Game & Gadget Podcast
Love of Retro Gaming & Modern Tech
Episodes
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
- 00:00:00 – Introduction and podcast opening
- 00:00:17 – Tony’s tour experience promoting UrbX Warriors game
- 00:01:18 – The importance of playtesting games with real people at events
- 00:02:33 – Upcoming gaming eve...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
- FPGA devices becoming more accessible, focusing on the MiSTer project and its many retro gaming cores
- Hunting down Taki Udon FPGA boards and the challenges with small production batches
- Early adopter woes – memory speed concerns and analogue...
I am joined by Mark Benis, who has composed the musical soundtrack for the point and click adventure game Rosewater, set in the wild west and released in 2024. Mark has also worked on the soundtrack for Lamplight City with others credits for titles including Wolfenstein: Youngblood.
In this podcast, we discuss his joy of retro chip-tune music of retro gaming platforms including the Nintendo Game Boy, which has inspired his jou...
I am joined by Mike from vswitchzero, who has a fascinating YouTube channel dedicated to 90s retro PC hardware and gaming. In this podcast, we explore the fascinating history of this exciting era of 3D acceleration advancement with classic graphics cards including the 3Dfx Voodoo while delving into the repairs, nostalgia and the pitfalls of revisiting retro PC computing.
Topics include:
- Commander Keen, Do...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Tony wants to play Elite on his BBC Micro, but the smoking capacitors have other ideas
- James’ original Xbox had a hidden surprise, a leaking clock capacitor that nearly destroyed the console
- Restoring James’ Commo...
I am joined by Alex Brown, programmer of an upcoming brand new beat-em-up 2-player game for the Commodore Amiga – Metro Siege. With the target platform the Amiga A500, originally released way back in 1987! Alex takes us through the journey of pushing the limits of the Amiga A500, the experience of programming with the Amiga custom chips and how this wonderful passion project will become a final release.
Topics include:
<...I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- James’ visit to Tony’s retro computer and console collection
- Tony spending money to get his retro collection connected to...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- James hunting for a SEGA Genesis in the USA
- Broken Sword Reforged Kickstarter blasts through £50,000 target to over half a million!
- Broken Sword 2 remastered?
- Did Tony from Revolution Software realise Broken Sword on its orig...
I am joined by Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games, Martin Mulrooney of Alternative Magazine Online and Karl from Retro32 as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- What is BBS and how was it used?
- BBS today on the Amiga
- The joys and sounds of dial up internet and blocking for Grandmothers
- Piracy software and the ...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Karl from Retro32 as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- James’ experiences with emulator Gotek floppy drives for retro computers and the Atari 520 STFM
- Tony’s experience of the Anbernic portable handheld RG35XX Plus
- Challenges faced when updating ...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- James & Tony meeting in person for the very first time!
- Crash Live 2023 Sinclair Spectrum event experiences
- ZX Spectrum Vs C64 banter
- ZX Spectrum Next explored
- How to program the Z80 book
- Tony is using Windows 11… W...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- The engineering conundrum of granny squares
- You don’t have to be an expert in the field to write a game about a particular topic
- Tony app...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Tony has been on an event panel and another to follow with Charles Cecil of Revolution Software
- The Acorn Electron bargain £20 spend
- So many 8-bit computers that didn’t make it!
- Storing computers...
I am joined by Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games, Steve Ince who is an artist, game designer and writer working on games from Revolution Software such as Broken Sword and also a new guest to our podcast Rees from YouTube channel ctrl-alt-rees as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Steve Ince discusses his retirem...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Atari Jaguar – 64-bit development issues with Tom & Jerry chips
- Threading commands with the Atari Jaguar
- Nintendo Wii U naming failur...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Image generation with A.I. is scary good
- A.I. is a replicant?
- A.I. introduces James Woodcock
- A.I. introduces Tony Warriner
- Who is Steve Warriner? Tony wishes he knew!
- The A.I. risk to copywriters
- The A.I. risk to artists and ...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Steve Ince who is an artist, game designer and writer working on games from Revolution Software such as Broken Sword as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- James acquiring the Mattel Electronics Intellivision Console and games
- The Intellivision voice synt...
I am joined by Jan Hofmeister, who has spent years restoring for free, in particular point and click adventure game box art and posters – creating stunning print quality tributes to these classic titles. Titles from Lucas Arts, Adventure Soft and more in beautiful high quality using a variety of assets from the original box art, magazine full-page spreads, manuals and more.
Although the audio version of the podcast is st...
I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- What technology did Santa bring us in 2022?
- Remembering dedicated sound cards
- The loss of the headphone port on phones and tablets
- The 486 CPU TURBO mode switch
- Swapping through multiple floppy disks in games
- Broken Sword 3 a...
I am joined by Steve Ince who is an artist, game designer and writer working on games from Revolution Software such as Broken Sword and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.
Topics include:
- Steve Ince’s 201 Things for Better Game Writing book
- Steve’s entrance to writing fo...
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