Goodbye To The Z80 CPU - This Week In Retro 168 This Week In Retro podcast

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Have you ever played an online game and found no other users? Have you ever wanted to get to know Sinistar better? Have you no clue which iconic retro gaming character is turning 45? If the answer to any of these is yes then we can help! 00:00 - Show Opening 07:15 - Back to 1980! Story Link: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-45th-anniversary 20:42 - Beware, I Live! Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCuoUSDBVac Sinistar Hi-Score Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjN4zabXYvM 36:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 43:55 - No One’s There.com Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMDb1CWD6Y Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6kbogtiF0 Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_(virtual_world) There Link: https://www.prod.there.com/ 57:40 - Community Question of the Week MMS2 - Lu's Retro Source: https://youtu.be/J3wbS0uXDKI?si=qtIXlmD8edDi98L5 MMS2 - More Fun Making It: https://youtu.be/UVx08a-dZRY?si=WbpucvBHFoo1XxVt 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Audio Podcast: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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. Dave's Housekeeping Links: Linus Drops the 486: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-drops-support-for-486-and-early-pentium-processors-20-years-after-microsoft/ Game Boy Color Outrun: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/05/outrun-comes-to-the-game-boy-color-thanks-to-this-unofficial-port What Happened To WWW?: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/05/what-happened-to-www/ C64 AI: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/llm-ported-to-the-c64-kinda/ Doom On A Bendix G-15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0…

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Was 2000 The Best Year For Gaming? - This Week In Retro 218 54:17

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Thank you for joining us once again for another look at some up to date news for out of date tech. Jason joins us and has selected a story about distraction free computing using DOS. Chris returns and looks at a fantastic video about gaming in the year 2000. Dave's interest was piqued by the news that an anti-piracy campaign itself used pirated content... All this and the Community Question Of The Week We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine. Head over to https://www.addict.media/ for news on the latest issue as well as Amiga Addict and the special issues of Amstrad Addict and Atari Addict. 00:00 - Show Opening 04:33 - Anti-Piracy Piracy Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/amp/you-wouldnt-steal-a-font-famous-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-typeface-13357462 Additional Link: https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/ 13:39 - What A Time To Be Alive Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSRjyR_ZJU Additional Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/ects2k-diary 24:37 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 29:55 - Weren’t Writers Antisocial Enough Already? Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/ 45:25 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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. Dave's Briefs Links: ARM At 40: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/arm_40/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ91FpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHod-TE30LjAkdXDAPOeJjjJ75bj9YRUj-Rl9dLukw9B8n5whkT6sAHTp-xLs_aem_FOSTVcLsEQhMAGamhPePNg Pedro For The Electron: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1kafbqe/i_have_a_surplus_of_a_pretty_rubbish_game_imagine/ 16 Colour Doom On Atari ST: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port Japanese Game Preservation Society: https://www.timeextension.com/features/we-might-be-about-to-lose-a-powerful-force-in-the-world-of-video-game-preservation More Fun Talking With Happy Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jHejPL6_o Kung Fu SID: https://youtu.be/wmYTObiBfqI Retro Dog Fight Podcast: https://www.retrodogfight.com/…

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Outrun On The Big Telly - This Week In Retro 217 1:12:07

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Outrun is getting a movie, an Australian arcade is closing its doors and can you get Windows 3.1 to run on a Game Boy? They started together so it seemed fitting they should be together again on Neil's last day as a regular host! John from Amigos Retro Gaming joins us for a chat. Who will replace Neil? All is revealed. Amigos Retro Gaming have 10 years of content on the Commodore Amiga AND just about every other gaming system thanks to their multiple shows. Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming 00:00 - Show Opening 23:10 - Running Out… Of Movie Ideas Story Link: https://www.polygon.com/news/562889/outrun-movie-michael-bay-sydney-sweeney-sega-universal 37:43 - Aussie Arcade Runs Out Of Credits Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ1ALMXMwH8 Additional Links: https://www.1uparcade.com.au/ https://www.1uparcade.com.au/games/ 52:11 - Dave's Housekeeping 53:36 - Windows Goes Portable! Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/someone-has-created-a-version-of-windows-for-game-boy-and-yes-it-includes-minesweeper 01:00:42 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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.…

