# 530: Inside Gargoyle Games: Stuart Cox on Light Force, Scooby-Doo and ThunderCats - The Retro Hour EP530

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Podcast: [The Retro Hour (Retro Gaming Podcast)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-retro-hour-retro-gaming-podcast-454884)
Published: 2026-05-08T15:59:37+00:00
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Duration seconds: 6421

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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 our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 Website: http://theretrohour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/ X: https://twitter.com/retrohouruk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohour Show notes A1200 Delayed: https://tinyurl.com/yfzd3wdd Tomb Raider Side-Scroller: https://tinyurl.com/msn72sab Tomb Raider On N64: https://tinyurl.com/bdfz8zds C64 And Spectrum Handhelds: https://tinyurl.com/mwv2bj88 Zapped To The Past: https://tinyurl.com/2rvzth58 Cancelled Simpsons Game Rev…

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