394: Commodore 64: I Adore My 64 - The Retro Hour EP394

Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Laurence Bennion, Falko, Nigel Wilkinson, Andrew P Jones Oliver Wilmot's video games quiz: https://www.facebook.com/anotherquiz Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/

21 Dec 201848min

Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Karl Kuras, Stuart Marshall, Paul Edwards, Richard Pemberton Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer52 here: https://beer52.com/retro Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/   Show notes: The History of Hacking with Captain Crunch - https://bit.ly/2CaPz7a Midway Arcade to Raven Software with Jake Simpson - https://bit.ly/2EgCJpo Blade Runner & Command & Conquer with Louis Castle - https://bit.ly/2LcTbbw Bad Influence! with Andy Crane - https://bit.ly/2rBRoE5 Early Internet Adventures with Michael Lawrie - https://bit.ly/2QRRjue Bullfrog: The Inside Story with Glenn Corpes - https://bit.ly/2UEu3Pi Blizzard, Diablo and Warcraft with David Brevik - https://bit.ly/2zSVQ5O Activision: The Inside Story with David Crane - https://bit.ly/2LfmgDl See you next week the the Christmas retro gaming superquiz!

14 Dec 20181h 4min

Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retro Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Michael Fisher, Martin Henne, Laurence Bennion, Simon Buckner Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Desert Bus for Hope raises $730,000: https://ubm.io/2OQPTek 11 Sega products you've never heard of: https://bit.ly/2QExW7I                                                CD32 Anthology set 2: https://cd32covers.blogspot.com/p/cd32-anthology-set-2.html Back To The Future and Monkey Island crossover: https://bit.ly/2G7QJ7l

7 Dec 20181h

Bad Goat Studios: https://www.mosseadventure.com/ Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jonathan Kaye, Luis Zegarra, Michael Reynolds, Frank Eivind Rundholt  Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/   Show notes:   Intellivision Amico: https://bit.ly/2rez4Rk  Farming simulator 64: https://bit.ly/2KI6qRn  The Nostalgia Nerd's Retro Tech: Computer, Consoles & Games: https://amzn.to/2Qywhkh  Original Dragon's Lair on GOG: https://bit.ly/2rcMehB  Command and Conquer is back: https://bit.ly/2Qo2Ot6

30 Nov 20181h 2min

8-Bit Symphony Hull: https://c64audio.com/blogs/news/8-bit-symphony-press-release Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Kevin Leah, Dean Ripley, David Parrish, Stuart brand Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland Meetup: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/amiga-ireland-2019-tickets-42178857097 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Starquake released on Amiga: https://bit.ly/2AecHPY Lyons Tea LEO in VR: https://bbc.in/2JhOv3m Retro Stone hand held: https://engt.co/2DSCuS6 N64 Classic 'not on plan': https://bit.ly/2BsCkOZ Commodore Format: http://www.commodoreformatarchive.com/

23 Nov 20181h 12min

Adam Koralik: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamKoralik Kim Justice: https://www.youtube.com/user/elmyrdehory Slope's Game Room: https://www.youtube.com/user/djslopesroom Retro Man Cave: https://www.youtube.com/user/RetroManCave Claim your FREE copy of The Economist - Text RETRO to 78070  Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Samu, Mathew Cooper, Carl Parkes, Matthew Martin Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Show notes: Nintendo wins $12million from ROM sites: https://bit.ly/2z6Q0NM The 'mini PC Classic' is coming: https://bit.ly/2Ke02RP Sega apply for trademarks of their classic consoles: http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/180043434269 Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer: https://youtu.be/2KSahAoOLdU

16 Nov 20181h 20min

Memories of Teletext, archiving classic pages and how to access the new homebrew world with 'Teletext archaeologist' Jason Robertson. Telextext Archaeologist website: https://teletextarchaeologist.org/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Janne-Juhani Heino, Darren Coles, Ian Fleming, Marc Slorance Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Show notes: Hacking Gameboy camera with DSLR: https://dailym.ai/2SYh2PR Top 10 retro gaming annoyances: https://bit.ly/2PgCeSV Limited edition Saturn Music players: https://bit.ly/2FdPzqn RPG game coming to the Atari Lynx: https://bit.ly/2T08PL8 ATGames Bandi Namco flashback scandal: https://bit.ly/2OMPj6f

9 Nov 20181h 5min

Minotaur Project: http://www.minotaurproject.co.uk Thanks to our amazing donators this week: David McGarry, Henrie Vos, Jakob, Thomas Albrecht Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Gamesmaster magazine closes down: https://bit.ly/2Rpy2wG Spectrum Next portable: https://bit.ly/2PyHtfZ Dreamcast games on the Nintendo Switch?: https://bit.ly/2CWjSiL FloppyTron plays Thriller: https://bit.ly/2Rrthmn

2 Nov 20181h 9min