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A weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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R.I.P. Uriel Septim VII - This Week In Retro 293
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Spooky leftovers and a tribute to departed multimedia legend Patrick Stewart anchor our coverage this week. The hosts also discuss ZX Spectrum …
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Spooky leftovers and a tribute to departed multimedia legend Patrick Stewart anchor our coverage this week. The hosts also discuss ZX Spectrum Next shipping announcements in real-time while bouncing between promising new unofficial cores for the Commodore 64 Ultimate and the impact of a quarter-century of Windows XP. Count the lights and settle in!00:00 - Show Opening
01:27 - Star Power
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfQ387XReg16:10 - Ultimate Commodore 64 Unlocked
Story Link: https://trex64-dev.github.io/
Demonstration video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqa0KDOW9Fo30:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below
40:41 - The Best Windows Ever?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAv1EwoRnec50:52 - Community Question of the Week
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📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetroThis Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Halloween Havoc: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR9xDHtXapX8
SCUMMVM Trick or Treat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbWqA_81dU
Waxworks Survival Horror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4u6ZgSJttY
Addams Family Values: https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-addams-family-values-ocean-softwares-attempt-to-mix-hollywood-and-the-legend-of-zelda
Ghostbusters II Revamp: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/ghostbusters-ii-fans-unite-this-new-mod-brings-its-commodore-amiga-tie-in-closer-to-the-original-film
Top 11 Amstrad Horror Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlJ0FNQ2Es
Top 10 Spooky games to play at Halloween: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/top-ten-spooky-halloween/
2009 Ghostbusters the Video Game goes VR:
https://ghostbustersnews.com/2026/10/24/fan-made-mod-brings-ghostbusters-the-video-game-into-first-person-vr/Commodore 16 and Plus/4 book: https://commodore16.com/
Atari VCS shutdown: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/atari-is-officially-pulling-support-for-the-atari-vcs
Xbox CEO on recomps: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/10/xbox-knows-its-games-are-getting-recompiled-for-pc-and-its-impacting-their-future
Martin Webb on The Retro Hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54w__YUNbg
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 explored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JjaAFiDvIk
FujiNet for NES update: https://fujinet.online/nes/
GOG Mulls Big Boxes: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/physical-pc-games-could-make-a-comeback-thanks-to-gog-i-really-hope-that-well-be-able-to-do-it/
Episode Credits
Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/673cb497-b1b0-3580-827f-dbf8e9cd3cf8/
By Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards - Patrick Stewart, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19595183
Retro Game Resurrections - This Week In Retro 292
Peladophobes beware, because this week's episode features four horribly hairless heads full to bursting with passion for prehistoric programs and Paleolithic processors! Clint from LGR returns to help explore …
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Peladophobes beware, because this week's episode features four horribly hairless heads full to bursting with passion for prehistoric programs and Paleolithic processors! Clint from LGR returns to help explore the terrifying terrain of tool-assisted technological transformations as titles Splatterhouse and Alien Breed 3D are mangled to suit new master-machines. Ready to risk electrocution and the condemnation of so-called "respectable" scientists to give rise to the next race of super-human? Then you'll need to master DNA separation on your Commodore 64. Sixty minutes of spine-tingling timeless technology await... if you dare.
Just in case you aren't already following him, please pay Clint a visit at: https://www.youtube.com/@LGR
00:00 - Show Opening
02:57 - MVG Saves Halloween
Story Link: https://modernvintagegamer.itch.io/splatterhouse-aga19:34 - Genetic Experimentation
Story Link: http://dnastar.com34:10 - Housekeeping - News links found below
39:37 - Alien Breed 3D HD
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvim_cU_zE53:40 - Community Question of the Week
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📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetroThis Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
AI in Retro Games: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1015430/ai-retro-games-decomp-recomp-port
Sayaka's Digital Attic: https://youtu.be/WnNWWbJwYNA
IsoDoom: https://youtu.be/cBQNYFaK_lA
ZX Spectrum Next laptop: https://www.dorchester3d.com/printing/blog/2020/11/zx-spectrum-next-laptop-version-2
Knightmare, the Adventure: https://www.knightmaregame.co.uk/
BBC Archive The Wonder of Computers: https://youtu.be/P6Q57p-qTpU
Your iPod's Next Life - This Week In Retro 291
Throwback media players and long-lost silicon schematics lead our coverage this week. There are a variety of ways to breathe new life into an Apple iPod, including flash drive upgrades and the Sprout …
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Throwback media players and long-lost silicon schematics lead our coverage this week. There are a variety of ways to breathe new life into an Apple iPod, including flash drive upgrades and the Sprout replacement motherboard project. Or if you think the software is the problem, Rockbox runs on most iPods and dozens of other players from rival vendors. ZX Spectrum preservation got a big boost when an eBay haul turned up the detailed blueprint for the system's essential ULA chip, and Chris runs with a discussion started on our subreddit. We also note some significant passings and the latest wave of surprise game ports.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:04 - iPod Rejuvenation
Story Link: https://www.techspot.com/news/114210-new-mod-brings-apple-classic-ipods-2026-bluetooth.html
Product Link: https://certainthings.studio/
Additional Link: rockbox.org20:30 - ZX-pect The Unexpected
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiW3P1rJRMc30:48 - Housekeeping - News links found below
36:13 - Do You Play Your Retro Games?
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1x51i0a/do_you_really_play_those_retro_games/46:39 - Community Question of the Week
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📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetroThis Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Robert X. Cringely (Mark Stephens) obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/mark-stephens-obituary?id=62687488
Recent Cringely work: https://www.cringely.com/
Sensible Soccer C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoxrNuXKyyg
Original Donkey Kong art sale: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-former-nintendo-employee-is-auctioning-a-wealth-of-classic-items-including-the-original-donkey-kong-art/
Super Mario 64 on Atari Jaguar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBJxz8FlSfE
Richard "Levelord" Gray obituary: https://bsky.app/profile/apogeeent.com/post/3mxrooxdr6k2v
Dizzy Collection announcement: https://youtu.be/4UXs9b3AnQ4
Would You Like To Go XL On That Atari? - This Week In Retro 290
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A surprising collaboration between Retro Games Ltd. and Atari leads the news this week, with an equal-time look at Amiga AGA gaming just behind. The 1990s were the peak and decline of supercomputing and bulletin board system (BBS) operators, and both are the subjects of new deep-dive videos. Plus timely event promos, cross-platform throwbacks, and wistful looks at peak clamshell PDA performance.
