The Retro Hour is your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news, views and interviews from the UK.

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We get the story on classics like Superfrog, Body Blows, Super Stardust, Worms and many more with Team 17’s Martyn Brown! Plus, our review of the long awaited Viva Amiga movie.

http://www.theretrohour.com/team-17-the-inside-story-with-martyn-brown-the-retro-hour-ep52/

Marble Rumble is an Android game by BitSwipe. Play with extreme care and concentration to master funny and ridiculously placed hazards.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.BitSwipe.MarbleRumble

In Fatal Flame by Jaws-V Soft you need to hunt down fireflies with a flamethrower. The game is not very complex, but pleases for a couple of minutes.

http://www.changevworld.com/jawsvsoft/efx/fatalflame_v2.zip

Hippie Happy is an Android game by Comic. Help our hippie friend to catch happy emojis on his trip against time.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.comic.hippiehappy

Mallows is a fresh Android game by Mario M. Tap to save the Mallows from the fire, but be careful, you only have 3 lifes. How many points will you achieve?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Mallows.Mallows

Primitive Nightmare incorporates many elements of classic coin-op shooters with some strategic elements added for a unique challenge. Revision 3 is a bug-fixed version with automatic VMU high score saving.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F–yTNyfB4w

http://atari.vg-network.com/fuseki/pn.html

Matterrun by Fuseki is a battle between the player and enemy Seekers, both of whom are racing to find Matter Canisters. The player must find them and dispose of them by returning them to the Disposal Ship, and the Seekers are collecting them to build their Mothership. The player has a few powerups and the Concussion Wave weapon to help them with this task. The Seekers will attempt to steal any Canisters that the player has picked up. If the Mothership is constructed, it’ll hunt the player down ruthlessly and attempt to destroy it. How long can YOU survive? The game features addictive, fast action and automatic VMU high score saving.

Thanks to http://www.dreamcast.es/news.php?readmore=806 for the news.

http://atari.vg-network.com/fuseki/mr.html

Lazerpong is a homebrew Game Boy game by Shanty Town. It’s Pong, but you shoot lasers that can reflect the ball and shrink the opponent’s paddle.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/0gi9i9hh2qukyma/lazerpong.gb

Jewel Thief was a game made by Paul Ligeski from ServantWare in 1991. This app is a re-implementation for modern hardware by Christian DeTamble of The Refactory using the original sprites and backgrounds.

The National Museum is in a tissy. The country’s jewel collection has been stolen and scattered all over creation. Your mission is to travel to far away places and steal back the jewels from their unrightful owners. As you leave your mother wishes you well and reminds you to be careful… Collect all jewels as fast as possible and avoid guards and borders. You get extra men when you collect jewels. Tip: Use only one finger to move around.

Changes:

* Improved efficiency of rendering the highscore list by ignoring lines that are outside of the viewport
* Fixed error with the about text not being affected when changing the game language

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.therefactory.jewelthief

Voracious Viper is a rather easy game where you have to collect all eatable items within a minimum amount of steps. You get one extra life when completing a level. This game is inspired by Vicious Viper which was a game made by F. Kahlig from Spare Time Software in 1990. This app is a re-implementation for modern hardware by Christian DeTamble of The Refactory.

Changes:

* Added support for the Android back key
* Improved efficiency of rendering the scoretable by ignoring text that is outside of the viewport

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.bplaced.therefactory.voraciousviper