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Super Fast Win 98 Install - This Week In Retro 216 1:00:39

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Bill Gates predicted the online future way back in 1993, how much did he get right? Was the first 3D game made in 1992? And what if you could install Windows 98 is just a couple of minutes? Clint from LGR joins us to talk about these fascinating subjects and more. You can see more from Clint over at LGR https://www.youtube.com/@LGR We are sponsored by Pixel Addict this week and they have a brand new issue out and it is all about the evolution of music in games. From Chiptunes to Cinematics! Head to their new website https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 08:34 - Gatesway To The Future Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QR9otLcnf0&feature=youtu.be 27:21 - 3D Video Games Didn’t Exist Until 1992 Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlRy9lUAvs 40:03 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 45:00 - Windows 98 Faster! Story Link: https://youtu.be/8V1bE43nbHM?si=I08LoxPIfsIb9HIP 53:40 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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: How Computer Graphics Changed The World: https://youtu.be/W8-54-9J9ns?si=eHpbefx57t3pLdpJ Airborne Ranger : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIQyvV6G4yk Dan Wood At VCF East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AYDkuMg-U Box Art Lied To Us: https://www.polygon.com/q-and-a/558797/video-game-box-art-book-interview Virtual Boy Mario Land: https://www.polygon.com/news/559071/rare-virtual-boy-mario-land-screenshots-1995 Episode Credits By Microsoft, flag logo designed by Jonathan D. Cowles and Jeff Boettcher - Logopedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116019255…

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16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215 58:42

5 weeks ago58:42

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 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. You can find out more about The Retro Adventurers at: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ 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 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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…

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Chiptune Heaven - This Week In Retro 214 59:27

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A chiptunes documentary, a top ten list of influential games that seems a bit dodgy and ten seems to be the idea age to want to go back to. We are joined by Matt from TechMadeEasy. Our sponsor PIXEL ADDICT magazine has a new website! Check it out at https://www.addict.media/ where you can order the very latest issue and see absolutely everything else from Addict Media. Tell them we sent you and you will get a knowing nod! You can find out more about Matt and TechMadeEasy from the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@TechMadeEasyUK or https://www.techmadeeasy.co.uk 00:00 - Show Opening 05:42 - Shen Mooooooooooooo! Story Link: https://www.polygon.com/news/550231/shenmue-bafta-most-influential-game-all-time 23:46 - Ten Is The Magic Number Story Link: https://www.iflscience.com/retro-gamers-like-to-revisit-the-games-they-played-when-they-were-10-78700 Additional Link: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wt6yb_v1 34:36 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 43:15 - Chiptune Heaven Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U82IdByPUE 50:51 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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: Doom Tune: https://youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8 Daddy Mulk Tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwQP3MTpEQ BG Ollie's Daddy Mulk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z2aEsID3zU Nostalgia Nerd Before Google https://youtu.be/812YkCrmksk New N-Gage Game: https://www.androidpolice.com/new-nokia-n-gage-boxed-game-available/ Salmon Survival: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/how-a-1980s-atari-creator-with-cystic-fibrosis-crafted-a-story-of-salmon-survival/ OpenLara On Amiga: https://amigaalive.blogspot.com/2025/04/lara-croft-literally-runs-on-amiga.html…

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Atari Shock - This Week In Retro 213 1:02:03

