The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
4.8from 344 ratings
- 553
- Episodes
- 123
- Transcribed
- 344
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 768K
- YouTube views
About The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
Your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news and interviews with industry veterans. New episodes released every Friday!
- Publisher
- The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
- Category
- leisure · leisure · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 7 Jan 2016
- Latest episode
- 2 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
123 of 553 episodes have a transcript.
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
551: Streets of Rage: Inside the Music with Yuzo Koshiro - The Retro Hour EP551
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
550: Warren Spector: The Stories Behind Deus Ex and Ultima – The Retro Hour EP550
18 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
549: Yuzo Koshiro: From ActRaiser to Smash Bros.– The Retro Hour EP549
Inside a recent episode
551: Streets of Rage: Inside the Music with Yuzo Koshiro - The Retro Hour EP551
Published 2 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And as a result, the Mega Drive was such an easy piece of hardware to make dance tracks for, especially when compared to the Super Nintendo, the Super Famicom. So yes, the Mega Drive was quite a good fit for this type of audio approach. But on top of that, in addition to the natural fit, I... programmed my own sound drivers when working on the Mega Drive. And by making my own sound drivers and knowing how to have programmed them in the first place, I think I was able to approach a lot of sounds that would have been tricky to create otherwise for the Mega Drive hardware. So I think I was quite fortunate and lucky in that regard as well that I had also studied programming. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Yuzo Koshiro
- Modern Vintage Gamer
- Warren Spector
- Amiga Bill
- Richard Rouse III
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 768,104
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 132 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 212 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 83 / 100
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- Quality
- 92
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 97
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The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
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