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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

316: The Sega and Amiga Magazine Revival - The Retro Hour EP316

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

We chat to former Sega Power editor Dean Mortlock, writer Paul Monaghan and Amiga Addict's Ian Griffiths about their new retro magazines and why we'll soon see an Amiga mag back in WHSmith!

Sega Powered: https://www.segapowered.com/
Amiga Addict: https://www.amiga-addict.com/

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PowerSlave Exhumed remaster: https://bit.ly/3HFsurI
New wireless Amiga 'tank' mouse: https://bit.ly/3sCF8DC
Are more Resident Evil remakes coming?: https://bit.ly/3MjYQMe
Wordle for Windows 3.1: https://www.dialup.net/windle/
Someone has bought the Silent Hill website, and it isn't Konami: https://bit.ly/3IIx6Pd
Your PC can't run this NES emulator: https://bit.ly/3tstcU3

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,

0:31.7

the hottest mobile game comes to your old PC.

0:35.1

A new mouse for your amiga.

0:36.9

And we chat about the retro magazine revival with our expert panel.

0:46.4

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

0:51.4

Now, if you're a fan of Beatem Up games, you need to check out,

1:01.7

go straight the ultimate guide to side-scrolling beatem-ups, covering 37 years of that incredible genre. You can find out more about that and order right now on their website at bitmapbooks.com.

1:08.5

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 316, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.

1:17.2

Me here, Robbie Abbott and me, Joe Parks.

1:19.7

And great to have you joining us for another nostalgia-filled show where we bring you up to speed on all the big stories from the last seven days in the world of retro

1:27.6

gaming and technology. And of course, we bring you a very special guest as well. I've got to say,

1:34.0

I had to kind of pinch myself and look at what year it is because on my table in front of me right now,

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