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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

292: The Ultimate History of Video Games - The Retro Hour EP292

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

The Ultimate History of Video Games Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3jViZMh
The Ultimate History of Video Games Volume 2: https://amzn.to/3E0dnbK

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Show notes:   

Game Boy productivity suite: https://bit.ly/3C8NPHR
Zega Mame Gear dropin: https://bit.ly/3A0dTnQ
Dread Amiga FPS Demo: https://bit.ly/3DSqJ9Q
JSRF artist back at Sega: https://bit.ly/3zYxbtw
Google Maps on NES: https://bit.ly/2YtJQqv
Sonic Colors Switch version is broken: https://bit.ly/3tsD9kc

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.

0:09.8

Did you hear that joke?

0:11.5

Yes, thanks for letting us know.

0:14.2

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, the office suite that runs on your Game Boy.

0:34.8

An amazing new Doom clone arrives on the Amiga.

0:37.7

And we get the ultimate history of video games with author Steve Kent.

0:48.3

The Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each week with our good mates at Bitmap Books.

0:53.6

Now, if you're a fan of the Game Boy, you have to check out Game Boy, the Box Art Collection,

0:59.1

a celebration as some of the best ever cover artwork for Nintendo's Monochrome Marvel,

1:05.0

which kick-started the handheld games industry.

1:07.7

At over 372 pages, it is a must read for all Game Boy fans. You can check

1:12.9

that out on all that other range of retrogaming books at bitmapbooks.com.com.

1:18.7

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 292, your weekly dose of retro gaming

1:25.0

and technology news with me, Dan Wood. Me Ravi Abbott. And me, Joe Fox. And a very, very warm welcome to this week's show. You know, last week we were saying we're into September now, you know, the nights are getting a bit longer. Autumn's finally arriving. We're right in the middle of a heat wave here in the UK. We're actually recording this. I think it's like the last, last heat wave of the year.

1:44.4

But yeah.

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