I can't believe it.

Max has asked me to move in with him.

I mean, you practically live with each other already, but that's great.

Did you hear that, Joe?

Yes, thanks for letting us know.

I see you've updated your universal credit claim.

Now you're going to be living together.

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 Retro Hour podcast episode number 97, your weekly dose of retro gaming

and technology news with me, Dan Wood, and me Ravi Abbott. I saw your eyebrows raise when I said episode 97 there. I don't know if it was memories of 1997 or just that we're getting closer to 100. We've had so many people getting in touch going to go, what are you going to do for your 100th episode then? I am working on something I'm really hoping is going to come off.

Yeah, it will be good.

If not, it's going to be a clip show. I'm confident this is going to come off. I won't give too much away yet, but this is going to be a very, very... You probably couldn't get a bigger guest in this, to be fair. Biggest guest ever. Yeah, there's a little tease for you. And one thing we did notice actually is you've been looking through some of our sound cloud stats and all kind of thing as well.

We've actually doubled our audience tonight.

Well, the last six months? I can't believe it. Yeah. So we were getting a certain amount and now we've doubled it on each of our platforms as well. So it's not just on SoundCloud, it's on YouTube and all the other stuff. So thanks so much for all you new listeners. So if you are new to the Retro Hour podcast podcast because I do often see this. The way the show works is the first half an hour, Ravi and I, we talk about the retro gaming headlines, all the stuff that's been making the news, and then in the second half of the show, that's when we welcome on a special guest every week. Because I see so many people on YouTube and stuff, interview starts at 27 minutes in. So first half you get us, second half you get the guest. I should probably stop putting a timestamp in there. But it is worth hanging around for the first bit of the show there because, I mean, this kind of blows people's minds that there is so much retro gaming news. And in fact, you know, we started the show almost two years ago now back then we were having to

like really dig for news but it's like everywhere now isn't it absolutely everywhere and the guess

that we've got coming on today was actually one of our previous news articles which was this coffee

crisis game if you remember that well these guys megacat studios they are producing new games for the NAS, for the Sega Mega Drive. They're producing new old school games. Which is just crazy. I mean, last week we were talking about like New Game Boy games that are being released. Obviously, companies like Thalamas from back in the 80s are back with new Commodore 64 games they're releasing. Yeah, there's a big industry emerging. Well, mini industry, but it's good. Growing every week, though.

So this is going to be a really interesting chat.

We've got the guys from Mega Cat Studios coming up on the Retro Hour podcast in around 25 minutes from now. If you want to, you know, skip forward on YouTube with us, fine. We don't mind. We know not everyone listens to every show. Now, of course, one thing that we've been doing a lot more of recently

is getting out and about, meeting our listeners,

bringing the guests that we have on the show to you live in person. And we've got one coming up. Now, this kind of blows my mind that we're obviously well into November now. It's starting to feel like it as well, isn't it? Everyone's got the big winter coats on and scarfs and everything. Bloody Christmas adverts everywhere. I heard the Pogues, fairy tale of New York for the first time. Oh no, God. It started. But we're actually having a little pre-Christmas party. Now, this is going to be coming up at the Retro Computer Museum in Leicester. And we're bringing one of the most interesting people we know our good friend david pleasance now obviously

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