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Ep. #242 - Martin Webb About Out Run On The C64

Martin Webb is one of those 'From Bedrooms To Billions' UK game dev pioneers who started out with the age of 13 to code games on the C64. In this episode, he points out the challenges of converting the 1986 arcade hit 'Out Run' together with his father as a graphic artist, working for US Gold, travelling to the US to make the NTSC fixed version for Mindscape, working with Activision, etc. Aside from the challenges to transport the feel of a powerful arcade game to an underpowered 8-bit machine, making the nearly impossible possible, learning new tricks, learning about NTSC fixing for the first time, why the NTSC version is much more polished than its rushed PAL release, and so much more! Tune in to celebrate its 40th's Anniversary! The interview part starts at minute 25:36.

Posted by Nafcom on Oct 18, 2026 // Read more »

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Ep. #239 - Phil Adam about the current state and future plans of releasing the Amico console

In our new episode we welcome Phil Adam, CEO of Amico Entertainment (formerly Intellivision⁩ Entertainment). In this very frank interview interview we talked about the future of the console and its physical release. Tune in for some new insights! (spoiler: Quoting Phil "I think we have to make something happen moving forward in the next 6 months. I don't think we survive beyond that.") Tune in to learn all the details of his rescue plan to bring this console to market still. Interview starts 8:00 minutes into the podcast.

Posted by Nafcom on Jul 25, 2026 // Read more »

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Ep. #232 - The Pebble is back with Eric Migicovsky

We are back with a historical interview at last as we talk with the inventor of the smartwatch, Eric Migicovsky about his journey which lead to the resurrection of the Pebble smartwatches and future other gadgets which are on the horizon as well! Interview starts at minute 31:19

Posted by Nafcom on Feb 21, 2026 // Read more »

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Ep. #228 - Hyper Sentinel Fusion with Rob Hewson

In our new episode we welcome Rob Hewson of Huey Games. His new project 'Hyper Sentinel Fusion', a neat oldschool arcade shooter, is coming up on Kickstarter soon. Tune in for some interesting insights! Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 1:11:37

Posted by Nafcom on Dec 24, 2025 // Read more »

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Ep. #227 - Project Motor Racing

After 5 years, we welcome back the team who worked behind Project Cars and talk with them - now under the studio name of Straight4 - about their newest sim racing project, which could be seen as a spiritual successor named Project Motor Racing. Social Media Manager Fernando Moutinho and Head of Communications and Marketing Alex Martini join us to talk about their plans with the franchise, what differs from Project Cars, what will improve and what is unique, especially in regards in trying to give an almost equal experience on current gen consoles as well, without watering down the experience compared to the PC version and what it means for a sim racer to rely on the Giant engine which was previously exclusively used for Farming Simulator. This and more is discussed in this pretty frank interview! The interview starts at minute 23:54

Posted by Nafcom on Nov 30, 2025 // Read more »

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Ep. #222 - Murder On Park Lane with Lucas Lund

Lucas Lund returns with a crowdfunding campaign which aims to translate the Swedish novel based on the C64 "The Detective Game" game, into English! Learn more of the challenges and the way to go to make this awesome book accessible to the world beyond Sweden! (Does not contain spoilers!). The interview starts at minute 38:22 into the podcast.

Posted by Nafcom on Sep 10, 2025 // Read more »

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Ep. #212 - The Space Quest Historian

We're very happy to welcome Space Quest Historian ‪in our new episode! He's not only a Youtuber making videos about adventure games, but also a live streamer, podcaster and musician and of course an overall adventure game aficionado. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 34:16

Posted by Nafcom on Apr 10, 2025 // Read more »

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Ep. #204 - ScummVM with Eugene Sandulenko

In our new episode we welcome Eugene Sandulenko. He is one of the project leaders of ScummVM - a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical adventure and role-playing games. Enjoy! The interview starts at minute 30:10

Posted by Nafcom on Dec 18, 2024 // Read more »

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Ep. #198 - Music for the Virtual Boy with Tronimal

We are happy to welcome back chiptune maestro Tronimal! He is well-known for amazing Gameboy music albums and energetic live performances. This time we are talking about his upcoming Virtual Boy album and the process of making an album for Nintendo's early VR attempt. The interview section starts at minute 44:24 Enjoy!

Posted by Nafcom on Sep 09, 2024 // Read more »

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Podcast Episode #166 - OverTake + RaceDepartment

In our brand new episode we are dealing with OverTake and RaceDepartment. They joined forces and are now the number 1 sim racing community The merger between RaceDepartment and OverTake will help them to overcome various challenges while providing the best possible experience for every sim racer! Enjoy! Interview starts at minute 13:16

Posted by Nafcom on May 25, 2023 // Read more »

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