192: General Magic: The Company Who Saw The Future Too Soon - The Retro Hour EP192

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

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Show notes:

Mega Drive mini reviews are in: https://bit.ly/2m6ZchX
Vampire standalone V4: https://bit.ly/2m97mGt
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Transcript

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0:01.0	Potential.
0:02.0	Potential can sometimes feel daunting, scary.
0:07.0	But today's the day you decide to act on it with a higher technical qualification.
0:13.0	Designed with employers, it will give you the skills you need to land the job you want,
0:18.0	because today is your day.
0:24.5	When anything is possible, if you make it happen.
0:26.6	It all starts with skills.
0:28.3	See how you can get started.
0:29.9	Search skills for life.
0:35.4	Coming up on this week's show, the Mega Drive mini reviews are in, but is it worth a buy?
0:37.4	How much are your retro games really worth?
0:39.2	And the most important company you've probably never heard of,
0:40.7	the story of General Magic.
0:45.2	This week's show is brought to you by
0:47.1	Retro Gamer Magazine,
0:48.7	the essential guide to classic games.
0:51.1	And the Brighton Beard Company,
0:52.8	your beard will thank you for it.
0:56.3	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 192. Your weekly dose of retro gaming
1:02.7	and technology news with me, Dan Wood, me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. And we're still getting
1:07.2	over an incredible weekend last week at the retro computer museum in lester we
1:12.1	were there celebrating the 10th anniversary last weekend yeah it was an awesome event and actually i think
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