GrumpyOZRetro Ep#001 24 June 2023 - Mr Lurch
GrumpyOZRetro - Australian vintage computing and retrogaming podcastShow Notes
In the first official episode of GrumpyOzRetro we catch up with Aussie retro YouTuber, Jase a.k.a. Mr. Lurch, and talk about everything from YouTube milestones to the 2023 Canberra Vintage Computer Expo.
This month's back-and-forth between Craig and Tony includes a post mortem on the ill-fated Amiga Global Alliance Kickstarter, along with a bunch of other stuff.
We now have a website at grumpyozretro.com - here you can find links to the show, links to our socials, and a contact form.
GrumpyOzRetro should now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods.
SHOW NOTES
Amiga Global Alliance Kickstarter:
Mr Run and Jump - Actually shitty footage of the VCS version https://www.techpowerup.com/310103/atari-releases-a-new-game-for-vcs-after-33-years?amp Update on VCS Game -https://atari.com/products/mr-run-and-jump-2600-limited-edition
Penultimate+2 Cartridge from Tynemouth Software and The Future Was 8-Bit http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2023/06/penultimate-plus-2-cartridge.html
Budding Authors… https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/announcing-the-2023-writing-contest-vintage-is-the-new-old-the-contest-for-the-rest-of-us
The Third Wish by George Broussard: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/06/3d-realmsapogee-co-founder-releases-free-adventure-game-the-third-wish
Hyundai excels at playing DOOM https://hackaday.com/2023/06/11/hyundai-is-doomed-porting-the-1993-classic-to-a-hyundai-head-unit/
eBay Items
Silicon Graphics SGI Tezro - Very Rare Piece of Computing History - No OS $3750 BIN https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256110460002
Yeno SC3000H - French market Sega SC-3000H. BNIB. $1300. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195490514384
Commodore Plus/4 BNIB $800 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/295759617757
Commodore 116 Boxed starting bid $700 or $1100 BIN https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/295769482722
Sega TeraDrive model 3 - circa 1991 ** SOLD FOR $1,009 ** https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225613862430
Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908
C64 Demo: Next Level by Performers ! 3 June 2023! #1 at X23!: https://youtu.be/CxkTwJoAzBE Retrobattlestations - Subreddit: Retro Battlestations (reddit.com)
YouTube Underdogs
More Fun Making It: https://www.youtube.com/@MoreFunMakingIt/about
005 AGIMA: https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA/about
YouTube Cream
BastichB 64K - YouTube https://youtu.be/v8rhq5YKJPg - Arcades the Universal Language.
Hands on Gaming podcast - Hands On Gaming on Apple Podcasts
Extra special thanks to Jase https://youtube.com/mrlurchsthings
Thanks for listening. We will get grumpier as the time goes on. Cheers Tony & Craig
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