467: The Games of a Lifetime with Jaz Rignall - - The Retro Hour EP467

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

We catch up with legendary games journalist Julian 'Jaz' Rignall about his epic new book, The Games of a Lifetime, which is a video game time machine that takes you on an incredible journey from the very dawn of the industry, through the decades to the present day. It’s essentially video game history from the inside, seen through the eyes of Jaz Rignall, a hardcore gamer, who ended up becoming a journalist who launched iconic game magazines like ZZAP!64, CVG and Mean Machines.

Buy Jaz's book here: https://jazbook.com/

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
40:17 - Jaz Rignall Interview

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Show notes

Programming language for making NES games: https://tinyurl.com/mrx7jvzt
Doomlings on the MSX: https://tinyurl.com/msyn3c38
Balatro C64 sad update: https://tinyurl.com/mrxftszr
Combined Arms RTS: https://tinyurl.com/yrxrysr7
14% of Americans retro game: https://tinyurl.com/4huhnfz7

Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show, a programming language for making NES games.
0:05.3	A game where killing Lemmings is the aim.
0:07.9	And we talk the games of a lifetime with Jasregnour.
0:20.1	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our amazing sponsor,
0:25.8	our friends at Bitmap Books.
0:27.2	Now, we're going to hear a lot more about it on this week's show.
0:29.7	But check out the new book, The Games of the Lifetime.
0:33.5	Bringing to life a look at video game history has seen through the eyes of this week's guest,
0:38.2	the legendary games journalist, and editor of iconic games magazines like Zapp, CBG, Mean Machines,
0:44.9	Julian Jazz Rignall.
0:46.2	You can check that out on the rest of their retrogaming collection at bitmapbooks.com.
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1:20.5	podcast episode number four six seven your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me
1:26.3	dan wood me james walk Walker and me Ravi Abbott.
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