The History of Video Game Piracy with Modern Vintage Gamer - The Retro Hour EP214

Episode 214,   Mar 06, 2020, 07:35 AM

From tape-to-tape copying, X-Copy sessions to console modding, we look back at how the pirates defeated some of the toughest copy protection in history with the amazing Modern Vintage Gamer.

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Show notes:

Tiger’s retro LCD games are back: https://bit.ly/2vM4rZh
Zombies Ate My Neighbors Doom mod: https://bit.ly/39utXke
Punch Card Computing book: https://bit.ly/38q1pY0 25 years of Zip Drives: https://bit.ly/32VKOdx
The Simpsons: Hit & Run remake: https://bit.ly/32T4TRq    Altered Beast fan game https://bit.ly/2xfyxVq                                           

Retro Picks:

Dan: MaoMao Castle early access: https://asobitech.itch.io/maomao Ravi: Civitas Nihilium: https://bit.ly/2wyalxf Joe: SoftShop 1984: https://bit.ly/2TtLiUM