The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

A friend of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, we're joined by the legendary Hal Barwood to talk about his time at LucasArts and the classic Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis. Hal Barwood's homepage: http://www.finitearts.com/ Please show some love to our sponsor and buy a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: James Alston, Michael Garrett, Garry Heather, Ramond de Vrede Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Show notes: Nintendo 64 Mini pictures leaked?: https://bit.ly/2q1YPU6 WinAMP is back: https://tcrn.ch/2COJqyQ Mega SG: https://engt.co/2EvjMAY Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies: https://bbc.in/2Pw6qp8 https://bit.ly/2yoAGvK

Our guest this week is Paul Conway who has worked on titles like Theme Park and The Sims and recently Darkside Detective, we talk about the rebirth of point & click adventure games in the 21st century and the joys and challenges of making them today. Darkside Detective: http://darksidedetective.com/ Please show some love to our sponsor and WIN a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Roman Tschepat, Scott Fairclough, Joshua Malone, Timothy Millard Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Show notes: Watch Ravi's Simon The Sorcerer Live Stream: https://youtu.be/MnAwv0TzWJQ?t=559 RIP Ben Daglish: Mark 'TDK' Knight tribute: https://youtu.be/-LWUA5mylvo C64 Audio tribute download: https://bit.ly/2ytFajQ The Retro Hour Episode 17 with Ben Daglish: https://audioboom.com/posts/6977717-the-retro-hour-episode-17-c64-music-with-ben-daglish Blockbuster printing their own carts: https://bit.ly/2NSrcm6 Sega Terradrive: https://bit.ly/2QKNqTX Internet archive releases full c64 collection: https://bit.ly/2RGv8od Archiving early popup ads: https://bit.ly/2IPGceS

It's Adventure Month and we talk to founder of AdventureSoft Mike Woodroffe about classics like Elvira, Waxworks and Simon The Sorcerer. AventureSoft website: http://www.adventuresoft.com/ Please show some love to our sponsor and WIN a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Tobias Geijersson, Glen Milford, Jonathan Hogan, Andrew P Jones Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events we'll be at: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ RCM Christmas party: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5946.0 Show notes:  Watch Ravi's Police Quest live stream: https://youtu.be/hmHVg-Q_8Cc?t=1044  The CDi mini?!: https://bit.ly/2xN1uVj Hope for the Virtual Console on Nintendo Switch?: https://bit.ly/2yiCbKO 8-Bit Symphony: https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/ Sega Mega Drive mini delayed: https://bit.ly/2ICCjcU

We start Adventure Month by chatting to the co-founder of the legendary Westwood Studios, Louis Castle! We cover classics like Dune, Command & Conquer and Blade Runner. Please show some love to our new sponsor and WIN a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Andrew Gordon, Jonas Toljander, Kevin Leah, Karol Chmist Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Playstation Classic: https://bit.ly/2N0PjK9 Code-cracking WW2 Bombe: https://bbc.in/2NLK2eD Jaguar VR arrives at RCM Leicester: http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ Lost Nintendo console: https://bit.ly/2N76VDW

Bret Mogilefsky was the lead programmer on the LucasArts classic adventure Grim Fandango, we get the inside story on the game and life at Skywalker Ranch. Bret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmogilefsky Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Garry Heather, Paul Edwards, Lee Ashmore, Benjamin Barter Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: A lending library for ROMs: https://bit.ly/2wq6nTJ Shenmue 3 release date: https://bit.ly/2PXQagF Man gets toddler to climb into arcade to steal games: https://bit.ly/2Dk46Qv Retro NES controllers for Switch: https://tcrn.ch/2NJLGfW

The inside story on the Atari Jaguar and Falcon 030 as we take a look at Atari's later days with ex-employee Bill Rehbock. Gameface Labs website: https://gamefacelabs.com/ Download MP3 file: https://audioboom.com/posts/6998500-welcome-to-arcadia-the-retro-hour-ep138.mp3 Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Greg Gerke, Magnus Esbjorner, Richard Legge, Christopher Nelson Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: Retro Computer Festival Cambridge: https://bit.ly/2OncM9E PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Commodore The Inside Story - David Pleasance competiton: https://theretrohour.com/win-commodore-the-inside-story-book-and-bluray/ Portal is coming to the C64: https://bit.ly/2xfNJxZ Project Hardcore Trailer: https://youtu.be/_RDRQcBmEzE PS2 Repair service closes after 18 years: https://bit.ly/2MfuDOe

We look back on 100 years of arcade history with movie maker Zach Weddington - the man behind the upcoming movie 'Welcome to Arcadia'. https://arcadiathemovie.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Iain Roberts, Nemanja Smiljanic, Gareth McKee, John Martorana Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohour Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rss Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Streets of Rage 4 teaser: https://youtu.be/M_bgPefCyfA Atari 2600 games as QR codes: https://www.codedojo.com/?p=2251 O Droid Go: https://bit.ly/2lgWvGA Arcade stick for Nintendo Switch: https://bit.ly/2NqMgis New Amiga cases Kickstarter: https://kck.st/2MX0gRG

Famous for games like Uridium, Cybernoid, Pinball Fantasies and many more - we chat to Andrew Hewson, the founder of Hewson Consultants and 21st Century Entertainment! Hewson Consultants: http://www.hewsonconsultants.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Scott Ravenscroft, Patrick McGinty, Diane Williams, Iain Roberts Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Startropics story: https://bit.ly/2PnnYmY ORB handheld: https://bit.ly/2wBd05l Sonic Chaos remake: https://bit.ly/2MDUDaQ Games that should be remade: https://bit.ly/2PTwaw8 Power Raspberry Pi via Ethernet: https://bit.ly/2C3OO1z

We talk to the man behind International Karate, IK+, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker - the legendary Archer Maclean! Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Roy Gillotti, Karl Kuras, Paul Edwards, Norman Davie Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Play cartridges on SNES mini: https://bit.ly/2MzEC52 The Matrix banana phone is back: https://bit.ly/2OXzx47 Classic Sega games on Switch: https://bit.ly/2NdUeZ2 The Settlers 25th anniversary: https://bit.ly/2w9tgLP Hacking Fax machines: https://bit.ly/2w8jrNR

Knightmare was a groundbreaking kid's TV show combining RPG and adventure game with incredible graphics. Hear our live panel from PLAY Expo London with Hugo Myatt (Treguard), David Rowe, Paul Flannery Knightmare Live: https://www.knightmarelive.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Mathew Martin, S Syrja, Simon Rose, Alan Purdom, West Darley Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Events: PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Tanglewood gets full release: https://bit.ly/2Peqg8L Nintendo takes down Emuparadise: https://bbc.in/2Mv4QFD In defence of ROMS: https://bit.ly/2PbxRoG Tesla adds Atari to car: https://bit.ly/2nMyxnD Knightmare Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/user/DynamiteHeaddy/playlists