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Retro Tea Break
Bite sized Tech Tales told by the people who shaped the industry. Video game designers, artists, musicians and more.
Grab a cuppa and enjoy a moment of living tech history. Hosted by Neil from the popular YouTube channel RMC.
Jordan Mechner is a pioneering game developer, writer, artist, director and more. Today I'm in conversation with the creative force behind Karateka, Prince of Persia, The Last Express and many more projects including his latest book, Replay, Memoirs of an Uprooted Family. Find out more at JordanMechner.com
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Meet Jordan Mechner 00:00
Young Jordan Mechner 06:30
Karateka 15:29
Prince of Persia 50:45
The Last Express 1:04:06
A Fresh Prince 1:20:35
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Rebecca Heineman is co-founder of Interplay, a video game champion and game development pioneer, today we hear her story.
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RetroCollective: https://retrocollective.co.uk
Rebecca on Twitter: https://twitter.com/burgerbecky
Olde Skuul on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OldeSkuul
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Games Master was the biggest video games TV show in the UK in the '90s and Dominik was centre stage as the presenter. With over 3m peak viewers this was the show we all looked forward to. Dominik shares with us today his background, rise to stardom, behind the scenes stories and troubles along the way.
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00:55 Early years
14:25 University years
20:07 A first taste of presenting
21:54 The Games Master years
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An unreleased Amiga game appeared in The Cave recently thanks to a visit from Glenn Broadway. It wasn't long before we got chatting and I realised that Glenn would be a perfect Tea Break guest, and boy does he have an interesting past. From interactive movies to unreleased Dreamcast games and the world of mobile gaming Glenn has seen it all unfold at the coalface of game design.
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00:20 Before the industry
07:20 First Job at Images
12:06 An unreleased Amiga game
21:23 Moving to SCI and Lawnmower Man
36:30 Kingdom 'O Magic for SCI
40:10 Working on SWIV3D
47:33 Setting up IO Productions
48:35 Stampede! Unreleased Dreamcast game
1:03:47 Nokia mobile gaming
1:08:42 Teaching Computer Science
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Ken and Roberta Williams created Sierra On-Line in 1979 with their first graphical adventure game for the Apple II compute "Mystery House". From these humble beginnings the world opened up for them and with games such as Police Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry and Kings Quest, Sierra rocketed to the top of the charts and became one of the biggest game publishers in the world.
Today we meet Ken and discuss those early days, and find out a little more about his history and his exciting new game.
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00:00 Intro to Ken Williams
00:45 How Ken Williams got into computers
02:37 Ken Williams ambitions as a young man
05:13 Was Ken Williams a geek like us
07:16 Did Ken Williams play games?
08:08 On Ken and Roberta's Apple II
09:14 The inspiration for Mystery House
13:14 Did Ken want to sell more serious software?
14:02 Does Ken have an Apple I?
18:13 The Videogame crash
20:35 Offering royalities to designers
22:50 "Ken Sent Me" & Leisure Suit Larry 4
25:30 Sierra's deal with IBM for Kings Quest
30:52 What is Ken Williams favourite Kings Quest
33:52 Ken Williams on the quality of his big box games
37:10 What is the perfect Sierra game?
38:36 What is it like working with Disney?
40:42 How do you stay ahead in the games industry?
45:33 What Quest games did Sierra never release?
47:45 The demise of Sierra
53:45 Ken Williams on his new game
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GameDev #Interview #RetroGaming
Game developers don't come much more legendary than Brenda and John Romero. From Wizardry to Doom, Commander Keen to Quake, between them they have over 80 years of experience in the video game industry. Today they share their memories of what attracted them to it, how they got their first break and a whole lot more. Pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy the chat.
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GameDev #Interview #RetroGaming
Richard Kay is a founder of Software Creations, one of the most innovative British game studios of the '80s and '90s. Famous for conversions such as Bubble Bobble and Bionic Commando from Taito, Capcom and other big name arcade machine creators of the era Richard and his team created the games others said weren't possible. Early success forged a partnership with Nintendo and a series of firsts for a games company outside of Japan in their relations with the big N.
