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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 events
• 00:03:47 – Experience of putting the game in front of players for the first time
• 00:05:24 – Discord community and alpha demo releases
• 00:07:39 – Technical challenges of developing for ZX Spectrum Next vs PC
• 00:08:26 – Real-time bug fixing and community feedback process
• 00:11:11 – Comparing modern playtesting to classic game development (Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword)
• 00:15:01 – ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 Kickstarter success (£2.2 million raised)
• 00:18:16 – New Commodore developments and C64 revival
• 00:22:31 – James’s retrolan experience with friends
• 00:28:10 – Windows operating systems and stability
• 00:30:24 – James switching from macOS to Linux Mint on MacBook Pro
• 00:33:05 – Tony planning to get UrbX Warriors running on Raspberry Pi
• 00:34:29 – Linux gaming and Steam compatibility improvements
• 00:37:23 – Backup strategies and password management
• 00:41:12 – GitHub for game development backup and collaboration
• 00:44:12 – Brief discussion about AI and its applications
• 00:48:30 – Broken Sword Reforged and AI controversy explanation
• 00:56:34 – Recommendation for Earthion shmup game on Steam
• 00:59:16 – Potential UrbX Warriors ports to other platforms (Mega Drive, Neo Geo, Amiga)
• 01:04:18 – Wrap-up and goodbye

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Read the full post: Playtesting Adventures, ZX Spectrum Next (KS3), Retro LANs & Neo Geo Ports – Game & Gadget Podcast #42, created by James Woodcock.

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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 audio quirks
• FPGA efforts to emulate complex consoles like the Sega Saturn, PlayStation 1, N64 and beyond
• The dream of a consumer-level FPGA PlayStation 1 experience with the SuperStation One
• Tony’s new project: UrbX Warriors – a Kickstarter-bound game for Spectrum Next, PC and more
• The challenges of developing for the Spectrum Next, dealing with tight memory banking restrictions
• Porting UrbX Warriors to PSX, Steam, Switch, Amiga and Mac
• James’ retro PC escapades – saving and restoring early 2000s hardware for Windows 98 and XP gaming
• Collecting CRT monitors and comparing the experience of CRT versus modern digital displays
• The charm and madness of original hardware compared to FPGA and software emulation
• Nostalgic memories of Voodoo 2 graphics cards and the thrill of early PC 3D acceleration
• Scaling games like Broken Sword for different PC specs and the Game Boy Advance back in the 1990s
• The ongoing rabbit hole of retro computing
• CRT TV repair challenges

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Read the full post: FPGA, Spectrum Next Development, Retro 90s PCs & More… – Game & Gadget Podcast #41, created by James Woodcock.

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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 journey creativity to now write musical soundtracks for modern gaming titles.

Topics include:

• Mark Benis’ opportunity to become a game composer
• Childhood love of Pokémon Red/Blue music led to a lifelong curiosity about chip music
• The beauty of 8-bit music to orchestral and back again
• Using Wwyse and FMOD as audio middleware to replace line-by-line coding
• Mark’s early days and the audio equipment he used
• The financial barrier of the many professional audio sample libraries
• No woodwinds in the game Lamplight City inspiring creativity by limitation
• How hardware MIDI modules (Roland MT-32, Sound Canvas etc) have been replaced with software music audio libraries
• Mark’s go to piano performances to loosen his fingers and inspire his thoughts
• Mark’s computer and desk setup for music composition
• What is Rosewater and the musical brief you were given
• Avoiding the typical wild west country style music
• How much of the original work made it into the game soundtrack?
• How much of the artwork and game direction did Mark see before composing the tracks?
• Timing introductions to the music, or arranging the music to the intro?
• Hearing the voice acting dialogue for the first time reactions
• Mixing virtual instruments with live music players
• Choral music creation for the game Lamplight City recorded in a church with a real choir
• Mark’s future projects
• Collaborating on musical projects and avoiding arguments

Featured music within the podcast, kindly provided with permission by Mark Benis…

• 7-43 to Rosewater
• Once Upon a Time in Western Vespuccia
• Night Walk
• The Showdown
• So Long, Partner
• Flor Silvestre by Christiane Ramirez

You can download the full Rosewater Soundtrack on Mark Benis’ Bandcamp page.

