Episode 71: Jonathan Beales Interview

In this episode Paul chats to Jonathan Beales who has worked within the games industry for over 30 years. Jonathan started his career back in the 80’s working on Popular Computing Weekly and ACE magazines before moving on in 1989 to begin working in games and video promotion.

Jonathan has worked for Gremlin, Sony and many more well known names in the games industry. We discuss his time working with Sony and HMV helping promote Sony’s first games event to promote their products. We also cover making an advert for Games X magazine, working on the launch for 3DO, Tomb Raider 2 and more.

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Episode 68: Castlevania

“Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely; and leave something of the happiness you bring.”

Phil is joined by first time guest host, Chris Smith (not that one), to take a wander through Konami’s Castlevania series. Naïvely attempting to drop in on almost every game, our heroes just about make it through to the end for one last fight with Dracula.

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Episode 64: Listeners Choice – Commodore 64

In this episode we start a new series of Listener Top 10’s. First up is the 8bit powerhouse the Commodore 64. The C64 lasted for around a decade from it’s very strong start in the home computer market facing off against the Spectrum and Amstrad 464. Known for it’s amazing SID chip the C64 soon gathered a massive fan base for the music heard coming from it but luckily there were many great games to go alongside that

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