00:00 - Show Opening
04:21 - It's An XL Remake
Story Link: https://atari.com/pages/800xl
Into the Vertical Blank: https://intotheverticalblank.com/2026/10/11/making-sense-of-the-800xl-by-retro-games-and-atari-atari-now/21:12 - The Cry Of The Banshee
Story Link: https://spillhistorie.no/2026/10/05/da-dansk-dynamitt-og-aga-magi-odela-underarmen/32:35 - Housekeeping - News links found below
41:02 - The Supercomputer And The Sysop
Story Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgnDD83m-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROQSw6jqJO856:52 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Richard Garriott on copyright: https://youtu.be/m60SbCPdfQI?si=R-j9hA_ZHxUQ0lRzVector Doom: https://streamable.com/0u960a
Nintendo FujiNet: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393355-fujinet-for-nes-bring-up-thread/
Ross Smith 3DFX interview: https://www.club386.com/3dfx-voodoo-history-ross-smith-interview/
Wing Commander 3 remaster: https://www.club386.com/3dfx-voodoo-history-ross-smith-interview/
Margaret Hamilton obituary: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/margaret-hamilton-software-pioneer-who-helped-put-humans-on-the-moon-dies-at-90/5301988
Dungeon Master on SCUMMVM: https://www.scummvm.org/news/20261008/
Casio Cassiopeia: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wycdlh/vintage_handhelds_for_productivity/
Psion 5 profile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kht2c7DyhlQ
It's A Humdinger Of A Retro Computing Find - This Week In Retro 289
The rarest treasures lurk under piles of castoff keyboards, and there's a flood of cross-platform software ports heading your way. This week's top stories include a pack of ZX Spectrum updates and developments …
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The rarest treasures lurk under piles of castoff keyboards, and there's a flood of cross-platform software ports heading your way. This week's top stories include a pack of ZX Spectrum updates and developments, the latest in surprise PC software, and the astounding thrift store find of an ultra-rare Humdinger home computer. Plus, catch up on news from the lands of Lemmings, Prodigy, CompuServe, and more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:51 - Any Port In A Storm?
Story Link: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rave-racer-arcade-perfect-pc-port-is-now-available-for-download/
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/time-crisis-arcade-perfect-pc-port-is-now-available-for-download/
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker-unofficial-pc-port-released/
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/this-super-mario-64-snes-port-is-looking-to-push-the-super-fx-chip-to-its-limits
https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/09/28/spustia-19-let-suter-the-darkness-perenesli-na-pk.html
18:56 - Behold: The Humdinger Computer!
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wu16c4/found_this_old_humdinger_computer_at_goodwill/
GitHub: https://github.com/indigoprime/doppledinger33:13 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:53 - This Week In Spectrum
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-book-celebrating-45-years-of-the-zx-spectrum-smashes-its-kickstarter-goal-day-one
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/blazes-c64-and-zx-spectrum-handhelds-have-been-delayed-to-april-2027
https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/grant-sinclairs-gamercard-n-shares-some-of-sir-clives-dna-but-this-is-no-zx-spectrum-style-triumph52:05 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Physical media trends: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/02/physical-media-fans-streaming-algorithms-cds-dvds-vinyl
CompuServe retrospective: https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-compuserve/
Prodigy restoration: https://staging.prodigyreloaded.com/start/
Lemmings editor: https://github.com/timoheimonen/Amiga-Lemmings-Editor
Windows 2000 vs. Linux vs. Oracle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SliyHq54SxE
The Found Footage Festival: https://gizmodo.com/15000-vhs-tapes-and-counting-meet-the-guys-preserving-the-weirdest-parts-of-the-analog-era-2000816383
Dizzy developments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTSaPajJCcE
Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288
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With museum guide Gameboys and intense Linux overhauls for 486 laptops lined up, Veronica stops by to make sure everything's crystal clear. King's Quest and other Sierra classics are finally available for Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers, there's a Grand Theft Auto 2 overhaul in the works, and a window full of tiny emulators.
Keep up with Veronica at her main content hub of https://veronicaexplains.net , as well as the new joint podcast with Macintosh Librarian at https://kateandveronica.net
00:00 - Show Opening
04:15 - Serious Uses For Game Boy
Story Link: https://www.gameboymuseum.com/single-post/gb-museum-on-cart
InfoGenius: https://www.gameboymuseum.com/single-post/infogenius-game-boy-productivity
Workboy prototype: https://www.inverse.com/input/gaming/meet-the-workboy-nintendos-long-lost-gameboy-productivity-device18:00 - SHORK Attack!
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/1wl2v0x/1996_ibm_thinkpad_365ed_x_2026_linux_kernel_73rc3/
Github: https://github.com/SharktasticA/SHORK-486
JagOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A32:52 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:23 - King’s Quest For Atari and C64!
Story Link: https://meanhamster.com/games/agi-6450:28 - Community Question of the Week
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📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetroThis Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Elite Atari 8-bit: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393094-elite-for-the-atari-8-bit-firebird-version-has-been-completed-and-is-released/
Tiny Elite ships: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wqsken/elite_small_enough_the_swallow/
GoldenEye SNES: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/it-trivialises-the-hobby-goldeneye-running-on-snes-triggers-more-debate-over-vibe-coded-retro-projects
Retronauts Assemble: https://retronaut.tech/retronauts-assemble-311026/
Retronauts video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0g9pOliSkgAce Combat 5 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PC: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/burnout-revenge-ace-combat-5-and-midnight-club-los-angeles-get-unofficial-pc-ports/
LGR's VCF Midwest retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XF5j6x0hs
GTA2 enhanced: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/27-year-old-gta-2-gets-full-path-tracing-and-60-fps-frame-generation-via-rtx-remix-custom-direct3d-9-wrapper-modernizes-classic-with-custom-direct3d-9-bridge-unlocks-dynamic-lighting
English Maniac Mansion Famicom: https://rickyderocher.itch.io/maniac-mansion-famicom-english-hack
Star Wars Trilogy for Dreamcast: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2026/09/star-wars-trilogy-arcade-model-3-port.html
Grundy NewBrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCB9w8maAg
Amigos on Atari 600XL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Ez7qWIC_Y
FujiGrid: https://www.savetz.com/fujigrid/
Do Stacked Expansions Scratch Your Brain? - This Week In Retro 287
Dozens of potential trademark violations stand in the way of a retro racer's comeback! Naturally we lead with that news. After a quarter-century the secrets of the PlayStation 2's security chip are now open for …
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Dozens of potential trademark violations stand in the way of a retro racer's comeback! Naturally we lead with that news. After a quarter-century the secrets of the PlayStation 2's security chip are now open for inspection, and there's exciting news for enthusiasts of niche platforms including Sony's high-resolution SMC-70 CP/M machine, Amiga Unix, and the Spectravideo 318 in the latest episode of This Week in Retro!
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00:00 - Show Opening
02:23 - Trademarks Trash Tracks
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/microprose-turns-to-fans-to-rename-geoff-crammond-racing-4s-grid-following-steam-reissues-licensing-woes17:20 - PlayStation 2 Finally Cracked
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/playstation/26-year-old-sony-ps2-security-chip-broken-wide-open-after-four-years-of-effort-reverse-engineering-enthusiast-successfully-unlocks-cxp102064-mechacon-chip32:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below
37:32 - Some Less-Loved Computers
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT2-7KkPkBc
Computer Forum magazine: https://spectravideo.org/viewtopic.php?t=38
Amiga UX: https://amigaux.org55:12 - Community Question of the Week
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Eternal Darkness returns?: https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/09/16/436122-nightdive-nameknula-na-vozvrashhenie-xorrora-eternal-darkness.html
Wi-Fi For Gameboy Advance: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/canocoder/canoflash-wi-fi-adapter-for-original-game-boy-advance-hard
ZX81 mega expansion: https://codeberg.org/NollKollTroll/OpenSpand
Atari 2600 tech demo: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/09/city-by-the-lake/
VCF Midwest + Hot Upgrade for DOS Computers - This Week In Retro 286
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How much retro tech fits into one hectare? We try to sum up the massive Vintage Computer Festival Midwest before taking on a hot new upgrade for classic DOS computers. And if you've ever envied that extensive collection of game boxes you see every week on the show, try printing your own! GOG's just made that a lot easier. All this, plus the latest on the Neo-Geo AES+, new MiSTer cores, and more!
