About this episode

Stuart Cox discusses his experiences and projects at Gargoyle Games, highlighting the development of iconic 8-bit games.

This week, we’re joined by Stuart Cox, artist at the legendary Midland studio Gargoyle Games, for a brilliant trip through the golden age of British 8-bit development. Stuart shares how he went from the Dragon 32 and early arcade obsessions to working on Scooby-Doo, Light Force, Shockway Rider, Hydrofool, ThunderCats and more, with stories of rapid-fire development, clever tricks to push the ZX Spectrum, digitised graphics, Rob Hubbard’s incredible turnaround times, the truth behind the “Wolf” and “Samurai Dawn” confusion, and even the lost ThunderCats NES port. A proper behind-the-scenes look at one of the UK’s most fascinating 1980s game studios. Stuart's current project: https://www.wireadmin.com Contents: 00:00 – The Week’s Retro News Stories 50:41 – Gargoyle Games Interview Please visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show: Bitmap Books – https://www.bitmapbooks.com Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs We need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you’d like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon: https://theretrohour.com/support/ https://www.patreon.com/retrohour Join…

People in this episode

Host: The Retro Hour

Guest: Stuart Cox

Topics covered

• retro gaming
• 8-bit development
• Gargoyle Games
• interview
• British video games
• game development stories

Keywords

• Gargoyle Games
• Stuart Cox
• retro gaming
• 8-bit games
• Scooby-Doo
• ThunderCats
• game development

Sponsors

Bitmap Books, PCBWay

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gargoyle Games

Products: Scooby-Doo, Light Force, Shockway Rider, Hydrofool, ThunderCats, ThunderCats NES port

Places: Midland

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