343: Bringing Metal Gear Solid & Oddworld to the PC - The Retro Hour EP343
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 91 minutes
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| 1:05.9 | Coming up on this week's show, Reyes Lost Game Boy Challenger is found. |
| 1:10.9 | Japan declares war on the floppy disk. |
| 1:13.2 | And we chat with Michael Case about bringing Metal Gear Solid and Oddwilled to the PC. |
| 1:27.4 | And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every single Friday with our amazing friends at Bitmap Books. |
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| 1:59.8 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 343, your weekly dose of retro gaming |
| 2:06.6 | and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
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