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- 2 days ago1h 19m
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, exploring his Nintendo years. From his earliest piano lessons to the orchestral sounds of ActRaiser, the infectious grooves of Super Adventure Island and the worlds of Etrian Odyssey and Super Smash Bros., Yuzo shares the stories and influences behind his music. Plus, audience questions uncover his favourite games, the origins of his YK2 alias and a contribution to Terranigma he’d forgotten he made!Slope's Book Kickstarter: https://lnk.ua/N6GM8pALmContents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories54:46 – Yuzo Koshiro InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesNeo Geo AES+ Delayed: [lnk.ua/lorIBnZ5Q](https://lnk.ua/lorIBnZ5Q)New Lotus Trilogy Remake: [lnk.ua/NbvwYx8su](https://lnk.ua/NbvwYx8su)RPCS3 Adds Physical Disc Support: [lnk.ua/xkdGOKL4z](https://lnk.ua/xkdGOKL4z)Rare’s Project Dream Leaks Online: [lnk.ua/15LPiFgPB](https://lnk.ua/15LPiFgPB)Ocarina of Time Remake: [lnk.ua/Z0YTZRr2Z](https://lnk.ua/Z0YTZRr2Z)Metal Slug Collection Hits Switch: [lnk.ua/nXKpK6iQA](https://lnk.ua/nXKpK6iQA)Urbanitas Browser-Based City Builder: [lnk.ua/ayw0mkJQZ](https://lnk.ua/ayw0mkJQZ)
- 1 weeks ago1h 46m
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 illustrator Duncan Gutteridge, whose hand-painted artwork helped define Sonic’s European image during SEGA’s 16-bit glory years. Duncan recalls reimagining Sonic 2, creating artwork for Sonic 3 and Knuckles, working with airbrushes, phones and fax machines, and enjoying a level of creative freedom that would be almost unthinkable today. He also reveals the fate of his long-lost original Sonic paintings.Amiga Bill Links: Twitch.tv/AmigaBillhttps://YouTube.com/@AmigaBillhttps://AmigaBill.tvTwitch.tvContents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories1:06:00 – Duncan Gutteridge InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesNew Doom-Style Shooter for 3DO: https://lnk.ua/znInXLNwMGTA Arrives on Amiga: https://lnk.ua/ERRtnHKLkPortrait Ridge Racer Port: https://lnk.ua/m0xu68aPxNew 4:3 Retro Gaming Monitor: https://lnk.ua/PZX3RS7zKLEGO PlayStation 1 Set Revealed: https://lnk.ua/fAPHMgWXiPortal Demake Arrives on GBA: https://lnk.ua/QqQkLQGr5
- 2 weeks ago1h 53m
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, featuring Mike Dailly (DMA Design), Glen O'Connell (Psygnosis), Duncan Gutteridge (Sega UK) and Brian Watson (DMA Design) for a panel discussion about British gaming history, iconic games and the moments that helped shape an entire era.Contents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories1:05:50 – Best of BritishPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesSonic Demo Lands on Amiga: https://lnk.ua/Ifux6frxr Terranigma Returns to Modern Hardware: https://lnk.ua/6ciLNoEyo Cyberpunk 2077 C64 Coming Soon: https://lnk.ua/snpuA7Lj0 Fall From Space Features Arita: https://lnk.ua/6l5mCdvCs Atari and Activision Reunite: https://lnk.ua/0V34uriWa New Mega Drive Arcade Controller: https://lnk.ua/DAfat7AK3 Zool Collection Coming to Jaguar: https://lnk.ua/P4xQT4jFNPillow Fort Album Hits GBA: https://lnk.ua/zxB3hMk3R
- 3 weeks ago1h 40m
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 Suffering. He reveals how the horror classic found its prison setting, blended action with psychological storytelling, and remembered players’ moral choices, plus the stories behind its lost sequel and unmade movie.Contents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories39:42 – Richard Rouse III InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesAlien Breed 35th Anniversary: https://lnk.ua/95kg65oJqGolden Axe TV Trailer: https://youtu.be/sStbBtfGaLACar Park Capital Arrives: https://lnk.ua/4ctQBSKZhMr. Nutz Gets Physical Reissue: https://lnk.ua/GnfzOfOeKTransformers-Style Fighting Game: https://lnk.ua/dDrswhf0C
- Aug 21, 20261h 45m
