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August 24, 2023 94 mins
We chat to the legendary Chris Hinsley, one of the lead programmers at Mikro-Gen, a pioneering software house in the 1980s that produced games such as Pyjamarama, Everyone’s a Wally, and Equinox. Chris shared his memories of Mikro-Gen and his time on the groundbreaking TaOS, which almost became the next operating system for the Amiga.

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Show notes:

The Return of the Atari 2600: https://tinyurl.com/ykjhb56r
Turok 3 Remaster in the Works: https://tinyurl.com/yrdtjuxt
Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster: https://tinyurl.com/4jxthddm
The 7th Guest VR: https://youtu.be/OQt0EPl3kT0?si=FDdtucoLf5IFEgDV
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