The full transcript can also be downloaded…

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Read the full post: Video Game Music with Rosewater’s Mark Benis – Game & Gadget Podcast #40, created by James Woodcock.

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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, Doom, Quake and the evolution of PC gaming hardware during the 90s
• Introduction of 3DFX and Voodoo graphics cards, including personal experiences and significant technological leaps
• Voodoo 2 SLI configurations and their impact on 3D gaming
• Comparisons between 3DFX, PowerVR and other competing technologies of the time
• Popular sound cards like the Creative Sound Blaster series and Yamaha DB50XG/SW60XG
• General MIDI and enhanced gaming experiences through better audio fidelity
• Mike’s Train Wreck Voodoo 2 repair
• Issues with capacitor failures and maintaining vintage hardware
• Benefits of modern retro PC projects and new hardware options mimicking retro systems
• Insights into building and maintaining retro PCs versus using modern emulation tools like DOSBox
• The joy of hardware repair and the satisfaction of reviving old systems
• Early PC setups, the transition to multimedia PCs and the rise of CD-ROM drives
• Reflections on the transformative era of PC gaming in the 90s
• Ongoing retro hardware projects and the increasing value of vintage components

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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’ Commodore 64 – real dead bugs
• The C64 Tapecart SD for fast loading cassette games in just a few seconds
• The amazing Commodore 64 loading graphics and music
• Importance of preserving the stories from those who experienced such big tech and software advances
• The Sony PlayStation Vita with its stunning OLED display where sales flopped
• The cleverness of the dual screen display of the Nintendo DS
• Drooling over modern crystal replacement cases for retro consoles
• SEGA Dreamcast modding with the GDemu and DreamPSU
• The original power supply on the C64 is another danger!
• The video tour of Tony’s collection of retro gear
• ‘The Spectrum‘ hardware announced for emulating classic Spectrum titles
• What is a ‘sensible’ retro collection purchase?
• James’ lovely yet battered Amiga 500 purchased for £30

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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:

• How Alex became a programmer
• Alex’s favourite game influences
• Why create a new game for the Amiga?
• Pushing the limits of the Amiga A500
• Taking the Amiga online with cross system online multiplayer
• The art of releasing a beta or technical preview and gathering feedback
• Keeping the gameplay smooth with 2 players, enemies and lush surroundings
• Parallax scrolling, moving trains and what’s needed to achieve the results
• Using modular character animation on the Amiga
• Given extra life to a retro computing platform
• The reason for the expansion memory of 512kb memory requirement
• The programming resources available for the Amiga
• The tricks of the trade for programming the Amiga
• The software and tools for creating Amiga games
• Emulation versus real hardware for testing
• The size of the team and the understanding of the capabilities of the Amiga
• The biggest challenge of getting the game to work
• Why AGA has not been targeted… yet?
• Ensuring there is an end goal to any “passion project”

If you watch the video version of the podcast, I have captured Metro Siege running from my own Amiga A500 (which mine does have Pistorm installed, but I have been assured it will still run great without one). You can find out more by visiting the Metro Siege website.

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Read the full post: New Metro Siege Game for Amiga Interview – Programmer Alex Brown – Game & Gadget Podcast #37, created by James Woodcock.

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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 a modern display – OSSC, RGB cables, power cables etc
• Mister FPGA costs versus retro hardware collections
• Aaron positive thoughts (and excellent excuses) on the cost of collecting retro hardware
• The Atari Falcon, the development kit for the Atari Jaguar
• Aaron’s first computer, which he still owns!
• Modifying old computers ROM chips and copyright risk
• My brand new retro hardware portable device for less than £1
• RGB cables everywhere!
• The Apple G4 Cube USB flaw
• Skiving to get into computer games
• The inspiration of the ZX81 and micro computers
• My fondness of the Atari 65XE 8-bit computer
• Bye bye ICQ
• Tony and Aaron invent Code Jenga
• Development is hard
• Manually typing code from old books and magazines – oh the typos!
• Code in books, to disks on magazines to digital DLC
• What happens to digital licensed content when you die?
• The importance of archiving DLC and game patches
• Licensing music for games
• The cost of patching a console game
• The beauty of Xbox Live Arcade and developing the first games
• Playing Xbox Live Arcade version of Golden Eye on an Xbox 360 debug unit

