Chris Abbott and Rob Hubbard are at it again! This time, they’re working on the 8-Bit Symphony, a live concert featuring the Hull Philharmonic, celebrating the history of home computer gaming. They join AJ and Joerg for this special 64th episode to discuss bringing together this amazing project. (Interview starts at 22:27) https://scene.world/8bitsymphony
John Mack is the designer and graphic artist of the 1984 edutainment program “Operation:Frog” by Scholastic. It was the first of its kind in which you were tasked to either dissect or put together a frog. Learn all about this program and how it came to be.https://scene.world/johnmack
Mike Clarke is a famous composer who former worked for Psygnosis. Among his most known works are the musics for Last Ninja 2 on the Amiga or e.g. Lemmings 2 on the SNES. He speaks about his experience of doing “a little bit of everything” as a composer, coder, manager, etc from the C64 throughout the Amiga, SNES, etc. Lot’s…
Scene World writes on their facebook: “In order to prepare for an article about the C64, Paula Yesakova of 4pda contacted our staff member Joerg Droege over Scene World Magazine back in August 2017 to talk about my experience with the C64, the demoscene, my childhood connection to it. She was kind enough to send me a copy of her…
Peter Reichenbach has been hard at work designing and building a remastered motherboard for the much neglected Commodore 128! AJ and Joerg talk to him about the hurdles and triumphs of this project, and why it’s awesome. Also, Peter troubleshoots AJ’s C128 Listen to it at: https://scene.world/c128rm
Jesse Collin’s interview in Games Talk Live now available as a recording! Jesse is Head of Editorial – Twin Galaxies and organizer and founder of the POWER-UP DIGITAL GAMES CONFERENCE in which Nafcom from Scene World had a talk recently, too. The Interview was about “Gaming Disorder: Legitimate or an Excuse for Laziness?” and other guests : Dr. Hilarie Cash…
Scene World members @derision667 and @nafcom and staffer #Jon talk about the American Conventions they have been at such as @avideogamecon #VFCMidwest, #vcfEast, and #EEEC containing lots of pics and interview videos! https://scene.world/americons
Most of our readers and fans may be aware of the name Chris Huelsbeck, a real computer and video game magician! with legend soundtracks like the ones for Turrican II: The Final Fight, Giana Sisters, Katakis and many many more! A joined co-op between the arcade and pinball museum – Flipper- und Arcademuseum Seligenstadt and the Digital Retro Park invited…
Joerg and AJ talk to Chris Abbott, “C64Audio.com”, about his currently running Rob Hubbard book Kickstarter called “Project Hubbard”, and whatever else comes up in the retro computing music sphere. https://scene.world/projecthubbard
In 1986, when Germany lost to Argentina in the football match, Huelsbeck won the first place in a 64’er Magazine contest at the age of 18. Shortly thereafter, Chris began take care of the good tone at Rainbow Arts. Katakis and The Great Giana Sisters are now classics in the C64 game library. Also on the Commodore Amiga, Huelsbeck left…