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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

381: Montezuma's Revenge with Rob Jaeger - The Retro Hour EP381

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Join us for a deep dive into the iconic 1984 video game "Montezuma's Revenge" with its creator, Rob Jaeger. Delve into the mind of a then 16-year-old game designer and discover the untold stories of this gaming masterpiece, including features that didn't make it to the final cut.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, the Sega Saturn becomes a fashion statement.

0:04.6

The biggest Nintendo we ever.

0:06.4

And we get the inside story on Montezuma's Revenge with Rob Yeager.

0:16.9

And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every Friday with our great friends at Bitmap Books.

0:22.2

Now, if you want some reading over summer, definitely check out their book.

0:25.6

I'm Too Young to Die, the Ultimate Guide to First Person Shooters, covering the rise of the FPS from 1992 to 2002, the all-time classics, failed experiments, some obscure hidden gems as well, and exclusive

0:40.0

interviews with the people who made them.

0:42.2

You can check that out on the rest of their retro gaming collection at bitmapbooks.com.

0:47.8

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 381, your weekly dose of retro gaming

0:54.1

and technology news with me, Dan

0:55.8

Wood.

0:56.2

You Ravi Abbott and me, Joe Farms.

0:58.6

And a very warm welcome to the podcast that every single Friday takes you deep inside the world

1:04.0

of classic video games, talking to the people who made it all happen back in the day, getting

1:09.1

the inside story, and of course, bringing you up to speed on all the big happenings, the big headlines from the world of retro gaming and technology from over the last seven days. Because, you know, we're all busy. Who's got time to check out Twitter and Facebook every single day? Apart from us, guys, we do it for you. So we'll bring up to speed on what's been happening in just a minute and an amazing guest in the second half of the podcast. Now, we are recording this on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon. Sunshining, Joe's dragged himself in away from the paddling pool. Ravi's put the tongs down on the barbecue because we've got an incredible guest that we're really excited to talk to

1:44.6

this week. Now, we're going to be going over to New Jersey to talk to someone I was hanging

1:48.0

out with in Poland a couple of weeks ago. And I guess this week is Rob Yeager. Now, as soon as we

1:53.8

got off this interview, Ravi was just, he best really said, wow, that was an amazing interview.

1:58.7

We weren't so in depth in this one. Yeah, it was really

2:01.1

interesting because he started doing video games when he's very young and his dad, you know,

2:07.0

helped him get into it and took him out to video game shows. And then eventually got a contract

2:12.7

with Parker Brothers, you know, the famous board game creators.

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