The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

We catch up with Rare legends Kev Bayliss and Paul Machacek at Retromessa in Norway to hear some incredible stories from inside Rare in the 90s. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ BetterHelp - You deserve to be happy. Try the world's largest on-line therapy service and get 10% off your first month by using our link at www.bette...

We chat to author Richard Moss about how the golden age of shareware subverted, shook up, and reshaped the video game industry, and kept independent game development alive.  Shareware Heroes: https://sharewareheroes.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Jake...

We take a trip back to the heyday of Atari and chat to developer Rich Adam who worked on legendary titles like Missile Command and Gravitar. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at http://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Todd Hendsbee, James As...

We chat to Reflections founder Martin Edmonson about the making of classics like Shadow of The Beast, Destruction Derby and the Driver series! Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Mikey McCorry We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like...

We're joined by the wonderful Ed Rotberg who was a core member of Atari's coin-op team from 1979 onwards, and worked on classics like Battlezone, S.T.U.N. Runner and Blasteroids. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at http://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gamin...

We chat to Core Design legend Peter Connelly who worked on classics like Tomb Raider 3, The Last Revelation and The Angel of Darkness to get a fascinating inside look. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retro Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame th...

We chat to Rare legend Paul Machacek to hear the fascinating story of the company's portable games, including Battletoads, the Double Dragon crossover and the cancelled Super Battletoads game. https://www.rare.co.uk/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Pete Bar...

We catch up with documentary makers Ant & Nic Caulfield to chat about their latest project, dedicated to the history of the Amiga 500.  What made it so special? Did piracy help or harm the machine and lots of our memories in this very nostalgic episode. The Gaming Chronicles - The Amiga 500 on Kickstarter FINAL HOURS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingchronicles/the-gaming-chronicles-...

We chat about the rarest retro Apple prototypes, a look back at classic Macs, NeXT cubes, BeOS and more with Krazy Ken from the amazing Youtube channel, The Computer Clan The Computer Clan: https://www.youtube.com/c/ComputerClan Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd l...

There's a retro beat 'em up revival happening right now, and we chat to the team behind Bitmap Bureau's epic new game Final Vendetta which is a love letter to classics like Final Fight and Streets of Rage. Bitmap Bureau: https://bitmapbureau.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all...

We get the inside story on the classic Road Rash series, from the original games, the amazing 3DO and PS1 versions and the struggles of Road Rash 3D, with the awesome Randy Breen. Bright Star Studios: https://brightstar.studio/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gaming mag (Play,...

We get the inside scoop on classics like The Simpsons Road Rage and Hit & Run, and the incredible story of making the Ghostbusters video game with John Melchior. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Grow your business today with a 14 day FREE trial of Shopify, use...

We chat to video games veteran Steve Goodwin about his amazing career starting from the ZX81, and creating classics like Grand Prix Manager and Die Hard: Vendetta. 20 GOTO 10 book: https://unbound.com/books/20goto10/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Throwawa...

A true legend on the show this week as we chat to one of the best known voices in gaming, Jon St John - the voice of Duke Nukem! John St John website: http://www.jonstjohn.audio/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast...

We're joined by Revolution Software co-founder Tony Warriner to hear the inside story on classics like Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword and lots more! Tony Warriner website: https://tonywarriner.io/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: https://expressvpn.com/retro Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ We need your help to ensure...

We chat to the man behind the incredible Scorpion Engine that is helping to reinvigorate the Amiga games scene, and his work improving some dodgy Amiga games from back in the day - Earok! Scorpion Engine: https://github.com/earok/scorpion-editor-demos Unofficial CD32 ports: http://unofficial-cd32-ports.blogspot.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Get 3 issues of yo...

We chat to Sierra legend Ken Allen about his time working on classics like the Quest games, moving into the FMV CD-ROM era at Tsunami media and developing the abandoned Psygnosis catalogue for the Playstation 2. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us wi...

Nox Archaist is a modern RPG for the classic Apple II, modeled after the iconic games of the 1980s and endorsed by industry legends like Steve Wozniak and Lord British.  We get the inside story from the game's creator, Mark Lemmert. 6502 Workshop: https://www.6502workshop.com/p/nox-archaist.html Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co...

We catch up with the legendary Dave Taylor who worked at iD software during the golden age of Doom and Quake. Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ 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://theretrohou...

We chat with industry veteran Steve Wetherill who worked on classics like Manic Miner for the Amstrad, Myth (System 3) and the legendary Command & Conquer series.  Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ Check out PCBWay at http://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Get 3 issues of your favourite Future Publishing gaming mag (Play...

We chat to the awesome James Rolfe aka The Angry Video Game Nerd about his memories of gaming and his love for terrible retro games. Cinemassacre: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0M0rxSz3IF0CsSour1iWmw Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/ BetterHelp - You deserve to be happy. Try the world's largest on-line therapy service and...

We chat to ZX Spectrum and Game Boy legend Jas Austin, who brought classics like Terminator 2, R-Type, Altered Beast and Rex to the 8-bit systems. Jas Austin Twitter: https://twitter.com/IamXERO Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Check out PCBWay at pcbway.com for all your PCB needs We need your help to ensure the future of t...

We chat to industry veteran David Perry about the making of the legendary Earth Worm Jim games, Disney's Aladdin and how he formed Shiny Entertainment, one not to miss! David Perry's current company: https://getcarro.com/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Give your own ‘shower shave’ a go, by redeeming a free Harry’s Trial S...

We get the inside story on classics like ToeJam & Earl, Star Control, Star Wars and the early days of Sega Saturn development with the legendary Robert Leyland Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ Check out PCBWay at pcbway.com for all your PCB needs Get 3 months of ExpressVPN for FREE: expressvpn.com/retro We need your hel...

We get the inside story on the classic Tex Murphy games, and the process of making early FMV titles with developer Aaron Conners. Aaron Conners website & books: http://www.aaronconners.net/ Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.co.uk/ BetterHelp - You deserve to be happy. Try the world's largest on-line therapy service and get 10%...