441: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers - The Retro Hour EP441

It's an all-out Amiga fest this week with Trevor Dickinson! Why he loves the platform, how did Steve Jobs respond to a new Amiga project, and next generation AmigaOS and machines. A-EON Technology website: http://www.a-eon.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: C64c still used to run a garage: http://bit.ly/2dMwVYd Japanese mini Famicom: http://bit.ly/2dQbH8u Amstrad should have been bigger the Apple: http://bit.ly/2c7w3c4 Walker for the Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2dF5Of1 New Vectrex diving game: http://bit.ly/2dkkr6j Alan turnings lab first generated computer music restored: http://bit.ly/2dRELM7

7 Okt 20161h 8min

We get the inside story on the Ultima series, the earliest days of computer games and why the Apple II almost bankrupted Origin Systems with Lord British AKA Richard Garriott! Shroud of the Avatar: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Spectrum next backwards compatible: http://bit.ly/2dK5ApL Sega buys Technosoft IPs: http://bit.ly/2dK63Ib Where all your ewaste ends up: http://huff.to/2cbo2Cf New console Retro AVS: http://bit.ly/2ccpIvp British parents prefer kids to be games designers: http://bit.ly/2cqpyTT Kid becomes certifed microsoft tech aged 7: http://bit.ly/2cubBFh

30 Sep 20161h 6min

We talk Last Ninja 2, Street Racer, First Samurai and the ill-fated Konix Multisystem with Mev Dinc! Mev's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mevdinc Commodore 64: a Visual Compendium competition: http://bit.ly/2csjGra Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Cash registers using Sonic ring sample: https://youtu.be/cBU7KyU7v0o Hacking a lightgun to work on LCD with Wii-mote: http://bit.ly/2c56Vo0 Long lost Dale Luck interview from 1989: https://youtu.be/ZIiIvmI6UY0 Fanzines: http://commodorefree.com/http://www.c64endings.freeolamail.com/freeze64/freeze64.htmhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/8bitmagazine/eight-bit-magazine Pinball Dreams coming to Amstrad CPC 464: http://bit.ly/2dpmCcr

23 Sep 20161h 2min

We talk Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein 3d and the rise of Shareware with the founder of Apogee and 3D Realms, Scott Miller! Rad Rodgers Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2cdYs4R Commodore 64: a Visual Compendium competition: http://bit.ly/2csjGra Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Nintendo 64 "Multi-Media Expansion" patents discovered: http://bit.ly/2cu6zYR National Videogame Arcade goes into administration: http://bit.ly/2csgTi0 Kid in India builds PC out of scrap e-waste: http://bit.ly/2czzrMN Atari Jaguar SD Card reader is coming: http://bit.ly/2cjdKmO LAG 10th anniversy bash: http://bit.ly/2cu063p Control Gotek with your Android phone: https://youtu.be/93Av9S8CSes

16 Sep 20161h 5min

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