

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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Apr 19, 2019 • 1h 13min
169: Metal Jesus Rocks - The Retro Hour EP169
Metal Jesus Rocks: https://www.metaljesusrocks.com/Help us by visiting our sponsor, RetroMania Wrestling: https://www.retromaniawrestling.com/Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Ian Poynter, Paul Woodling, Steve Netting, Darren Coles Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:Pixel Heaven: https://www.pixelheavenfest.com/en/PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes: Gameboy turns 30: https://bit.ly/2In1t2aA lightgun that works with LCD: https://bit.ly/2UPsMc9 Retro Man Cave Sinden lightgun video: https://youtu.be/4-jbsT8O7PESonic Statue in the woods: https://bit.ly/2DllW3e Apple W.A.L.T: https://bit.ly/2Gzd5gt

Apr 12, 2019 • 1h 14min
168: U.S Gold and Virgin Games with Tim Chaney - The Retro Hour EP168
Help us by visiting our sponsor, RetroMania Wrestling: https://www.retromaniawrestling.com/Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Garry Heather, Jason Herrick, Alex Vasik, Espen Gullbek Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes:Beyond a Steel Sky: https://bit.ly/2U7t6gY Nintendo game work well in VR: https://bit.ly/2IgnuPTTempory early internet - Million dollar homepage: https://bbc.in/2HU51IO

Apr 5, 2019 • 1h 11min
167: The History of Sierra Adventure Games with Shawn Mills - The Retro Hour EP167
Infamous Quests: http://www.infamous-quests.com/Help us by visiting our sponsor, RetroMania Wrestling: https://www.retromaniawrestling.com/Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retroDonate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: John Piper, Adam Dimmick, Dave Wild, Photon Storm LTD Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes: Plus/4 Mini: https://youtu.be/2PkHWLCPgNs Sega WILL release the Megadrive mini: https://bit.ly/2FN7Iti New nes game 'Office Hero': https://bit.ly/2OOwSehBridge Strike Amiga game: https://bit.ly/2TZnSYE

Mar 29, 2019 • 1h 6min
166: 'Go 8 Bit' with Steve McNeil - The Retro Hour EP166
Hey! Listen! book: https://www.stevemcneil.co.uk/my-book
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Events we'll be at:
PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/
Amiga 34 - Germany
PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/
Show notes:
Analogue Mega SG: https://bit.ly/2Uh8Nlf
Prototype ZX Spectrum on display: https://bit.ly/2I1xZWr
GODS Remastered: https://www.robotriotgames.com/robot-riot---gods.html
Atari upgrading Blood: https://bit.ly/2V2csAP

Mar 22, 2019 • 1h 10min
165: From Zork to The Dark Room with John Robertson - The Retro Hour EP165
In this episode we discuss everything from brutal Infocom text adventures, retro gaming TV and the story of "The Dark Room", the world's only live-action adventure videogame with the wonderful John Robertson.The Dark Room: https://www.thejohnrobertson.com/thedarkroom/Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retroDonate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jim Svalas, Martin Gustav Andersson, Raymond Montalban, Michael Vreede Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes:Live action Sonic not going down well: https://bit.ly/2U1Ar5B Civitas Nihilium: https://bit.ly/2FnyRBE Lost NES wrestling game digitised: https://bit.ly/2HxUUJz Last Blockbuster store in the world: https://engt.co/2HIJMsG

Mar 15, 2019 • 1h 3min
164: Imagine Software and Codemasters with Bruce Everiss - The Retro Hour EP164
Bruce On Games: https://www.bruceongames.com Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070Claim your FREE case of craft beer from our sponsor Beer 52 here: https://beer52.com/retroDonate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Jim Svalas, Martin Gustav Andersson, Raymond Montalban, Michael Vreede Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes: The Old Internet: http://theoldnet.com/ Why The Web Won't Be Nirvana: https://bit.ly/2AGezEH Panic Dizzy for the NES: https://bit.ly/2O62Kuq Inside out - features RCM leicester: https://bbc.in/2TFFnOq

Mar 8, 2019 • 1h 5min
163: Perifractic's Retro Recipes - The Retro Hour EP163
Perifractic's Retro Recipes: https://www.perifractic.com/Claim your FREE copy of The Economist – Text RETRO to 78070Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Patrick McGinty, Marc Slorance, Darren Coles, Mark Hughes Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/Show notes: Bleem! for PS Classic: https://bit.ly/2XKOQSX Cosmic Force: https://bit.ly/2ETL0zh Megadrive Mini games: https://bit.ly/2tZDfBz

Mar 1, 2019 • 58min
162: Football Manager with Kevin Toms - The Retro Hour EP162
Football*Manager: https://blog.kevintoms.com/games/
https://www.facebook.com/KevinTomsGames
https://twitter.com/KevinToms
Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/
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Events we'll be at:
PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/
Amiga 34 - Germany
PLAY Expo Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/
Show notes:
Nintendo Classic Maps site: https://noclip.website/
Amiga Power Kickstarter: Coming soon
Scipt-8: https://script-8.github.io/
Tetris player breaks record: https://bit.ly/2BYaEkK

Feb 22, 2019 • 1h 4min
161: Retro Man Cave Dwellers - The Retro Hour EP161
Retro Man Cave: https://bit.ly/2txfAs4The Derek Findas Archive: https://bit.ly/2Iv4TARDonate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Frank Eivind Runholt, Edward Sanguinetti, Sebastian Kiernan, Simon Buckner Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany Show notes: New Dreamcast controllers: https://bit.ly/2GEcSd2 Lunark: https://kck.st/2E1kToB Seeking Apollo Smile: https://bit.ly/2VgR6iR New Dr Mario game coming to mobile: https://bit.ly/2T6Y5NM Man finds old Apple computer still working: https://cnn.it/2GUZIaF

Feb 15, 2019 • 1h 13min
160: ToeJam & Earl Retrospective with Greg Johnson - The Retro Hour EP160
ToeJam & Earl: Back In The Groove: https://www.tjebackinthegroove.com/ Donate to the show and help us continue: https://theretrohour.com/support/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Dennis Beverloo, Ryan Scoular, Stephen Quinn, Cameron Armstrong Audioboom channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretrohourAudioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/4970769.rssJoin 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/Events we'll be at:PLAY Expo Manchester: https://www.playexpomanchester.com/Amiga 34 - Germany Show notes: Komoda & Amiga Plus magazine: http://ka-plus.pl/en/news/ 16bit pocket MD: https://bit.ly/2GLbYdQ Album created with just motherboard sounds: https://bit.ly/2DGyUYv Raspberry Pi launches store in Cambridge: https://bit.ly/2Szwgy0 Legend of Zelda DOOM mod: https://bit.ly/2FSxo9l