00:00 - Show Opening
01:33 - 100,000 Square Feet Of Nerdery
Story Link: https://www.vcfmw.org22:45 - Your 286 Needs An Upgrade
Story Link: https://bsky.app/profile/furan.bsky.social/post/3mut6kcjzxk2gPCBWay Project Link: https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/Graphics_Gremlin_HDMI_afb4ec21.html
Github: https://github.com/schlae/graphics-gremlin
40:17 - Housekeeping - News links found below
46:15 - GOG Gets Boxed
Story Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/09/gog-brings-back-big-box-pc-games-one-printable-template-at-a-time/GOG Press Release: https://www.gog.com/pressroom/gog-preservation-program-brings-the-big-box-nostalgia/
54:41 - Community Question of the Week
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Raider 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaxJ9WTrpjA
The National Museum of Computing: https://retrogamecoders.com/tnmoc/
Sega FPGA core: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/new-fpga-model-1-emulator-core-runs-segas-virtua-racing-with-remarkable-precision
AES+ delay: https://presse.plaion.com/The-NEOGEO-AES-worldwide-release-date-moves-to-16-th-September-2027-as
Commodore shop in The Netherlands: https://www.omroepbrabant.nl/nieuws/6026257/bart-gokt-op-comeback-van-de-commodore-computer-en-opent-een-winkel
Midwinter Remaster in Steam Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5056170/Midwinter_Fan_Remaster/
How PCs Became Cheaper 40 Years Ago - This Week In Retro 285
It's the big four-oh for the Amstrad PC1512, an aggressively cost-reduced PC clone for the UK market. There's also a fascinating time capsule of Atari user group newsletters from August 1987, and Nelumbo, a new …
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It's the big four-oh for the Amstrad PC1512, an aggressively cost-reduced PC clone for the UK market. There's also a fascinating time capsule of Atari user group newsletters from August 1987, and Nelumbo, a new engine for classic Lotus racing action, plus Tron references, Kickstarter updates for Spectrum Next and Vectrex Mini, a unique phone booth memorial, and more!
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00:00 - Show Opening
04:00 - Cheap PCs, Cheaper PCs and Even Cheaper PCs
Story Link: https://x.com/Lord_Sugar/status/209509870399225087418:38 - Exploring A 1987 Time Capsule
Story Link: https://blog.archive.org/2026/08/27/a-computer-history-time-capsule/
Newsletters: https://archive.org/details/antc_Atari_newsletter_time_capsule_1987-0838:20 - Housekeeping - News links found below
45:15 - Lotus Is Back
Story Link: https://almost-there-games.itch.io/nelumbo
Launch Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYZk2k6AOA855:32 - Community Question of the Week
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CEX Retro Shop: https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/31/cex-confirms-existence-first-retro-store-birmingham-29501398/Vectrex Update: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini/posts/4787697
Bletchley Park Redundancies: https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/bletchley-park-in-milton-keynes-announces-redundancies-due-to-dwindling-visitor-numbers-8958108
Space Paranoids: https://landonjsmith.com/projects/spaceparanoids/
Defrag Simulator: https://defrag98.com/
PlayStation 2 Emulator: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/pcsx2-has-just-been-updated-bringing-serious-performance-gains-and-more-to-the-ps2-emulator
Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth: http://nickweertsmemorial.com
Mario On The Master System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRrioabZZwM
New Games Special - This Week In Retro 284
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 New, retro-themed game development and releases dominate the news this week. Chris called his contact at Commodore to get early access to the …
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New, retro-themed game development and releases dominate the news this week. Chris called his contact at Commodore to get early access to the Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection and we take an early look at the new Commodore 77 variant. Michael Cranford is back in game development after a 34-year absence with Shadow Snare, a spiritual sibling to his original Bard's Tale. And Dave makes a cardboard tube into a Sword of Power as he celebrates a new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe game, part of that franchise's big revival.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:24 - I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ck3vhJ6S_E
Commodore 77: https://www.ign.com/articles/cyberpunk-2077-commodore-computer-reveal-gamescom-2026
Commodore is really back! Gamescom 2026: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emKMNXEncmw20:36 - Bard’s Tale Reborn?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3pitkK-OVA&t=8s
Shadow Snare Footage: https://shadowsnare.com/assets/shadow-snare/video/shadow-snare-c64-gameplay-demonstration-title-bridge-v2.mp435:27 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:18 - I Have the Power!
Story Link: https://youtu.be/-HQfjANanu0?is=-wpXrfQ6jY1jpjde
He Man Game Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNSf7uUlvKM53:22 - Community Question of the Week
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Atari's reissue of Activision games on cartridge: https://www.ign.com/articles/atari-is-re-releasing-39-atari-2600-games-on-working-physical-cartridges
Scrap Men Amstrad PPC 640: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1vxfki8/a_surpise_gift/
Atari 2600/Vectrex Mashup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_1T-NoEtUU
PS3 Emulation: https://www.notebookcheck.net/RPCS3-reaches-major-milestone-en-route-to-perfectly-playing-all-PS3-first-party-games.1377811.0.html
RIP Peter Cullen: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c15844gwe0wo
Cliff Stoll and the First Cybersecurity Investigation?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=656058JxTM0
It's An Official Amiga + Modern Casio Retro Watches - This Week In Retro 283
Is it time for retro tech trading to go mainstream? We'll soon find out, if the reports of CeX's expansion into retro and import game sales are accurate. We also talk about the end of an era for a retro tech …
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Is it time for retro tech trading to go mainstream? We'll soon find out, if the reports of CeX's expansion into retro and import game sales are accurate. We also talk about the end of an era for a retro tech podcast, the return of cassettes, Casio's surprising commitment to blending 1980s digital watch styling with 2026 convenience, the origins of Batman (the game of the movie) and much more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
01:51 - CeX is back on the menu
Story Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/uk-preowned-retailer-cex-is-reportedly-opening-two-stores-dedicated-to-retro-and-import-games/18:03 - Digital Watches
Story Link: https://www.techradar.com/health-fitness/smartwatches/a-watch-id-actually-buy-casios-latest-retro-take-on-a-smartwatch-is-the-f-b100w-with-step-counting-included33:50 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:51 - Tell All Your Friends About Me
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpIVkm4YZU453:52 - Community Question Of The Week
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Cruis'n USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCzv7W9DKzg
The A1200 Is An Amiga: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fjzlufkcmj4kh1.png
Maxell UD-60U: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/maxell-partners-with-disk-union-to-release-ud-60u-special-edition-cassettes-black-and-red-ud-tapes-could-be-ideal-for-use-in-your-c64-datassette
Ravi Abbott Leaves Retro Hour: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/08/its-been-a-huge-part-of-my-life-the-retro-hours-ravi-abbott-is-stepping-away-after-more-than-ten-years
James Pond Legacy: https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1vti8ss/james_pond_legacy_devs_used_ai_to_remaster_their/
RIP Dr Timothy James King: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/08/18/tim-king-amigados-royalty-dies-aged-71/5289101
What Happens Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MNNCiQ9gNM
A Legendary Joystick Returns - This Week In Retro 282
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Neil stops by to check out Commodore's latest product, the TAC-2. A legendary joystick that has been reborn. An ABCNews story takes a look at …
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Neil stops by to check out Commodore's latest product, the TAC-2. A legendary joystick that has been reborn. An ABCNews story takes a look at our hobby of choice and The Need For Speed is coming to the Atari Jaguar, could this be the game that proves that the Jag could have been a contender?
