406: Developing for the Atari Jaguar and The Love of Lisp - The Retro Hour EP406

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

We chat with the fascinating Conrad Barski, creator of "FlipOut!" for the Atari Jaguar. He discusses the game's development, reflecting on the Jaguar's unique hardware and the creative challenges he faced. He also delves into his work on the unreleased "Dante's Inferno," his love for Lisp programming, and his current projects like the Lisperati1000, an Amstrad inspired computer and developing for the Playdate console.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
39:23 - Conrad Barski Interview

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Show notes:

Virtua fighter 3 gets online mode after 25 years: https://tinyurl.com/45cv3fr2
Virtua fighter robot: https://tinyurl.com/65f88587
Amiga Christmas Tree: https://tinyurl.com/mr3z8j6s
Crimbo AGA - Unofficial ZX Spectrum to Amiga conversion: https://tinyurl.com/bdeuzcdx
Sega Neptune fan made project: https://youtu.be/oz_8-sqxLjs?si=msOATiyHDy8aV3i-
The Fallout TV trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ADY30Awz6Q
BBC Basic is back: https://tinyurl.com/4kk5mrfn

Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show, a classic arcade gets an online mode after 25 years.
0:06.0	A Christmas tree for your Amiga.
0:07.6	And we chat about developing on the Atari Jaguar and why Lisp should be your next programming language.
0:27.9	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every single Friday with our incredible friends at Bitmap Books.
0:33.8	Now, if you're thinking about Christmas presents for yourself, have you seen the unofficial Snez Pixel Book?
0:39.7	Now, this is an incredible 270-page exploration of the biggest and best games,
0:44.4	covering all genres of the Super Nintendo with all your favourite 16-bit titles in there.
0:48.6	So have a look at that and the rest of their retro gaming collection of bitmapbooks.com.
0:53.5	And with our lovely friends at PCB way. Now, of course you know about PCB way. They offer a fully featured
0:55.3	custom PCB prototyping service, low-cost, fast turnaround quality boards, and they do services
1:01.4	like 3D printing and injection molding. And of course you know that PCB way are massive supporters
1:06.2	of the retro community. So get an instant quote right now at PCB way.com.
1:18.8	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 406, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood, me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. And a very warm welcome
1:24.9	to the show. Of course, a podcast that every single Friday takes you on a nostalgic trip back to the classic age of video games.
1:32.9	We bring up to speed on all the big happenings, all the news stories that have been making the headlines in the world of retro from over the last week.
1:39.0	And of course, we bring you a veteran of the industry to share their story in the second half of the show.
1:45.2	And I can't believe that this is our first show of December.
1:49.3	I'm currently looking at my window across my frosty drive.
1:53.9	I think we had a bit of snowfall overnight.
1:57.4	This is so cute.
1:58.3	My daughter yesterday, we took her for a walk in it and she was going,
2:01.3	Jack Ross has given me a kiss. I was like, I was messing up, kissing my daughter.
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