Retro Gaming Discussion Show

 Hello and welcome to another fantastic episode of RGDS.  This time we interview a true legend, with the brilliant Jon Ritman. Jon, the man behind such classics as Head Over Heels, Batman and Match Day games gives us an in-depth interview spanning across his full career.  He is a true gent and I guarantee you will adore this in-depth interview.  Show Notes: The ZX81 book that taught Ritman Basic in 1 week was Sinclair ZX81 BASIC Programming written by Steven Vickers http://zxnext.narod.ru/manuals/ZX81_Manual.pdf  The book that finally taught Ritman how to write Machine Code was Mastering Machine Code by Tony Baker http://www.users.waitrose.com/~thunor/mmcoyzx81/  Ritman Raiders (1982) On the ZX81  A competent shooter on the ZX81 based on an obscure arcade game Jon stumbled across whilst camping with some mates.  Play the Game Online Here:  The Inspiration for Ritman Raiders we believe was an obscure 1980 Irem game called Uniwar S.  Ritman would have played the bootleg version called Sky Raiders.  The game i