We are sure you know already but you can see much more of Neil over at: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective
00:00 - Show Opening
05:53 - Sometimes Tactics Aren’t Enough
Story Link: https://commodore.net/store/tac-2/21:16 - Getting Serious About Preservation
Story Link: https://abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/ai-grips-world-thrill-collecting-vintage-computers-growing-135508246
ENIAC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUg-tXigVUI
Fuze Museum: https://www.fuze.co.uk/museum.html
National Museums Scotland: https://my.nms.ac.uk/23690/2369140:20 - Housekeeping - News links found below
50:26 - ATARI Jaguar Feels The Need For Speed
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/the-original-3do-programmers-deserve-serious-kudos-this-experiment-is-bringing-a-classic-ea-racer-to-the-atari-jaguar
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/@Budfolk01:04:01 - Community Question of the Week
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Re-Falcon 030: https://bsky.app/profile/philsan.bsky.social/post/3msstgmem4a2t
ASCII City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6A
Zzap Amiga: https://www.gamesradar.com/hardware/retro/the-upcoming-amiga-a1200-remake-will-ship-with-a-special-edition-of-an-iconic-uk-gaming-magazine-but-only-if-youre-an-early-bird/
Rare IBM PC: https://hackaday.com/2026/08/13/rare-ibm-pc-brought-back-to-life/
Use C64 As Controller: https://blog.tindie.com/2026/07/give-c64-emulation-a-realistic-touch/
Outrun Sega 32x: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJO8AYSyTeQ
Amiga CEO Explains Latest Deals - This Week In Retro 281
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Amiga CEO Mike Battilana is our guest this week, so we get right to the lead story: Amiga and Hyperion announced a settlement to long-standing …
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Amiga CEO Mike Battilana is our guest this week, so we get right to the lead story: Amiga and Hyperion announced a settlement to long-standing disputes over AmigaOS. At the same time Amiga announced a licensing arrangement with Commodore. We sort through what it means and what might be coming next. In other news, there's a new rich archive of software for Atari ST users and a split-screen head-to-head innovation is coming to the original BBC Micro Elite thanks to the tireless tinkering of Mark Moxon. Plus 1970s computer music on vinyl, new chapters for Worms and Quake, and more.
00:00 - Show Opening
04:00 - What Is Amiga Corporation? Let’s ask the CEO!
Story Link: https://amiga.com/news/20260804-amiga-update
Amiga News: https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-08-00022-EN.html
Hyperion Entertainment://www.hyperion-entertainment.com/index.php/news/38-corporate28:57 - A Real Pirate’s Trove
Story Link: https://atari.8bitchip.info/fromhd2.php#dlaciebie
Sidecartridge: https://ataristpublicfloppydb.sidecartridge.com/43:09 - Housekeeping - News links found below
50:50 - Screen Cheat Elite
Story Link: https://bsky.app/profile/markmoxon.bsky.social/post/3msiwwtnnzk2y58:54 - Community Question of the Week
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Bits and Bytes: https://youtu.be/WOGi5T_m__8
CCSP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1-vmlGCq4cAtari System Emulator: https://youtu.be/Ozin3MMEKZE
Magenta Lenovo Trackpoints: https://www.techradar.com/pro/its-not-red-its-magenta-how-thinkpad-designers-gaslit-ibm-to-save-the-iconic-trackpoint
Worms Directors Cut DLC: https://worm.net/
New Quake Level: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/quake-gets-a-free-new-chapter-promising-ferocious-combat-labyrinthine-level-design-and-nightmarish-realms-to-celebrate-its-30th-birthday
WWW Turns 35: https://www.reddit.com/r/vintagecomputing/comments/1vhfya0/the_web_turns_35_this_august_6/
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Gremlin Graphics Is Back - This Week In Retro 280
Explore one of cinema's most iconic get-rich-quick schemes courtesy of an Atari Portfolio handheld computer. Or celebrate the return of the Gremlin Graphics label and its collection of alliterative and rhyming …
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Explore one of cinema's most iconic get-rich-quick schemes courtesy of an Atari Portfolio handheld computer. Or celebrate the return of the Gremlin Graphics label and its collection of alliterative and rhyming characters. Or join the discussion: is "hardware specs don't matter" just tired Nintendo messaging, or is it the truth of the next generation of home entertainment? Then take the "pricey prop floppies" challenge: say it three times fast and see what happens. Plus news on Gotek enhancements, a retro memorial, a new interview with a Commodore engineering legend, and much more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:34 - Moles and Springs
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/we-didnt-want-to-simply-revisit-the-past-for-nostalgias-sake-gremlin-graphics-is-being-revived-as-a-heritage-label22:12 - Easy Money
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDItCLecx3k33:11 - Housekeeping - News links found below
39:01 - The Hardware Doesn’t Matter?
Story Link: https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-believes-gamers-have-grown-disinterested-in-hardware-specs-as-if-they-had-a-choice-200071941548:10 - Community Question of the Week
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DOOM prop floppy disk: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8212065
Sayaka interviews Bil Herd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jbIH6wuWc
DJ Kavinsky passes: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260729-french-dj-kavinsky-found-dead-in-paris-home
Commodore 64 DOOM: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/proving-doom-can-actually-run-on-anything-one-programmer-has-made-a-working-build-for-commodore-64/
Physical game release caveats: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/
Wireless Gotek screen: https://youtu.be/59ChkzRcMRw
Is Xbox Looking After Retro Gamers - This Week In Retro 279
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Stand, wait to be acknowledged, address all of your comments to the chair, and refer to the hosts in third person only for this proper parliamentary procedure edition of This Week in Retro. Original Xbox games come to Windows 11 (with major caveats)! We learn about the Bit 79: a souped-up Nintendo Famicom from Taiwan that launched an entire genre of 8-bit computers rarely discussed on English-language shows! And Chris dutifully delves into the world of pay-to-unlock content in an Artworx classic. Plus, everything old is new again as Atari once again partners with a film studio, a legendary tech columnist passes, and an infamous battery supplier reaches the end of its leaky road.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:42 - Unbox Those Old Xbox
Story Link: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/xbox-brings-back-compat-to-windows-microsoft-pledges-4-games-on-pc23:27 - Meet The Bit 79 Home Computer System!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZH1rR7WogI
Bit79 emulator: https://notin.tokyo/Bit79
Bit79 support materials: https://archive.org/details/bit-79-archive35:16 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:11 - Dial 1-800-STRIPPERS
Story Link: https://www.dosgame.at/blog/wie-wir-ein-vergessenes-strip-poker-spiel-wieder-hergestellt-haben?lang=en52:33 - Community Question of the Week
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SynaMax channel: www.youtube.com/@SynaMax
Nested Dreams: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/synamax/nested-dreamsCPC Attack: https://youtu.be/r9jDnWGsKKU
Candidate advocates for SegaWorld, Shenmue 4: https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/21/count-binface-demands-sega-bring-back-london-arcade-make-shenmue-4-29190664/
John C. Dvorak memorials: https://mailchi.mp/nashownotes/rip-jcd-no-agenda-newsletter
https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/07/23/famed-technology-journalist-john-c-dvorak-dies-aged-80Dune II Commodore 64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SILhafNKU8c
SNES SuperFX 3: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/randy-is-a-madman-snes-star-fox-gets-a-speed-boost-thanks-to-super-fx-3
Atari/Universal Pictures deal: https://deadline.com/2026/07/atari-universal-deal-10-game-ip-script-matt-reilly-carl-hampe-entertainment-360-1237001656/
Sega Rally port: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/this-might-be-the-closest-well-get-to-sega-rally-on-genesis
Varta insolvency: https://www.reuters.com/business/german-battery-maker-varta-files-insolvency-applications-2026-07-24/
In Browser Emulation - This Week In Retro 278
We welcome retro productivity software blogger Christopher Drum of Stone Tools (stonetools.ghost.io) to ask the big questions: was the television game show just as important to culture as Doom? Is there a …
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We welcome retro productivity software blogger Christopher Drum of Stone Tools (stonetools.ghost.io) to ask the big questions: was the television game show just as important to culture as Doom? Is there a sensible way to acquire arcade cabinets without spending all one's time and/or money on them? And when did the web browser become more important for running software than exploring unconnected pages?