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RetroTeaBreaks #Gaming #Nintendo
Trip Hawkins is a video game pioneer whose experience dates back to the very birth of the industry. An employee of Apple Computers reporting to Steve Jobs with a big idea for the video games industry, but not until the time was right to strike. And when he did he created one of the most valuable and well recognised game publishers on the planet. In our chat today we cover EA, The 3DO Company, the competition and what makes up the man with the vision and drive to create it all.
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Mark Ferrari shares his life as an artist, an author and so much more in our Tea Break today. A fascinating tale from the inside of Lucasfilm Games.
Marks Website: https://markferrari.com
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David Pleasance shares his story of the fall of Commodore from his position on the inside of the company, soon to be published in his new book "From Vultures to Vampires". https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/469255657/from-vultures-to-vampires
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Lee Jackson is responsible for the theme tune to Duke Nukem 3D as well as many more video game music greats. Today he tells us of his unusual route into the industry. Sometimes, perseverance pays off!
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Sam Battle shot to fame when he launched his YouTube channel in 2016 with creations such as the Furby Organ and flame throwing synth. It propelled his music and his personality into the spotlight and now allows him to tour the world making music with his mad creations. Today we chat with him about life on the channel Look Mum No Computer.
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Today Aaron Fothergill shares his history with us including creating games on the Amiga and Atari range of computers, how he broke into the industry, and where those experiences in the early days took him today. Grab a cuppa it's time for a teabreak!
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Richard Garriott is the man behind the legendary RPG series, Ultima. His part in the industry goes all the way back to 1979 with his first title Akalabeth. He went on to found Origin Systems with his brother Robert which gave us such titles as Wing Commander and System Shock. Today we learn about Richards history and his contribution to the video game industry.
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Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) joins us today to tell us about the story of the Pi. From inception to launch and beyond. Grab a cuppa, it's time for a tea break.
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Hail to the King baby! Jon St. John is a professional voice actor who is best known in our circles as the voice of Duke Nukem. Today we learn about how he got the job and the impact of "being Duke" on his life.
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Steve Furber was the Principal Engineer on the BBC Micro computer as well as the ARM processor. Landmarks in computer history as well as a collosus in present day technology thanks to the adoption of ARM in most mobile devices. Today we have the pleasure of learning a little more about his contribution to technology.
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Today we chat with the team lead of SCUMMVM, a wonderful bit of sofware designed to preserve adventure games, recreating the engines and enhancing the games we love with patches, bug fixes and improvements to make them playable on modern platforms.
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Tony Warriner is one of the Co-Founders of Revolution Software, the team behind Beneath a Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress and the Broken Sword series among many more AAA games. Today Tony shares with us is memories of getting into game development and making the games we loved.
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The Commodore Amiga was such a popular machine here in the UK and across Europe, but it always struck me as odd that in the USA, the home of Commodore, it was little more than a footnote in computer history. I've decided to ask some dedicated American Amiga owners for their perspective on the machine as underground Amiga owners back in the day.
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Amigos Retro Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsK4QYe2tRdIxoZxwkX3Ww
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H0ffman treats us to a mix of his music created on the Amiga and mixed on two Amiga 600's live in The Cave. If you'd like to see an interview with Ian and the set on video you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVF-GbGHxA8
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🎧H0ffman SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/h0ffman
🎧Nova Party: http://novaparty.org/
🎧Ravi's Nova Party vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErG0aMc6fFE
🎧PT-1210 Amiga Mixing Software Discord Chat: https://discord.gg/NPNPwcJ
🎧EON by TBL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9xk3SDSYc
🎧Revision Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/RevisionParty
● Tracklist - All music created by H0ffman and playing on Amiga 600's
Drop the Panic
Agent Glitch
Pattern Skank (Instrumental Mix)
Profesional Tracker (feat. Daytripper)
Logos and Scrollers
Everyway
Generator
Calm Before the Storm
The Hunter
Revision
Ghetto
Hot Dots
Miles Per Pattern (feat. cTrix)
Freerunner
5k Reese
Krunk'D
Unreal
Starquake
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Rob Hubbard is a giant in the world of video games and his music enhanced and at times surpassed the quality of the games themselves. Today we learn about his wizardry with the C64's SID chip as well as what he went on to do in the '90s which is less spoken about but just as interesting.