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 A bit of a thing broke out about the different way the US sees gaming history. There may be a new contender for Japan's first ever video game. Populous almost got a release on the NES, the code has been found and new footage is now available to watch. All this and a handful of other stories and our Community Question Of The Week! Ultima 7 Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NyaGRNH2zE 00:00 - Show Opening 08:42 - Let’s Go Bashing Americans! Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/poorly-analyzed-us-centric-garbage-why-do-americans-keep-ignoring-european-gaming-history 23:21 - Japanese Gaming History Unearthed Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/is-this-japans-first-ever-video-game Additional Link: https://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/computopia-old-visions-of-a-high-tech-future/ 37:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 44:31 - Not Popular Enough Story Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/populous/ Populous - a 33 year lost Nintendo Entertainment System conversion recovered by Games That Weren't!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as6rpF-coCY 54:51 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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: ETO AmigaOS Book: https://www.edsa.uk/blog/classic-amigaos-programming-the-network 30 Years Of PlayStation On Tape: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/30-years-of-history-reside-in-our-tape-backups-playstations-building-a-game-preservation-mineshaft-vault-with-200-million-files-going-back-to-a-1994-build-of-ps1-jrpg-arc-the-lad/ Cyan Worlds Lay Off Staff: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around/ Dave Garage Windows Longhorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpRZ8BQiiMo Acorn Atom Trash To Treasure: https://youtu.be/3v4sFkmM0GY?si=I5ReyJP8Ml7IlTyz Repairing Datasettes: https://www.retrotrade.dk/2025/03/21/datasette-repair-notes/…

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4 Tales Of Retro Woe - This Week In Retro 212 1:12:25

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This week we are joined by Jason Compton from The Retro Adventurers to talk about four retro projects that may have hit hard times, how the loss of one online account could cost you dearly and about the return of a popular point and click adventure that might give you nightmares! The Pixel Addict magazine website has had a faster modem fitted! You will be able to order your copy of the latest issue with such pleasure and ease! Visit pixel.addict.media for an interview with Julian "Jaz" Rignall and to find out about the Videoton TVC 64 plus many other interesting articles. If you want to know more about Jason and The Retro Adventurers then: https://retroadventurers.com https://bsky.app/profile/retroadventurers.bsky.social https://www.facebook.com/retroadventurers https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social 00:00 - Show Opening 06:40 - The Not So Fantastic Four! Story Link: https://unbound.com/ Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qhsfh7CeYE 29:04 - The Price Of The Ban Hammer Story Link: https://twistedvoxel.com/player-xbox-digital-library-permanent-ban-modded-lobby/ 41:30 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 50:45 - I Scream, I Scream Story Link: https://www.gematsu.com/2025/03/i-have-no-mouth-and-i-must-scream-coming-to-ps5-xbox-series-ps4-xbox-one-and-switch-on-march-27 01:02:47 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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. Episode Credits Nintendo PlayStation: https://bsky.app/profile/martinlindell.bsky.social/post/3lksbcn7csk2b Dreamcast Back Online: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/23-years-after-sega-pulled-the-plug-every-online-pal-dreamcast-game-is-live-once-more Xbox 360 USB Exploit: https://www.theverge.com/news/631102/xbox-360-hack-homebrew-badupdate-exploit-usb Gamesmaster Series 4: https://youtu.be/odo7Wmtkr98?si=E--l3_8Y1bzXjsHE BBC Barry Norman on VHS: https://youtu.be/odo7Wmtkr98?si=E--l3_8Y1bzXjsHE…

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Retro Tech Up In Smoke - This Week In Retro 211 45:20

9 weeks ago45:20

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Is your Super Nintendo (SNES) speeding up? (yes, it is.) Windows 3 can now use modern graphics cards thanks to a new driver. What is to blame for our old retro tech going up in smoke? Rees has joined Dave this week to talk about all the above and more. Thanks Rees. Be sure to check out his Retro Rambles on his own channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees 00:00 - Show Opening 03:51 - Show Me Where It Hertz Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/11/90s-nintendo-console-runs-faster-gets-older-no-one-knows-22706848/ 14:02 - Windows 3 Shows Its True Colours Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXkvM3b2Qg 26:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 31:42 - Letting Out The Magic Smoke! Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxs3jJ1P6yU 38:59 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Brief's Links: Retro Items Stolen, Halifax UK: https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/crime/please-dont-steal-devastated-halifax-arcade-owners-message-after-thief-takes-from-personal-collection-5028576 BBC - Rowers Play Doom: https://youtu.be/XJUMNltgrhs?si=wqCFGapkRlTuAx1L Wild Blue: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/538400/star-fox-spiritual-successor-wild-blue Tony Hawks Hacks Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZbC0Hh4lc8 Terry Pratchett Oblivion Mod: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on…

