

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news and interviews with industry veterans.
New episodes released every Friday!
New episodes released every Friday!
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Jan 22, 2021 • 1h 26min
259: DJ Aphrodite: Making Chart Hits on The Amiga - The Retro Hour EP259
http://www.aphro.co.uk/Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Joe HD, Darren Miller, Andy Tricklebank, Marcus Davies, BriProvJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes: The Podcast is 20 years old: https://bit.ly/3o5MOsx Internet Talk Radio archive: https://bit.ly/2KEPGPq Early Build Of Zelda 64 discovered: https://bit.ly/3qHB4OB Pokemon and Retro game investing: https://bit.ly/2KEPIXy Buy shares in collectable games: https://bit.ly/393HHVk Back To The Future II RPG: https://bit.ly/2LXnNCC TheOldNet proxy: https://bit.ly/3p1XLwt Aphrodite and his Amiga: https://youtu.be/zTG12qprw5Q

Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 30min
258: The Gaming Historian - The Retro Hour EP258
The Gaming Historan: https://www.youtube.com/c/gaminghistorian
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Show notes: Sonic 1 protoype discovered: https://bit.ly/35DYVqc
Xbox Emulation improving: https://bit.ly/3oJMnoH
Bleem! is back as a digital game store: https://bit.ly/2LuBeKc
21 year Gameboy game: https://bit.ly/3oI8lIU
Infinity game table: https://cnet.co/3i99SoV

Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 35min
257: Die Hard Trilogy & C64 Arcade Ports - The Retro Hour EP257
Running Mate: https://amzn.to/3s5b6pS Die Hard Trilogy, Making of: https://youtu.be/HVgokAf416QPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retroWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Hucky, Simon Clark, Chris Poad, Mike Roach, Martyn HopkinsJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes: New Nuon game: https://bit.ly/2JStXTA Atari VCS review: https://bit.ly/2Xi3bY5 Paprium released: https://www.paprium.com/ Amiga HDMI RPi: https://bit.ly/35hhQa3 Atomiswave: https://bit.ly/3nqqc5J

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 41min
256: Sinclair - The Inside Story with Nigel Searle - The Retro Hour EP256
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Show notes:
Workboy Lost Game Boy addon: https://bit.ly/2LgEsAI
DOSBox Pure: https://bit.ly/3hxlkdH
The Simpsons Bug Squad: https://bit.ly/3rK8XiW
Raspberry Pi full movies from floppy disk: https://bit.ly/3rSDo6X
Virtua Fighter is back: https://bit.ly/383hshi

Dec 18, 2020 • 60min
255: Retro Gaming Christmas Quiz 2020 - The Retro Hour EP255
Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Save 22% on the price of Retro Gamer magazine and get a FREE 8bitdo controller worth £30. Just visit https://www.magazinesdirect.com/rh8bitBitmap Books Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Adam Ainsworth, Pete van Holland, Andy Plucknett, Gavin Creech, Ben LealandJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/

Dec 11, 2020 • 1h 41min
254: The Best of The Year in Retro Gaming: 2020 - The Retro Hour EP254
Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9Get 3 issues for just £1 of Official PlayStation Magazine, Retro Gamer, Edge or PC Gamer at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retrohour341We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Adam Ainsworth, Pete van Holland, Andy Plucknett, Gavin Creech, Ben LealandJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes: RJ Mical: https://bit.ly/3oESvOLMicroProse: The Inside Story with Wild Bill Stealey: https://bit.ly/3mdSik8The Imagination Machine with Ed Smith: https://bit.ly/3oH3vv3GamesMaster with Dominik Diamond: https://bit.ly/3mbrfFUDara Ó Briain: Gaming Memories: https://bit.ly/37SFyKrBandersnatch with John Gibson: https://bit.ly/3gyN6WNViolet Berlin: Bad Influence The Inside Story: https://bit.ly/3gMIs7LMy Life In Gaming: https://bit.ly/39YAXZIRetro Game Collecting Tips & NES History with TheGebs24: https://bit.ly/3n7rraHJulian 'Jaz' Rignall: ZZap 64, Mean Machines, Virgin: https://bit.ly/2LfJlK3The Making of Streets of Rage 4: https://bit.ly/2Luh5nnThe Homebrew Computer Club & Osborne 1: Lee Felsenstein: https://bit.ly/37WvNL8

