16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215

This Week in Retro

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Jason from The Retro Adventurers joins us again today and tells us all about three new OS updates. Neil has a couple of demakes for 16-bit machines to talk about and Dave wonders is GTA really is the most influential game of all time.

All this and more retro news in brief plus your answers to our Question Of The Week.

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00:00 - Show Opening

03:22 - Three Operating System Upgrades, For Those Who Know How To Use ‘Em
Story Link 1: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/10/amigaos_3_2_3/
Story Link 2: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/freedos_14/
Story Link 3: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/risc_os_open_moonshots/
RISC OS On Raspberry Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sneYGad3j5I
The Deathbed Vigil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaTjwo1ywcI

19:23 - 16-Bit Demakes
Story Link 1 : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/no-youre-not-dreaming-farming-simulator-is-getting-an-official-sega-mega-drive-genesis-port
Story Link 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqsaE7lEhQY

30:33 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

38:23 - The Most Influential Game In The World
Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/how-chaotic-gang-of-british-geeks-launched-one-of-most-lucrative-gaming-franchises-of-all-time-13344263

49:55 - 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Briefs Links:

The Retro Museum: https://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/

Compute!’s Gazette: https://www.computesgazette.com/iconic-computes-gazette-magazine-returns-after-35-years-expanding-focus-to-entire-retro-computing-community/

Dual SID Jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzvkWlDq2TM

1000 Classic PC Games: https://kotaku.com/gog-massive-sale-classic-games-deus-ex-sim-city-fallout-1851775895

VCF East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTxddKZbhA

Out Of Print Archive: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/index.html