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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

221: Martin Iveson: Core Design & The Demo Scene - The Retro Hour EP221

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Streets of Rage 4 retro art: https://bit.ly/3eIDBml
NES Games into VR: https://bit.ly/2VxY7yI 
Wii sports resurgance: https://bit.ly/2VuT7ux
Dragon's Lair movie: https://bit.ly/3bAKCnl
Fixing the Sega Pluto prototype: https://youtu.be/CeGoYHx_k90
Remaking Sonic '06: https://youtu.be/XHelsVYXp8Y

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Dan: Kitsune's Curse: https://bit.ly/2Kwcj4V 
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Transcript

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0:00.0

I can't believe it.

0:03.6

Max has asked me to move in with him.

0:06.0

I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great.

0:09.9

Did you hear that, Joe?

0:11.5

Yes, thanks for letting us know.

0:14.3

I see you've updated your universal credit claim.

0:17.1

Now you're going to be living together.

0:21.3

If you're telling other people about a change in your circumstances, tell us too to avoid a

0:26.7

penalty. Search Tell DWP.

0:30.0

Coming up on this week's show, the next unlikely retro gaming movie has been announced.

0:35.6

A rare Sega Pluto prototype has been fixed.

0:38.3

And some great demo scene in PlayStation chat with Martin Ivesant.

0:42.3

This week's show is brought to you by ExpressVPN.

0:48.3

And Retro Gamer, the Essential Guide to Classic Games.

0:52.3

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 221, your weekly dose of

0:58.9

retro gaming and technology news with me Dan Wood, me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Parks.

1:03.7

And a very warm welcome to this week's show.

1:06.7

Wherever you're checking us out, now obviously it is about a fourth week now of doing this show remotely. Obviously, everybody's routine has kind of been swapped up massively over the last few weeks. And we were kind of thinking, you know, is that going to affect podcast listening? Because, you know, we have a lot of people who would often messages and be like, you know, it would be part of my routine on a Friday morning, on the driving to work, or I'd listen

1:27.5

on my phone out on my lunch break. And obviously, with everyone's routine being changed up now, we were kind of like, you know, is anyone still going to listen to podcasts? But actually, it turns out, we've been getting some messages, people listening on the smart speaker, in the kitchen while they're making dinner or washing up. There's one guy messages in the week, Lee, his name was, he was actually listening to the retro hour on Friday night over a Jack Daniels and Coke on his phone after the kids went to bed playing video games. So we do appreciate that, you know, your routine might be swapped up, but thank you so much for sticking with us through these crazy times. Hopefully it won't be too long until we're out of it and on the other side. But even though we're doing this remotely, we have got a brilliant show lined up for you again this week. Now, Ravi, you actually recorded a great little interview the other day. Yeah, so I talked to Martin Iveson. Now, Martin Iveson started out in the demo scene back in the days, and he's a musician. He's now a professional composer. and he was actually Nuke from Anarchy, the demo group.

2:20.9

So aged about 17, he got a job at core designs and was creating music for absolute

2:28.0

amazing games like Jaguar XJ 220, which is just fantastic.

2:33.7

Chuck Rock, Son of Chuck as well.

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