C64 Legend Rob Hubbard – The Retro Hour EP74
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour
4.9 • 558 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
We’re joined by legendary Commodore 64 game musician Rob Hubbard, the man behind the music for International Karate, Commando, Monty on The Run and many more!
Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Eric Nelson, Liam Clancy, William Bateman, Leigh Bestford
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Show notes:
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:03.5 | Max has asked me to move in with him. |
| 0:05.9 | I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great. |
| 0:09.8 | Did you hear that, Joe? |
| 0:11.5 | Yes, thanks for letting us know. |
| 0:14.3 | I see you've updated your universal credit claim. |
| 0:17.1 | Now you're going to be living together. |
| 0:23.6 | If you're telling other people about a change in your circumstances, tell us too to avoid a penalty. Search tell DWP. Hello and welcome to the |
| 0:31.4 | Retro Hour podcast episode number 74, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood and And me, Ravi Abbott. Now, we just want to say a huge thank you if you do check out this podcast every single Friday, or maybe you're one of our many new listeners. I know we're getting lots through the door recently. So just to kind of reac up what we do on this show. Now, we kind of reminisce about the golden age of video games and computers. |
| 0:55.0 | You know that excitement that you felt when you got your first ever games console? |
| 0:58.2 | Do you remember that? |
| 0:58.8 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:59.5 | Those kind of shared memories of, you know, downloading those MP3s. |
| 1:03.4 | But you could only get two a night because the internet was really slow. |
| 1:06.8 | Two a week, I think it was for me. |
| 1:08.7 | Or maybe, really old school. |
| 1:10.8 | Back on the Commodore 64, sliding that cassette tape into your data set, hit and rewind, tape it LOAD, press and return, or just shift and break. And then go to make a cup of tea. Yeah, or dinner. Now, that's what the show's all about. It's, you know, memories of video games. And believe it or not, though, in the world of retro, there are still lots of new stories and development. So in a bit, Ravi and I are going to go through the top stories that be making the headlines this week. And then, in the second half of the show, we welcome a veteran from the video games, the technology industry to be our special guest and share their stories. And my word, have we got a big one this week? |
| 1:45.1 | I can't believe we've got him on. |
| 1:47.2 | And, you know, this guy, I've listened to his music ever since I've been a kid, |
| 1:51.8 | and it's all probably burnt into your minds if you've played the C-64 or any other similar |
| 1:57.2 | consoles. |
| 1:57.8 | This is the master of video game music, Rob Hubbard. Now Rob, just to put this |
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