The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)14 Feb 2025

467: The Games of a Lifetime with Jaz Rignall - - The Retro Hour EP467

We catch up with legendary games journalist Julian 'Jaz' Rignall about his epic new book, The Games of a Lifetime, which is a video game time machine that takes you on an incredible journey from the very dawn of the industry, through the decades to the present day. It’s essentially video game history from the inside, seen through the eyes of Jaz Rignall, a hardcore gamer, who ended up becoming a journalist who launched iconic game magazines like ZZAP!64, CVG and Mean Machines.

Buy Jaz's book here: https://jazbook.com/

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
40:17 - Jaz Rignall Interview

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Show notes

Programming language for making NES games: https://tinyurl.com/mrx7jvzt
Doomlings on the MSX: https://tinyurl.com/msyn3c38
Balatro C64 sad update: https://tinyurl.com/mrxftszr
Combined Arms RTS: https://tinyurl.com/yrxrysr7
14% of Americans retro game: https://tinyurl.com/4huhnfz7

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