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

It's Retro Gamer Magazine VS The Retro Hour Podcast in our Christmas super quiz! We're joined by Paul Drury from Retro Gamer Magazine, Olly Wilmot from the National Video Game Arcade who go up against Ravi and Joe in a battle of video game and computer knowledge, who will win?! Merry Christmas to all our loyal listeners, see you in 2017. Thanks for our lovely donators: Duane Leinninger, Gideon Tebbutt, Michelle Winder, Peter Edwards Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk

23 Dec 201639min

We chat to the amazing Mel Croucher, the man behind the first video games company in the UK, hijacking commercial radio to broadcast software late at night, and the incredible Deus Ex Machina. Mel's website: http://melcroucher.net/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Kristian Svanes, Magnus Esbjorner, Peter Lyngbak Pedersen, SJ Engledow Trading Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Console shock podcast: https://youtu.be/PrBUKLrFIK0 Retro games come to Facebook: http://tcrn.ch/2gfWXU9 Streets of Rage & Altered Beast movie: http://bit.ly/2hPfPej Retro Sigma: http://bit.ly/2hPlvVD Super Mario Bros CPC: http://bit.ly/2gSJ8wv Rob Hubbard honory degree: http://ubm.io/2fMuuT8 Slack Client for C64: http://bit.ly/2gTkGto

16 Dec 20161h 2min

A full on Sega celebration with Adam Koralik, the Dreamcast scene in 2016, his love for rare and obscure consoles and retro collecting around the world. Adam's Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/AdamKoralik Thanks to our amazing donators: Lasse Henriksen, Matthew Hudson Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Two new Mega Drive games: http://bit.ly/2hfaXMj Pokemon TCG Telnet server: http://205.185.124.22/ Retro Winter Games for iPhone: http://bit.ly/2hbUUi1 The GameEye unreleased camera add-on: https://youtu.be/rGnzVcqF1yA Disney making laserdisc size cases: http://amzn.to/2gCCdnA NEO Geo games for PC: http://bit.ly/2eWF4Gs

9 Dec 20161h 11min

We get the story on Bubba N Stix, Rick Dangerous and many more from Simon Phipps of Core Design and Gremlin Graphics! Simon's website: http://www.simonphipps.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Stuart Thomas, Manuel Scharfy, Simon Pilgrim Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Retro Trio sells out in a morning, more stock expected: http://retrodcpowered.com/?i=2 Hackers hit san fancisco transport system: http://bbc.in/2gxctf2 WinUAE gets Laser Disc game support: http://bit.ly/2ggGEDT Raspberry Pi sales could take over C66: http://bit.ly/2guDmjd

2 Dec 20161h 12min

We get the inside story on Graftgold, developing Uridium, Rainbow Islands, Fire & Ice and much more with Steve Turner! Steve's Twitter: https://twitter.com/t2_steve Thanks to our amazing donators: Kim Jorgensen, Aidan Oloan Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: NES Mini Sells out everywhere: http://bit.ly/2ePCmF7 NES Mini already hacked: http://bit.ly/2g95Gcu Mike Tyson's Punchout music is from 1958: http://bit.ly/2gcG9ea Sega survey results: http://bit.ly/2fz5CR3 Warlock Revenge old skool FPS coming to Steam: http://bit.ly/2gpav0e Doom turned into a platformer: http://bit.ly/2gpgSk3 Pinballs Dreams on Amstrad CPC video: http://bit.ly/2fMTl9e

25 Nov 20161h 6min

We talk to the man who documented the rise of the personal computer, Stewart Cheifet, former host of the legendary Computer Chronicles! https://twitter.com/cheifethttp://www.cheifet.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Luigi Fumero, Christopher Foulds, Scott Macdonald, Johnathan Kaye, SJ Engledow Trading, Andrew Hayes, Damian Page, Francisco Meza, Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Heart of The Alien (Another World 2) ported to Amiga: http://bit.ly/2g1o4z2 Sega asking fans which franchises they want reviving: http://bit.ly/2g1loBs Lost Kirby SNES games rescued: http://bit.ly/2eLQNKj Sensible Soccer update for 2015/ 2016: http://files.swos.eu/swos16-17/ USB computer killer: http://bit.ly/2goTdBt More indieGO details realsed: http://bit.ly/2fa9RCj

18 Nov 20161h 7min

We talk TFX, F-29 Retaliator, Epic and Robocop 3's supposedly unbreakable copy protection (it was cracked in 2 days!) with the amazing Paul Hollywood from Digital Image Design and Evolution Studios. vTime: https://vtime.net/ Thanks to our donators: Tim Daeleman, Garron Tungate, Michael Winn, Joseph Vamosi! Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Unused never-before-seen Virtua Fighter characters discovered: http://bit.ly/2ePQdLC Castlevania remade in Unreal Engine: http://bit.ly/2d9HwaW World's largest arcade machine only costs $100,000: http://bit.ly/2fK8uct Vampire coming to the Atari ST: http://bit.ly/2g3eEH6 Guy perfectly creates videogame sounds style with keyboard: http://bit.ly/2foHUYQ Apple 2 gets new OS after 23 years: http://bit.ly/2fXB65c

11 Nov 201659min

We chat to Kim Justice this week, talking arcade memories, writing for Retro Gamer and documenting British gaming history on Youtube. Kim's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/elmyrdehory Retro Gamer Magazine: http://www.retrogamer.net/ Thanks to our donators: Simon Pilgrim, Christopher Buckley, Nicholas Lees, Geoffrey Jones! Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Super Samurai Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mevdinc/super-samurai-remake-of-amiga-retro-classic-first Dreamcast online via Raspberry Pi: http://blog.kazade.co.uk/p/dreampi.html New Sega Megadrive announced: http://bit.ly/2f9cXUQ 6 ways games were better in the good old days: http://bit.ly/2cppxSX The Darkness of Raven Wood BBC Micro Text Adventure: http://bit.ly/2em2fst SNES Rayman prototype revealed: http://bit.ly/2e967lu Wii U goes out of production this week: http://bit.ly/2ejmCKp FriendUP RC1: https://friendup.cloud/

4 Nov 20161h 6min