Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…
MAY 31, 2024-1 MIN
Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…
MAY 31, 2024-1 MIN
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<p>I am joined by <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/tony-warriner/">Tony Warriner</a> who is one of the founders of <a href="https://revolution.co.uk/">Revolution Software</a> and <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/tag/aaron-fothergill/">Aaron Fothergill</a> previously from Argonaut Games and now with <a href="https://www.shiftyeyegames.com/">Shifty Eye Games</a> as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.</p>
<p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p>
<ul class="wp-block-list">
<li>James’ visit to Tony’s <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/retro-tour-with-tony-warriner-co-founder-revolution-software/">retro computer and console collection</a></li>
<li>Tony spending money to get his retro collection connected to a modern display – OSSC, RGB cables, power cables etc</li>
<li>Mister FPGA costs versus retro hardware collections</li>
<li>Aaron positive thoughts (and excellent excuses) on the cost of collecting retro hardware</li>
<li>The Atari Falcon, the development kit for the Atari Jaguar</li>
<li>Aaron’s first computer, which he still owns!</li>
<li>Modifying old computers ROM chips and copyright risk</li>
<li>My brand new retro hardware portable device for less than £1</li>
<li>RGB cables everywhere!</li>
<li>The Apple G4 Cube USB flaw</li>
<li>Skiving to get into computer games</li>
<li>The inspiration of the ZX81 and micro computers</li>
<li>My fondness of the Atari 65XE 8-bit computer</li>
<li>Bye bye ICQ</li>
<li>Tony and Aaron invent Code Jenga</li>
<li>Development is hard</li>
<li>Manually typing code from old books and magazines – oh the typos!</li>
<li>Code in books, to disks on magazines to digital DLC</li>
<li>What happens to digital licensed content when you die?</li>
<li>The importance of archiving DLC and game patches</li>
<li>Licensing music for games</li>
<li>The cost of patching a console game</li>
<li>The beauty of Xbox Live Arcade and developing the first games</li>
<li>Playing Xbox Live Arcade version of Golden Eye on an Xbox 360 debug unit</li>
</ul>
<p><em>Featured Atari Falcon image By <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/f-andrey/">F-Andrey</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC BY 2.0</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39094223">Link</a></em></p>
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<p>Original post link: <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast-36-new-retro-handheld-under-1-cost-of-retro-tech-more/">Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…</a>, created by <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/">James Woodcock</a>.<br />
For even more content, visit <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com">Pixel Refresh - Gaming & Tech | Retro & Modern</a>.</p>
<p>Original post link: <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/game-gadget-podcast-36-new-retro-handheld-under-1-cost-of-retro-tech-more/">Game & Gadget Podcast #36 – New Retro Handheld Under £1, Cost of Retro Tech & More…</a>, created by <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com/author/glidem/">James Woodcock</a>.<br />
For even more content, visit <a href="https://www.pixelrefresh.com">Pixel Refresh - Gaming & Tech | Retro & Modern</a>.</p>
