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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

398: Super Play: The British SNES Magazine with a Japanese Twist - The Retro Hour EP398

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we chat with artist Wil Overton, famed for his manga-style covers on Super Play magazine in the early '90s. Wil's journey led him from N64 Magazine, where his Perfect Dark cover caught the eye of Rare, to working at the esteemed gaming company itself.

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Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
38:12 - Wil Overton Interview

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Show notes:

Raspberry Pi 5: https://tinyurl.com/3nrr6xuk
Crash vs Spyro Demo Found: https://youtu.be/Uli-uWxsI3M
Dance Dance Revolution Mini: https://tinyurl.com/ycxb4pab
Tomb Raider Anime: https://tinyurl.com/3adumenm
The Smiths Now Have Their Own Game: https://tinyurl.com/25bzuhcw

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, an unreleased Crash versus Spiro prototype is found.

0:05.4

The most bizarre mini arcade yet.

0:07.6

And we go inside the world of Superplay and N64 magazine with Will Overton.

0:27.9

And the Retrow Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our incredible mates at Bitmap Books.

0:33.2

Now, have you seen, I'm Too Young to Die, the ultimate guide to first-person shooters?

0:43.5

Now, this incredible book has got a forward from John Romero, and it details the early experimental years of the first-person shooter, covering more than 180 games.

0:48.1

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

0:58.6

Hello, and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 398, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood.

1:00.5

Me Ravi Abbott and me, Joe Fox.

1:02.8

And a very warm welcome to the show.

1:08.5

The podcast that every single weekend takes you on a nostalgic trip back to the classic age of video games. And of course brings you up to speed on all the big happenings in the world of retro from over the last week and brings you a veteran of the industry

1:15.7

onto the show in the second half to share their story. Now, as I look around my room that I'm in now,

1:22.2

you guys know that my garage converted into what was meant to be a professional studio, you know,

1:27.4

for my day job

1:28.3

and also doing the podcast and videos and stuff as well.

1:31.3

Originally, it was meant to be just for work.

1:33.1

I must admit, one or two retro computers and systems may have found their way accidentally

1:37.9

into this room.

1:38.7

What, one or two?

1:39.7

I'm sure you're absolutely surrounded by them.

1:42.2

And they probably actually take a lot of focus off your work.

1:45.6

So maybe you need to find another space that is free of retro stuff now.

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