393: The Music of Rare with Grant Kirkhope and David Wise - The Retro Hour EP393

We get the inside story on the Amiga's biggest ever magazine, and the dramatic last years, with Amiga Format's final editor Ben Vost. Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Commodore is back, making C64 and Amiga products: http://bit.ly/2c3yT4f Dolphin emulator emulates every Gamecube game (expect one): http://bit.ly/2cvWP1Z Mario finally comes to mobile: http://bit.ly/2c8I68R Teenager buys Mainframe for a laugh. Lands job at microsoft: http://bit.ly/2bTOwhD Never before released Defender of The Crown for ZX Spectrum revealed: http://bit.ly/2bZ9WIW

9 Sep 20161h 8min

We talk Beneath a Steel Sky, the plans for the never-made sequel and the Broken Sword series with Steve Ince, formerly of Revolution! The Bunker game: http://splendy.co.uk/thebunker/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Woolley Mountain point-and-click game: http://bit.ly/2bW8kvD Wooden mini console: http://bit.ly/2c8q6k4 Blockbuster's VP Awful prediction in 1994: https://youtu.be/p_q9HCtaKkA XBLA goldereye footage discovered: http://bit.ly/2clDxvO Body Blows comes to PC and Mac: http://bit.ly/2ck4ugK

2 Sep 20161h 8min

We talk to the man who has coded more Spectrum games than anyone else, Jonathan Cauldwell. Plus some exciting updates on the Amiga's Vampire accelerator project with team-member Gunnar! Jonathan Cauldwell's website: http://www.spanglefish.com/egghead/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: World Wide Web 25 years old: http://cnet.co/2beu5KT The Analogue Nt mini : http://bit.ly/2bUHu8F Amiga Vampire project: http://apollo-accelerators.com/ Nintendo's office in the 90s video: https://youtu.be/V52Fto40syM

26 Aug 201655min

We chat DOS gaming, system collecting, doing Youtube for a living and lots more with Clint Basinger from Lazy Game Reviews! Lazy Game Reviews on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: New Chaos Engine inspired shooter coming: http://bit.ly/2bGscGi Memories of a Retro Gamer book: http://bit.ly/2bxWE2d Airlines with Decades old computer system crashes: http://bit.ly/2b9l9Uv Onion Omega2: http://bit.ly/2bjEyVN Simon Pegg in Ready player one filmed in Brimingham: http://bit.ly/2bjEyVN Virtua fighter comeback?: http://bit.ly/2b39QRu New Atari flashback 7: http://bit.ly/2b3Pkty Modern game logos are rubbish: http://bit.ly/2b3Pkty

19 Aug 20161h 15min

Playing games with George Lucas, Steven Spielberg's hacked arcade machines and more, as we get the inside story on Lucasfilm Games from David Fox! Thimbleweed Park Website: https://thimbleweedpark.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Sinclair Spectrum Vega+ Drama: http://bbc.in/2aUQlYD Ambian - Turn your Raspberry Pi into an Amiga: http://gunkrist79.wixsite.com/amibian Fanmade 'mini NES' can play carts: https://youtu.be/3dgnD93pwX0 Big Internet brands of 90s: http://n.pr/2a6MCcx Archive.org adds over 10,365 Amiga games: http://bit.ly/2aY9vNt Bringing Internet to rural America like 1930s: http://nyti.ms/2aszZHQ

12 Aug 20161h 4min

We talk about the early Amiga days with legendary artist Jim Sachs, the man behind graphics for Defender of The Crown, Saucer Attack and the CDTV's user interface. Jim's Website: http://www.fish-byte.com/AboutAuth.htm Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Left Lion interview with Dan & Ravi: https://t.co/mBq348jV9n New gaming TV show coming to Dave: http://bit.ly/2aAnacI Sega profits rise: http://bit.ly/2aGt5e7 Brutal Doom 64: http://bit.ly/2aGtygq PS Vita cracked: http://bit.ly/2aAnGr9 Angry Birds ported to the Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2azkjOf Scumm Mockup means Monkey Island 2 on C64: http://csdb.dk/release/?id=149728

5 Aug 20161h 10min

We chat Loom, 7th Guest, Wing Commander and much more with legendary video game composer George "The Fat Man" Sanger who has worked on over 200 games since 1983! George Sanger website: http://www.fatman.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Sonic Mania: http://engt.co/29ZQUOG Sega Mini console? Already done!: http://engt.co/29ZQUOG Tomb Radier live concert: http://bit.ly/2amexjv Last VHS tape player to roll off production line: http://bit.ly/2aANd5W Unrealased Amiga game: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=83501 SNES bluetooth controllers: http://bit.ly/2aszCMT Rare Apple 1 could reach $1millon in auction: http://bit.ly/2ahRxkM

29 Juli 20161h

The rise of fall of Coleco, the 80's USA video game crash and the inside story of ID Software in the 90s with Jennell Jaquays! Jennell's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DragongirlStudios / https://www.facebook.com/Jennell.Jaquays.Artist/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http:// twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Ninetendo announce the NES Mini: http://bit.ly/2aeteaz Space Chase, a CBM II game that was 25 years late: http://www.spacechase.de/ N64 DD NTSC version found by Metal Jesus: https://youtu.be/b64Bx0WKh7M Future Publishing release Classic Gaming: Volume 1: http://bit.ly/28U34Ks Blocky Skies (New Amiga game): https://youtu.be/A4sBfGtHQjU RZA from WU-Tang teams up with Atari on new album: http://bit.ly/28QeNb7 Pocket Chip: http://bit.ly/29SqNsf World of Speccy needs new admin: http://bit.ly/29SqNsf

22 Juli 20161h 15min