248: Classic RPGs and Adventures with Matt Barton - The Retro Hour EP248
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2020
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Show notes:
Prototype Sega Mega Drive controller: https://bit.ly/35O3Dku
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga on Switch: https://bit.ly/35Ji1dX
Atari VCS pricing and date confirmed: https://bit.ly/3mBkP3C
Polycade plans to launch home console: https://bit.ly/3egFffm
Horror games: https://bit.ly/37QqNte
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, |
| 0:25.4 | tell us too to avoid a penalty. |
| 0:27.8 | Search Tell DWP. |
| 0:30.0 | Coming up on this week's show, a bizarre mega drive controller has been found. |
| 0:34.9 | Best horror games to play for Halloween. |
| 0:37.3 | And we chat adventure and RPGs with gaming historian Matt Barton. |
| 0:43.2 | This week's show is brought to you by Harry's. |
| 0:46.8 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 248. |
| 0:51.3 | Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 0:55.1 | Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. |
| 0:57.8 | And a very warm welcome to this week show. Actually, should it be a warm welcome on Halloween? |
| 1:02.8 | Shouldn't it be like a chilly spooky welcome on Halloween weekend? |
| 1:05.4 | It's definitely a chilly spooky week where I live. I've had the heating on all bloody week. |
| 1:10.4 | Well, obviously, it is Halloween weekend when we're bringing this show out. And Halloween's going to be very different this year. No, no Halloween parties. You won't be taking the kids out, trick or treating. But a good excuse when the weather's cold to sit indoors and play some spooky video games. Now, it seems that every year on Halloween, we kind of do this. We go through some classic horror games that we're going to be playing. But we have actually got a little article from CBR.com that details some really good horror movie games that we'll talk about in just a bit. And actually, there's a couple of games I've got picked out for the Halloween weekend that I'm looking forward to playing as well. So we are going to be getting all spooky on you in the Retro Out podcast in the next few minutes. And of course, we're going to be joined by a very special |
| 1:48.9 | guest on this week's show as well. Now, this week, actually, we're going to be joined by someone |
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