Retro Tea Breaks

Lee Jackson is responsible for the theme tune to Duke Nukem 3D as well as many more video game music greats. Today he tells us of his unusual route into the industry.  Sometimes, perseverance pays off!

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Fish Waltz: https://youtu.be/t7Oc3LrhCKc

(a sequel to the original Fish Polka from Rise of the Triad: https://youtu.be/nKzn9ZSmASc)

Derivations (the MP3 album): on sale at Amazon Music - https://www.amazon.com/Derivations-Lee-Jackson/dp/B087ZLHH23

Derivations also on sale in 96KHz/24-bit FLAC/WAV/AIF format downloads on Bandcamp - https://leejackson1.bandcamp.com/album/derivations

Web site of the O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships: http://www.punpunpun.com/

Lee's personal web site: https://dleejackson.lbjackson.com/

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Sam Battle shot to fame when he launched his YouTube channel in 2016 with creations such as the Furby Organ and flame throwing synth.  It propelled his music and his personality into the spotlight and now allows him to tour the world making music with his mad creations.  Today we chat with him about life on the channel Look Mum No Computer.

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Today Aaron Fothergill shares his history with us including creating games on the Amiga and Atari range of computers, how he broke into the industry, and where those experiences in the early days took him today.  Grab a cuppa it's time for a teabreak!

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Richard Garriott is the man behind the legendary RPG series, Ultima.  His part in the industry goes all the way back to 1979 with his first title Akalabeth.  He went on to found Origin Systems with his brother Robert which gave us such titles as Wing Commander and System Shock.  Today we learn about Richards history and his contribution to the video game industry.

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Eben Upton of the Raspberry Pi Foundation (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) joins us today to tell us about the story of the Pi.  From inception to launch and beyond.  Grab a cuppa, it's time for a tea break.

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Hail to the King baby!  Jon St. John is a professional voice actor who is best known in our circles as the voice of Duke Nukem.  Today we learn about how he got the job and the impact of "being Duke" on his life.

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Steve Furber was the Principal Engineer on the BBC Micro computer as well as the ARM processor.  Landmarks in computer history as well as a collosus in present day technology thanks to the adoption of ARM in most mobile devices.  Today we have the pleasure of learning a little more about his contribution to technology.

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Today we chat with the team lead of SCUMMVM, a wonderful bit of sofware designed to preserve adventure games, recreating the engines and enhancing the games we love with patches, bug fixes and improvements to make them playable on modern platforms.

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Tony Warriner is one of the Co-Founders of Revolution Software, the team behind Beneath a Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress and the Broken Sword series among many more AAA games.  Today Tony shares with us is memories of getting into game development and making the games we loved.

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The Commodore Amiga was such a popular machine here in the UK and across Europe, but it always struck me as odd that in the USA, the home of Commodore, it was little more than a footnote in computer history.  I've decided to ask some dedicated American Amiga owners for their perspective on the machine as underground Amiga owners back in the day.

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The Guru Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYt9E2d_GCrPzquW-5MZwmQ

AmigaBill on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/amigabill

Amigos Retro Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsK4QYe2tRdIxoZxwkX3Ww

Ravi's Amiga DJ'ing:  https://8bitmix.com

Retro Ravi on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/the4mula

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