

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news and interviews with industry veterans.
New episodes released every Friday!
New episodes released every Friday!
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Feb 12, 2021 • 1h 26min
262: Brenda Romero: Wizardry & Sir-tech - The Retro Hour EP262
Brenda Romero website: http://brenda.games/
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Show notes:
GamesMaster is coming back: https://bit.ly/2LHtS6g
Nintendo gigaleak helps fans restore Super Mario World soundtrack: https://bit.ly/3cXbvWd
Stubbs The Zombie is back: https://bit.ly/3aVtSIi Buffy 68k accelerator: https://www.buffee.ca/
New Donkey Kong 64 cheat: https://bit.ly/3jK3LIn

Feb 5, 2021 • 1h 36min
261: Turrican & Factor 5 with Julian Eggebrecht - The Retro Hour EP261
Factor 5: http://www.factor5.com/
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Show notes:
The smallest N64 ever: https://bit.ly/3tuYcSs
Gamestop stocks go sky high: https://bit.ly/2YMeVTq
Golden Eye XBLA footage: https://bit.ly/3pTknjk
Space Station contacted with C64: https://youtu.be/WJVU1stPPlQ
New Doom on the Mega Drive: https://bit.ly/3trw7vt

Jan 29, 2021 • 1h 24min
260: Wonderful Dizzy with The Oliver Twins - The Retro Hour EP260
https://www.olivertwins.com/
https://yolkfolk.com/WonderfulDizzy/
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Show notes:
Plex Arcade: https://tcrn.ch/3iTRalj
Cyber Shadow: https://bit.ly/3qTvn07
Acorn Electron wifi: https://bit.ly/3pot7xD Magic Castle: https://bit.ly/3ceCU5p
Limited Run Sega CD games: https://bit.ly/3chWSwo

Jan 22, 2021 • 1h 26min
259: DJ Aphrodite: Making Chart Hits on The Amiga - The Retro Hour EP259
http://www.aphro.co.uk/
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Show notes:
The Podcast is 20 years old: https://bit.ly/3o5MOsx
Internet Talk Radio archive: https://bit.ly/2KEPGPq
Early Build Of Zelda 64 discovered: https://bit.ly/3qHB4OB
Pokemon and Retro game investing: https://bit.ly/2KEPIXy
Buy shares in collectable games: https://bit.ly/393HHVk
Back To The Future II RPG: https://bit.ly/2LXnNCC
TheOldNet proxy: https://bit.ly/3p1XLwt
Aphrodite and his Amiga: https://youtu.be/zTG12qprw5Q

Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 30min
258: The Gaming Historian - The Retro Hour EP258
The Gaming Historan: https://www.youtube.com/c/gaminghistorian
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Show notes:
Sonic 1 protoype discovered: https://bit.ly/35DYVqc
Xbox Emulation improving: https://bit.ly/3oJMnoH
Bleem! is back as a digital game store: https://bit.ly/2LuBeKc
21 year Gameboy game: https://bit.ly/3oI8lIU
Infinity game table: https://cnet.co/3i99SoV

Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 35min
257: Die Hard Trilogy & C64 Arcade Ports - The Retro Hour EP257
Running Mate: https://amzn.to/3s5b6pS
Die Hard Trilogy, Making of: https://youtu.be/HVgokAf416Q
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Show notes:
New Nuon game: https://bit.ly/2JStXTA Atari VCS review: https://bit.ly/2Xi3bY5 Paprium released: https://www.paprium.com/
Amiga HDMI RPi: https://bit.ly/35hhQa3
Atomiswave: https://bit.ly/3nqqc5J

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 41min
256: Sinclair - The Inside Story with Nigel Searle - The Retro Hour EP256
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Show notes:
Workboy Lost Game Boy addon: https://bit.ly/2LgEsAI
DOSBox Pure: https://bit.ly/3hxlkdH
The Simpsons Bug Squad: https://bit.ly/3rK8XiW
Raspberry Pi full movies from floppy disk: https://bit.ly/3rSDo6X
Virtua Fighter is back: https://bit.ly/383hshi

Dec 18, 2020 • 60min
255: Retro Gaming Christmas Quiz 2020 - The Retro Hour EP255
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Dec 11, 2020 • 1h 41min
254: The Best of The Year in Retro Gaming: 2020 - The Retro Hour EP254
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Show notes:
RJ Mical: https://bit.ly/3oESvOL
MicroProse: The Inside Story with Wild Bill Stealey: https://bit.ly/3mdSik8
The Imagination Machine with Ed Smith: https://bit.ly/3oH3vv3
GamesMaster with Dominik Diamond: https://bit.ly/3mbrfFU
Dara Ó Briain: Gaming Memories: https://bit.ly/37SFyKr
Bandersnatch with John Gibson: https://bit.ly/3gyN6WN
Violet Berlin: Bad Influence The Inside Story: https://bit.ly/3gMIs7L
My Life In Gaming: https://bit.ly/39YAXZI
Retro Game Collecting Tips & NES History with TheGebs24: https://bit.ly/3n7rraH
Julian 'Jaz' Rignall: ZZap 64, Mean Machines, Virgin: https://bit.ly/2LfJlK3
The Making of Streets of Rage 4: https://bit.ly/2Luh5nn
The Homebrew Computer Club & Osborne 1: Lee Felsenstein: https://bit.ly/37WvNL8

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 19min
253: DJ Yoda - History of Gaming - The Retro Hour EP253
DJ Yoda: https://djyoda.co.uk/
DJ Yoda Twitch: https://twitch.tv/djyodauk/profile
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Show notes:
Sega prototype handheld: https://bit.ly/37ziEaF
Mega65 Devkits arrive: https://bit.ly/3oz5hOX
Nostalgia Nerd Mega65 video: https://youtu.be/2-voZvEtz48
Sega VR resurrection: https://bit.ly/36BfwvI
Uri Geller apologies to Nintendo: https://bit.ly/3qpNNGn
Superman 64 ported to PS1: https://engt.co/33Gbe4z