The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

Plenty of Sega and Amstrad memories with Daniel Ibbertson AKA Slopes Game Room. New Gameboys, battery advice and text adventure talk. Win Play Expo Blackpool tickets: https://theretrohour.com/win-play-expo-blackpool-tickets/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Chad Goulding, John Barrick, William Darren Fox, Jonas Tolijander Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ All Your Bass festival tickets: https://www.thenva.com/aybsched Show notes: Gameboy ULTRA edition Hyperkin: http://bit.ly/2qQWTkT Nintendo Switch beats PS2 year 1 sales: http://bit.ly/2EDkQ14 Bad Apple demo: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bad-apple using new Ni-MH AA batteries: http://bit.ly/2mnZhtx Adventuretron: http://bit.ly/2ASZ4UF

We talk Atari ST VS Amiga gaming, Vampire games and coding for classic systems with Dimitris Giannakis aka Modern Vintage Gamer! Modern Vintage Gamer on Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFaPUcJU1vwk193mnW_w1w Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Andreas Sauer, Henrik Pdersen, Simon Wolf, Peter Elsey Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Atari Box Pre orders delay: http://cnet.co/2CY6nNs Vinyl too popluar: http://bit.ly/2nOjMUx Guy counts every mario coin ever: http://bit.ly/2F2kNgc Zaaap c64 2019 annual: http://www.indieretronews.com/2017/12/zzaps-back-zzap-64-annual-2019-announced.html

It's our second annual Christmas super quiz! Paul Drury from Retro Gamer magazine and Oliver Wilmot from the National Video Game Arcade return to try to keep their title as reigning quiz champions. How will their fare against Ravi and Joe from The Retro Hour Podcast in a battle of video game and computer knowledge?! Merry Christmas to all our loyal listeners, see you in 2018. Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Chad Goulding, John Barrick, William Darren Fox, Thomas Heimann

We look back on some of our favourite moments of the first 100 episodes of the Retro Hour podcast. Featuring LGR, Tom Kalinske, Al Lowe and more! All Your Bass competition: http://www.theretrohour.com/win-all-your-bass-weekend-tickets/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jakob Eskstrom, Adrian Herridge, Mathew Cooper, Neil Corbett Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: A Hundred Crowns - The Highs: https://youtu.be/UoVPhCBQrWQ Tower 57: http://tower57game.com/ Best retro games at Christmas?: http://bit.ly/2BrJgwm Gameshell: http://kck.st/2z0JlXo EMU VR: http://bit.ly/2CgRwvR LGR: http://www.theretrohour.com/clint-from-lazy-game-reviews-joins-us-the-retro-hour-ep33/ Eugene Jarvis: http://www.theretrohour.com/defender-the-story-of-an-arcade-legend-with-eugene-jarvis-the-retro-hour-ep75/ Tom Kalinske: http://www.theretrohour.com/the-retro-hour-podcast-ep-18-segas-former-ceo-tom-kalinske/ Mev Dinc: http://www.theretrohour.com/last-ninja-2-street-racer-and-konix-multisystem-with-mev-dinc-the-retro-hour-ep38/ Al Lowe: http://www.theretrohour.com/the-retro-hour-episode-15-leisure-suit-larry-with-al-lowe/ Stewart Cheifet: http://www.theretrohour.com/computer-chronicles-host-stewart-cheifet-the-retro-hour-ep46/ Gallahad/Fairlight: http://www.theretrohour.com/the-retro-hour-episode-11-piracy-on-the-amiga-with-galahadfairlight/ Howard Scott Warshaw Pt 1: http://www.theretrohour.com/atari-legend-howard-scott-warshaw-the-retro-hour-ep77/ Howard Scott Warshaw Pt 2: http://www.theretrohour.com/e-t-on-atari-2600-the-story-of-the-worst-video-game-ever-the-retro-hour-ep78/