Featured Atari Falcon image By F-Andrey, CC BY 2.0, Link

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 original release would be so popular?
• The design differences between Lure of the Temptress, Beneath a Steel Sky & Broken Sword
• Balancing PC minimum spec and recommended levels in development of games
• Sony PlayStation 5 Pro details leaked splitting the PS5 target specs
• Triple AAA titles and layoffs in the industry
• Netflix, Disney Plus etc and how we are cancelling subscriptions due to raising prices
• The needless pain of grinding in a game to progress
• Match 3 games and the lightning energy nonsense
• Apple EU App Stores
• Tony’s first article on Pixel Refresh, Beneath A Steel Sky Sets as Broken Sword Dawns – Revolution Book Preview
• James’ article on Pixel Refresh, CRT TV for Retro Gaming – The Beauty, Buying, Repair & Despair
• Acorn Pocket Book preview
• YouTube Premium, if only they would separate YouTube Music
• Apple Music for lossless, even on Android
• Where is Spotify HiFi lossless audio??? Literally years since the original announcement
• WearOS versus Tizen on smartwatches
• Tony’s Apple Watch experience

NOTE: Tony or I lost connection at the very end, so the conversation goes a little odd as we wonder where the other person went :) Luckily the software locally records so Tony continued recording!

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #35 – Retro Vs Modern Gaming, Subscriptions Galore & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 effects on development and livelihoods
• Funny copy protection at level 10
• Jetstrike release version not the final and included a serious bug
• Jetstrike game featured Aliens “one in a million” chance though of seeing them!
• How did we all use our first connections to the Internet?
• The success of iTunes and iTunes Match against mp3 piracy
• Broken Sword Reforged and AI as a tool
• Our fondness of Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered and its intentional limitations
• How what is acceptable has changed over the years
• Early gameplay mechanics

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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 the Anbernic device
• Using original gaming hardware versus FPGA
• Keeping retro computers and consoles alive
• Discussion on the financial aspects of retro gaming, accessories and their cost
• ScummVM now officially available on the Apple App Store
• Various handheld devices for portable emulation
• So many ‘mini’ devices bringing back our retro memories
• The challenge of shipping a Steam Deck to Ukraine (the update)
• Super Amigas?
• How long would you need to learn to become a developer!
• Tony’s new game demo coming soon…

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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… We checked! (the dedicated macOS enthusiast)
• Tony and Charles Cecil presenting at Crash Live 2023 regarding Artic Games / Revolution Software
• Porting games in the 8-bit / 16-bit era
• Mister FPGA Vs real hardware
• The RG35XX and RG35XX Plus portable handheld consoles experiences
• It’s difficult to send a Steam Deck to Kiev
• What Tony is going to do with his ZX Spectrum Next for programming
• Tony’s new game Wormhole Dungeon
• What platforms could be targeted?
• Remembering the SEGA Dreamcast
• Broken Sword Reforged Kickstarter open for registration

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #32 – ZX Spectrum Next, Anbernic RG35XX Plus & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 appears on more panels
• Retro computers & consoles and inspiring the young
• Unity Engine going downhill
• The craziness of gaming marketing and advertising
• The beauty of Apple skeuomorphism before iOS 7
• Every operating system goes partially transparent
• MacBook Pro 2015 craziness of design – goodbye ports, hello dongles
• Collecting old phones and the battery bulging dangers
• James gets himself another Commodore 64
• The similarity of technology used on older retro computers
• Disks surviving, discs rotting
• Tony’s Amstrad CPC fixed and working
• The loudness of 52x CD-ROM drives – spin spin spin!

