The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
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Dec 13, 2019 • 1h 16min

203: The Best of The Year in Retro Gaming: 2019 - The Retro Hour EP203

Please visit our amazing sponsor: Subscribe with Retro Hour to get 83% off Edge, PC Gamer, Official Xbox and Official PlayStation magazines – get 3 issues for just £3 (normally £18 from the shops) Just visit https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/rhgame Claim your FREE case of 10 craft beers from our sponsor Beer 52 here: beer52.com/retro Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gabriel Crowe, Kevin Leah, Geoff Owen, Howard Taylor   RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Play EXPO Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: You'll never play your favourite retro game on Switch: https://bit.ly/34hMOMb Cyberdecks: https://bit.ly/38ynMvG Retro Mania Wrestling: https://bit.ly/2YKphT2                               Atari VCS in production: https://bit.ly/2PhtMBc  Steve Jobs floppy sells for 7.5k: https://bit.ly/2PBUTG6  Ghosts 'n' Demons: https://bit.ly/2RHXvoC   Retro Picks:  Ravi: The BackOfficeShow - https://backofficeshow.com  Dan: https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/  Joe: Laird's Lair - https://bit.ly/2LR8qIG  Best of Episodes: Rare: The Inside Story - https://bit.ly/34lLNCV How Xbox Took on The Playstation with Microsoft's Robbie Bach - https://bit.ly/2EdbkU3 PLATO: The Greatest Computer Network You’ve Never Heard of - https://bit.ly/2YQ3tp2 Tectoy: How Sega Consoles Still Rule In Brazil - https://bit.ly/2EfatlC Imagine Software and Codemasters with Bruce Everiss - https://bit.ly/2srkxVZ Bally Midway: Rampage, Xenophobe, Arch Rivals with Brian Colin - https://bit.ly/36uzQfl Mastertronic: The Inside Story - https://bit.ly/2qQC61u Charlie Brooker: Bandersnatch, Black Mirror, GamesWipe - https://bit.ly/35gRmnn Shaun Southern: Lotus Turbo Challenge, Supercars, Kikstart - https://bit.ly/38yIoDM Retro Man Cave Dwellers - https://bit.ly/35ddqiy
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Dec 6, 2019 • 1h 22min

202: 1980s Home Computer Wars - The Retro Hour EP202

Please visit our amazing sponsor: Subscribe with Retro Hour to get 83% off Edge, PC Gamer, Official Xbox and Official PlayStation magazines – get 3 issues for just £3 (normally £18 from the shops) Just visit https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/rhgame  Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Mark Thompson, James Stewart, Jan Oratowski, Benjamin Beech   RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas Party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Play EXPO Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Playstation is 25: https://bit.ly/2LHgJXN Terronion Mega SD: https://bit.ly/2OTAzkt How randomizers are breathing new life into old games: https://bit.ly/2RmtU3I Intellivision Amico controllers: https://bit.ly/2OSe7YQ Retro Picks: Dan: Pinball Dreams Amstrad CPC: https://bit.ly/33WGCsC  Ravi: Dubious Engineering https://www.youtube.com/user/howitee  Joe: Minit: Happy Console Gamer https://youtu.be/HTsNQFuu-EA 
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Nov 29, 2019 • 1h 7min

201: Utah Saints: Atari STs and Golden Joysticks - The Retro Hour EP201

Utah Saints: http://www.utahsaints.info/ Please visit our amazing sponsors: Get 6 months of Retro Gamer magazine for just £25 – and get a beautifully retro-styled 8bitdo controller worth up to £30, absolutely free! https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/retro8bitdo Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth Hamer, Daniel James, Roy Giliotti, Michael Roach   RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RCM Christmas Party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Play EXPO Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: Rebellion buys Bitmap Brothers: https://bit.ly/2OPJGkS  Electronic Theatre: https://bit.ly/34B4bZq  New Super Mario Land SNES: https://bit.ly/2OWWHcB  Shenmue 3 charts: https://bit.ly/34tAb1f  Brits thought Internet was a phase: https://bit.ly/35JJAC2    Retro Picks: Dan: Owning an Amiga in USA: https://youtu.be/8l2_tgwl8GU  Ravi: Radio Workshop: https://bit.ly/2XXFEer  Joe: Minit: https://minitgame.com/  Utah Saints on GamesMaster: https://youtu.be/xX3IyGuxTz4
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Nov 22, 2019 • 1h 26min

200: Charlie Brooker: Bandersnatch, Black Mirror, GamesWipe - The Retro Hour EP200

Please visit our amazing sponsors: Get 6 months of Retro Gamer magazine for just £25 – and get a beautifully retro-styled 8bitdo controller worth up to £30, absolutely free! https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/retro8bitdo Get started shaving with Harry's today by claiming your Trial Set for £3.95: https://www.harrys.com/retro Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth Hamer, Daniel James, Roy Giliotti, Michael Roach   RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Play EXPO Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/
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Nov 15, 2019 • 1h 13min

199: Jet Set Willy on the C64 to Playstation Indie Games with Shahid Ahmad - The Retro Hour EP199