We're joined by the father of the video games industry, Nolan Bushnell is our special guest for episode 100! Nolan's website: http://nolanbushnell.com/ All Your Bass competition: http://www.theretrohour.com/win-all-your-bass-weekend-tickets/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Daniel Waddington, Ashley Narayanen, Hakan Blomqvist, Gunnar Rivenes Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut: http://bit.ly/2AoH7SA Baby Monkey Alba: http://bit.ly/2yOK3W2 Crappy game endings: http://bit.ly/2kDDBfU Megadrive VR headset: https://youtu.be/3UN_pN9ZU8Y

We get the story of the UK's first National Video Game Arcade with plenty of Jeff Minter and Matthew Smith love. The National Video Game Arcade: https://www.thenva.com/ All Your Bass: https://www.thenva.com/allyourbass Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Edvin Helland, Charles Astwood, Pete Elsey, Michael Keith The Commodore Story Competition: http://www.theretrohour.com/win-the-commodore-story-movie-premiere-tickets/ Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: RetroBlox online retro console: http://bit.ly/2zFja4M Shenmue 1 & 2 coming for PS4 and Xbone: http://bit.ly/2Ai5ZtI The best controllers for retro gaming: http://bit.ly/2AiwsYk New computer museum: http://kck.st/2iBFmtn

We talk golden joysticks and classic gaming TV with Alex Verrey AKA Big Boy Barry! Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealBigBoyBarry Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Kim Jorgensen, Toby Bridson, Elysian Pickups, Michael Dailly Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk PLAY Expo Blackpool tickets: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/ Show notes: Raspberry Pi style switch: http://bit.ly/2zlHDfs New FMV game coming to PS4: http://bit.ly/2A2fxtj Why am I playing more retro games now?: http://bit.ly/2jjjiAf Steve Jobs demos iTunes podcasting: https://youtu.be/7gkHS9bffT8

How to make new commercial NES and Mega Drive games with Mega Cat Studios, and we reminisce about school computers with The Code Show. Mega Cat Studios: https://megacatstudios.com/ The Code Show: https://twitter.com/The_CodeShow | https://www.facebook.com/TheCodeShow/ David Pleasance at RCM tickets: http://bit.ly/2zMERU2 (£10 donation to the museum per person) Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Kristian Hesketh, Kolborn Barmen, Tom Henderson, Ediz Mehmet Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Amazon Retro Zone: http://amzn.to/2zBsXMV Cassettes are cool again: http://dailym.ai/2mAPCmN Hipster console fighting stick: http://bit.ly/2zOjCP3 Raspberry PI Robot controller: http://kck.st/2eLZ57e

Hear our huge Spectrum celebration panel from PLAY Expo, Manchester featuring Andrew Hewson, Jon Hare, Steve Turner, Jim Bagley and many more. Plus we talk digital detoxes and Amiga 32 Germany show. Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict: https://spectrumaddict.wordpress.com/ Book tickets for David Pleasance at Retro Computer Museum: http://bit.ly/2mcziZs (£10 donation to the museum per person) Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Mat Cooper, Charles Astwood, Paul Edwards, Peter Dimitriovski Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Spectrum Addict: Load "Film 2": http://bit.ly/2AzutMV Pete Tong reads out website in 1995: http://bit.ly/2md6xf2 Sheep It Up for Game Boy: http://bit.ly/2zMXgQL The Corba Romainian Speccy clone: http://bit.ly/2lEPn9S Guy builds a retro Nintendo Switch clone: http://bit.ly/2gqHVtF Black Jewel C64 style game: http://bit.ly/2yOtXNF

Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Christopher Zarema, Dan Ryan, Damian Stokoe, Sascha Weinard Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Jurrasic Park FPS: https://progrium.itch.io/visitor-center Developer Used fake secrets to sneak games by Sega: http://bit.ly/2ijzjFL Prince of Persia on BBC: http://bit.ly/2gZTufq Unreleased Saturn game on eBay: http://bit.ly/2gSjeX4 Model F keyboard is back: https://www.modelfkeyboards.com/ Sierra games on Steam: http://bit.ly/2lxgMdX Early Sonic R Gameplay released: http://bit.ly/2yj9f8o