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #31 – Exploding Phones, Retro Future, Unity Chaos & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 is harder than consoles!
•  Tony’s 8-bit computer collection
•  Collecting original retro computer boxes and using modern replicas 
•  The Enterprise computer that failed
•  Real Amiga with PiStorm and a Raspberry Pi makes your CPU stupid fast!
•  All the versions of the Atari ST
•  The true joy of programming for the Motorola 68000
•  Tony wanting to write an Amiga game in the future
•  Programming between the different 16-bit computers
•  Broken Sword Reforged using AI and ‘real’ artists to increase the visual detail

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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 retirement from gaming work
• What games Steve has been playing now he has a little more time
• Steve releasing yet more books!
• The pain of the developer crunch time
• Life as ctrl-alt-rees and his fascination with Atari
• Atari ST and the MIDI capabilities
• Computers for homework *cough* games!
• Homework on an Acorn Archimedes A3010 and dot matrix printers
• Atari ST and 32 person strong multiplayer games with MIDI connections
• The horror when you realise what you have thrown away, and then it becomes valuable
• Steve’s computer journey
• Taking a high quality scan, reducing to 128 colours for PC, reducing to 32 colours for Amiga
• A changing colour pixel for a convincing ‘blink’
• Broken Sword on the Nintendo Wii
• Rise of the Triads and the music of Lee Jackson
• The ever growing retro community
• Robin Williams suing Disney and the risk of the colour blue

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #29 – Atari ST Nostalgia, Pink Genies & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 failure
• Nintendo Switch and Valve Steam Deck
• Folding smartphones and remembering the Motorola V3i and WAP
• Beyond smartphones, the Apple Vision Pro?
• 3D cinema with custom 2D glasses
• 3D televisions dead, but 3D movies still being released
• Disney+ IMAX and the 4K Blu-ray disks NOT always including premium features (Dolby TrueHD, Dolby Vision etc)
• Streaming services licence issues, content removed
• The Orville, more Star Trek than Star Trek
• The wonders of Plex
• Couldn’t even playback an MP3 music file without stuttering on a 486 PC

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #28 – Atari Jaguar Development, Beyond Smartphones & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 copyright
• The benefits of Artificial Intelligence
• Using A.I. to make appointments
• Creating a coffee drinking squirrel
• Voice assistants that simply don’t understand
• Tony’s book on the history of Revolution Software updates

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #27 – A.I., ChatGPT, Bard, Voice Assistant Chaos & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 synthesis add-on
• The joy of cartridges compared against cassette, floppy disk and more
• Tony states “You could do a great game with 48K”
• The juggling of switching multiple floppy disks for a single game
• Why did James get a PC? To play the “talkie” version of Simon the Sorcerer!
• Select, menu and adjust – remembering the Acorn Archimedes A3010
• Steve explains how he managed the audio recordings for Beneath a Steel Sky “talkie” version
• Characters with accents?
• Discworld and the famous actors who did the many voices including ‘Jon’ Pertwee
• How Broken Sword music and voice cast influenced the story of the sequel
• The different voices of Nico Collard in Broken Sword
• Directing the voice cast and whether any of us can act!
• The easter eggs Tony and Steve have snuck into their games
• Piracy… the voice of pirates
• Classic TV, the good and mostly the bad

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #26 – Intellivision Console, “Talkie” Versions & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 still available, this is very much a visual presentation as Jan takes us through a selection of his work and details for the first time the processes and applications he uses for these restorations.

Topics include:

• How Jan became interested in restoring game box art and posters
• Jan’s fascination with Lucas Arts point and click adventure games
• The early days with the Commodore 128 and Maniac Mansion
• How it became a hobby and a skill
• The influence of Jurassic Park in computer graphics
• Restoration of Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders process demonstrated
• Restoration of The Secret of Monkey Island process demonstrated
• Restoration of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine process demonstrated
• Restoration of The Curse of Monkey Island up close
• Restoration of Simon the Sorcerer up close
• Jan’s work on the cover of Back to the Future: The Game
• The sad side of Jan’s restoration efforts
• How you can support Jan’s work

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #25 – Restoring Retro Game Posters with Jan Hofmeister, created by James Woodcock.

