The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We're joined by the wonderful Ben Heck, the console modding king! We talk about repairing the Nintendo Playstation Prototype and will Ravi convince him to make an Amiga laptop?! Ben Heck on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Ian Guthrie, Wouter Hermans, Geoffrey Hancock, Colin walker. Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Oliver Twins at NVA: https://www.thenva.com/dizzy Apple Watch runs Gameboy games: http://gabrieloc.com/2017/03/21/GIOVANNI.html Stoa Arcade cabinets: http://bit.ly/2nCuOIJ New MegaDrive fighting game coming: http://bit.ly/2npKUEs Plumbers Don't Wear Ties PC version found: http://bit.ly/2nGzpeB Varcade station: http://bit.ly/2nCv8at

We talk terrible old games, classic consoles and retro snacks with the wonderful Stuart Ashen this week! Ashens on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ashens Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Stelios Kalogreades, Charles Clarke, Pierre Lindbergh, Matthias Ostrowski, Scott Marsden, Paul Edwards Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: cTrix hacks Vectrex to make music: https://youtu.be/V0YNUE3_t8s cTrix Amiga video: https://youtu.be/1IKTNSux0Rc Obsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers http://www.pcworld.com/article/169863/obsolete_tech.html Div MCC future: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/index.php/divmmcfuture 7th Guest making of video: https://youtu.be/zPAZDWxpJHA

Lots of coin-op nostalgia in this week's show as chat to Andy Palmer, owner of Europe's biggest arcade - Arcade Club! Arcade Club: http://www.arcadeclub.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth McKee, Robinson Technologies, Robert Hayles, Josef Vamosi, Jonathan Kaye Vote for us in the British Podcast Awards: http://theretrohour.com/vote Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Pong table kickstarter: http://kck.st/2nk6QEG SNES UK Promo with Craig Charles: https://youtu.be/RB5ALVUs8bU Rik Mayall Nintendo ads: https://youtu.be/w24KR30nEsg Windows Vista is almost dead: http://bit.ly/2mQThJL Thimbleweed Park released this month: https://thimbleweedpark.com/main Google DeepMind plays Atari games: http://bit.ly/2nFC4SU

We get the story behind the classic FPS Counter Strike with Minh "Gooseman" Le! Plus, a book all Commodore fans will want to read. Minh's Twitter: https://twitter.com/goosemancs WIN an RC2014 kit: http://www.theretrohour.com/rc2014/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: D Lawless, Scott MacDonald, Katherine Palacios, Peter Boven, Emma Ray Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: David Pleasance Commodore book Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2ni0e9w Dan gets a nintendo switch https://youtu.be/Zoxl0HmVjfs Podcast Awards https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/ Open source port of Prince of Persia: http://bit.ly/2n7DfOI

We get the story behind Myst: the game that ushered in the CD and 3D revolution with its co-creator Robyn Miller. Robyn's Website: http://www.robynmiller.net/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Christopher McGonagle, Jonathan Moore, Stuart Thomas, Alastair Stevenson. Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: The Sinclair C5's successor: http://bit.ly/2l02tJc Nokia 3310 is relaunched: http://on.mash.to/2mjmlvp Die Hard 64 discovered: http://bit.ly/2m3zsA2 Atari's Swordquest is back: http://engt.co/2lHAXF0

We talk about the dawn of home computers and games with the legendary Scott Adams, founder of Adventure International. Scott's website: http://www.msadams.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Laurens De Brujin, Michael Stouffs, Paul Edwards, Edward Regan Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: 2dark horror game: http://bit.ly/2lNJ16I Fred Durst Dreamcast: http://bit.ly/2kUFDYw Hyper Sentinal returns to Kickstarter: http://bit.ly/2lDZJTH Cancelled Primal Rage 2 now playable: http://bit.ly/2l8dyYN The Commodore Story documentary: http://kck.st/2lDRiYP

We get the inside story on the development of Earthworm Jim, the Aladdin video game and classic shooter MDK with Nick Bruty! Thanks to our amazing donators: Gareth McKee, Michael Keith, Robinson Technologies, Simon Pilgrim, Scott Rowley Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Zelda maps on paper: http://bit.ly/2kFD5IM Raiden coming to Atari STE: http://bit.ly/2lq7Gya MSX2CAS: http://bit.ly/2m2BL3O Project ZX: http://bit.ly/2kR4LLu Deep Thought can be built: http://bit.ly/2jZ1VUc

We're joined by the amazing Aleks Krotoski to get the inside story on Bits and Thumb Bandits! Aleks' Website: http://alekskrotoski.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Eric Nelson, Tobias Seiler, Colin Walker, Melissa Faye Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: New Console RetroBlox: http://bit.ly/2lsh1pU Anti-piracy wheels online now: http://www.oldgames.sk/docs/codewheel/ Total recall spectrum found: http://bit.ly/2kABTcW RPI Foundation helping teachers: http://bit.ly/2kAHH5T Open source Amiga accelerator: https://youtu.be/_b66O2F3-yg

We chat British computer and arcade memories from the 80s and 90s with one of our favourite Youtubers, Nostalgia Nerd. Nostalgia Nerd's website: http://www.nostalgianerd.com/ Thanks to our amazing donators: Jason Ingram, Mark Johnson, Johnathon Harrington, Tayler Catlin Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Pacman's daddy is dead: http://bit.ly/2k93JuX 8 bit Civilisation for c64: http://bit.ly/2jFwCBT The first ever live webcam: http://bit.ly/2kwNvhA 700+ games hack for miniNES: http://bit.ly/2k3s6ZX Sega NVA Patreon: http://bit.ly/2jtscfA Sega soundtracks on Spotify: http://bit.ly/2kx4jVT

Doom, Wolfenstein 3D and Quake: the inside story of the biggest video games ever with John Romero! Plus, our report from Amiga Ireland, an amazing new Amiga show. John Romero's website: http://rome.ro/ Thanks to our amazing donators: David McLachlan, Andrew M Marsh, Stephen Leary, Daniel Willars Our website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: AtomProjekt Wolfenstein 3D mod: http://bit.ly/2jYi8Kg Dooom on Macbook Pro Touchbar: http://bit.ly/2gabBfS OpenEMU for MacOS: http://openemu.org/ Atari classic gaming on your wrist?: http://bit.ly/2kAntKL