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Continuing The Dreamcast Junkyard's 20th Anniversary celebrations, we've got a very special episode of the DreamPod for you! I thought it'd be a great idea to reunite some of the people who helped spark and shape the site's journey — founder Tom Charnock (of course), two of our earliest writers Aaron (aka Animated AF!) and Simon (aka Father K), and long-time contributor Mike Phelan — for a nostalgic saunter down memory lane.
I'm a bit of a sucker for hearing the origin stories of things I love (I blame interviewer Nardwuar for making me catch that bug), and I'm also a huge nerd for this website I contribute to, so when hosting this I wanted to dive into how it all began — while also dedicating time to sharing our fondest memories and reflecting on what makes the site so special to readers around the world. Enjoy!
You can listen to this episode of the DreamPod and all of our previous episodes on Buzzsprout, along with all great podcatchers.
Congratulations on the last 25 years and thankyou for producing and maintaining a wonderful website for so long. For me it's been amazing for research and information whilst getting back in to my Dreamcast over the last few years and adding to my collection since I dusted it off over the pandemic.
ReplyDeleteI'm sad to say I only recently saw that you had the podcast, and so I'm working my way through and currently up to episode 10, taking notes of things I want to get and recently got a copy of Strumwind following the podcasts recommendation and I agree that the soundtrack is immense!
I did listen the recent anniversary pod and it's nice to here some of the same voices from the early episodes. Looking forward to the next 130+ pods!
I remember spending my hard earnt paper round money circa 2001 on a copy of Spirit of Speed in my local Dixon's and I think that put me off for the next 20 years 😂
Anyways this christmas I treated myself to a boxed Samba De Amigo and I can't wait for it to come and get the kids having a go. It's also so good to see the system is still alive with indie developments and new peripherals still being released.
All the best
First time commenter, Leighton
Thank you for your kind comment, Leighton. Thanks for reading the blog, and hope you enjoy listening through the podcast :)
DeleteGreat get with the Samba De Amigo set, always meant to pick that one up!