November 9, 2018
Teletext: Back From The Dead - The Retro Hour EP147

  Memories of Teletext, archiving classic pages and how to access the new homebrew world with 'Teletext archaeologist' Jason Robertson. Telextext Archaeologist website: https://teletextarchaeologist.org/

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November 2, 2018
Jeff Minter: Llamasoft - The Retro Hour EP146

  We're joined by a true icon of British gaming, the Yak himself - Jeff Minter! Minotaur Project: http://www.minotaurproject.co.uk

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October 26, 2018
Sega vs Nintendo: The Most Brutal Console War with Al Nilsen - The Retro Hour EP145

  How Sega challenged Nintendo in the 16-bit era, marketing the Mega Drive, planning Sonic 2sday and why the 32X should have never existed with ex Sega marketing legend Al Nilsen.

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October 19, 2018
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis with Hal Barwood - The Retro Hour EP144

  A friend of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, we're joined by the legendary Hal Barwood to talk about his time at LucasArts and the classic Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis. Hal Barwood's homepage: http://www.finitearts.com/ Please show some love to our sponsor and buy a copy of The Art of Point & Click […]

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October 12, 2018
The Rebirth of Point & Click Adventure Games with Paul Conway - The Retro Hour EP143

  Our guest this week is Paul Conway who has worked on titles like Theme Park and The Sims and recently Darkside Detective, we talk about the rebirth of point & click adventure games in the 21st century and the joys and challenges of making them today.

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October 5, 2018
Simon The Sorcerer with Mike Woodroffe - The Retro Hour EP142

  It's Adventure Month and we talk to founder of AdventureSoft Mike Woodroffe about classics like Elvira, Waxworks and Simon The Sorcerer. AventureSoft website: http://www.adventuresoft.com/ Please show some love to our sponsor and WIN a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/

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September 27, 2018
Blade Runner & Command & Conquer with Louis Castle - The Retro Hour EP141

  We start Adventure Month by chatting to the co-founder of the legendary Westwood Studios, Louis Castle! We cover classics like Dune, Command & Conquer and Blade Runner. Please show some love to our new sponsor and WIN a copy of The Art of Point & Click Adventure games here: https://theretrohour.com/adventure-month/

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September 21, 2018
Grim Fandango with Bret Mogilefsky - The Retro Hour EP140

Bret Mogilefsky was the lead programmer on the LucasArts classic adventure Grim Fandango, we get the inside story on the game and life at Skywalker Ranch. Bret on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bmogilefsky Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Garry Heather, Paul Edwards, Lee Ashmore, Benjamin Barter Audioboom new channel: https://audioboom.com/channel/theretr... Audioboom RSS feed: https://audioboom.com/channels/497076... Join our […]

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September 14, 2018
The Atari Jaguar with Bill Rehbock - The Retro Hour EP139

The inside story on the Atari Jaguar and Falcon 030 as we take a look at Atari's later days with ex-employee Bill Rehbock. Gameface Labs website: https://gamefacelabs.com/

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September 7, 2018
Welcome To Arcadia: 100 Years of Arcade History - The Retro Hour EP138

We look back on 100 years of arcade history with movie maker Zach Weddington - the man behind the upcoming movie 'Welcome to Arcadia'. https://arcadiathemovie.com/

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