Game & Gadget Podcast - Pixel Refresh James Woodcock
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Gaming, gadgets and technology. Covering many retro and modern tech platforms and devices including those by Microsoft, Sony, SEGA, Nintendo and portables including iPad, iPhone, Android and more...
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Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…
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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Game & Gadget Podcast #35 – Retro Vs Modern Gaming, Subscriptions Galore & More…
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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Game & Gadget Podcast #34 – Tomb Raider, BBS, Jetstrike & More…
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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Game & Gadget Podcast #33 – Super Amiga, Real Hardware Vs FPGA & More…
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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Game & Gadget Podcast #32 – ZX Spectrum Next, Anbernic RG35XX Plus & More…
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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Game & Gadget Podcast #31 – Exploding Phones, Retro Future, Unity Chaos & More…
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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