535: The Game That Took 37 Years to Finish: Ocean Software's Colin Porch - The Retro Hour EP535
This week we’re joined by veteran programmer Colin Porch, whose career took him through some of the biggest names in British gaming history,...
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20 of 506 episodes534: How Games Like Wipeout and Tony Hawk Changed the Music Industry - The Retro Hour EP534
This week we’re joined by video game music expert Matt Ombler, head of music and gaming partnerships at Laced, to explore the incredible wor...
533: cyber.cafe: The 90s TV Show That Exposed the Internet's Wild Side - The Retro Hour EP533
This week, we’re joined by Wingham Rowan, creator and host of the pioneering ’90s ITV show cyber.cafe . Long before YouTube, Twitch, Tinder...
532: Elite Systems: Inside the 80s Arcade Conversion Powerhouse - The Retro Hour EP532
This week, we’re joined by Elite Systems co-founder Steve Wilcox for a journey through one of the most important names in British gaming his...
531: Inside Psygnosis: WipEout, PlayStation and the Rave Generation - The Retro Hour EP531
Inside Psygnosis: WipEout, PlayStation and the Rave Generation - The Retro Hour EP531 This week we’re joined by former Psygnosis PR manager...
530: Inside Gargoyle Games: Stuart Cox on Light Force, Scooby-Doo and ThunderCats - The Retro Hour EP530
This week, we’re joined by Stuart Cox, artist at the legendary Midland studio Gargoyle Games, for a brilliant trip through the golden age of...
529: Nightdive, Stardock and the Business of Saving Classic Games: Larry Kuperman - The Retro Hour EP529
This week, we’re joined by Larry Kuperman, former VP of Business Development at Nightdive Studios, former Business Development Manager at Ga...
528: The Man Behind the Atari Jaguar: John Mathieson- The Retro Hour EP528
This week, we’re joined by John Mathieson, the hardware designer best known as the father of the Atari Jaguar. John takes us through an extr...
527: The Untold Story of the Amstrad Scene PD Libraries, Magazines and More - The Retro Hour EP527
On this week’s podcast, we celebrate 42 years of the Amstrad CPC with special guest Jo Cook, who takes us deep inside the Amstrad scene of t...
526: Galloping Ghost: The Story of America’s Biggest Arcade - The Retro Hour EP526
On this week’s podcast, we’re joined by Galloping Ghost Arcade owner Doc Mack and filmmaker Craig Bass to explore the story behind one of th...
525: 9/9/99: What Really Happened on Dreamcast Launch Day - The Retro Hour EP525
On this week’s podcast, we’re joined by Alexander Danielian, the Electronics Boutique retail manager whose Sunset Galleria store became Sega...
524: Confessions of a Pirate BBS SysOp: The Arcadia Story - The Retro Hour EP524
Step back into the underground world of 90s dial-up piracy as we’re joined by Beast of Quartex, SysOp of Arcadia, once the largest pirate bu...
523: What It Was REALLY Like Working at Sony PlayStation in the 90s - The Retro Hour EP523
Alex Sulman joins us to share his journey from typing in code on the ZX Spectrum to designing major titles at Sony, Blizzard, DICE and beyon...
522: The Untold Story of TDK Mediactive: Nintendo, Star Wars & More - The Retro Hour EP522
This week we’re joined by Vincent Bitetti, former CEO of TDK Mediactive, for a fascinating look at one of gaming’s most unusual industry jou...
521: The Story Behind the Vectrex Mini - The Retro Hour EP521
This week we’re joined by David Oghia, the man behind the upcoming Vectrex Mini. We explore his journey from discovering the ZX81 in the ear...
520: The Graphics of Core Design - The Retro Hour EP520
This week, we’re joined by Core Design artist and animator Billy Allison, whose incredible career spans hand-drawn children’s TV classics li...
519: Three Red Lights: The Wild Story of IGN’s Xbox 360 Podcast - The Retro Hour EP519
This week we’re joined by Hilary Goldstein and Dave Clayman, two of the voices behind IGN’s legendary Three Red Lights podcast, the loud, ch...
518: GameShark: The Rise, Fall & Return with Todd Hayes – The Retro Hour EP518
This week we’re joined by Todd Hayes, original US CEO of GameShark, the device that changed how a generation played games. From arcade begin...
517: From Zzap!64 to Thalamus: How a C64 Legend Came Back - The Retro Hour EP517
This week we’re catching up with Andy Robert of the legendary Thalamus Software, for a chat about one of the most fascinating careers of the...
516: Celebrating the Best (and Worst) Video Game Controllers - The Retro Hour EP516
This week on The Retro Hour, we’re getting hands-on with the unsung heroes of gaming: video game controllers! We’re joined by Christian Wenk...