YNBA Bloke finds Atari prototype in shop: http://bit.ly/2hQFl3u Sealed copy of Super Mario Bros sells for $30,000: http://bit.ly/2fy3f37 AtGames comments on Sega Genesis Flashback poor reviews: http://bit.ly/2wORh8I The Vampire V4 is coming: http://bit.ly/2vM2mdI

11 Aug 20171h 4min

We talk about the Commodore 64 in 2017 with Joerg "Nafcom" Droege, the creator of long running C64 diskmag Scene World. Scene World: https://sceneworld.org/ Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Timothy Blanks, Johnathan Kaye, Philip Bailey, George Toohey Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: RIP iPod: http://bit.ly/2v5sJKY Are Flashcarts slowly killing your consoles?: http://bit.ly/2weNUZo Night Trap 25 Years documentary: http://bit.ly/2weaeCl Nintendo N64 mini is coming?: http://bit.ly/2v3UNOC Save The Machine fire: https://www.facebook.com/SavetheMachine/

4 Aug 20171h 4min