425: Amstrad CPC 40th Anniversary with Roland Perry Pt 1 - The Retro Hour EP425

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2024

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Join us on a special journey back in time with Roland Perry, the visionary tech consultant behind the legendary Amstrad CPC, as we celebrate 40 incredible years of this iconic machine. In this not-to-be-missed episode, Roland takes us from his early days tinkering with electronics in school, through the founding of Ambit International, right up to his crucial role in steering the Amstrad CPC to success against heavyweights like the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64.

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
45:20 - Roland Perry Interview

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show, a classic Sega franchise is getting a comedy TV series.
0:06.0	The most impressive Atari ST racer we've ever seen.
0:09.0	We celebrate 40 years at the Amstrad CPC with Roland Perry.
0:14.0	And the retroro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our incredible friends at Bitmap Books.
0:30.3	Now, have you seen their latest volume celebrating the Nintendo 64?
0:36.0	N64 of Visual Compendium tells the story of the console that changed the gaming world,
0:41.8	covering more than 150 titles that defined that system. We'll tell you more about that in just a bit.
0:47.6	Meanwhile, check it out on the rest of their retro gaming collection at bitmapbooks.com.
0:53.0	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 425, your weekly dose of
0:58.9	retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood, me Ravi Abbott, and me Joe Fox.
1:04.1	And very nice to be joining us for the podcast that every single Friday takes you on a
1:08.6	nostalgic trip back to the golden age of video games, exploring the games, the systems that we all grew up playing with, and of course, we're bringing it up to speed on all the big happenings in the world of retro from over the last seven days. Because if you aren't new to the podcast, that's kind of what we do. First half, bit of a roundtable chat with us guys about what's been happening in retro over the last week. And then the second half of the show, I think, is, you know, to me, where this podcast really comes into its own. No offence, guys. Not that I don't love chatting to you guys about what's been happening in retro, but I think when we get the guests on to tell their story, that for me is like just the reason, you know, to get out of bed and do this podcast in
1:45.3	the morning. I mean, that was the reason that we initially set this podcast up to record these
1:48.9	stories forever.
1:49.8	Get fantastic stories told. And, you know, this week, well, we're talking about a great
1:54.8	company. You know, there was a lot of British computer systems back in the days. But
1:58.9	Amstrad was absolutely everywhere.
2:01.9	I remember seeing a even in the high-fi world, you know, Amstrad high-fires.
2:06.2	They had Amstrad TVs.
2:08.1	CB radios.
2:09.2	I remember them.
2:09.6	Yeah, all sorts.
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