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The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

488: "My Spectrum Caught Fire on Boxing Day!" - RetroBytes - The Retro Hour EP488

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9558 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re joined by John from the awesome YouTube channel RetroBytes - a creator who dives into the obscure corners of computing history. From his childhood memories of a flaming Spectrum, to restoring Unix workstations, the beauty of operating systems that time forgot, and why Gopher might’ve beaten the web, if not for one fatal mistake. 

RetroBytes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroBytesUK

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories 
40:03 - RetroBytes Interview

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Show notes

Xbox Mass Lay Offs: https://tinyurl.com/47t45sum
New Jazz Mag: https://www.supercellphonegamer.com/
GameCube to Switch 2 Dock: https://tinyurl.com/5k32x59t
Flipping Good Game: https://tinyurl.com/bddecmvz
3D Print with Accuracy: https://tinyurl.com/37t6zwsz

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on this week's show, has the Xbox failed?

0:04.1

A new magazine from some 90s legends.

0:06.6

And we chat acorns, retro handhelds and running a mainframe in your living room with retrobytes.

0:28.0

And the Retro Ayl podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our sponsor, our friends that fit that books.

0:32.2

Now recently, we've been talking quite a bit about this book, The Games That Warns. Now, this is such an interesting insight into more than 40 years of video games that didn't make it to market.

0:39.3

A snapshot right from the Atari 2,600, up to the PS4 of games that for whatever reason were in development and didn't make it out there.

0:47.3

Including stuff like Star Fox 2, Green Lantern, Sim Mars, and lots more as well covering more than 80 games and weighing in at a massive 644 pages.

0:58.4

Bitmap Books' biggest and most ambitious book today.

1:01.2

You can check that out on the rest of their retrogaming collection at bitmapbooks.com.

1:06.1

And with our friends at PCB way.

1:08.6

Now maybe you're working on a retro project over the summer.

1:11.2

They offer fully featured custom PCB prototypes, low-cost, fast turnaround quality boards,

1:16.9

and they also do services like 3D printing and injection molding. And of course,

1:21.1

you know they're big supporters of the retro community. So get an instant quote right now

1:24.7

on their website at PCBcbway.com.

1:29.5

Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 488, your weekly dose of retro gaming

1:35.7

and technology news with me, Dan Wood.

1:37.9

Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox.

1:40.4

And great time to be joining us for another geek out for the next hourish, talking about all things that have been happening in the world of retro from over the last week,

1:47.9

bringing it up to speed, having a bit of a chat about the big headlines

1:50.6

that have been landing on our timelines from over the last seven days

1:53.4

and welcoming on a special guest in the second half of the show.

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