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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

156: Memoirs of an Aussie Sega Game Counsellor - The Retro Hour EP156

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

We find out about life manning the phones as an early 90's Sega Game Counsellor with Tim Gadler.

Tim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/timgadler

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Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 156. Your weekly dose of retro gaming

0:36.2

and technology news with me, Dan Wood.

0:38.2

And me, Ravi Abbott.

0:39.2

I hope we're not sounding too croaky at this ungodly hour of the morning, because we

0:43.8

are recording this show very early quarter to eight in the morning.

0:47.5

And there's got to be a damn good reason to get me out of my little Superman PJs in

0:50.6

the studio this early.

0:51.9

Yeah, we've been getting a lot of Australian guests recently.

0:55.9

And it's really good, but we do have to come in early because it's the other side of the

1:00.0

world.

1:00.7

And this week's guest is absolutely fantastic.

1:03.8

It's Sega Master Tim, who's Tim Gadler, and he was actually a video games counsellor.

1:09.1

Have you heard of this before?

1:09.9

Yeah, now these are the people who used to essentially man the hotlines.

1:13.5

And if you had a problem, like beating a stage of a game or a certain bit that you couldn't get

1:17.6

past, you would ring people like Tim and he would talk you through over the phone what you

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