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Beats of Rage: From Fan Game to OpenBOR - The Retro Hour EP543
Episode 543
This week, we’re joined by Roel van Mastbergen of Senile Team to discover how a homemade MS-DOS tribute to Streets of Rage exploded to around a mill…
2 months, 1 week ago
Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542
Episode 542
This week, we’re joined by Veronica from the brilliant YouTube channel Veronica Explains for a journey through a lifetime of tinkering with technolo…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Colin McRae, Batman & AstroBurn: From Games to Hollywood… and Back - The Retro Hour EP541
Episode 541
This week's guest is Haz Dulull whose career has taken him from creating FMV and cinematics for games like Colin McRae Rally and Battalion Wars, to …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Netflix DIDN’T Kill Blockbuster — Here’s What Really Happened - The Retro Hour EP540
Episode 540
This week, we’re joined by former Blockbuster franchisee Alan Payne, author of Built to Fail, for the inside story of the video & game rental giant’…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
OctaMED, Amigas and Dark 80s Music - The Retro Hour EP539
Episode 539
Synth musician, performer and self-described “bleakwave” artist Paulee Alex Bow joins us. We explore dark ’80s music and an love for the Commodore A…
3 months ago
Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon - The Retro Hour EP538
Episode 538
This week, we’re joined by legendary documentary makers Ant and Nic Caulfield, the team behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years and The Ru…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Man Who Made Lemmings Work On Atari ST: DMA Design's Brian Watson - The Retro Hour EP537
Episode 537
This week we’re joined by Brian Watson, formerly of DMA Design who worked on the Atari ST version of Lemmings 1 and 2, and porting it to the Atari L…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
The 7th Guest: The Inside Story with Trilobyte's Rob Landeros - The Retro Hour EP536
Episode 536
Rob Landeros joins us to share the incredible story behind Trilobyte and The 7th Guest, from discovering the Amiga and working at Cinemaware and Vir…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
The Game That Took 37 Years to Finish: Ocean Software's Colin Porch - The Retro Hour EP535
Episode 535
This week we’re joined by veteran programmer Colin Porch, whose career took him through some of the biggest names in British gaming history, includi…
4 months ago
How Games Like Wipeout and Tony Hawk Changed the Music Industry - The Retro Hour EP534
Episode 534
This week we’re joined by video game music expert Matt Ombler, head of music and gaming partnerships at Laced, to explore the incredible world of ga…
4 months, 1 week ago