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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 and the 3D engine
• James’ Christmas Eve process or bringing out retro tech before the new stuff comes along
• Tony still loves his ‘portable’ Steam Deck
• Missing a Sony portable gaming device
• Sony trying to rule the world with countless storage formats they created
• 3D televisions and cinema and its failure
• Modern VR and the Metaverse
• Mastodon and its recent success
• The hunt for alternative social media services
• Movie and TV subscriptions services, we lost the leave cable / satellite dream
• The joys of Plex

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #24 – The Death of 3D, Mastodon Rise, Joys of Plex and More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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 for games
• Questioning the writing quality of Willow and The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• Original Xbox Live is back with Insignia
• Midtown Madness 3 on Xbox Live
• Atari Jaguar Emulation with BigPEmu featuring 100% compatibility
• The brands that still exist, but do they really?
• SEGA and the success with Sumo Digital
• So many sequels and digital de-aging
• AI writing, some examples better than others
• The craziness of Twitter and James moving to Mastodon
• Remember Friends Reunited?

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #23 – Writing for Games, Xbox Live with Insignia & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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:

• Tony’s ‘Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness‘ book passed its goal on Kickstarter
• Our experience and love of the arcade
• The addiction and gameplay style of the arcade to get you hooked
• Why the arcade typically had just 3 characters for your name / initials
• The virtual on-screen keyboard for signing into TV apps – yuck
• Not playing too much online gaming and then getting a chance only to die over and over again
• Early VR headsets, cardboard VR and modern VR
• The Xbox 360 Live Vision camera
• Using your face likeness on the Xbox 360
• What games we have been playing
• How 16-bit games captured James’ imagination
• AI generated pixel art
• Tony’s new game is no longer a Shmup

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In this special interview edition Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by authors Tony Warriner co-founder of Revolution Software and Martin Mulrooney of Alternative Magazine Online as we discuss their new book which has featured on Kickstarter recently titled Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness. The story of Revolution Software, best known for their point and click adventure games as told by Tony Warriner, one of its original founders.

Their Kickstarter was funded within just 4 days of its launch, reaching their £8,000 goal in style.

Written by Tony Warriner, employee number one and co-founder of Revolution Software, with a foreword by Charles Cecil, this epic book tells the untold behind-the-scenes story of this much-loved game developer. Ten years on from the hugely successful Broken Sword 5 Kickstarter, Tony is back for another wild ride with this highly personal account of Revolution’s rise from the 1980s 8-bit gaming scene.

Revolution: The Quest for Game Development Greatness Kickstarter

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #21 – Revolution Software Kickstarter Book Interview, created by James Woodcock.

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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:

• Portable gaming with the Steam Deck
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Subscription
• Cloud gaming to try a game before you download it
• Games pushing you to register an email address even on console
• Developing for the failed Gizmondo portable
• The range of portable consoles
• James’ love for the Nintendo 3DS, even over the Switch
• Gaming world record speed runs spectacle and admiration
• Playing games to feel like the hero
• Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace gaming visual amazement, but limited gameplay
• Space Ace game on Blu-ray

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #20 – Steam Deck, Gizmondo & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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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:

• Scorching 40 degree UK heatwave (we just aren’t used to it!)
• iPad Pro Stage Manager
• Beneath a Steel Sky development for the original iPad
• Dolby Atmos music, DVD Audio and Super Audio CD
• Spatial Audio head tracking
• Tony and his history of Revolution Software book nearing completion
• Creating a Kickstarter
• The number of camera’s as you walk around
• Buying magazines just for the demos and full games

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #19 – Dolby Atmos Music, Magazine Games & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software,  Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games and Stoo Cambridge known for his pixel artwork for Cannon Fodder and other titles from Sensible Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.

Topics include:

• The iPad Pro 5th Generation experience
• The Logitech Combo Keyboard for the iPad Pro
• Video editing on the iPad Pro surprisingly great, up to a point
• The Post PC Era with the iPad Pro, or is it?
• iPad prototype experiences
• iOS apps on macOS
• Should macOS be able to run natively on the iPad Pro?
• Creating pixel artwork on retro and modern devices
• Pixel art… with a joystick!
• How many monitors is too many monitors?
• Aircraft control, 4-bit fun
• Broken Sword 3 and the transition to using 3D
• Text based adventure games

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Read the full post: Game & Gadget Podcast #18 – iPad Pro Post PC Era, Pixel Art Creation & More…, created by James Woodcock.