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The Next Episode - This Week In Retro 210 1:00:05

10 weeks ago1:00:05

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Did you miss out on the Spectrum Next? You might get another chance! Want to see some prototype and unreleased consoles? Do you miss Acclaim? These questions and more answered on this week's retro gaming show. 00:00 - Show Opening 08:49 - Next Up Round Three Story Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-2/posts/4330921 Head Over Heels Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/8-bit-classic-head-over-heels-is-back-with-chickens-enhanced-visuals-and-a-brand-new-world 24:18 - Before They Were Famous Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1j7tvin/before_they_were_famous_5_early_game_console/ 38:41 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 44:01 - Reclaimed Acclaim 54:38 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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: Super Game Boy: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1j4hhz9/help_for_old_gamers_with_tired_eyes/ Guardian - 80s Mags: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/mar/04/working-on-video-game-mags-in-the-1980s Games Of A Lifetime: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-games-of-a-lifetime Raspberry Pi Video Output: https://www.hackster.io/news/retro-gamers-rejoice-the-raspberry-pi-5-can-now-output-interlaced-vga-rgb-to-your-crt-displays-9f62f0a6e9b7 I, Rebel Game Jam: https://atari.com/pages/i-rebel-a-jeff-minter-game-jam Scammed By Mastertronic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3k3XB2b_3E Sharp X68K Mini: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/company-behind-the-x68000-z-range-wants-to-know-if-global-players-will-buy-them…

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He's Back! - This Week In Retro 209 1:06:57

11 weeks ago1:06:57

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We are joined by Lee from More Fun Making It! Retro gaming and computing chat about such things as how some publishers have got things a bit wrong recently and about how Terminator 2 is getting a brand new game which looks like it is the game that should have come out back in the day. Why not see what things Lee has had fun making at: https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/ Pixel Addict magazine has a new issue and its main feature is all about Pinball! Please check it and every other issue out at www.pixel.addict.media/shop/ 00:00 - Show Opening 06:00 - I Know Kung Fu Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6ZHDvmOxKY 18:02 - I Need Your Clothes To Go To Boots On My Bicycle Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMFYMG3QLw Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r2kH7HmiIE 33:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 40:24 - Short Cuts End In Disaster Story Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/retro-publisher-accused-of-re-releasing-16-bit-games-with-plagiarised-fan-translations/ Additional Link: https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-werve-certainly-made-mistakes-limited-runs-boss-on-winning-back-the-trust-of-the-community 58:46 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Housekeeping Links: Don Priestly Has Passed Away: https://bsky.app/profile/martcarroll.bsky.social/post/3lj3g2ahnhs2f New Amiga Outrun Almost Ready: https://youtu.be/dcVYEUC2gNM?si=j3MxSaICCPCbXm_q Command and Conquer Open Source: https://kotaku.com/command-conquer-ea-source-code-red-alert-generals-1851767009 Bye Bye Skype: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype Unix V2 Beta: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/beta_unix_2_restored/ California Fire Relief Bundle: https://itch.io/b/2863/california-fire-relief-bundle…

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Y2K With A Vengeance - This Week In Retro 208 59:24

