Retronauts Episode 452: The Amiga (Patreon)

Bloomin' Nora, they'll let anyone write these now. Oh, hullo! I'm Stuart Gipp and you're about to listen to an episode of the podcast "Retro Nauts". Now, normally this podcast exclusively covers NES games, but today I'm presenting you with something from the leftfield, baby; it's the Commodore flippin' Amiga!

And, of course, I'm joined once again by enthusiastic Internet Remembering Man Dave Bulmer, he of Sonic the Comic the Podcast fame. He brings a crucial element of verisimillitude to the episode by virtue of having actually grown up with an Amiga, whereas I (nervous swallow) didn't.

I do my best, here, though, and I believe what we've produced is actually a bit bloody good, thank you very much! You'll learn the secret origins of the Amiga, an attempt to start a beef with another content creator, how I discovered the existence of furries and the story of Dave's astonishing "game of the month" club that made him the happiest little boy in Englandshire.

Naturally, of course, we also talk games; it's the nature of the Amiga, frankly, that things can get a little charged with emotion, as you'll see in this episode. Also, shockingly, we find out that Gilbert Gottfried died as we were recording, so things get a bit "blimey" and "gosh!" around that time. A moment in history, preserved forever.

Fear not, Amiga amigos. The subject is too broad to be contained in just one podcast. Expect a follow-up some time in the future when we make another one. Of them. That was an Amiga Power reference, natch.

Edits by Greg Leahy; cover art by Leeann Hamilton.

Bangers this episode:

07:20 - Pinball Dreams: Beat Box Theme

19:07 - Lars

31:38 - Lemmings "Cracktro"

42:39 - "It's a Skull" (Valhalla & the Fortress of Eve remix)

48:31 - Aladdin: A Whole New World | Superfrog: Title Theme

58:55 - Oh No! More Lemmings: BGM No. 1

1:14:35 - Lemmings 2: The Tribes: Classic Tribe

1:26:55 - Gobliins 2: The Prince Buffoon: Giant/Castle Yard BGM

1:36:51 - Twin World: Level 1 Caves

1:47:42 - Chaos Engine: World 1 BGM No. 1

1:55:34 - The Settlers: Main Theme

2:07:23 - Red Dwarf Theme (Protracker cover)

Closing - Captain: "Space Debris"