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I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software,  Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games and Stoo Cambridge known for his pixel artwork for Cannon Fodder and other titles from Sensible Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.

Topics include:

• The artwork design concepts of Cannon Fodder
• Cannon Fodder moving from Amiga to other platforms not always respectful to original artwork
• How we would love a Cannon Fodder Remaster, come on Codemasters
• Cannon Fodder, heroic yet emotional devastating
• Is there still an environment to truly create something new in gaming?
• Sonic Mania respecting the beauty of the originals
• The Roland MT-32, Adlib FM and Amiga/Acorn Module music
• The amazing Commodore 64 SID chip
• The CD32 quirks and oddities
• Trying to find original CD32 games at reasonable prices
• Did the cartridge outstay its welcome?
• Sony PlayStation development hardware power overloads
• Tony using Unity for his new game
• The Commodore 64 loading screens with that music!
• Education system originally pushing people away from computer careers
• The logo Stoo Cambridge created for Pixel Refresh

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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:

• Finding the perfect music streaming service mission impossible
• Lossless music revolution for audio music streaming
• Transferring music library from Spotify to Apple Music
• Vinyl digitally remastered
• Watching classic movies from 1938 onwards…
• Too many video streaming services?
• 4K Blu-ray verses buying movies online to stream
• Microsoft and Sony rush to buy game studios
• Broken Sword on the Gameboy Advance
• Broken Sword 2 was so nearly completed for release on the Gameboy Advance!

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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:

• The influence of Double Fine on Kickstarter videos
• How without mobile phones, we took less photos
• Xbox celebrates 20th anniversary
• Why James’ pre-ordered an original Xbox
• The beauty of Doom
• Our loathing of typical Free to Play gaming
• Tony’s experience with Apple App Store requirements
• Typing in game code from magazines isn’t dead
• The joy of the Commodore 64
• The weird Xbox 360 developer hardware unveiling Tony witnessed
• James’ review of Broken Sword 3 on the original Xbox, read to one of the developers live!
• Original Xbox built-in hard drive advantages
• CD-ROM speed advantages and disadvantages
• Broken Sword 3 and 4 dreaming of remasters
• Grand Theft Auto remasters… oh dear!
• Imagining the Simon the Sorcerer interface remastered
• Open Source software when used commercially
• Beneath a Steel Sky on Android exists… sort of

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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’s new book in progress covering the history of Revolution Software – creators of Broken Sword, Beneath a Steel Sky and many more point and click adventures
• The Matrix bullet time effect… on a budget
• Working on point and click adventure sequels
• The point and click adventure CD-ROM talkie versions
• Nintendo DS Lite – the cutest portable gaming machine
• James’ loathing of free to play games on Android
• The ‘New’ Nintendo 3DS XL – James’ favourite handheld gaming device
• The failed 3D revolution of TV screens
• The extreme difficulty of certain point and click adventures in the 1990s
• Remembering Broken Sword ports, especially the Nintendo Wii version
• The genius of legally sharing games on the Nintendo DS for multiplayer action
• So hard to buy the PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles

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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:

• Tony and his new MacBook Pro experiences
• So many ports
• The joy and despair with USB-C
• External keyboards, our obsession
• The epic Steel Battalion controller for the original Xbox
• Nintendo Wii controllers flying through the air
• How our nostalgia and memory collide
• Talking to a mouse
• Games on cassette and understanding the patterns in the loading sound
• Video CD, CD Video, Laser Disc and DivX
• Noise Reduction headphones and spatial audio (Apple Airpods Max & Sony XM4)
• Smart doorbells
• Drone deliveries… really?
• Self driving vehicles the future?

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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:

• The new Apple MacBook Pro 14″ & 16″ – Top notch stuff
• Tony’s empty wallet from his recent Apple purchases
• The Great ‘Escape’ – touchbar woes
• Venting on Twitter
• My move from iOS to Android… but it was the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
• James’ experiences with Windows 11
• iPad dominating the tablet market
• Moving from Windows to macOS experiences

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I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software, Eugene Sandulenko from ScummVM and Aaron Fothergill previously from Argonaut Games and now with Shifty Eye Games as we discuss gaming, gadgets and technology.

