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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

319: The Making of Earthworm Jim with David Perry - The Retro Hour EP319

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2022

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

We chat to industry veteran David Perry about the making of the legendary Earth Worm Jim games, Disney's Aladdin and how he formed Shiny Entertainment, one not to miss!

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Show notes: 

Dan's Amiga A500 Mini review: https://youtu.be/0Vivn-ek8WY
Retro arcade racer Slipstream: https://bit.ly/3NhAtPH
Capcom announces 10-Game retro fighting collection: https://bit.ly/36n0Mn8
Nintendo 64 game Glover gets born again on PC: https://bit.ly/3qCyCLB

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 Amiga Mini is finally here.

0:34.4

A Nintendo 64 Classic has reborn.

0:36.4

And we get the inside story on Earthworm Gym and Shiny Entertainment with David Perry.

0:47.5

The Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our wonderful friends at Bitmap Books.

0:54.4

Now, one book you should look out for coming very soon, a reprint that's due this May, is

0:58.8

a guide to Japanese role-playing games, a real deep dive into that genre featuring more than

1:05.0

600 classic titles.

1:07.1

You can read all about that and the rest of their retro gaming range on their website at Fitmapbooks.com.com.

1:14.6

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 319, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.

1:23.1

Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox.

1:25.5

And a very warm welcome to this week's show where we get an

1:28.5

excuse to dork out of that classic video games for the next hour-ish, normally more like an hour

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