00:00 - Show Opening
03:33 - Top American Cultural Creations (Besides DOOM)
Story Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/interactive/2026/07/15/25-most-influential-works-american-culture/
Romero post: https://bsky.app/profile/johnromero.bsky.social/post/3mqp3vasns22u21:51 - Insert More Coins
Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/19/become-a-golden-age-arcade-machine-collector-repairman-readers-feature-29166149/
Additional link: https://www.ukvac.com/forum/31:26 - Housekeeping - News links found below
39:51 - Long Live Browser Emulation!
Story Link: https://floooh.github.io/tiny8bit
Additional links: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/psp-and-dreamcast-are-the-most-likely-to-land-next-afterplay-creator-on-pushing-the-limits-of-browser-based-emulation
https://retrogamecoders.com/zxnext-js-emulator/50:53 - Community Question of the Week
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UK Nintendo Nostalgia?: https://metro.co.uk/2026/07/15/nes-45-years-old-no-nostalgia-uk-29091381/
Steam cartridge system: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/pc-gamer-turns-steam-games-into-cartridges-with-ingenious-2-5-inch-ssd-system-games-are-stored-on-128gb-drives-alongside-a-script-to-auto-start-the-title-once-plugged-in
Zilog Z80 CPU turns 50: https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html
1.44 MB game contest: https://www.escapistmagazine.com/news-floppy-disk-1-44mb-game-development-contest/
GAME enters administration: https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/26291655.uk-retail-giant-collapsed-administration-owing-16m/
Related: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/physical-games-are-irrelevant-to-gamestops-business-says-ceo/Day in the Life of a 1980s K-Mart Manager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCrkaOyDHfw&t=3280s
Super Mario 64 on PS1 and 3DO: https://retrododo.com/super-mario-64-is-now-running-on-the-panasonic-3do-ps1/
THEA1200 Questions Answered - This Week In Retro 277
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We're sharing gigawatts of retro tech news and discussion this week. Don your visor and get immersed in a virtual arcade courtesy of the Rave environment offering over 1,200 emulated titles. Learn the daily grind of an RBMK nuclear reactor operator through the extensive reproduction efforts of Chernobyl Family , and get the hosts' breakdown of Retro Games Ltd.'s unusual video FAQ for followers of THEA1200. Our newsbriefs are especially diverse, covering everything from the IBM System/360 to the Atari Jaguar and original PlayStation.
00:00 - Show Opening
02:16 - Headset-ting The High Score
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97U6fvwLHg15:40 - We Have Uranium-235 At Home
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JSP_gVXZTs
Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiMzGRs8q2Q
RBMK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBMK26:21 - Housekeeping - News links found below
34:23 - THEA1200 Q&A
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZFmK9aOCI
Disk sizes explained: https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=79606
Disk sizes explained, again: https://www.amigaforever.com/kb/16-12045:24 - Community Question of the Week
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Callback Accessibility: https://www.accessibility.org.au/opinion-commodore-callback-is-not-keeping-up-with-support-for-people-with-disability/
How Blind People Use An iPhone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtE2NfFZK2g
PS1 16Mb RAM Upgrade: https://www.generationamiga.com/2026/07/05/playstation-1-16mb-ram-upgrade-pushes-sonys-classic-console-beyond-its-original-limits/
RISCBoy Github: https://github.com/Wren6991/RISCBoy
Legacy Of The BBC Micro: https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/the-legacy-of-bbc-micro/
Atari Jaguar Run Linux: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/dev-ports-linux-to-ataris-notorious-jaguar-console-from-1993-the-first-64-bit-console-features-2mb-of-ram-13-3-mhz-cpu-and-tom-and-jerry-co-processors-the-jag-was-notoriously-difficult-to-program-and-flopped
Vic-20 Sabre Wulf: https://www.sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=11578
NEC CRT From Japan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0Nk1KJuSc
IBM System/360 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0FY3CDCw1o
The End For Physical Games? - This Week In Retro 276
You've seen all the other brands say they're following Sony's digital-only lead while chuckling into a sleeve. Now it's TWiR's turn to respond as the doomsday clock for physical media moves nearer midnight. In …
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You've seen all the other brands say they're following Sony's digital-only lead while chuckling into a sleeve. Now it's TWiR's turn to respond as the doomsday clock for physical media moves nearer midnight. In other news we revisit the life and career of Psion PLC founder and innovator David Potter, and explore the many hazards of the modern online auction scene, plus a look at a short-lived 3DO reboot, new uses for old RAM, and much more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:14 - No More Pizza
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1ulqtcr/the_digital_age_is_coming/
PlayStation Blog: https://blog.playstation.com/2026/07/01/physical-disc-production-ending-in-january-2028-for-new-games-releasing-on-playstation-consoles/18:37 - Farewell To Psion’s David Potter
Story Link: http://bsky.app/profile/anthonybarnett.bsky.social/post/3mpj6lshqn22s
Remembering David Potter: https://www.opendemocracy.net/obituary-david-potter-psion-industrialist-physicist-philanthropist/
The amazing adventures of David Potter: https://www.managementtoday.co.uk/amazing-adventures-david-potter-positioned-intersection-phone-computer-technology-psion-preparing-launch-net-ready-mobiles-annointed-new-ftse-100/article/412010
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https://potterfoundation.com/who_we_are.html31:17 - Housekeeping - News links found below
37:49 - Is eBay Fantasy?
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e-ink ESP32 Based Game Boy: https://www.xda-developers.com/someone-made-an-e-ink-esp32-game-boy-and-it-runs-at-a-very-playable-60hz-refresh-rate/
AI FPGA Cores: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/extremely-disappointing-are-ai-generated-fpga-cores-the-future-or-the-death-of-accuracy
Windows 11 On DDR1: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ram-crisis-provokes-enthusiast-to-try-windows-11-on-ddr1-era-hardware-other-key-vintage-components-included-the-core-2-q6600-and-ati-radeon-hd-4650-agp
BBC Search For A Better Screen: https://youtu.be/fM7BpmJlRIs
3DO Revival Dead: https://www.engadget.com/2206578/3do-revival-empire-interactive/
Make Your Own RAM: https://youtu.be/IOtf85sHRlg
Sega's Mission To Resurrect Its Entire Library - This Week In Retro 275
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Sega's mission to make its history more accessible, and give the world even more authentic Sonic cartridges, leads our coverage this week. We also look at the ultra-compact, resource-light KolibriOS (runs comfortably on a 30-year old Pentium!) and an Amiga 1200 that's been upgraded beyond belief. Plus your top picks for the best real-world locations to simulate in a game, more Commodore Callback discourse, and a very special 40th birthday!
