The Retro Hour

The History of Video Gaming From Those Who Made It Happen

By Dan Wood, Ravi Abbott and Joe Fox

• Hardback
• Glossy dustjacket
• 432pp
• Dark green Wibalin Buckram cover with debossed logo and matt white foiling
• White head and tail bands
• White bookmark ribbon

The Retro Hour: The History of Video Gaming From Those Who Made It Happen is a high-quality coffee table-style interview compendium that collects 10 select interviews from the Retro Hour podcast's back catalogue. Five new interviews were conducted exclusively for the book and the hosts wrote five features. The project was funded via Kickstarter.

Featured interviews include:

• Jeff Minter (game designer, Llamasoft)
• Ken Williams (co-founder, Sierra Online)
• Ed Smith (engineer, APF Electronics)
• Al Nilsen (head of global marketing, Sega of America)
• Nolan Bushnell (founder, Atari)
• Trip Hawkins (founder, Electronic Arts, The 3DO Company)
• “Wild Bill” Stealey (co-founder, MicroProse)
• Dominik Diamond (TV host, GamesMaster)
• John Byrd (director of technology, Sega)
• David Perry (founder, Shiny Entertainment)

…and, exclusive to the book, interviews with Motohiro Kawashima (musician, Ancient), Henk Nieborg (artist, Thalion), Andrew Braybrook (programmer, Graftgold), Dylan Cuthbert (programmer, Argonaut, Nintendo) and David Rowe (illustrator).

The book features a dustjacket with exclusive art from illustrator David Rowe, and came with an optional t-shirt and audio cassette.