510: “We Hid Gabe Newell in Our Game!” – Powerhoof - Making Retro Point & Click Adventures – The Retro Hour Podcast EP510

The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)

The Retro Hour

Technology, Leisure, Video Games

4.9 • 558 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

We go Down Under with Powerhoof’s David Lloyd, the brain behind award-winning indie hits like The Drifter and Crawl. From hiding DOS games as a kid to creating their own game engine and scooping Game of the Year at the Australian Game Developer Awards. From swapping floppies in the schoolyard to creating retro-inspired adventures, and why the Sierra era still casts a long shadow over indie devs today.

Powerhoof games: https://www.powerhoof.com/

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
1:00:00 - Powerhoof Interview

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Show notes

My UFO Youth Book: https://tinyurl.com/42wdhyy7
Retrobrighting Causes More Harm Than Good?: https://youtu.be/_n_WpjseCXA
New Robin Hood Game for the C64 Impresses: https://tinyurl.com/rb7nj3ts
Rare Sonic Arcade Machine Goes to Auction: https://tinyurl.com/mfmd8c8f
Spectrum Gets a New FPS: https://tinyurl.com/wha2ztrd
M64 – A 4K FPGA Nintendo 64 Clone: https://tinyurl.com/5hcwhadn
Acorn RiscOS Classic Returns on Steam: https://tinyurl.com/4akjdct5
Windows 3.x Hotdog Stand Colour Scheme Origins: https://tinyurl.com/39x9nr7e

Transcript

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0:00.0	Coming up on this week's show is at the end for retro brighting and a rare sonic arcade cabinet goes up for auction.
0:07.8	And keeping point and click adventures alive, we chat with Powerhoof games.
0:19.0	And the Retro Hour podcast is brought to you every Friday with our sponsor, our good friends,
0:23.9	a bitmap books.
0:24.6	Now, of course, today lots of chat about classic point-and-click adventures.
0:28.8	Speaking of which, if you're a fan of that genre, have you seen their amazing book,
0:32.2	The Art of Point-and-Click Adventure Games, in stock right now on their website and weighing in
0:36.9	at a gorgeous 528 pages.
0:41.3	This hardback coffee table book is packed with the very best pixel art and classic scenes
0:45.5	from the games that really define that genre.
0:48.0	All the big ones are in there.
0:49.2	The Kingsquest series, Mist Secret of Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, Faultrottle,
0:53.9	even some that you might not be too familiar with, that might have flown under the radar Maniac Mansion, Full Throttle, even something you might not be
0:55.1	too familiar with that might have flown under the radar a little bit, like Fight of the Amazon
0:58.3	Queen, love that game. So if you love your point and click adventure games, there's also 50
1:02.3	extensive, exclusive interviews with some of the biggest developers, designers and artists in that
1:07.4	genre. Check it out right now and get the rest of their retrogaming collection
1:10.8	at bitmapbooks.com. Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast episode number 5.10,
1:18.5	your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. And me Ravi Abbott.
1:24.3	And that is it. Well, that's weird Ravi. I know. I'm waiting for the...
1:27.8	I'm really Joe Fawks.
1:29.5	Yeah, I think like everyone in the world at the moment, Joe's come down with the lurgy.
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