Remaster Podcast: https://www.relay.fm/remaster Please visit our amazing sponsor: Get 6 months of Retro Gamer magazine for just £25 – and get a beautifully retro-styled 8bitdo controller worth up to £30, absolutely free! https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/retro8bitdo Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Get your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKd Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Matthew Martin, Michael Reynolds, Daniel Waddington, Greg Gerke RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Play EXPO Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Show notes: New Sonic Movie Trailer lands: https://youtu.be/szby7ZHLnkA Prince of Persia on Intellivision: https://youtu.be/dEbIWEXDqm0 PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/ Will the PS5 be going back to Cartridges?: https://bit.ly/2q33xot Blastaway: https://retream.itch.io/blastaway Sega Lord X : https://youtu.be/pzKH_JtM6oU PixelVixen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKwTjfQcMvAE6SiU4GzrVGQ
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Nov 7, 2019 • 1h 10min

198: The History of Tomb Raider with Heather Gibson - The Retro Hour EP198

Please visit our amazing sponsor: Get 6 months of Retro Gamer magazine for just £25 – and get a beautifully retro-styled 8bitdo controller worth up to £30, absolutely free! https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/retro8bitdo Donate to the show and help us continue into 2020: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Nial Bullett, Resourceful Restoration, Michael Vreede, Scott Marsden RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Show notes: Pac-Man-inspired maze: https://bit.ly/2WTjTvB Sonic on the GX4000: http://norecess.cpcscene.net/ Mario on the Spectrum: https://bit.ly/2JYi8be Deleted Mario movie scene: https://bit.ly/32uAMxY GTA San Andreas update removes radio songs: https://bit.ly/33nwwlb Can video games help mental health conditions?: https://bit.ly/34D77UM
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Nov 1, 2019 • 1h 12min

197: Video Game Rock & Roll Years: My Life in Pixels - The Retro Hour EP197

Shaun McClure books: https://amzn.to/3390qJO Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Vince Hart, Andre Bloemenkamp, Gary Heather, Simon Buckner RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: RAM_Fest: https://bit.ly/2r1XxMO Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Show notes:   A Compendium of Atari 8-bit Games - Volume One: https://amzn.to/2N7BA7L Dentist buys $1million holy grail retro games: https://wapo.st/34ik469 archive.org add 2,500 MS DOS games: https://bit.ly/2JAJbJC RIP Yahoo groups: https://engt.co/2C6kSyV Bubble Bobble 4: https://bit.ly/2NAtxzk NHS Gaming clinic: https://bit.ly/3205dvT Small Heroes streams: https://www.twitch.tv/crimsoncassius https://tvibit.net/smallheroes
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Oct 25, 2019 • 1h 21min

196: Retro Handheld Consoles with Ashens and The Retro Future - The Retro Hour EP196

Ashens: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxt9Pvye-9x_AIcb1UtmF1Q The Retro Future: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCefAbzsWZE4uXU-mqQMrr4Q Please visit our amazing sponsors: Get started shaving with Harry's today by claiming your Trial Set for £3.95: https://www.harrys.com/retro Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070 Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Ian R Wilkinson, Frank Eivind Runhold, Jerry Dennington, Joshua Miller RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Bits & Beats, Home Computer Museum, Netherlands: https://bit.ly/357bGHR Steel City Chiptune, Sheffield: https://bit.ly/2LJ4Lgr  Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Amiga Ireland: http://amigausers.ie/ Show notes:  Hidden c64 program in Christian rock album: https://bit.ly/2Wc3L86 Octavius Kitten Horacegate: https://bit.ly/34129AQ Analogue Pocket: https://bit.ly/2pflFe6  Ten creepy Halloween games: https://bit.ly/31K9NhB  Tetris 99 is getting a Luigi's Mansion 3 theme: https://bit.ly/2okj02y  US military abadon floppy disks: https://engt.co/2WjomYs
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Oct 18, 2019 • 1h 7min

195: Arcade Perfect: The Best and Worst Home Arcade Ports - The Retro Hour EP195

David L Craddock website: http://www.davidlcraddock.com/ Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: John Martorana, Greg Gerke, Kyle McManus, Darren Lomax  RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Bits & Beats, Home Computer Museum, Netherlands: https://bit.ly/357bGHR Steel City Chiptune, Sheffield: https://bit.ly/2LJ4Lgr  Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Show notes:    New case Apple II: https://bit.ly/2BnImiV  House of the Dead remake: https://engt.co/2BrkGtL  Amstrad rejected Bill Gates: https://bit.ly/2oUs2Ds  GoldenEye 007 remake for Unreal Engine 4: https://bit.ly/2IWFHAH AR  Table top gaming Jerri Ellsworth: https://bit.ly/2IUK67t  Metal warrior C64 Quadriliogy: https://bit.ly/35MWq3A 
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Oct 11, 2019 • 1h 19min

194: The Launch of the Sega Mega Drive and Atari's Lost Dreams - Michael Katz - The Retro Hour EP194

Please visit our amazing sponsors: Get 3 issues of Retro Gamer for just £1 – normally £15!  Just visit https://myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/retrohour Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Raymond Montalban, Mathew Martin, Kevin Leah, Steve Arnott RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: Amiga 34 - Germany  Bits & Beats, Home Computer Museum, Netherlands: https://bit.ly/357bGHR Steel City Chiptune, Sheffield: https://bit.ly/2LJ4Lgr  Podcast Social Club: https://podcastsocialclub.com/ Show notes: Buy the Nintendo Playstation: https://bit.ly/2MuAX6D Atari VCS internals: https://bit.ly/2VyliaA Atari VCS designer quits: https://bit.ly/2pg0UP5 Simpsons Hit & Run remaster: https://bit.ly/2MvyLeZ Radio 3 video games music show: https://bit.ly/2pWyzxH ATgames getting sued by Bandi Namco and Wallgreens: https://bit.ly/2MqPC2A

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