Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news and interviews with industry veterans. New episodes released every Friday!
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We're joined by industry veteran Rod Cousens to hear some amazing stories from his time as vice president of Activision, the rise and fall of Acclaim Entertainment and the early days of the British micro-computer games scene.
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episode 307: The Best of 2021 in Retro Gaming - The Retro Hour EP307
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episode 306: Retro Gaming Christmas Quiz 2021 - The Retro Hour EP306
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episode 305: How to Take Care of Your Retro Systems with Jan Beta - The Retro Hour EP305
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episode 304: Dreamcast: Where It Went Wrong with Sega's Mark Subotnick
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We chat to veteran video game artist and co-founder of Art and Magic, Franck Sauer who worked on classics like Agony for Psygnosis, Unreal for Ubi Soft and Outcase for Infogrames.