Topics include:

• ScummVM 20th Anniversary
• The processes of development and organising so many developers
• How Revolution Software shared the source code from their games for ScummVM
• The development insanity behind the Amiga CD32
• The cost of rare Amiga CD32 games
• The Acorn legacy behind ARM spec
• How is Tony’s SHMUP progressing?
• The hidden secrets (and comments) within game source code
• Porting ScummVM to a fridge!
• Porting ScummVM to the Nintendo 64
• Modern development and mobile apps & games
• Our favourite (and least liked) operating systems over the years

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In the 10th Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss gaming, gadgets and technology.

Topics include:

• Clive Sinclair best known for the the ZX Spectrum computers passes away aged 81
• The Raspberry Pi
• Early electronic devices and pocket calculators
• 8-bit computers small amount of memory
• The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) 8-bit console and it’s VERY yellow!
• The horrors inside 30 year old consoles!
• The many mods for retro consoles
• 8-bit computer loading screens
• Magazines including tapes and discs with games, demos and clip art
• The sound of a dial up modem
• How do we cope without the internet?

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In the 9th Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss gaming, gadgets and technology.

Topics include:

• Google Nest Doorbell (battery edition)
• My first visitor using the doorbell didn’t go quite as expected
• Google AI can’t tell the difference between a person and a cat
• Smart tag tracking
• The sad death of Windows Phone
• Your questions
  • Game development in the UK
  • The easiest and hardest hardware and software for Tony
• Tony has old hard drives that may have game assets on there, but we don’t know… yet!

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In the 8th Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software and Neil Thomas who runs the RMC Retro – The Cave YouTube channel with over 130,000 subscribers.

Topics include:

• The RMC Retro Museum
• FPGA versus real hardware
• SEGA Saturn PSU started smoking / PSU died
• Early music in games… beeps versus SID chip
• Tony’s Story of Revolution Software book announcement
• Tony’s sequel to 1986’s Obsidian using Unity
• Tony owns 40 copies of Obsidian and counting!
• Broken Sword Remastered – Tony’s upscaling experiment
• Console-like version of the FPGA MiSTer
• The many ports of Broken Sword
• Quake Remastered

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In the 7th Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by Will Judd who works for Eurogamer and Digital Foundry and Daniel Hughes who is one of my closest friends who went to the same college as myself, which meant we had plenty of time to argue about how my 3Dfx was better or worse than his PowerVR for 3D Acceleration in the late 1990s.

Topics include:

• 3Dfx Versus PowerVR
• The power of the Glide API
• Unreal and Unreal Tournament
• Motorhead
• Xbox Series X launch
• PS5 10 million sold
• Console versus PC gaming

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In the return of the Game & Gadget Podcast, I am joined by Tony Warriner and Steve Ince – both veterans of the game industry who discuss among other things their time working on point and click adventure classic Broken Sword with Revolution Software.

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I realised just recently it has been over 5 years since I recorded a show! So, with a fancy new microphone, mixer and the desire to interview fascinating individuals – today I am delighted to kick-start these efforts by talking to Neil from popular YouTube channel ‘Retro Man Cave’, which will soon pass over 100,000 subscribers due to his many videos covering retro computing repair and nostalgia.

Make sure you swing by Neil’s YouTube channel ‘Retro Man Cave’ to experience for yourself the wonders of retro computing and join his journey through the rich heritage of past technology.

A big thanks to Neil for taking part!

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In the latest Game & Gadget Podcast we discuss the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles 4 months after the launches, covering the interface, games and features of the two.

Joining me are Ken Barnes – Editor at PureXbox.com and Marty Greenwell – writer, editor and podcast host at ConsoleMonster.com.

