Hard Core MiSTer - This Week In Retro 203

This Week in Retro

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The 3DO is coming to MiSTer. Could this be the last big system before we need large FPGAs? The National Communications Museum in Melbourne has just opened. The Amstrad CPC looks like it is getting the mother of all expansions, everyone here is very happy about that!

All this and a number of other retro tech stories and The Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

10:25 - Hawkin FPGA
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/3do-is-coming-to-mister-fpga

26:43 - Tell Us About The Console Wars Grandad
Story Link: https://www.theage.com.au/technology/the-museum-where-grandparents-can-get-their-tech-cred-back-20241217-p5kz0u.html

35:22 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

42:45 - See Pee Cee Pee Co
Story Link: https://x.com/FreddyVETELE/status/1879953439549190596

58:47 - 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:

Glasgow Arcade Blog: https://arcadeodysseus.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/an-arcade-ecosystem-part-3-glasgow/

Doom In A PDF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8PYG_BPbpg

Sinclair Printers Do Not Need Butter: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fj5d01lesgyde1.png

Origin Of The Patch: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Ft17930fceide1.jpeg

Stop Killing Games Petition V2: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/

Drink Doom: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Foxdzimizclde1.jpg

Amiga A1200 Bin Find: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1i2leer/finding_treasures/

Mr Lurch Returns: https://youtu.be/fnywJLc-DS8?si=RO5Cihmw71eIznq2