436: From Bedroom Coders to AAA Games: Paul Driscoll on the Amiga Era - The Retro Hour EP436

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

Hello you! Larry Bundy Jnr AKA Guru Larry is our special guest this week! We talk classic gaming TV, industry scandals and fact hunting. Guru Larry on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LarryBundyJr Email us: show@theretrohour.com Thanks to our amazing donators this week: RoblewellnUk, John Dijkman, G Liddon, Anthony Clarke Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Reset 64 magazine: http://bit.ly/2tPrXm2 Ready Player One Trailer lands: https://youtu.be/LiK2fhOY0nE RIP Paint: http://bit.ly/2uoED1I Scrap dealer finds NASA computers in basement: http://bit.ly/2uZWTNs GAME selling the "recreated ZX Spectrum": http://bit.ly/2w66Lox

28 Juli 20171h 2min