489: “Don’t Press OK – It Will Destroy Your PC!”: QA Testing at Virgin with Dave Isherwood - The Retro Hour EP489
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2025
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Contents:
00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
37:37 - Dave Isherwood Interview
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Show notes
Commodore 64 Ultimate Edition: https://www.commodore.net/
Rare Sega Genesis Re-Release: https://tinyurl.com/5n6ftw5a
Worms Forever Game Boy Mod: https://tinyurl.com/8j86zb7b
Beat ’Em Up Collection – QUByte Classics: https://tinyurl.com/mr4nuuxk
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this week's show, the first new Commodore product arrives. |
| 0:05.0 | A rare megadrive game gets re-released. |
| 0:07.5 | A We chat Virgin and SCI with this week's guest, Dave Isherwood. |
| 0:20.3 | And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you each and every Friday with our friends, our incredible sponsor at Bitmap Books. |
| 0:27.0 | Now, one of the games we're going to be talking about with this week's guest is the Broken Sword series. |
| 0:32.4 | Now, if you love that, a book from Bitmap Books, you need to check out. |
| 0:35.7 | The Art of Point and Click Adventure Games. |
| 0:39.0 | Now, weighing in at a massive 528 pages, this gorgeous hardback copy table book covers all the big games from back in the name, that genre. |
| 0:47.8 | Kings Quest, Mist, Blade Runner, Gabriel Knight's in there as well, of course, Monkey Island, The Dig,, Simon the Sorcerer and lots more as well, and featuring over 50 interviews with key developers, designers, |
| 0:59.5 | and artists who were behind some of the most beloved games in that genre. |
| 1:03.2 | So you can check it out and the rest of their retro gaming collection at bitmapbooks.com. |
| 1:08.7 | Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 489, your weekly dose of retro gaming |
| 1:14.8 | and technology news with me, Dan Wood. |
| 1:17.0 | Me Ravi Abbott and me, Joe Fox. |
| 1:19.8 | And a very warm welcome to this week's show, the podcast that every single Friday brings |
| 1:24.3 | you up to speed on all the big happenings in the world of retro gaming and technology. |
| 1:28.2 | And of course, welcomes on more veterans of the industry for an interview on part two of the podcast. |
| 1:34.9 | Now, today, we're going to be talking about a subject that actually we don't think about all that much, but it is extremely important. |
| 1:41.6 | You know how gaming works in 2025? |
| 1:44.1 | You buy a new game for your Xbox or your PlayStation or your Switch. |
| 1:47.5 | You often get a massive compulsory day one update. |
| 1:53.1 | How did it before? |
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