The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We reminisce about BBS, Geocities and the earliest days of the Web with Internet Archive's Jason Scott.The Internet Archive: http://archive.org Textfiles.com: http://textfiles.comThanks to our amazing donators this week: Paul Harrington, Michael Keith, Lars Boddum, Paul EdwardsOur website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohourukShow notes: Night Trap HD update: http://bit.ly/2p4PTPSAtari 8-bit book: http://bit.ly/2pdIwkqSonic Time Twisted: http://bit.ly/2pAS7WG Spectrum Next funded in one day: http://bit.ly/2qABrz5Turn iPhone into a retro Mac: http://bit.ly/2pdZvD0

Hiding anti-Lotus 123 easter eggs in Excel, Windows 95 and why Bill Gates thought the Xbox was an insult with Microsoft's former game publishing VP, Ed Fries!Ed's website: https://edfries.wordpress.com/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Gareth McKee, Robinson Technologies, Gothic Charm, VFX Vault LTD and Simon Pilgrim 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/retrohourukShow notes: 90's Google glass: http://dailym.ai/2ppS1yIArchive.org adds early Mac software: https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_macRobert Taylor of Xerox and Apranet dies: http://bit.ly/2oT81rS

Brian Moriarty gives us the inside story on Infocom, LucasArts and Loom - will it ever get an official sequel or modern update? Plus some amazing stories of celebs at the Skywalker Ranch!Brian's Website: http://ludix.com/moriarty/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Todd Sarney, Ross Burnett, Imran Chowdhry, 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/retrohourukShow notes: Thimbleweed Park: https://thimbleweedpark.com/Nintendo kill the NES Mini: http://bit.ly/2p1ixRlCrystal Kingdom Dizzy ported to Spectrum: http://bit.ly/2plxbTWNews report on the arcade scene of 1982: http://bit.ly/2obbtSd

We chat to the Oliver Twins at the launch of Mystery World Dizzy, plus Jon Ritman gives us the story of classics like Batman, Head Over Heels and Match Day I & II!Jon Ritman website: http://www.ritman.co.uk/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Chris Duckers, Steve Duke, Ian Poynter, Richard HallingVote 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/retrohourukShow notes: Mystery World Dizzy: http://yolkfolk.com/mwd/21 things we miss about old computers: http://bit.ly/2pgQGtjGods remastered: http://bit.ly/2pAu727

We reminisce about Amiga demo scene Megademos, parties and more with Kim Frederiksen AKA Psycho/Budbrain!Budbrain Megademo: https://youtu.be/tMHcmEikUjsThanks to our amazing donators this week: Douglas barry, Brendan Griffin, Hauke Von Bremen and Luigi FumeroVote 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/retrohourukShow notes: Hacks to try out today: http://bit.ly/2oEOM8N 8-bit classic 'Booty' gets remake: http://bit.ly/2oEQln9Atari ST and Amiga in harmoney: https://youtu.be/Wi_WXIBZFzk Early Internet exhibition in London: http://bit.ly/2nSHf4O

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/thebenheckshowThanks 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/retrohourukShow notes:Oliver Twins at NVA: https://www.thenva.com/dizzy Apple Watch runs Gameboy games: http://gabrieloc.com/2017/03/21/GIOVANNI.htmlStoa Arcade cabinets: http://bit.ly/2nCuOIJNew MegaDrive fighting game coming: http://bit.ly/2npKUEsPlumbers Don't Wear Ties PC version found: http://bit.ly/2nGzpeBVarcade 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/ashensThanks 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/retrohourukShow notes:cTrix hacks Vectrex to make music: https://youtu.be/V0YNUE3_t8s cTrix Amiga video: https://youtu.be/1IKTNSux0RcObsolete Technology: 40 Big Losers http://www.pcworld.com/article/169863/obsolete_tech.htmlDiv MCC future: https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/index.php/divmmcfuture7th 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/voteOur website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohourukShow notes:Pong table kickstarter: http://kck.st/2nk6QEGSNES UK Promo with Craig Charles: https://youtu.be/RB5ALVUs8bU Rik Mayall Nintendo ads: https://youtu.be/w24KR30nEsgWindows Vista is almost dead: http://bit.ly/2mQThJLThimbleweed Park released this month: https://thimbleweedpark.com/mainGoogle 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/goosemancsWIN an RC2014 kit: http://www.theretrohour.com/rc2014/Thanks to our amazing donators this week: D Lawless, Scott MacDonald, Katherine Palacios, Peter Boven, Emma RayOur website: http://theretrohour.com Our Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ Our Twitter: http://twitter.com/retrohourukShow notes: David Pleasance Commodore book Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2ni0e9w Dan gets a nintendo switch https://youtu.be/Zoxl0HmVjfsPodcast 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/retrohourukShow notes: The Sinclair C5's successor: http://bit.ly/2l02tJcNokia 3310 is relaunched: http://on.mash.to/2mjmlvpDie Hard 64 discovered: http://bit.ly/2m3zsA2Atari's Swordquest is back: http://engt.co/2lHAXF0