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

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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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