Order The Retro Hour Book - Exclusive Patron's Offer

We're excited to offer you an exclusive opportunity to purchase "The Retro Hour: The History of Video Gaming, From Those Who Made It Happen" book!

Featuring 10 of our favourite interviews, and 5 book exclusive interviews, this gorgeous, full-colour, premium hardback tome of 400+ pages provides a unique insight into the careers of these amazing people, and the ways in which they helped shape the world's biggest entertainment medium.  

Featured in the book are:

Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari, often referred to as "the father of video games".
Dominik Diamond - Host of classic 90s UK gaming TV show GamesMaster.
David Perry - Founder of Shiny Entertainment, known for such classics as Earthworm Jim, Disney's Aladdin and Cool Spot.
Jeff Minter - “The Yak” himself, founder of Llamasoft, one of Britain's greatest and longest-running independent developers.
Trip Hawkins - Founder of Electronic Arts and The 3DO Company.
Al Nilsen - Sega marketing legend who helped to launch the Mega Drive, who gives us the inside story on how they challenged Nintendo's dominance.
Ken Williams - Founder of Sierra Online, who brought us classic adventure games like Police Quest and Leisure Suit Larry.
Ed Smith - Unsung black video game pioneer and creator of The Imagination Machine, a largely overlooked 70s console/computer hybrid.
John Byrd - Sega's former director of development technology, who helped design the Dreamcast.
“Wild” Bill Stealey - Former fighter pilot and MicroProse co-founder.
Motohiro Kawashima - Composer of some of the best video game soundtracks of all time, including the amazing Streets of Rage 2, 3 and 4, Eye of the Beholder and Batman Returns.
Dylan Cuthbert - The main programmer behind Star Fox and Star Fox 2.
Henk Nieborg - One of the world’s best pixel artists, best known for his work on games like Shantae: Risky's Revenge, Lionheart, The Misadventures of Flink and many more.
Andrew Braybrook - Creator of classics like Uridium 1 and 2, Paradroid, Gribbly's Day Out and the brilliant platformer, Fire and Ice.
David Rowe - known for his work on games from Bullfrog, Psygnosis, Melbourne House and Firebird, as well as the cult 80s UK TV show Knightmare.

For our Patrons, this treasure is available at the original Kickstarter price of £30 (+P&P), on a first-come, first-served basis. Additionally, we're excited to present a special bundle: the book paired with an exclusive "The Retro Hour: After Hours" episode on audio cassette, all for £39 (+P&P). This cassette, a professionally dubbed collector's piece with a bespoke sleeve, will never be released elsewhere.

Please fill out the form below to express your interest, and we'll provide a postage and packaging quote—but roughly this works out at around £4.50 for the UK and £15 for international orders.