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. This week, we're joined by Region Locked creative lead Michael Refalo and veteran game designer John Passfield-co-creator of Halloween Harry, Flight of the Amazon Queen and TY the Tasmanian Tiger, to explore bedroom coding, cassette-tape publishing, The Hobbit’s groundbreaking parser, Beam Software reverse-engineering the NES, the infamous Power Glove and the games you never realised were Australian. Plus, discover how the new Region Locked documentary series plans to preserve these stories before bit rot, and time, erase them for good. Region Locked Kickstarter: https://lnk.ua/ueFZbW6cfContents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories53:42 – Region Locked InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourCeX Revisits Retro-Only Stores: https://lnk.ua/LT8x2d9DIZeewolf Spiritual Successor Revealed: https://lnk.ua/vGAlWUAcELara Croft Statue in Derby: https://lnk.ua/yBaKkiM3RFan-Made Donkey Kong Country 4: https://lnk.ua/0nxUrpxQ9Multi-Mega Flash Cart Mod: https://lnk.ua/HsC93CDQr
- Aug 13, 20261h 45m
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 computing’s most iconic names. With the long-running legal battle between Hyperion Entertainment and Cloanto finally at an end, the Amiga company took to the stage to discuss the future, its plans for the platform and what this new chapter could mean for the wider Amiga community. After years of courtroom wrangling and uncertainty, could this finally be the fresh start Amiga fans have been waiting for?Amiga: https://amiga.com/Contents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories57:17 - Amiga Announcements Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comCheck out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsLondon Gaming Market: https://www.londongamingmarket.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notes Commodore Joystick: https://lnk.ua/F8QM1EnLLCancelled Quake 4 Expansion: https://lnk.ua/nknP0xR0KAtari ST Floppy Archive: https://lnk.ua/bewmRuiArDOOM Comes to Evercade: https://lnk.ua/hIDAqsUYxMario Kart 64 VR: https://lnk.ua/aeAmS9XiMNew Amiga Racer: https://lnk.ua/i3olxXWTMUtopia Returns to SNES: https://lnk.ua/VY9P3ILvjPatrons news
- Aug 7, 20261h 34m
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 around a million players, crashed two servers and evolved into OpenBOR. Roel also reveals how the project led him into Dreamcast development, the fate of Age of the Beast and what’s next with Hypno Tiles.Senile Team: https://www.senileteam.com/Zoom Platform: https://www.zoom-platform.com/Contents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories45:17 - Beats of Rage InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comCheck out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsLondon Gaming Market: https://www.londongamingmarket.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notes Hyperion and Amiga Corp Settle: https://lnk.ua/Vw6jkv8IWXbox 360 Games Hit PC: https://lnk.ua/XCLKsRbJKVarta Goes Bust: https://lnk.ua/5ry9AQiddNew Amiga Bullet-Hell Shooter: https://lnk.ua/YLQhUYBUSpeccyDate: https://lnk.ua/mFt16xLaIAtari World Championship Announced: https://lnk.ua/MVLR87zkoJaguar Doom Gets Improved: https://lnk.ua/X0cCtGX46
- Jul 31, 20261h 54m
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 technology. Veronica shares stories of growing up in a family of programmers, exploring the early Internet through Prodigy and GeoCities, inheriting a 50-year-old COBOL codebase, her love of the Commodore 64 and Amiga, the lost art of the computer manual, and why older computers often encouraged us to understand, repair and truly own the technology we used. Veronica Explains: https://veronicaexplains.net/https://www.youtube.com/@VeronicaExplainsContents:00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories50:17 – Veronica Explains InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.comGo to https://surfshark.com/retrohour or use code RETROHOUR at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN!Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needsPlayEXPO Blackpool: https://www.playexpoblackpool.com/We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourShow notesXbox Backwards Compatibility Expands: https://lnk.ua/TLKK3aUEzRuff ’n’ Tumble 2026: https://lnk.ua/mRTXvpXvM3DO Classic Comes To Jaguar: https://lnk.ua/1usp847sOConker 64 Footage Surfaces: https://lnk.ua/9Lb4R3KoHSega Rally On Mega Drive: https://lnk.ua/NlQIztuNFRare Nintendo FamicomBox Discovered: https://lnk.ua/dD0ixsVqOHomemade PS4 OLED Handheld: https://lnk.ua/qdxKaI6ME
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