🎧 Retro & Demoscene Podcasts

This is a collection of podcasts that cover retro gaming, demoscene culture, chiptune music, and vintage computing. These are the ones currently gathered here.

🇩🇪 German Language Podcasts

Stay Forever – Retrogames & Technik

Link: stayforever.de
Hosts: Gunnar Lott & Christian Schmidt + Team
What it is: Deep German discussions on retro hardware, software, and puzzly gameplay quirks. They dive into the technical details that make retro games fascinating.

Spieleveteranen

Link: spieleveteranen.de
Hosts: Heinrich Lenhardt & Jörg Langer
What it is: Retro games history via publications, magazines and personal anecdotes. Weekly episodes that feel like hanging out with friends who lived through the golden age.

pixelpommes Podcast

Link: pixelpommes.de/podcast
Host: Karsten Kulach
What it is: Retro-gaming, classic PC & console deep dives, light hardware & programming context. Bi-weekly episodes that cover everything from obscure hardware to forgotten games.

Videogamecast

Link: videogamecast.de
Hosts: Gordon & Tobi
What it is: Retro game stories & developer anecdotes with occasional hardware-tech chats. They bring the human stories behind the games to life.

🇺🇸 English Language Podcasts

Retro Computing Roundtable

Link: retrorecompodcast.com
Hosts: Paul Hagstrom, Quinn Dunki + guests
What it is: Home computers, mainframes, processors, computer culture with deep nostalgia. Weekly episodes that feel like a gathering of computer enthusiasts.

Inside The Game Audio

Link: insidegameaudio.libsyn.com
Hosts: Various composers and audio professionals
What it is: Composers and drivers talk about game audio, chiptunes, tools and music history. Perfect for understanding how those amazing retro soundtracks were created.

The Retro Hour

Link: retrohour.com
Host: Norman Caruso + episodic guests
What it is: Game developer interviews, hardware retrospectives and scene history. Weekly episodes that cover the full spectrum of retro culture.

ANTIC – The Atari 8-bit Podcast

Link: vintagecomputingpodcast.com/antic
Hosts: Brad Arnold, Randy Kindig, Kay Savetz
What it is: Atari 400/800 & XL/XE discussions: games, hardware, assembly, demos. Deep dives into the Atari ecosystem.

Super Marcato Bros.

Link: supermarcatobros.com
Hosts: John Snyder & Dave Cummings
What it is: Video-game music deep-dives, including demoscene, SID/AY, and nostalgia. Monthly episodes that celebrate the art of game music.

AMIGArama Podcast

Link: amigarama.podbean.com
Host: Mark Randall + guests
What it is: Commodore Amiga games, demoscene music, hardware restoration & keyboard lore. Monthly episodes that keep the Amiga spirit alive.

Amigos: Everything Amiga

Link: Apple Podcasts
Hosts: Bill & Ed
What it is: Casual conversation on Amiga games, hardware, and clichés with listener mail. Weekly episodes that feel like hanging out with Amiga enthusiasts.

Zapped to the Past

Link: zappedtothepast.com
Hosts: Jason “JD” Ducharme & Craig Forbes
What it is: Commodore 64 & Atari ST game deep-cuts from the 80s and development stories. Weekly episodes that explore forgotten classics.

🎵 Music & Demoscene Focused

Project Moonbase

Link: projectmoonbase.com
Hosts: DJ Bongoboy & MC Zirconium
What it is: Retro-futuristic music: 8-bit, lounge, library, weird news, chill story segments. Weekly episodes (archive: 2010–2017); playlists still updated.

Bitstream Podcast – Retro Gaming & Demoscene Audio

Link: bitstream.uk
Host: Single host
What it is: Amiga & demoscene-inspired music, plus memory-laden tales of demo-culture. Intermittent episodes (2019–now).

The ZINE Radio Show – Demoscene Podcast

Hosts: Various demoscene personalities
What it is: Interviews, radio plays & retrospectives from deep inside the demoscene. Irregular episodes that capture the scene’s spirit.

Chippodden

Hosts: Swedish hosts (English content possible)
What it is: Focus on chiptunes, the Nordic-scene, live shows, LSDJ, tracker talk. Monthly-ish episodes that explore the Scandinavian scene.

Impulse Project

Link: impulseproject.info
Hosts: Demoscene curators
What it is: Dedicated to sharing fine demoscene & chiptune tunes from the 80s/90s scene. Occasional episodes that showcase classic tracks.

🇪🇸 Spanish Language

Explora Commodore Retrokiosko

Link: exploracommodore.com/podcast
Hosts: ChapuHead + team
What it is: Spanish-language Commodore coverage: 64/128, VIC-20, schematics, formats. Weekly episodes that keep the Spanish Commodore community alive.

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