12 weeks ago59:24

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Neil and Dave love a bit of Ultima and there are two news stories related to that very series in this week's show. Can AI really be trusted to faithfully recreate classic video games for modern hardware? The BBC has a video all about the Millennium Bug (Y2K), so there is chat about that too. It is your last chance to grab the Retro Collective Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle Pixel Addict magazine has caught pinball fever and explores the history of pinball video games! There is an interview with Julian "Jaz" Rignall and a look at his new book! Head over to pixel.addict.media for your copy of the latest issue. 00:00 - Show Opening 05:58 - Reopening The Black Gate Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKeoXBBzqug 22:23 - Artificial Stupidity? Story Link: https://aftermath.site/microsoft-xbox-muse-ai-phil-spencer-dipshit 37:07 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 44:05 - Turn Off Your Computer Before Midnight! Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0O4CKaB4ls 52:43 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Housekeeping Links: 1 in 4 Gen Z Brits Own Retro?: https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/18/1-4-gen-z-brits-owns-a-retro-gaming-console-reveals-new-study-22580498/# TWIR Inspired Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F9cxvqhe9nzke1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd80874762c20d06ef075a0197f6ae147312500ba Too Many Games Too Little Time: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxklzlxxwyo ITX LLama: https://youtu.be/UAFBR-Wk5Xw Mastertronic Screenshot: https://i.redd.it/wfyybh16jqke1.jpeg…

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Romantic Robots - This Week In Retro 207 1:03:13

13 weeks ago1:03:13

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The hidden tale of the Game Wizard for the SNES leads us to reminisce about Romantic Robot's Multiface devices. More youngsters are looking to disconnect with offline gaming. Clever people are modding CRT screens to accept RGB signals. We are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine this week. Now on issue 8 which covers Sega events from the latter half of 1995. Visit https://www.sega-mania.com/ where you can find every issue. 00:00 - Show Opening 06:56 - You’re A Wizard Mario Story Link: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-game-wizards-hidden-tale/ 21:21 - Switch On To Switch Off Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/feb/15/theres-no-stress-gamers-go-offline-in-retro-console-revival Additional Link: https://retrosix.co.uk/ Never Knows Best Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QgQtoGHRY 36:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 45:17 - DIY RGB CRT ASAP….LOL Story Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/how-retro-enthusiasts-are-upgrading-crt-tvs-with-rgb-mods/ 55:31 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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: 1980s Ultima Photo: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fyqup7twrsdie1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D442f517c0d55c22948e98e089061c54505edecef I Robot: https://www.polygon.com/news/522526/jeff-minter-atari-i-robot Random Access Memories with Holly: https://podcastaddict.com/iain-lee-s-random-access-memories/episode/191944559 FPGA Superior?: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/creator-of-new-open-source-game-boy-disagrees-that-fpga-is-superior-to-software-emulation Zombie Nation: https://i.redd.it/sajau5awjqie1.png…

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Top Gear’s Top Retro Racers - This Week In Retro 206 1:04:06

14 weeks ago1:04:06

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Top Gear have published their list of 50 top racers, do we agree? 40 years ago Lucasfilm Games gave us Rescue On Fractalus. Two weeks after the last one there is ANOTHER list of 90s shooters. Chris is back to keep Neil's seat warm and he has brought a a friend with him.....but who is it? You can see more of Chris on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Zac's first indie game: https://fuzznuggetstudios.carrd.co/ Shane's Perth Amiga User Group: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroup 00:00 - Show Opening 09:06 - They’re Coming Right For Us! Story Link: https://www.cbr.com/best-90s-fps-games-not-doom/ 23:13 - 40 Years Of Fractal Rescues Story Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/40-years-on-rescue-on-fractalus-remains-a-rare-reminder-of-the-magic-of-lucasfilm-games 34:58 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 49:39 - More! Push It More! Story Link: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/gaming/these-are-50-best-driving-games-all-time 59:36 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w Subscribe to the audio version of the show! 📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Housekeeping Links: RMC 2025 Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle UK Game Petition Reply: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074 Cunk On Computers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTSGaKY1vbc 3DO M2 Auction: https://preview.redd.it/mrvn5u37mvhe1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16e03f595c4396f0adc9a236347606824a2d1fb9 E-Ink Text Handheld: https://www.inkconsole.com/games Banjo Guy Ollie Dune Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqa3Ed9hHq8…

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The Beatles Had a Text Adventure Game!? - This Week In Retro 205 1:00:54

15 weeks ago1:00:54