Category: Podcast

Community Showcase: Lorfarius and the AMIGArama Podcast

In community showcase we highlight the many projects, contributions and endeavours made by other members of the vintage computing and retro gaming community. In this edition we turn the spotlight on AMIGArama, a UK-based podcast dedicated to the Commodore Amiga, a machine which first launched in 1985 and was years ahead of the competition in terms of graphics and audio…

Scene World Podcast #53! – Building a New C64 PSU with Andrzej Wisniewski

This time we are talking to AndrzejWisniewski from C64PSU who is selling new modern and reliable PSUs for the #C64, #C128 and #Amiga computers! Nafcom talks to him about this complex project and how important it is to the preserving this hardware. https://scene.world/c64psu

Scene World Podcast Episode #52 – Kim Justice

Kim Justice is one of the retro scene’s most popular YouTube broadcasters, with videos covering nearly every aspect of the video game industry. This month, Kim joins AJ and Joerg to talk about her history in the gaming scene, YouTube popularity, and her process for creating engaging content. scene.world/kimjustice

Scene World Podcast Episode #51 – Digging Deeper with Tectoy’s Stefano Arnhold

Tectoy is the producer and distributor of Sega products in Brazil, credited with keeping the consoles popular in Brazil long after their discontinuation around the rest of the world. Andrew and Joerg welcome back Tectoy CEO Stefano Arnhold for a deeper dive into the unique legacy of this company and their 2017 edition of the Megadrive. Also, AJ and Joerg…

Scene World Podcast Episode #50 – 50th Episode Extravaganza with Lars Sobiraj!

Lars Sobiraj is a freelance journalist, member of the Amiga scene as Ghandy, and editor for Tarnkappe. info and fomer editor of the Hugi diskmag and the news / underground portal gulli. com. He is also the first guest to ever be on the Scene World Podcast, all the way back in 2014. AJ and Joerg welcome Lars back to…

Steve Hammond of DMA Design shares his life in retro (RID Podcast)

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/473319603″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In today’s episode of Retro Island Diskettes we chat with Steve Hammond of DMA Design.  He shares his story of the founding of the company, working on hits like Lemmings and their relationship with Psygnosis as well as personal struggles and their effect on his career. Steve tells a fascinating story from behind the…

Scene World Podcast Episode #49 – Neohabitat with Steve Salevan

Habitat was one of the precursors of the modern MMORPG: in the 1980s and 1990s, it was an immersive graphical world populated by C64 users in real-time, through the Quantumlink network. AJ and Joerg talk to developer Steve Salevan about the challenges in resurrecting Habitat and why this unique chapter of computing history is important today. Listen to it: https://scene.world/neohabitat

FloppyDays Podcast interviews John Grant, developer of the BASIC for the Sinclair ZX-80

Randy Kindig and Earl Evans started covering the Sinclair ZX-80/81 in the last episode of FloppyDays podcast, mostly talking about its history and tech specifications. To continue the historical coverage of the early Sinclair machines, Randy was able to locate and interview John Grant, owner of Nine Tiles which was responsible for the operating system and the BASIC language shipped with the ZX-80….

Inside the Amiga Demo Scene with Judge Drokk – Founder of Anarchy

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/466347969″ params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] In today’s episode of Retro Island Diskettes we take a trip deep into the demo scene with our guest Judge Drokk.  He shares his story today of life in the C64 scene with Infiltrators before founding and managing the running of Anarchy, one of the most recognised group from the scene in the…

Scene World Podcast Episode #48 – Engineering a New C64 Keyboard with Lau Brix

Lau Brix has designed a modern, drop-in replacement for the C64’s keyboard. Joerg and AJ talk to him about this awesome new hardware, and the story behind how it came to be. Listen to it at: scene.world/c64keyboard