410: Atari 2600+: The Inside Story With Creator Ben Jones - The Retro Hour EP410

We talk about the golden age of arcades with Twin Galaxies' Walter Day! The games, the gamers and how accurate was the King of Kong movie? Twin Galaxies: http://www.twingalaxies.com/ Email us: show@theretrohour.com Buy Play Expo Manchester tickets: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Torstein Rodset, James Plant, Steve Piggot, Wojciech Jancz Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: See Di new console?: http://bit.ly/2kq5lnV Snes carry case: http://bit.ly/2z1uFn8 Crazy Hipster games console: http://bit.ly/2xTcuCv Dreamcast book: http://bit.ly/2fLND97

6 Okt 20171h 18min

Gary Penn talks to us about his early days on ZZap 64, working with David Braben on Frontier then his journey to DMA Design working on the original GTA series. Denki website: http://www.denki.co.uk/ Win Play Expo Manchester weekend passes: http://bit.ly/2jQHBcl Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Steve Jewkes, Linus Johansson, Tom Van de Weile, Bart ter Haar Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Sonic the Hedgehog 2 HD: http://sonic2hd.com/ VR64 Commodore 64 glasses: http://bit.ly/2hEtGFC Convert toys to arcades: http://bit.ly/2xNIFiZ Toys R Us: http://bbc.in/2fgRwGB Cartridges are coming back: http://bit.ly/2yLmgEl

29 Sep 20171h 5min

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