The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We talk to legendary games coder Jim Balgey about porting Dragon's Lair to the Sinclair ZX81 (and winning a world record for it) and why the Sega Saturn port of Doom was intentionally crippled. Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Finally a date for SOTB remake http://bit.ly/1NdP747 The Little Book of ZX Spectrum Games crowdfunder launched: http://bit.ly/1NdP7RH Lost Apple 2 games on archive.org: http://bit.ly/1NdP7RH Vintage VHS high price: http://bit.ly/1oIUL7Y Husband Chores new Spectrum game: http://bit.ly/1qy7tbd Super Mario Bros Flappy Bird code injection http://bit.ly/1RVaetQ Vintage computer reviews: http://on.mash.to/1VEgivy Favourite hacker/computer movies: http://bit.ly/1VEaa6B

We talk vintage Commodore with the designer of the C128 and Plus/4, Bil Herd! What was it like working under Jack Tramiel and how did he destroy a $40,000 prototype on purpose? Plus, this week's big retro gaming and tech stories. Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohouruk Bil Herd's site: http://c128.com/ Show notes: Grand Theft Auto deer causes chaos in game world: http://bbc.in/1pA09Lr Sell back your digital Xbox One games: http://bit.ly/1SGl7Cd Retro gaming can make you money: http://bit.ly/1RRPOHG 12 things you don't remember about old games: http://bit.ly/1U6HTVA How a company is making $100m a month from a 15 yr old MMO: http://bit.ly/1qaJZJd Revision 2016 demo party: https://2016.revision-party.net/ New vertical shooter for MSX - Wing Warriors: http://bit.ly/1qaK4MY New C64 top-down racer & wheel support: http://bit.ly/1obgkxD Amiga user offers £400 for Stunt Car racer at 50/60 FPS: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=82101 Atari Vault released on Steam: http://bit.ly/1obgkxD

We get the inside story on the 90's biggest gaming TV show, GamesMaster. Dave Perry tells us where the Golden Joystick idea come from, why he didn't get along with Dominik Diamond off-screen and what really happened with the infamous Super Mario 64 meltdown? Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: MicroBit launches and great projects: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35824446 Napster founder wants to change the way we watch movies: http://bit.ly/22h4Sn7 Resident Evil is 20 years old: http://avc.lu/1SaVSoR Is touchscreen now retro?: http://bit.ly/1S612Cx Sega Humble bundle launched: http://bit.ly/1MpDmfP Amiga Vampire 2: http://www.kipper2k.com/accel600.html Are Nintendo killing the Wii U this year?: http://bit.ly/1MlFJQB Nintendo's N64 website is still up: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/ Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade ported to C64: http://bit.ly/1UJWUwS Man arrested for not returning 14 year old VHS: http://on.wsoctv.com/1Ri6gyA

Did piracy kill the Amiga? How did the big cracking groups operate, and who in the industry helped them? We chat to Galahad from legendary piracy groups LSD & Fairlight. Our website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Show notes: Radio 1 fighting games documentary: http://bbc.in/1RbKOx1 2D NED games upgraded to 3D: http://bit.ly/1RpldB5 PANG is back: http://www.retrogamer.net/blog_post/pang-is-back/ Indie Retro News: http://www.indieretronews.com Day of the Tentlce HD info: http://bit.ly/21znJUC SCUMM VM: http://scummvm.org/ Dreamcast Phantasy Star Online still played today: http://onforb.es/1pQMuAb Xbox One cross platform multiplayer: http://www.wired.com/2016/03/xbox-one-cross-console-multiplayer/ New fan-made Dizzy game released: http://www.jdcstudios.co.uk/Downloads.htm Day-Z creator sees VR as a "very expensive Wii" : http://bit.ly/1MeQ15g