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 19min
253: DJ Yoda - History of Gaming - The Retro Hour EP253
DJ Yoda: https://djyoda.co.uk/DJ Yoda Twitch: https://twitch.tv/djyodauk/profilePlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9Get 3 issues for just £1 of Official PlayStation Magazine, Retro Gamer, Edge or PC Gamer at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retrohour341 Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retroWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Adam Ainsworth, Pete van Holland, Andy Plucknett, Gavin Creech, Ben LealandJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes: Sega prototype handheld: https://bit.ly/37ziEaF Mega65 Devkits arrive: https://bit.ly/3oz5hOXNostalgia Nerd Mega65 video: https://youtu.be/2-voZvEtz48 Sega VR resurrection: https://bit.ly/36BfwvI Uri Geller apologies to Nintendo: https://bit.ly/3qpNNGn Superman 64 ported to PS1: https://engt.co/33Gbe4z

Nov 27, 2020 • 1h 24min
252: Kick Off and Anco Software with Steve Screech - The Retro Hour EP252
Steve Screech Twitter: https://twitter.com/steve_screechPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books: https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/Get 3 issues for just £1 of Official PlayStation Magazine, Retro Gamer, Edge or PC Gamer at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retrohour341 Get started shaving with Harry's today by claiming your Trial Set for £3.95: https://www.harrys.com/retroWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Adam Ainsworth, Pete van Holland, Andy Plucknett, Gavin Creech, Ben LealandJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes:DevTerm: https://bit.ly/3leip9QAtari Design: https://bit.ly/2Jen0vFPC boots from vinyl record: https://bit.ly/3fHwGei Capcom mini arcade: https://bit.ly/3fG1njV Doom on the Game & Watch: https://bit.ly/2KEdBhnPS5 on Game Boy Advance: https://bit.ly/37dy04I

Nov 20, 2020 • 1h 30min
251: The Quill and Gilsoft with Tim Gilberts - The Retro Hour EP251
http://www.infinite-imaginations.co.uk/Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Game Boy: The Box Art Collection: https://bit.ly/2IRJfr9Get 3 issues for just £1 of Official PlayStation Magazine, Retro Gamer, Edge or PC Gamer at https://www.magazinesdirect.com/retrohour341 We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Adam Ainsworth, Pete van Holland, Andy Plucknett, Gavin Creech, Ben LealandJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes:Retro games in new Call of Duty: https://bit.ly/36KMR6o Atari 2600 controller on Switch: https://bit.ly/3kLmkLd Worms collection on Evercade: https://bit.ly/3kMj16g New Game & Watch hacked: https://bit.ly/331zSvZ Hidden secrets of new Game & Watch: https://bit.ly/2IS3cxW

Nov 13, 2020 • 1h 22min
250: The Worst Video Game Bug Ever - The Retro Hour EP250
John Byrd website: https://www.johnbyrd.com/Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Claim your FREE case of 8 craft beers from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retro We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our 'build a studio' fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Teemu Huhtiniemi , Ben Stoll, Ian Colquhoun, Marius Andersen, Chad ClarkJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/Twitter: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Show notes:Commandos Remaster: https://bit.ly/3nhtske Codemasters sold to Take-two: https://bit.ly/3nevwcA The end of 'Load Screens': https://bit.ly/38xazFL A celebration of C64 Load Screens: https://bit.ly/38ChDRh New HD N64 is a bust: https://bit.ly/3plyuhc