Topics:

• User question: Has either Xbox One or PS4 justified their price tag?
• User question: Will Xbox drop kinect, to drop the price, to pick up sales? And do either of you utilise the kinect features?
• User question: Would the controller be a deciding factor on choosing which console to purchase?
• Overall impressions of Xbox One and PS4 so far…
• Xbox One Kinect impressions
• User question: How do you see XBL & PSN evolving over the coming years?
• What next gen games we have been playing
• What games are we looking forward to?
• PC vs Console

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In the latest Game & Gadget Podcast, we discuss Sky’s £9.99 NOW TV Box, Microsoft, Blackberry, Apple & even Ducktales Remastered…

Joining me are Ken Barnes – Editor at PureXbox.com, Matt Baxter-Reynolds a mobile software development consultant and technology sociologist based in the UK who blogs for ZDNet and Marty Greenwell – writer, editor and new podcast host at ConsoleMonster.com.

Topics included:

• NOW TV Box powered by Sky – what do we think?
• Moto X – Always monitoring audio for commands, creepy or not?
• Grand Theft Auto V we all go wild with excitement, but could it be over hyped?

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• Ducktales Remastered, James’ thoughts
• The possible iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad Mini with Retina, fingerprint scanners and a gold iPhone colour option
• Mark your calendars for Windows 8.1
• SkyDrive, Microsoft have to change the name :(
• Microsoft and so many Xbox One reversals, where will it end?
• Is it all over for Blackberry?
• A 41MP camera in a smartphone and it’s from Nokia

We hope you enjoy the podcast.

[CORRECTION: In the podcast, it is mentioned that the NOW TV Box doesn’t have live streams of Sky Movies, actually it does but it is off to the very far side in one menu – although the ‘On-Demand’ content is by far the better option]

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In my second episode of the ‘Game & Gadget Podcast’ dedicated to gaming and technology, we discuss the recent E3 announcements from Microsoft, Sony & Nintendo, Windows 8.1 and Apple’s WWDC event.

Guests include Matt Baxter-Reynolds a mobile software development consultant and technology sociologist based in the UK who blogs for ZDNet and Chris Brandrick a freelance technology writer at Techhive and a blogger for Gigaom.

Please note that due to a technical problem, my side of the recording is not up to the usual high standard I would expect – however, the debate was so interesting and with quite a bit of audio editing on my part, I decided to release regardless so you can all enjoy the discussions.

Topics:

• Did Microsoft’s E3 show redeem themselves for their earlier entertainment focused ‘Xbox One Reveal’ presentation?
• What are we looking forward to in Xbox One?
• Xbox One used games policy still confusing?
• The Sony PlayStation 4 looks surprisingly understated, just like the Xbox One!
• What are we looking forward to in PlayStation 4?
• PS4 will have no used game restrictions or online requirements
• Sony charging for online multiplayer through PlayStation Plus membership.
• PS4 just £349, compared to the Xbox One at £429
• Nintendo Wii U Direct video, our thoughts?
• Windows 8.1 features explained and discussed
• Is Windows 8.1 going to remedy Windows 8 users concerns?
• OS X Mavericks announced, no more cats!
• iOS 7 revealed with minimal design elements, do we love it or hate it?
• The new MacBook Air notebooks Mac Pro cylinder!

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This is the very first episode of a new podcast series dedicated to gaming and technology known as the ‘Game & Gadget Podcast’. For our first episode, we are covering the recent announcement of the new Xbox One console revealed by Microsoft.

It is my aim to have a bunch of guests from various gaming and technology websites within each episode, discussing the latest developments while dipping into retro nostalgia.

For our first edition, please welcome Marty Greenwell – writer, editor and new podcast host at ConsoleMonster.com, Peter Willington – Handheld Editor & Community Manager at PocketGamer.co.uk and Ken Barnes – Editor at PureXbox.com.

Topics:

• Overall presentation style compared to PS4 announcement
• The name ‘Xbox One’ discussion
• The look of the actual console hardware
• The console specifications
• Still confusion over used games and ‘always on’ – Xbox FAQ
• Xbox One HDD is non-removable, supports external USB storage
• Xbox One lets you save and restart your game at any point
• Smart Match and recording & sharing of gameplay
• Expanded Achievements
• The new Kinect that is now a standard feature with Xbox One
• The updated controller features
• No backwards compatibility for retail titles or Xbox Live Arcade purchases and Xbox 360 controllers not supported, but will allow media transfers

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