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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

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

Episodes

20 of 526 episodes

555: OutRun: The Last-Minute Bug That Nearly Derailed the C64 Port - The Retro Hour EP555

This week we’re joined by Martin Webb, the programmer who brought Sega’s legendary OutRun to the Commodore 64 while still a teenager. From s...

116:55Oct 30, 2026

554: Hitoshi Ariga: The Art of Mega Man and Streets of Rage - The Retro Hour EP554

This week, we’re joined by legendary artist Hitoshi Ariga to explore his work on Streets of Rage 2, his celebrated Mega Man manga, and a car...

75:42Oct 23, 2026

553: Gremlin Graphics Is Back: What Happens Next? - The Retro Hour EP553

Gremlin Graphics is making a comeback, and this week we meet Alan Turvey, the lifelong fan helping bring it back through Gremlin Graphics Cl...

124:16Oct 16, 2026

552: GamesMaster: Golden Joysticks and ’90s TV with Dominik Diamond- The Retro Hour EP552

GamesMaster legend Dominik Diamond joins us for a brand-new conversation recorded live at PLAY Expo in Blackpool. From landing the presentin...

108:00Oct 10, 2026

551: Streets of Rage: Inside the Music with Yuzo Koshiro - The Retro Hour EP551

This week we’re joined by legendary composer Yuzo Koshiro, recorded live at Retromessa in Norway, for the story behind the iconic Streets of...

78:54Oct 2, 2026

550: Warren Spector: The Stories Behind Deus Ex and Ultima – The Retro Hour EP550

This week, we’re joined by legendary game designer Warren Spector to explore the stories behind Ultima, Deus Ex and Epic Mickey. From the Du...

118:01Sep 25, 2026

549: Yuzo Koshiro: From ActRaiser to Smash Bros.– The Retro Hour EP549

Recorded live at Retromessa in Norway, we sit down with legendary video game composer Yuzo Koshiro for part one of our conversation, explori...

79:28Sep 18, 2026

548: Before Photoshop: How SEGA’s Sonic Artwork Was Made – The Retro Hour EP548

How do you turn a handful of pixels into one of gaming’s most recognisable characters? Recorded live at RetroMessa 2026, Dan and Joe meet il...

106:03Sep 11, 2026

547: British Gaming Legends: Stories From an Iconic Era – The Retro Hour EP547

It's Ravi's final episode of the podcast, we give him a good send off! Plus, we bring you our Best of British panel from RetroMessa, featuri...

113:16Sep 4, 2026

546: The Making of The Suffering: Horror, Morality and Games That Remember – The Retro Hour EP546

Veteran game designer Richard Rouse III joins us to revisit his journey from Bungie’s early Macintosh games to Centipede 3D and The Sufferin...

100:03Aug 28, 2026

545: Region Locked: The Untold Story of Australian Video Games – The Retro Hour EP545

Australia gave the world pioneering adventures, cult classics and global hits,but much of its gaming history has been left out of the story....

105:38Aug 21, 2026

544: Amiga Just Revealed Its Future Plans - The Retro Hour EP544

This week, we’re coming to you from Amiga Kickstart in Derby, where we recorded a fascinating panel looking at what comes next for one of co...

105:02Aug 13, 2026

543: Beats of Rage: From Fan Game to OpenBOR - The Retro Hour EP543

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 aroun...

94:20Aug 7, 2026

542: Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542

This week, we’re joined by Veronica from the brilliant YouTube channel Veronica Explains for a journey through a lifetime of tinkering with...

114:00Jul 31, 2026

541: Colin McRae, Batman & AstroBurn: From Games to Hollywood… and Back - The Retro Hour EP541

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 W...

109:16Jul 24, 2026

540: Netflix DIDN’T Kill Blockbuster — Here’s What Really Happened - The Retro Hour EP540

This week, we’re joined by former Blockbuster franchisee Alan Payne, author of Built to Fail, for the inside story of the video & game renta...

101:05Jul 17, 2026

539: OctaMED, Amigas and Dark 80s Music - The Retro Hour EP539

Synth musician, performer and self-described “bleakwave” artist Paulee Alex Bow joins us. We explore dark ’80s music and an love for the Com...

109:49Jul 10, 2026

538: Commodore 64: The Birth of a Cultural Icon - The Retro Hour EP538

This week, we’re joined by legendary documentary makers Ant and Nic Caulfield, the team behind From Bedrooms to Billions, The Amiga Years an...

114:51Jul 3, 2026

537: The Man Who Made Lemmings Work On Atari ST: DMA Design's Brian Watson - The Retro Hour EP537

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...

91:41Jun 26, 2026

536: The 7th Guest: The Inside Story with Trilobyte's Rob Landeros - The Retro Hour EP536

Rob Landeros joins us to share the incredible story behind Trilobyte and The 7th Guest, from discovering the Amiga and working at Cinemaware...

110:07Jun 18, 2026