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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

395: Banjo-Kazooie’s Stop ‘n’ Swop: The Feature That Never Was - The Retro Hour EP395

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

We catch up with Rare's Paul Machacek to share the story of Stop ‘n’ Swop, a cancelled feature which aimed to allow elements in one game to unlock features in another, giving players a unique interconnected experience. Despite its ambitious scope that would have spanned across six Rare titles, the feature remained shrouded in mystery for years. We get the full story of one of gaming's most intriguing legends.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
45:45 - Paul Machacek Interview

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Show notes:

Atari buys Atari Age: https://tinyurl.com/47yj2c69
Build your own Xbox 360: https://tinyurl.com/3zuvr5hk
New Wii U homebrew servers: https://pretendo.network/
Triple Jump NES: https://tinyurl.com/5h2uwzra
Portal de-Make for N64: https://tinyurl.com/3kedanpf

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, Atari makes another big purchase.

0:04.5

Build your own Xbox 360.

0:06.3

And we get the story of Rare's biggest secret.

0:19.0

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

0:25.4

Now, have you seen the secret history of Mac gaming, the new Expanded Edition?

0:30.6

Now, if you weren't aware that the Mac played a massive part in the evolution of video gaming,

0:34.1

you need to check this book out, showcasing the Mac's gaming credentials in

0:38.3

meticulous detail. You can check that out on the rest of their retro gaming collection

0:42.0

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0:49.2

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1:03.4

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1:11.4

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 395, your weekly dose of retro

1:17.6

gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood, me Ashley Kingston, and me Joe Fox.

1:23.1

And a very warm welcome to the podcast.

1:25.0

Now, you might be thinking, hang on a minute. Who was that there in the middle?

1:27.7

Now, obviously, Ash, a good friend of the show.

1:30.3

Our patrons all know you, Ashley. You're always one of the best parts of the hang out. Always get involved in it so well. And obviously, we had you on about two months ago now, didn't we, to join us for the news in one episode? It's even longer than that. I think he was January when I was on.

1:43.1

Oh, God.

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