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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

Summary: Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news and interviews with industry veterans. New episodes released every Friday!

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 182: Tectoy: How Sega Consoles Still Rule In Brazil - The Retro Hour EP182 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4043

Brazil is like an alternative universe where new Sega consoles and games are still on sale and popular. We catch up with the CEO of the company responsible for it, Stefano Arnaldo of Tectoy

 181: PLATO: The Greatest Computer Network You’ve Never Heard of - The Retro Hour EP181 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4023

We get the untold story of the dawn of cyberculture and on-line gaming on the greatest computer network you've never heard of, PLATO with Brian Dear.

 180: Rare: The Inside Story - The Retro Hour EP180 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4600

We get the inside story on the legendary Rare with an all-star panel - David Doak (GoldenEye), Chris Marlow & Shawn Pile(Conkers Bad Fur Day, David Wise (Donkey Kong Country series) and Kevin Bayliss (Battle Toads/Killer Instinct)

 179: Conker's Bad Fur Day: The Development History - The Retro Hour EP179 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4139

We get the development history of Rare's most adult game, 'Conker's Bad Fur Day' with Chris Marlow and Shawn Pile.

 178: Gremlin, Disney Interactive and EA: Inside Stories with Chris Shrigley - The Retro Hour EP178 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4170

We get some amazing inside stories from Gremlin, Disney Interactive and EA with Chris Shrigley, who worked on classics like Bounder, Masters of the Universe and Batman Returns on the Mega CD.

 177: Commodore Vic 20 Story with Neil Harris - The Retro Hour EP 177 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4517

The Commodore Vic 20 was the first home computer to sell 1 million units and shaped a generation, we get the inside story on its development and history with former Vic Commando team member Neil Harris

 176: The History of The Vectrex - The Retro Hour EP176 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3602

We get the amazing history and the lowdown on the current Vectrex scene with Chris Romero a.k.a. "Vectrexer".

 175: The Guru Meditation - The Retro Hour Podcast EP175 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4198

We're joined by Bill Winters and Anthony Becker, the team behind popular Amiga-based Youtube channel The Guru Meditation to talk about rare hardware collecting, user groups and meeting their heroes.

 174: Abe's Oddysee, Cool Spot and Disney Games with William Anderson - The Retro Hour EP174 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4333

We get the story of classic games like Cool Spot, Jungle Book, Aladdin and Abe's Oddysee with Virgin Games legend William Anderson.

 173: Lucasfilm Games and Atari Jaguar with James 'Purple' Hampton - The Retro Hour EP173 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4526

James 'Purple' Hampton worked at Lucas Film Games in their golden era on games like Monkey Island, before developing for the Atari Jaguar on titles like Alien VS Predator.

 172: Matthew Smith Interview and Hogs of War History - The Retro Hour EP172 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4256

Our BIGGEST episode ever with 3 guests - Jake Habgood gives us the history of Hogs of War, Matthew Smith at the Jet Set Willy 35th anniversary and a breakthrough in retrobriting with Christian Simpson!

 171: Retro City Rampage and Shakedown: Hawaii - The Retro Hour EP171 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4044

We're joined by Brian Provinciano the man behind Retro City Rampage and Shakedown: Hawaii - a parody of retro games and '80s and '90s pop culture, as well as Grand Theft Auto.

 170: Console Wars: Sega VS Nintendo with Blake Harris - The Retro Hour EP170 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4336

We talk to the man behind the hugely successful book (and soon to be TV series) 'Console Wars'. How Sega took on Nintendo, their internal fights and chatting games with Seth Rogen.

 169: Metal Jesus Rocks - The Retro Hour EP169 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4368

Metal Jesus is a long-haired rocker dude who runs a popular YouTube channel dedicated to Retro Gaming. He joins us for a nostalgic chat about collectings, rare pickups and his time working at Sierra.

 168: U.S Gold and Virgin Games with Tim Chaney - The Retro Hour EP168 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 4456

Sex, Drugs and Video Games - We get the story of the 90's at Virgin when the video games industry was truly rock n' roll with Tim Chaney, plus his time at U.S Gold and Commodore UK.

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