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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

297: Acclaim, Probe Software & Arcade Home Ports - The Retro Hour EP297

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2021

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Arcade1Up Ridge Racer and Tron arcades: https://bit.ly/2YN6YAH Mechwars: Arena for Spectrum: https://bit.ly/3j0jQdG
10 Things "Modern Retro" games get wrong: https://bit.ly/3AIxwA0
Jennifer Lopez 8bit game: https://bit.ly/3FQAx5s
Nintendo Switch N64 games will be 60Hz in Europe: https://bit.ly/3DBmP4e

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

0:22.8

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, an amazing new

0:32.2

mech game for the Spectrum.

0:34.3

Jennifer Lopez releases a retro game.

0:36.9

And we get stories from Probe and Acclaim with the legendary Jerry Bonner.

0:48.7

The Retro Our Podcast is brought to you each week with our amazing friends at Bitmap Books.

0:54.1

Now, we're going to tell you more about their incredible Sega Master System,

0:57.6

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1:02.4

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1:04.9

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1:13.1

Hello, and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 297, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me,

1:18.7

Dan Wood. Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. And a very warm welcome to the show that takes you

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