00:00 - Show Opening
01:31 - Physical and Playable
Story Link: https://www.thegamer.com/sega-producer-yosuke-okunari-all-4500-sega-games-playable/
Additional links: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-is-re-releasing-the-original-sonic-genesis-games-on-100-cartridges/
https://www.iam8bit.com/collections/sonic-35th14:21 - Single Floppy Computing
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w2imHvPHBI
Additional link: http://kolibrios.org
Barebones Windows: http://github.com/byteospro/barebone-windows29:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
33:56 - Ultimate Amiga?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV2FffhXCYo
Additional links: https://www.pimyretro.org/ultimate-amiga-1200-pistorm-cd32-mode-and-full-hardware-expansion
https://www.youtube.com/@jit06
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlnwWAIdXqQ42:19 - Community Question of the Week
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UK Amstrad meetup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQDlb33D6cQ
C= Callback: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/we-listened-commodore-reduces-the-price-of-its-forthcoming-callback-8020-dumbphone
Mainstream Commodore coverage: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aHzR9zapK68
Lost NASA craft re-contacted: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1uf5sp4/a_lost_nasa_spacecraft_came_back_to_life_after_36/
Atari Lynx nostalgia: https://youtu.be/RcjbMCRErz4?is=rOg7aZMELYHfy5OB
CRT Treasure Trove: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpAFuVxTscM
Outrun at 40: https://youtu.be/Y2UkXj_rxgE
Lord British's Ultima Returns (In 2027?) - This Week In Retro 274
Has Richard Garriott (Lord British) truly maxed out his Intelligence and Wisdom scores so that he can undo a 1992 transaction and reclaim Ultima? Can Chris tell the difference between reality and a simulation …
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Has Richard Garriott (Lord British) truly maxed out his Intelligence and Wisdom scores so that he can undo a 1992 transaction and reclaim Ultima? Can Chris tell the difference between reality and a simulation, or does it all end in air sickness? And will new code development environments for the C64 Ultimate, and for the Atari ST, Amiga, Macintosh, and other 16-bit platforms uncork a tsunami of new applications and games? All these questions answered plus first takes on the Commodore phone and other topics of retro interest as June 2026 winds to a close!
00:00 - Show Opening
01:50 - Britannia Is Saved?
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-creator-of-ultima-is-reportedly-reclaiming-the-series-rights-back-from-ea-and-it-could-happen-as-soon-as-next-year/
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_aVTHKzGbA13:35 - New IDEs For Old Machines
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjqnU-YNF78
C64U Engine: c64portal.pl
Additional Link: https://macumbaeditor.com/24:21 - Housekeeping - News links found below
30:31 - Real Or Sim?
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1u7r9cc/comparison_of_geoff_crammonds_f1gp_with_real_track/
Revs Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp6Z-Y1Z-cQ
F1GP Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH476Zrp7UU
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RaceSimCentral
How Were The Tracks Built: https://revs.bbcelite.com/deep_dives/building_a_3d_track_from_sections_and_segments.html40:02 - Community Question of the Week
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Commodore Callback: https://commodore.net/callback/
Bobby Price Passes Away: https://www.legacy.com/legacy/robert-bobby-prince-lll
Nintendo DS Sega Rally Found: https://nintendoeverything.com/lost-sega-rally-nintendo-ds-prototype-discovered-after-20-years/
Computer Fair Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1u7rv6r/computer_fairs/
Command and Conquer ST Port: https://indyjo.itch.io/commandconquer
Retro Malware: https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/06/retro-gaming-fans-are-the-new-target-for-fake-github-malware
Lost Commodore 64 Game Revealed! - This Week In Retro 273
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An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore 64! We also look at the definitive overview of the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast and explore home computer shopping in 1998.00:00 - Show Opening
08:21 - Pinball Lost and Found
Story Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/three-big-commodore-64-recoveries/40:09 - Sega’s Nightmare
Story Link: https://youtu.be/tcOtWuNlUF0?is=O4C-puLKHHWyGIV4Rumoured handheld: https://www.notebookcheck.net/SEGA-rumor-new-2D-retro-handheld-with-physical-cartridges.1317101.0.html
53:12 - Housekeeping - News links found below
01:00:29 - 1998 Computer Shopping
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLew7igK-w01:20:19 - Community Question of the Week
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Atari 2600 chess (again): https://www.pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-gets-absolutely-wrecked-in-chess-match-with-1978-atari
GentleOS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32
AGP on Windows 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4bqCEnvUA
THEA1200 prototype video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy07UEd6rng
Spray-on Retrobrite: https://youtu.be/L5anoqGw-hc?is=pkPR7AtAbArCOUgX
Sealed NES Super Mario auction: https://www.theverge.com/games/949593/super-mario-bros-3-million-auction
LEGO Batman C64 Easter egg: https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsbwok2i
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"Sega-dreamcast-set" by Asim Saleem (Asim18) is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openverse.
By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17385690
It's Checkmate For The Amiga - This Week In Retro 272
This week's guest Jason Timmons has quietly built up Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (https://vcfmw.org/) into the world's largest annual retro computing event. He joins the crew to talk about the end the …
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This week's guest Jason Timmons has quietly built up Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (https://vcfmw.org/) into the world's largest annual retro computing event. He joins the crew to talk about the end the line for the revived Checkmate Amiga case, the surprising differences in teletext penetration in the United States vs. the United Kingdom, and a look at the "overrated?" Amiga 500 Batman Pack.
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00:00 - Show Opening
09:48 - Checkmate Check Out
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOssyAw8LoQ33:05 - Teletext Admiration Society
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCZEHoolBCg54:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below
58:23 - Holy Clickbait Batman!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QY3Ud7zNQM01:17:38 - Community Question of the Week
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Daytona USA Recomp: https://youtu.be/p0U5ltlUf30
Family Computing 1998: https://youtu.be/IpLew7igK-w
Metal Slug Vodafone Live: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/the-small-sprites-are-really-cute-a-long-forgotten-mobile-port-of-metal-slug-has-been-rescued-from-the-digital-abyss
Red Dwarf Adventure pitch: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/the-devs-behind-loco-motive-once-pitched-a-red-dwarf-adventure-game-and-it-looks-smeggin-brilliant
Older gamers: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/06/i-think-they-are-missing-a-trick-evercade-boss-says-the-games-industry-is-failing-older-players
Commodore 64 spellchecker: https://github.com/johnwbyrd/bloomer
Stop Killing Games: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e8e7g0r82o
The Retro Counsellor Is In - This Week In Retro 271
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Welcoming back guest Iain Lee (www.iainlee.com) after too long away, we revisit Nintendo's all-too-brief commitment to low-cost crowd-pleasing …
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Welcoming back guest Iain Lee (www.iainlee.com) after too long away, we revisit Nintendo's all-too-brief commitment to low-cost crowd-pleasing mini consoles, explore the surprising history of videoconferencing and remote collaboration for Microsoft NetMeeting's 30th anniversary, and find out what made an octogenarian game developer sit down at the keys and settle unfinished business.
00:00 - Show Opening
05:54 - Why A Mini?
