509: “This Shouldn’t Be Possible on an Amiga 500!” – H0ffman - Demoscene and Game Ports – The Retro Hour Podcast EP509

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2025

⏱️ 116 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, we catch up with the legendary H0ffman to hear some tales from the demo scene trenches, Amiga wizardry, and porting classic arcade titles. From brigning Metal Gear and Knightmare from the MSX to the Amiga, to pushing Neo Geo boundaries with Sega classics, and how he accidentally created a global DJ community with a bit of Amiga code.

h0ffman Website: https://hoffman.home.blog/
h0ffman Itch: https://h0ffman.itch.io/

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
57:27 - h0ffman Interview

Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:

Bitmap Books - https://www.bitmapbooks.com

Leeds Gaming Market: https://leedsgamingmarket.com/

Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs

Take your business to the next level today and enjoy 3 months of Shopify for £1/month: https://shopify.co.uk/retrohour

We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:

https://theretrohour.com/support/

https://www.patreon.com/retrohour

Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8

Website: http://theretrohour.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/
X: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.com
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour

Show notes

NES Blunder Spotted in Stranger Things: https://tinyurl.com/4m3yu3bu
Turrican & Taito Hit Evercade: https://tinyurl.com/3mjkfe8e
Dreamcast VMU Pro Preorders: https://tinyurl.com/59t5nwvy
Mighty Final Fight Drops This Christmas: https://tinyurl.com/3nhs6835
DSpico – Open-Source DS Flash Cart Lands: https://tinyurl.com/mwv6fzbp
New Dead Rising in the Works?: https://tinyurl.com/jx7m6t36
Stab N Dash Returns on Plus/4: https://tinyurl.com/mweuj6nv

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show, a gaming-related blunder in Stranger Things.
0:04.9	The most advanced streamcast VMU yet.
0:07.5	And we chat game porting and the demo scene with Hoffman.
0:19.7	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every Friday with our sponsor, our incredible friends of Bitmap Books.
0:25.6	Now, maybe you're thinking of Christmas present ideas for yourself.
0:29.0	Have you seen their incredible new volume, Trigger Happy, a visual celebration of video game controllers?
0:35.4	Now, this incredible book takes you through the history as some of the finest and maybe
0:40.0	not the finest game controllers of all time, talking about their design, the history, and
0:44.1	of course, those incredible photos, more than 560 in this book, and weighing in a more than
0:49.7	390 pages, co-written by legendary games journalist Steve Jarrett.
0:54.8	You can check it out in the rest of their retro gaming collection right now at bitmapbooks.com. And with our good
0:59.9	friends at replay events. Now, they're going to be bringing the UK's biggest retro gaming
1:04.0	market back to Leeds next year on Sunday, the 8th of February at the Royal Armouries Museum.
1:11.6	Now, if you're not been before,
1:16.5	basically a massive venue filled with nothing but video games and merchandise and thousands of gamers and fellow collectors there as well, everyone really eager to grab a bargain. Doors
1:21.2	open at 10.30am and you can book your tickets right now at leadsgamingmarket.com.
1:28.2	Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 509, your weekly dose of retro
1:33.9	gaming and technology news with me Dan Wood.
1:36.4	Me, Ravi Abbott.
1:37.4	And me, Joe Foxx.
1:38.6	And a very warm welcome to this week's show, the podcast that lands on your podcast feed every
1:42.7	single Friday, maybe on your YouTube
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Retro Hour, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Retro Hour and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.