We chat about the Amiga and C64 demo scene with musician Andrew Barnabas (SWIV/Creatures music), plus Nintendo bringing back the SNES and haunted video games! Our website: http://theretrohour.com Show notes: RGDS Podcast: http://rgdspodcast.blogspot.co.uk/ Wayback When Podcast: http://waybackwhenpodcast.libsyn.com/ SNES CD Boot rom discovered: http://bit.ly/1SwHuM4 New Dizzy collection for Amiga CD32: http://bit.ly/1P42XW1 Save the sounds: http://savethesounds.info/ 3D printing retro consoles cases: http://bit.ly/1U6PIf3 Inventor of email inventor dies: http://bit.ly/1ROlmKZ Super Mario theme park: http://bit.ly/1Yq3RDy Amikit X released: http://bit.ly/1XikTlM MAME is now open source: http://mamedev.org/?p=422 Nintendo bringing back the SNES?!: http://bit.ly/1UYuvn0 Spell Razor game: http://bit.ly/229287H Creepy game urban legends: http://listverse.com/2013/06/06/10-creepy-video-game-urban-legends/

We talk Psygnosis with former employee and legendary game musician Mike Clarke! What was the original Playstation prototype like? Did Microcosm live up to the hype, and what happened to the unreleased games and projects? Our website: http://theretrohour.com Out Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Show Notes: Check out our friends at: http://letstalkretro.com Raspberry Pi 3 released: https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/raspberry-pi-3-on-sale/ Kanye West's new album is called TurboGrafx 16: http://bit.ly/1WS0wf0 The Guardian hosts Amiga Power magazine reunion: http://bit.ly/1WZPpRh Fergus McGovern from probe passes away: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/industry-pays-tribute-to-fergus-mcgovern/0163193 "First Mentions" on Usenet: https://support.google.com/groups/answer/6003482?hl=en Liquid Kids & Snow Bros for the Amiga CD32: http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/02/liquid-kids-snow-bros-unreleased-double.html#more Sony making power glove?: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sony-patents-playstation-vr-motion-tracking-glove/0163191 Hobgoblin ported to the Atari XL/XE: http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/02/hobgoblin-2-wip-atari-xlxe-conversion.html Latest Coleco Chamelion fake prototype?!: http://bit.ly/1RMGzoA Giant GameBoy in Nottingham bar: http://bit.ly/1oEioPt Streets of Rage 2 music released on vinyl: http://bit.ly/1Rtbdki Pokemon 20th annivsersy: http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2016/02/pok-mon-s-20th-anniversary New Pokemon game and story for 3DS: http://bit.ly/21NB91b Mcdonald's Happy Goggles: http://bit.ly/1TUXYi3

This week we catch up with Anthony and Nicola Caulfield, the creators of the fantastic From Bedrooms To Billions documentary about British gaming, and talk about their upcoming Commodore Amiga film. From Bedrooms To Billions: http://www.frombedroomstobillions.com/ Show notes: Tribute to Dave Needle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dv_LdSmNhds Dan's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4nYiUwSqo220UNT1xrpZ_Q Ravi's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/the4mula Brick the iPhone: http://bit.ly/1TIDf0U Game sound track on vinyl: http://store.iam8bit.com/collections/vinyl Cassette Tapes are back: http://bit.ly/1XPRUXm Is the Coleco Chamelion a scam?: https://youtu.be/GQ3m2D-WEG8 Coleco wins Atari archive: http://bit.ly/1TIDf0U Story of the Amstrad CPC in pixels: http://bit.ly/1QBVbE3 Sensible Soccer world cup: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=81293 New Amiga Game footage released: http://bit.ly/21n3DSR Argos Arcade: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4141192.htm GAME retro consoles: http://bit.ly/1VIVl0P NX using third party: http://bit.ly/24t8VeC 101 gamers play Mario Kart at once: http://bit.ly/1n1McUM

