471: The Elder Scrolls: How It All Began with VJ Lakshman - The Retro Hour EP471
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2025
⏱️ 101 minutes
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VJ on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07B3T9RLG
Contents:
00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
40:53 - VJ Lakshman Interview
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Remakes Announced: https://tinyurl.com/3vje2vhr
Spectrum Next Gets 3rd Kickstarter: https://tinyurl.com/4nbfst6p
SNES Is Getting Faster, Nobody Knows Why: https://tinyurl.com/ms8dfj62
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PS3 Gets an Update: https://tinyurl.com/4ucx5enu
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's show, a legendary gaming company is back for 2025. |
| 0:05.7 | While Super Nintendo might be getting faster. |
| 0:08.5 | And we go inside the world of Elder Scrolls with Vijay Luxemann. |
| 0:19.2 | And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our sponsor, |
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| 0:32.7 | Now, this covers one of the biggest genres around the world, from games at Dragon's Quest |
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| 0:41.2 | Japanese Guide to Roleplaying Games covers the expansive history of JRP, starting on 8-bit micros |
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| 1:25.7 | at PCBway.com. Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 471. Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. Me Rabby Abbott and me Joe Fox. And great to be joining us for the podcast that every single Friday brings you up to |
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