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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

339: Missile Command and Gravitar with Rich Adam - The Retro Hour EP339

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

We take a trip back to the heyday of Atari and chat to developer Rich Adam who worked on legendary titles like Missile Command and Gravitar.

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Transcript

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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, a new fan-made Sonic game for your PC.

0:34.9

Play Mario 64, as you've never played it before.

0:43.3

And we get the story of Missile Command and more with a Tory legend, Rich Allen. And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our amazing mates at Bitmap Books.

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