We're joined by Mike Montgomery from The Bitmap Brothers this week! Why should he have cancelled Chaos Engine 2 and how serious was the rivalry with Sensible Software? Show notes: Growing The 8 Bit Generation documentary released: http://www.8bitgeneration.com/ Project dream funding themselves: http://bit.ly/1OjXzxH Play Windows 3.x games in your browser: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrarywin3games Amiga Future magazine: http://www.amigafuture.de/ MineCraft Boris Johnson: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2016-01/19/london-games-festival-announced Bitmap Brothers CD32 collection: http://www.indieretronews.com/2016/02/the-bitmap-brothers-collection-amiga.html Sinclair Vega Portable console: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega-plus-console#/ Coleco Chamelon public preview: http://toyland.gizmodo.com/colecos-chameleon-is-a-retro-gaming-console-every-80s-k-1759157058 Board games making comeback: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/monopoly-cards-against-humanity-lead-gaming-comeback-1-4030840 Sonic The Movie: http://bit.ly/1TqMem9 Amiga Tennis Champs returns: http://toucharcade.com/2016/02/08/tennis-champs-returns-trailer/ Take video games seriously: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/15/naomi-alderman-take-video-games-seriously

This week we get the inside story on the original Grand Theft Auto on the PS1, and how it was inspired by Clockwork Knight on the Sega Saturn. Plus, why Lemmings 2 is not as good as the first one! Mike Dailly from DMA Design/Psygnosis chats to us. Show Notes: Hewson are back: http://bit.ly/1VCmm5v Sega responds to Dreamcast 2: http://bit.ly/1TWR0s1 Every 3D realms game for £5: http://bit.ly/1QbBlz7 Doncaster's new retro games market: http://on.fb.me/1SlLaRs NES USB loader: http://bit.ly/20ZiIpT Team 17 takes on 16 year old pupil: http://bit.ly/1WT0RP6 Commodore 64 MMO game, 'Habitat': http://bit.ly/1TcNI3a Doom Remake special edition: http://bit.ly/1SLCzrR Old people playing games to stop them falling over: http://bit.ly/20ZiMWT Iran's 140m gaming industry: http://bit.ly/1URDwMv XCom 2 rated as perfect: http://bit.ly/1Qwl6x0 Commodore UK's David Pleasance & Colin Proudfood are working together again: http://bit.ly/1o6plbH WinAPE 2.0 beta 2 - Amstrad emulator for windows gets an update: http://bit.ly/1TWRhet Karateka ported from ST to Amiga: http://bit.ly/1QbBSBe New Sega Megadrive shmup: http://bit.ly/1LkTWra

This week we catch up with legendary video game musician Tim Wright, the man behind Lemmings on the Amiga and Wipeout on the PS1. Show Notes: Move over Raspbery PI here comes the BBC MicroBit: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adi-gaskell/bbc-mircobit-steals-the-sb9050150.html IndieGo! Console funding CD32 games development: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=81250 Amiga plipbox 0.6 released: http://lallafa.de/blog/amiga-projects/plipbox/ Monthly Videogames show coming to bbc radio one: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/monthly-video-games-show-coming-to-bbc-radio-one/0161774 Micheal Jackson Composed Sonic 3 tunes: http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/27/secret-michael-jackson-tracks-are-in-sonic-3-claims-composer-5646934/ 30 Year Old C64 Game Finally Released : http://www.pasisbitstuff.net/#!Digital-80’s-IV-Little-Knight-Arthurs-Awesome-Anniversary-and-Publishing-Day/c5jt/56969c900cf2e099256d8bc1 Just Speccy 128 by Zaxon: http://www.retrogamescollector.com/hands-on-with-the-just-speccy-128-by-zaxon/ NES30 Pro Bluetooth Game Controller: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/136528-give-your-gaming-controller-a-retro-feel-with-this-great-nes-inspired-update Google achieves AI 'breakthrough' by beating Go champion: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35420579 New Games studio in Nottingham: http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sumo-digital-opens-new-nottingham-studio/0161781 What was/is your favorite Joystick: http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4189