379: Retro Edutainment: Unpacking the Classic Arthur Games with Marc Brown - The Retro Hour EP379
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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EON XBHD plug-and-play HD adapter: https://snip.ly/ul56am
Tim Stamper has the 1997 Space World Zelda demo: https://snip.ly/yd8lrx
SNES mod to improve visual and audio: https://snip.ly/m49fsb
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's show, improve the look of your Xbox and Super Nintendo. |
| 0:05.1 | A Disney classic comes to the Amiga. |
| 0:07.3 | And we go inside the world of edgatainment with Arthur creator Mark Brown. |
| 0:19.9 | And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our wonderful friends |
| 0:24.9 | at Bitmap Books. |
| 0:26.2 | Now, one of my favourite books I've ever done, Commodore Amiga, a visual compendium. |
| 0:31.7 | A real celebration at the legendary 16-bit machine covering early titles like Defender of the Crown, |
| 0:37.4 | Barbarian, |
| 0:38.5 | Marvel Madness, and then those later iconic titles, Cannon Vodder, Speedball, Worms, |
| 0:43.7 | and lots more as well, over 420 pages. |
| 0:47.6 | We'll tell you more about that in just a bit, but you can check out the rest |
| 0:49.9 | at their retrogaming collection at bitmapbooks.com. |
| 0:55.4 | Hello, and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 379, your weekly dose of retro gaming |
| 1:02.0 | and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 1:03.9 | Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fawks. |
| 1:06.2 | And really nice to be joining us for another nostalgic look back at the classic age of video games. |
| 1:12.5 | And of course, we're bringing you right up to date with everything that's been going on, |
| 1:15.4 | all the big headlines in the world of retro gaming and technology from over the last seven days. |
| 1:20.3 | I said the podcast works. |
| 1:21.6 | First half, we do a little roundtable talking about the news stories that have been making the headlines this week. |
| 1:26.2 | And then the second half of the podcast is where this show really comes into its own. |
| 1:31.7 | When we welcome on a veteran to give us their story and share some of the memories of the incredible titles they've worked on. |
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