Story Link: https://nintendoeverything.com/former-nintendo-exec-confirms-nes-and-snes-classics-were-made-to-sustain-the-companys-business/18:38 - See You Online
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhay6VryyvE
Microsoft memo: https://sriramk.com/memos/CU-NET.pdf40:25 - Housekeeping - News links found below
47:03 - Head Over Heels 2
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwQKv36bEU
Game release: https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/return-to-blacktooth-amiga55:12 - Community Question of the Week
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Ultima Underworld Unity: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-10-years-of-work-modders-have-remade-classic-rpg-ultima-underworld-in-unity-with-3d-models-new-sound-effects-and-controller-support
UU project: https://kweepa.itch.io/unity-underground
Lenovo handheld: https://www.t3.com/tech/gaming-consoles/lenovo-pulls-its-controversial-g02-retro-handheld-from-sale-starting-a-chain-reaction-that-could-decimate-the-retro-gaming-market
Anbernic handheld spec: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/gaming-handhelds-are-quietly-losing-ram-vendors-aggressively-trim-memory-specs-as-supply-dries-up
War of the Worlds: https://michel-molenaar.itch.io/war-of-the-worlds-c64
PD-64 power supply: https://github.com/sideprojectslab/PD-64
Dan Wood on Commodore OS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Lw-Zl7tCM
Commodore OS homepage: https://commodoreos.net
Amiag Unix 2.02 found: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/25/lost-version-of-amiga-unix-suddenly-reappears/
Amstrad PPC640 US edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tt874nkplo
Rob Smith PaulaNET video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhAg-fT83o8
PaulaNET project: https://github.com/caddy666/Nebula32
Episode Credits
Parts of "Microsoft NetMeeting was WAY more important than you think" courtesy of The Serial Port.
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhay6VryyvENew Perspective On Old Games - This Week In Retro 270
Exclusive hardware development news caps a retro kit roundup this week which includes news of a MiSTer handheld from Heber along with updates on the PicoCPC, PicoIDE, and PicoGUS projects. In other news we take …
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Exclusive hardware development news caps a retro kit roundup this week which includes news of a MiSTer handheld from Heber along with updates on the PicoCPC, PicoIDE, and PicoGUS projects. In other news we take a closer look at reimagined Atic Atac and Wolfenstein 3D, and explore the many wild and wonderful corners of operating systems in the Virtual OS Museum.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:54 - Give Us A Hand Mister?
Story Link: https://youtu.be/arSnNwDQS2k
Wide Boy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YxGXvZRs4UI20:22 - Run (Almost) Every Operating System!
Story Link: http://virtualosmuseum.org39:11 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:33 - From 2D To 3D And Back
Story Link: https://stephensmith.itch.io/atic-atac-3d
Additional link: https://www.moddb.com/mods/isowulf57:34 - Community Question of the Week
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Autodesk EAGLE end of support: https://www.autodesk.com/support/technical/article/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Autodesk-EAGLE-Announcement-Next-steps-and-FAQ.html
386 microcode: https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/z386/
Amiga 500 receipt: https://i.redd.it/dhez6wdhoq2h1.jpeg
Atari ST clone "Raven": https://hackaday.com/2026/05/24/meet-the-raven-an-atari-clone-computer-based-on-the-motorola-68060/
S3 BIOS Snake: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/retro-enthusiast-injects-snake-game-into-vintage-s3-graphics-card-vbios-enjoy-some-serpentum-fun-while-your-old-pc-boots
Apple II clone laptop: https://8086cpu.com/Z80/6502/110.html
New Arcades For Elegant Living - This Week In Retro 269
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If you've had a hard time getting arcade cabinet purchases past "The Accountant" (as Chris affectionately calls Nicky) a new transformable design from furniture to fun on Kickstarter may be the solution. In addition to the marital politics of arcade ownership, this unprecedented episode of This Week in Retro also takes on the international politics of song through LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER's retro tech-themed contribution to Eurovision and the Australian politics of microcomputer innovation, which culminated in "The Matilda." All this, a Minty Cyberdeck, a replacement for the Atari POKEY, and more!
ERRATA: Jason accidentally says "Atari 2600" at 19:22. He of course meant to say "Atari 600XL," the 16k microcomputer.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:47 - Small Solutions To Big Tech Problems
Story Link: https://newatlas.com/games/swap-arcade-gaming-system-folds-into-cabinet/
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amat/swap-arcade-full-arcade-that-turns-into-a-furniture-cabinet/description
Swap Arcade Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amat/swap-arcade-full-arcade-that-turns-into-a-furniture-cabinet
Minty Cyberdeck: https://hackaday.io/project/205598-altoids-tin-mini-cyberdeck14:34 - From Beetles to Bees
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqw
Aussie JSW: https://jswcentral.org/jsw48-a-59_aussiecousin.html23:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
28:16 - Look Mum, One Point!
Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-look-mum-no-computer-the-electro-frankenstein-hoping-to-end-uks-eurovision-drought-13544400
Furby Organ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYLBjScgb7o34:30 - Community Question of the Week
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Isometric Wolf3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S59w7Qeu9D4
Atic Atac 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EofGuoLeSrQ
Vacuum tubes: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/11/the-vacuum-tubes-last-stands/
ThamesTV 1980s Computers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_IzLdfVK2k
Windows CE on Nintendo 64: https://hackaday.com/2026/05/17/running-windows-ce-on-the-nintendo-64/
Digital Press forums offline: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/05/thanks-for-destroying-your-own-legacy-quarter-century-of-online-gaming-history-vanishes-as-digital-press-forum-goes-dark
JUST_POKEY: https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=431
Infocom novels online: https://www.reddit.com/r/zork/comments/1tbv4cb/classic_zork_novels_now_in_ebook_format/
All Aboard To the Hall Of Fame - This Week In Retro 268
We take on a Sega myth, an Amiga delay, and debate the merits of the latest games enshrined in the Hall of Fame at The Strong Museum of Play. We're joined this week by Jo Cook of the UK Amstrad Group, holding …
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We take on a Sega myth, an Amiga delay, and debate the merits of the latest games enshrined in the Hall of Fame at The Strong Museum of Play. We're joined this week by Jo Cook of the UK Amstrad Group, holding its inaugural live user event next month.
See https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/01/08/more-info-on-the-june-uk-amstrad-group-meet for more information on the UKAG meet, and visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:54 - Hall Of Fame Games
Story Link: https://www.museumofplay.org/exhibits/world-video-game-hall-of-fame/inducted-games/
Board games: https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/05/09/retro-games-leave-the-screen-play-pac-man-level-ten-and-8bit-box-at-ukag/27:19 - Old Masters Never Give Up
Story Link: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-sega-master-system-is-still-being-made-and-sold-in-brazil-37-years-later/40:31 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:44 - Merry Christmas Amigans
Story Link: https://www.facebook.com/THEC64andMoreByRetroGamesLtd57:56 - Community Question of the Week
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Wolfenstein docs: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t5jzp6/as_a_german_this_is_very_funny_to_me/
Melbourne House archives: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t7zg94/former_melbourne_house_developer_surfaces_with/
Sierra game upscaling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Yp9S23ICo
AMD K5 support: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/amds-legendary-k5-its-first-independently-designed-processor-is-being-removed-from-the-linux-kernel-4-3-million-transistor-chip-gets-the-axe-because-it-lacks-time-stamp-counter-tsc-support-making-it-a-coding-burden
Atari acquires Wizardry: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506151146/en/Atari-Acquires-Rights-to-the-Legendary-Wizardry-RPGs
IcePi FPGA C64: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t76ofv/icepizeroc64_tiny_and_fully_opensource_fpgabased/
Pocket Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum - This Week In Retro 267
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Sports sim pioneer Kevin Toms (Football Star* Manager) is in the guest chair as we talk about the incredible staying power of 1982's blockbuster computer launches, the Commodore 64 and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, soon to be released in handheld format. We also look at the incredible R&D legacy of Xerox PARC, the impact of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, the latest from Commodore and FujiNet, a surprising workstation on FPGA, and a great deal more!
