

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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Nov 6, 2020 • 1h 26min
249: The Homebrew Computer Club & Osborne 1: Lee Felsenstein - The Retro Hour EP249
Lee Felsenstein website: http://www.leefelsenstein.com/Lee Felsenstein Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lfelsensteinPlease 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 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 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: Marius Andersen, webnerd, Scott McGuire, Ryan Vaughn, Hans CrombeenJoin 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:Raspberry Pi 400: https://bbc.in/2HZUBJy RG280v Handheld: https://bit.ly/3k5xSbI Sega sells arcade business: https://bit.ly/3p1Tk5m Outrun sitdown arcade: https://bit.ly/3p2X7PC

Oct 30, 2020 • 1h 24min
248: Classic RPGs and Adventures with Matt Barton - The Retro Hour EP248
Matt Chat: https://bit.ly/3jOnUvv
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Show notes:
Prototype Sega Mega Drive controller: https://bit.ly/35O3Dku
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga on Switch: https://bit.ly/35Ji1dX
Atari VCS pricing and date confirmed: https://bit.ly/3mBkP3C
Polycade plans to launch home console: https://bit.ly/3egFffm
Horror games: https://bit.ly/37QqNte

Oct 23, 2020 • 1h 35min
247: Dara Ó Briain: Gaming Memories - The Retro Hour EP247
Dara Ó Briain: https://daraobriain.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Daniel James, Graham Sinclair, Robin Glennie, Chris Snowden, TheRetroChannelJoin 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: Analogue Duo: https://bit.ly/2Hpx1W9Atari Mini PONG Jr: https://bit.ly/3oeP1mG Amiga Addict Magazine: https://bit.ly/2TlYHxi Demakes: https://bit.ly/3ocxOud Fish Finds Glitch: https://bit.ly/2Ti2nAh

Oct 15, 2020 • 1h 18min
246: Broken Sword with Charles Cecil - The Retro Hour EP246
Please visit our amazing sponsor and help to support the show:Claim your FREE case of 8 craft beers from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retroWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Alexandre Filion, Chris Poad, Hein Andre Grønnestad, James Bradley, Seth A. Robinson Join 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:Dreamcast Mini on the way: https://bit.ly/2FBp930 Amiga Mini on the way?: https://bit.ly/37bjeNe Sonic Adventure 3 tease: https://bit.ly/3j0hYPh Retro Zoom: https://cnn.it/37ct2qy Doom powered off potatoes: https://bit.ly/3lNfbLl Another World on C64: https://bit.ly/3lQmnpR

Oct 8, 2020 • 1h 17min
245: Beneath a Steel Sky & Lure of The Temptress: Charles Cecil - The Retro Hour EP245
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Show notes:
Brick Rick Amstrad Game: https://bit.ly/2I8moqP
History of Online gaming: https://bit.ly/3lsfJpx
Resident Evil Reboot: https://bit.ly/3iEGq90
Postal Redux comes to Switch: https://bit.ly/2SCwbqU

Oct 1, 2020 • 1h 22min
244: Sierra Online: The True Story with Ken Williams - The Retro Hour EP244
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Show notes:Snes cart with Wifi: https://bit.ly/3n6uIqV Ps1 Launch 25th anniversary: https://bit.ly/3cQVOxq World never free of Dongles: https://bit.ly/3ijfon9 Solar Gameboy: https://bit.ly/2GoG2Ou

Sep 25, 2020 • 1h 30min
243: Team 17 to Hollywood with Cris Blyth - The Retro Hour EP243
Cris Blyth website: http://crisblyth.com/Please visit our amazing sponsor and help to support the show:Pact Coffee - Claim your exclusive discount and get a bag of this delicious coffee straight to your door for just £1.95! - https://www.pactcoffee.com/ (Enter the code RETRO at checkout)We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Stephen Marshall, Chris Appleton, Simon Ralfe, Raf Hofmans, Jonah NaylorJoin 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:Console Wars documentary: https://youtu.be/YSwMzLNmpCc Game and Watch comeback: https://bit.ly/2RWaiT9 Arcade Dreams website: https://arcadedocumentary.com/ The Internet thinks Microsoft is buying Sega: https://bit.ly/365eWGP

Sep 17, 2020 • 1h 26min
242: Grand Theft Auto writer Brian Baglow - The Retro Hour EP242
The Scottish Games Network: https://scottishgames.net/Please visit our amazing sponsor and help to support the show:Pact Coffee - Claim your exclusive discount and get a bag of this delicious coffee straight to your door for just £1.95! - https://www.pactcoffee.com/ (Enter the code RETRO at checkout)We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Steve Arnott, Alex Sulman, Charlie Preston, Nat Robbins, Wei-ju WuJoin 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 Mario Movie: https://bit.ly/3iN43gw Super Mario 3D All Stars emulated: https://bit.ly/3hE0SGf Rise of Triad remaster: https://bit.ly/35JEIAg Doom 64 physical release: https://bit.ly/3kpjmw4 Polybius mini arcade: https://bit.ly/3iHwqwq Scott Pilgrim VS The World re-release: https://bit.ly/2RBEnY7

Sep 10, 2020 • 1h 26min
241: My Life In Gaming - The Retro Hour EP241
My Life In Gaming: https://www.mylifeingaming.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Get started shaving with Harry's today by claiming your Trial Set for £3.95: https://www.harrys.com/retroGet 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 donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Gavin Creech, Martin Brier, Andrew Siddall, Euan Matthews, Wanderley Ceschim Join 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:Ant Stream deal with huge retro gaming library: https://bit.ly/3bR4h3lDSLR Game Boy mod: https://bit.ly/3igoToc Wii Game Boy: https://bit.ly/2DN7zYX Battle Toads cartridge collection: https://bit.ly/32iU3Wt Planes updated with floppy disks: https://bit.ly/35od0Je

Sep 4, 2020 • 1h 14min
240: The Games That Weren't - The Retro Hour EP240
The Games That Weren't Book: https://bit.ly/32UwpyCGames That Weren't Website: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/ Win a signed copy of the book: https://bit.ly/3lQi3rpWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to donate to our fund:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourGet your Retro Hour merchandise: https://bit.ly/33OWBKdThanks to our amazing donators this week: Ollie Jay, Danny McDermott, Richard Nicholls, David Hall, Carl BusbyJoin 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 Messa donation page: https://www.retrospillmessen.no/donate Sega arcade in Japan closes down: https://bit.ly/3lQCK6T Turrican anthology: https://bit.ly/31XKJaa Atari and Amiga colour spray paints: https://bit.ly/3lOKJ4o 8bitdo arcade stick: https://bit.ly/2QTO9Ew Crash magazine is back: https://bit.ly/353zfUz


