Category: Retro Computing History

Put your shades and stick your thumbs out as Cool Spot takes the spotlight in this weeks cooler than usual episode.

All is not well in the pits of Hades, only Mutt and a dubious Lorfarius can find the mystic Pizza of Plenty in this weeks show.

Bub and Bob join AMIGArama for the ultimate arcade team up in this weeks look back at an arcade smash hit.

In the latest release of the popular podcast “Retro Island Diskettes” hosted by Neil from RetroManCave and Dr Andrew Armstrong from The Backoffice Show we hear the life story of veteran developer Tim Gilberts. Tim was responsible for many titles but is perhaps most well known for The Quill, a text adventure game toolkit which allowed anyone to create interactive…

The Blacktooth Empire has a Head and Heels problem so join AMIGArama in this week’s interplanetary team up for an Amiga remaster of this 8Bit classic.

AMIGArama swings into the sahara, singing Hakuna Matata for this weeks Disney special but can The Lion King really live up to its proud and powerful name?

Atari gets the AMIGArama close up in Lorfarius’ latest look at a Doom like shooter before… well Doom was even a thing!

Can Lorfarius climb to the top of this Pit-Figher challenge in this weeks street fighting AMIGArama.

Scotty Allen is the man behind the hugely successful YouTube channel, Strange Parts. He joins Joerg and AJ for Scene World’s Repair Month to talk building and repairing your own hardware, China’s unique electronics marketplace, and why preserving older hardware is important for future generations. (Interview begins at 14:42) https://scene.world/strangeparts

I love the Internet Archive and all the tools they provide us to view/download their digital collection, but sometimes I found the interface a bit overwhelming if you want to browse about such a broad subject and are not looking for something specific. Coming to your help, the Internet Archive invited the podcaster and Atari historian, Kevin Savetz to write…