Check out Kevin's website for the latest Football Star* Manager info: https://kevintoms.games/
00:00 - Show Opening
06:40 - 1982 In The Palm Of Your Hand
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/the-c64-and-zx-spectrum-are-being-reimagined-as-nintendo-style-clamshell-handhelds
C64C Ultimate: https://commodore.net/c-you-soon-commodore-64-ultimate-line-up-expands-with-c64c-edition-later-this-year/33:27 - Zero For Xerox
Story Link: https://dfarq.homeip.net/how-xerox-invented-the-gui-and-lost-it/
Dramatization: https://youtu.be/VpY2fBitQcw43:16 - Housekeeping - News links found below
48:58 - The Trojan Mouse
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZjNHnYFqOA01:05:39 - Community Question of the Week
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Open source PC-DOS 1.0: https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-open-sources-dos-1-0-much-more-than-the-code/
The end of Ask: https://mashable.com/article/ask-jeeves-shut-down
FujiNet firmware update: https://fujinews.substack.com/p/major-firmware-update-from-the-fujinet
The 7th Guest remake trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwA5q-oDT3k
Windows 9x Subsystem For Linux: https://codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x
Apple Lisa on FPGA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jNQDcpHc68
Lego Sega Genesis: https://segabits.com/blog/2026/05/01/lego-sega-releasing-sega-genesis-console-on-june-1/
Galaxian3 emulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH3uyB_WhEo
Episode Credits
"Commodore 16" by Marcin Wichary is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
Penny Pushers & Other Horrors - This Week In Retro 266
If you find joy in making or fixing, you're already a kindred spirit with our return guest Lee of the More Fun Making It and More Fun Fixing It YouTube channels. Lee shares tales of his latest retro event …
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If you find joy in making or fixing, you're already a kindred spirit with our return guest Lee of the More Fun Making It and More Fun Fixing It YouTube channels. Lee shares tales of his latest retro event visits and upcoming charity effort (a custom throwback game console could be yours!) before we take on the top stories. The team takes on the state of the traditional arcade, the revival of an early 1990s horror classic, and a new-old multiplayer racing game. Plus news from Commodore, Sega, and much more.
Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine.
Be sure to stop by https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/ to see everything Lee has going on.
Lee's Commodore 64GS charity project: https://morefunfixingit.co.uk/charity00:00 - Show Opening
09:31 - Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside
Story Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrm4lndnv6o24:19 - It's Not That Terrible
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzi_xK2Jifw
Additional link: https://gamingbolt.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-horror-gaming44:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below
49:57 - Null Modem Not Required
Story Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/multistuntcar-156155783
Gameplay link: https://retro-foundry.github.io/multistuntcar/01:02:00 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.News In Brief Links
EU Parliament game advocacy: https://youtu.be/oXcogLmxnJw?si=3mYRqOpooCgf5raO
Updated Commodore FPGA policy: https://commodore.net/why-we-re-protecting-your-commodore-64-ultimate-fpga/
SEGA's 2026 lineup: https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-universe-retro-anniveraries-2026
Retro search engine: https://wiby.me/
BBC interview with Peter Molyneux: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4glw5nyrggo
ZSNES update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5twUkvYFpA
Neo-Geo is Back & Locking Down The C64 Ultimate - This Week In Retro 265
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Welcome Andrew Borman, Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong ( https://www.museumofplay.org/ ) for an in-depth look at the future of the iconic Neo-Geo game console, with brand-new hardware just around the corner. If Metal Slug and Super Baseball aren't your thing, we also cover Channel 9 Australia's endorsement of retro gaming, the revival of a 50-year old electromechanical arcade machine from Nintendo, The Krypton Factor, and a potential block on alternative cores for the Commodore 64 Ultimate. If you think that's a CRT on the horizon it might just be a discarded kitchen appliance, but don't let that stop you from enjoying This Week in Retro episode 265!
00:00 - Show Opening
07:12 - Neo Geo
Story Link: https://plaionreplai.com/34:48 - Two Tales Of The Wild West
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfqnomGPkM
Story Link 2: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-fans-split-over-c64-ultimate-fpga-firmware-lockdown-firm-says-it-wants-to-protect-its-hardware-and-reduce-support-fallout56:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below
01:02:46 - TV Gets Retro Gaming
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QuYuPn2Mc
Story Link 2: https://hackaday.io/project/205522-prime-time-game-show-lasers-and-an-amiga01:13:39 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.News In Brief Links
CBS coverage of former New York City pinball ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHhh3CLjbk
PC Gamer demo discs: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-internet-archive-has-preserved-758-old-pc-gamer-demo-discs-you-can-download-and-play/
FAT32 beyond 32GB: https://www.techspot.com/news/112058-microsoft-removing-32gb-size-limit-fat32-volumes-time.html
Sun Microsystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems
Nigel Alderton interview: https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/16/nigel-alderton-interview-man-behind-zx-spectrum-classic-chuckie-egg-27984015/
Moonchild retrospective: https://kotaku.com/developers-of-moon-child-resurface-to-bask-in-all-the-shitposts-amiga-prototype-2000688827
DOOM chainsaw: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/doom-co-designer-still-has-the-real-chainsaw-that-inspired-the-og-fpss-iconic-weapon-even-though-it-leaks-oil-and-was-kept-in-a-bowl-at-the-id-offices/
Unity Engine For PS1?! - This Week In Retro 264
Bring big imaginations and big keyboards as we tackle the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game development for the original Sony PlayStation, and breathe new life into those old digital …
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Bring big imaginations and big keyboards as we tackle the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game development for the original Sony PlayStation, and breathe new life into those old digital video camcorders on the shelf. Chris shows off a holiday photo, there's a birthday... all this, and much more, in This Week in Retro episode 264!
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:03 - Undiscovered Text Adventures Abound
Story Link: https://www.retro-exo.com/if.html
Original TWiR coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUtxKUkJaXk17:34 - New Life For PlayStation & Wii
Story Link: https://psxsplash.github.io/
Bandwidth appeal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZ-XHiDBow
MacOS X on Nintendo Wii: https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html
Windows compatibility: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260407-00/?p=11221331:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below
36:57 - Video Editing Like It’s 1999
Story Link: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/
Video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuKeW45OL-g46:18 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.News In Brief Links
PicoGUS 4.0: https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.0.0
Oldversion returns: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
RIP Yoshihisa Kishimoto: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/double-dragon-creator-yoshihisa-kishimoto-has-passed-away
New Amiga Double Dragon: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/04/double-dragon-near-arcade-experience.html
Arcade photos: https://www.thescroller.net/83840/20-photos-what-arcades-used-to-look-like/
Arcade manuals: https://arcadeRTFM.com
Breakout for ZX81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NheQgCtFgI
End of Linux support for i486: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-support-intels-37-year-old-486-processor/
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