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We're live today at Blackpool Play Expo where I was asked to host a Q&A with the legendary composer Tim Follin. We hear about his life history and enjoy some audience participation at the event.
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Co-host Andrew can be found at
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It should have killed Elite to become the greatest computer space game of all time, so what happened? The largely unknown "Karma" is an unreleased game by Periscope Software Ltd. Today we talk to one of the developers to find out what it was, why it wasn't released, and what became of it.
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The Sega Hotline was the place to go for help on your favourite Sega Master System or Mega Drive games. If you were in Australia and you called it then you probably spoke to this man. Tim shares his memories of his five years working there.
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Follow Tim on Twitter: https://twitter.com/segamastertim
See SinceSpacies video tour of the office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T32oZpX37w
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Today we take tea with a modern developer, Robin Jubber, who tells us all about the Vectrix console and his new game Player2.
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Player2 the game can be found here: https://jubbernaut.com
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Paul Owens was the first developer in the Ocean Software stable having started out at Spectrum Games, the company which would become Ocean. He created such titles as Daley Thompson's Decathlon and Short Circuit on the ZX Spectrum while creating the development tools needed to streamline a relentless release schedule, all of which he shares with us today.
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Ocean: The History book - https://fusionretrobooks.com/products/the-history-of-ocean-software
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David Fox was employee number 3 at the newly formed Lucas Arts, a game company that rose to the top as one of the greatest of all time. David shares his memories of the company, his work and the famous Skywalker Ranch.
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● Episode Links
Thimbleweed Park: https://thimbleweedpark.com/
Rube Works: https://www.rubegoldberg.com/education/rube-works-game/
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If lightening ever struck twice in the games industry then it was Mike Dailly who was hit, with both Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto to his name he helped to drive two of the biggest selling franchises of the '90s and beyond. Today we get to hear about the early days of DMA Design and how he got into the industry.
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Mike Dailly - http://www.javalemmings.com/DMA/
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●RetroManCave - Neil
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Chris Abbott is turning our favourite C64 tunes into full blown epics with a symphony orchestra. Today he tells us all about the 8 Bit Symphony, Rob Hubbard and the journey taken so far to make these glorious renditions a reality.
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8-bit Symphony Website: https://www.8-bit-symphony.com/
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And now, a musical interlude. This bonus episode is by request of the viewers of RetroManCave on YouTube. It's a mix I've put together of tracks which have appeared in RMC videos, with a sprinkling of computer history and futurology. I hope you enjoy it!
[All music is used with the express permission of the rights holder]
Neil - RMC
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After some controversy on the channel recently I am pleased to present the real Echo from LSD. The man behind the huge tune that accomponied the Jesus on E's Amiga demo. Today we hear more about that demo, the man behind the music and what he went on to do with his life.
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Echo / Spoon Wizard website: http://www.spoonwizard.com/
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Francois Lionet unlocked the potential of the Atari ST and the Commodore Amiga with his products STOS and AMOS, as well as creating the visual games creation tool Klik and Play and so much more. Today we get to chat to him and hear about the return of AMOS with AMOS 2.
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Bill Volk is the man behind Return to Zork and the first ever CD based title on a home computer The Manhole. A man with a long and illustrious career talks us through his highs and lows in the industry as well as his current project.
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The Climate Trail website - https://TheClimateTrail.com
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Stoo Cambridge is a graphic designer who worked at Sensible Software at the height of its success. Producing pixel art for games such as Sensible Soccer, Cannon Fodder and....Sim Brick....Stoo gives us an insight into his beloved Commodore Amiga 1000 and the software he used as well as life at Sensi.
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● Episode Links
Stoo's website - https://stoocambridge.com
Retro Island Diskettes - https://audioboom.com/channels/5001240
George "The Fatman" Sanger is a musician who has worked on such games as 7th Guest, Wing Commander, Ultima Savage Empire and more. Making video game music since 1983 he gives us an insight into the very early days of making video games and how music contributed to their development.
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● Episode Links
https://fatman.com
https://songsforgames.com