
Episode 3: Millennium Auction
Today your intrepid host is joined by co-host @briandemodulated, who waxes gleefully about one of the best hidden gems of the Windows 3.1 era. You'll learn about reselling your skin on the open market, John Romero's uncanny memory, and how to screw other people at auction purely for spite.
Links mentioned in the episode:
Millennium Auction CD-ROM ISO for Windows 3.1
Mages and Modems book
John Romero plays Quake for its 30th anniversary.
Jul 4
1 hr 37 min

Episode 2: CD-ROM Today and The DISC!
Is anyone else as excited about an external 4X SCSI CD-ROM drive as I am? CD-ROM Today's cover discs are the main topic, along with reader mail about 90s FMV games that turned out to be duds. What happened to the curation and quality assurance we got from magazine publishers? Is there a modern counterpart to these with Steam and Itch.io?
Links mentioned in the episode:
CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for Mac
CD-ROM Today The DISC #1 for PC
The Blue Cup Tools podcast by Francisco Gonzalez and Ben Chandler
Mages and Modems book
kiki - a homepage construction set
Jun 20
1 hr 8 min

Episode 1: When CD-ROMs Ruled the Earth
Step into the early 1990s, when CD-ROMs and Multimedia PCs were the new and exciting thing in the world of Macintosh and Windows-based computers. I talk about the new format for the show, and refocussing on the culture and technology of the 1990s. I reply to some long overdue listener mail, and talk about the exciting new future for multimedia in 2026 with the CD-ROM.ca Encartapedia.
Links mentioned in the episode:
kiki - a homepage construction set
Utopian Scholastic - Michael Wolf
May 31
1 hr 6 min

Saturday May 30th, 2026. The season finale of Multimedia Hyperguide podcast, where I say goodbye to the show as it was, and say hello to the upcoming season 2!
May 31
5 min

Monday April 27th, 2026. Part five - the final one of the series and this season! - of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - the deep dive into the engine and editor.
Apr 28
1 hr 33 min

Saturday June 11th, 2022. Part four of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - finally, the development story of the game itself!
Jun 11, 2022
1 hr 31 min

Saturday May 21st, 2022. Part three of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World - focusing purely on the development history of Chahi's early titles.
May 21, 2022
1 hr 8 min

Saturday May 14th, 2022. Part two of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World, this time devoted to the meat of the topic.
May 14, 2022
50 min

Saturday May 07th, 2022. Part one of our series on Eric Chahi's Another World. This catch-up episode is very listener mail-heavy!
May 7, 2022
1 hr 11 min

Sunday May 30th, 2021. Welcome back for part two of our deep dive into Delphine Software's cinematic puzzle-platformer Flashback, focused on the development history.
May 30, 2021
1 hr 33 min
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