382: Back To The BBS with Al's Geek Lab - The Retro Hour EP382
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Show notes:
Monkey Island Sea of Thieves crossover: https://youtu.be/DOWILvQGVz4
Capcom Town: https://captown.capcom.com/en
Iron Meat new contra type game: https://tinyurl.com/36d4c523
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's show, a huge monkey island adventure is coming. |
| 0:04.6 | Capcom's 40th anniversary plans revealed. |
| 0:06.9 | And we go back to the BBC with Owls Geeklam. |
| 0:17.8 | And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every week with our wonderful friends |
| 0:22.9 | at Bitmap Books. |
| 0:23.9 | Now, one of their books, it's highly recommended. |
| 0:25.7 | The Secret History of Mac Gaming, The Expanded Edition, with 70 extra pages, additional text, |
| 0:32.2 | 60 new images, and this covers the history of Mac gaming. |
| 0:35.7 | And a reminder of the important role that the Mac played in the history of video games. |
| 0:40.0 | Check it out on the rest of their retrogaming collection at bitmapbooks.com. |
| 0:44.7 | And with our friends, PCBWay, and if you're working on a project right now, |
| 0:49.1 | you know they offer a fully featured custom PCB prototype service with low-cost, fast turnaround quality boards, |
| 0:55.5 | and they do services like 3D printing and injection molding, and they're massive supporters |
| 1:00.2 | of the retro community. |
| 1:01.5 | So get an instant quote for your project right now at PCBway.com. |
| 1:08.0 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 382, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 1:16.3 | Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. |
| 1:18.5 | And a very warm welcome to the podcast that every single Friday takes you on a nostalgic trip back to the golden age of video games. |
| 1:26.9 | You remember those endless summers, jumping on |
| 1:30.4 | your BMX with your friends, going down to your local video game shop, or maybe boots and |
| 1:34.8 | picking up a new spectrum game with your pocket money, maybe that morning when you unwrapped your |
| 1:39.3 | Super Nintendo on your birthday, or maybe looking forward to buying that latest PlayStation magazine and |
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