Shareware Heroes - The Retro Hour EP340
Episode 340, Aug 18, 2022, 11:00 PM
The Renegades Who Redefined Gaming
We chat to author Richard Moss about how the golden age of shareware subverted, shook up, and reshaped the video game industry, and kept independent game development alive.
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Show notes:
80's video shop in Alfreton: https://80svideo.co.uk/store https://youtu.be/4PWpyv2jIuw
New Alone in the Dark game: https://bit.ly/3STlrmd
Live-action Pacman game in development: https://bit.ly/3T2bdA2
Doom playable on tractor: https://bit.ly/3K0jvUN
New 8-bit console you build yourself - Game Tank: https://bit.ly/3K0qFIL
New Dreamcast Shmup: https://bit.ly/3wA6sEf
Shareware Heroes: https://sharewareheroes.com/
Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:
Bitmap Books https://www.bitmapbooks.com/
Thanks to our latest Patreon backers, in the Hall of Fame this week: Jake Evans, Albert Dunberg
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Join us in Norway at Retro Messa on 20-21 August: https://retromessa.no/
Amiga 37 - 15th and 16th October
Notts VGA Festival - https://www.nottsvge.com/ - 17th & 18th December 2022
Show notes:
80's video shop in Alfreton: https://80svideo.co.uk/store https://youtu.be/4PWpyv2jIuw
New Alone in the Dark game: https://bit.ly/3STlrmd
Live-action Pacman game in development: https://bit.ly/3T2bdA2
Doom playable on tractor: https://bit.ly/3K0jvUN
New 8-bit console you build yourself - Game Tank: https://bit.ly/3K0qFIL
New Dreamcast Shmup: https://bit.ly/3wA6sEf