This Week in Retro

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 "Keep a copy of what's important to you." "Punish your children one day." With these bullet points (provided by special guest  @RonsCompVids ) in mind, we take a critical look at a Philips CD-i retrospective, discuss a substantial update to the Stop Killing Games movement, and dig into the fundamental right of physical media ownership. We share your top tips to avoid doomscrolling and introduce a new Community Question of the Week: what retro technology would you resuscitate with a one BILLION dollar budget? 00:00 - Show Opening 05:18 - Was The CD-i Doomed From The Start? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNDm13SbX_Q 30:54 - Ross Has Saved Your Game Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-is-launching-ngos-in-the-european-union-and-the-us-were-not-just-going-away-on-this/ 48:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 58:51 - Streaming Is So Last Year Story Link: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection 01:15:02 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 SDF Public Access UNIX: https://connect.sdf.org/ Commercial Availability Of Pre-2010 Games: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Frflir4u3odkg1.jpeg THEA1200 Preorder: https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/ Dolphin Emulator: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2026/02/16/rise-of-the-triforce/ Lemmings 35th Anniversary: https://youtu.be/Ulx0WE8KnA4 ATABoy: https://youtu.be/XUmxxTCaCM4 Echo Aviation Controller: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/honeycomb-echo-aviation-controller-review  Games You Missed: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rbp5d2/new_column_from_itsmethyroid_games_you_missed/ Giant Macintosh: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/case-mods/computer-history-museum-unveils-comically-large-scale-rendition-of-the-1986-apple-macintosh-plus-towering-all-in-ones-keyboard-looks-disproportionately-huge-today

DJ Slope of  @slopesgameroom  is our guest for this week's dive into the history of shoot 'em up games of all shapes and sizes. In other departments we examine the claim that 1996 changed computing history forever and explore whether handheld retro tech can defeat the modern scourge of doomscrolling. Plus news in classic tech ranging from the Nabu to the CIDCO Mailstation, on Episode 256 of This Week in Retro. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 02:23 - Shmups Away Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GFX6lIbeE 20:59 - 1996 Really Was A Big Deal Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM1gXDZsMO0 Additional link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHkrQYSmtE 38:01 - Housekeeping - News links found below 44:07 - Doomscrolling Defeated Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/09/how-a-decades-old-video-game-has-helped-me-defeat-the-doomscroll 56:42 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Original GTA Working On PC: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-theft-auto/a-gta-modder-has-got-the-1997-original-working-perfectly-on-modern-pcs-and-steam-deck-and-its-a-joy-to-behold-i-wanted-pick-up-and-play-gta-on-windows-with-the-best-possible-compatibility-without-classic-installation/ BBC WAP: https://youtu.be/CYW0LngZ7v8?si=YP7ne10BFTEEWMyJ Unreal Tournament: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut2004/full-game-installers/ Barn Find Nabu: https://glassalmanac.com/2200-vintage-computers-sat-in-a-barn-for-23-years-sold-on-ebay-for-under-e100-each/ Outrun On Apple Watch: https://youtu.be/fAXkovTMOvY?si=JAL8F0wD8y6wrseS The Last Z80 Mass Market Machine: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/11/last_z80_machine/     Episode Credits "File:Amstrad CPC464.jpg" by Bill Bertram is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 Parts of "How the Shoot ’Em Up Genre Was Born" courtesy of Pixel Playback See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GFX6lIbeE Parts of "This rare BeBox still works!" courtesy of PCWorld and The Retro Roadshow See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHkrQYSmtE

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 We're gonna need a bigger byte to hold future episodes of This Week in Retro, but the end of the 8-bit era leads off with an exploration of the innovative SCUMM adventure game engine. Originally created by Lucasarts Games for Maniac Mansion, the system went on to be used in major franchises including Sam and Max and Indiana Jones, and is the topic of an upcoming crowdfunded documentary. We also report on some major achievements for retro users of PowerPC Macs and ancient accounting packages, and sift through the 30 year legacy of Duke Nukem 3D and the origins of John Romero's Catacombs 3D. 00:00 - Show Opening 02:15 - Passport To Adventure Story Link: https://adventuregamehotspot.com/announcement/5936/sign-up-available-for-passport-to-adventure-the-scumm-story DevsQuest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq-am862uRg 15:11 - Herculean Efforts In Retro Story Link: https://lowendmac.com/2026/finally-a-properly-modern-browser-for-powerpc-macs/ Additional Links:  https://dmitrybrant.com/2026/02/01/defeating-a-40-year-old-copy-protection-dongle https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai https://www.pcbway.com/project/shareproject/ATARI_ST_MV16_Sound_Audio_Card_Cartridge_BAT_e1c2ad3a.html 34:03 - Housekeeping - News links found below 42:24 - Hail To The Catacombs Baby Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70mZq8bUStw Catacombs 3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcUqwMf01pI 52:42 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/02/taitos-1987-outrun-clone-top-speed-makes-its-debut-on-modern-consoles-later-this-week https://www.bcs.org/articles-opinion-and-research/sir-clive-sinclair-views-on-ai-and-super-intelligence/ https://www.gog.com/redeem/WELCOMEGIFT https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/you-can-now-view-the-computer-history-museums-collection-from-the-comfort-of-your-own-home-and-its-full-of-retro-blasts-from-the-past/ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/beige-is-back-remembering-the-bbc-micro-with-raspberry-pi-500-plus/ https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/01/08/more-info-on-the-june-uk-amstrad-group-meet/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxuvEtgfbPU  

After years of uncertainty, the vast and historically significant Atari archives held by the late Curt Vendel have a new home at The Strong National Museum of Play. We hear from Atari chroniclers Kay Savetz and Martin Goldberg about the significance of this new installation and share behind-the-scenes photos. Game design pioneer Mike Singleton gets another day in the sun as a Midwinter remake emerges, and the history of Counter-Strike and player-vs-player mayhem get fresh perspective with a new look at Dust2 map designer Dave Johnston. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. DESCRIPTION 00:00 - Show Opening 02:05 - Who Collects The Collections? Story Link: https://www.museumofplay.org/press-release/the-strong-national-museum-of-play-acquires-atari-home-computer-and-console-division-collection/ Additional links: https://ataripodcast.libsyn.com 14:31 - Take On General ReMastered Story Link: https://midwinter-remaster.titanium-helix.com/index.html Additional links: http://mercenarysite.free.fr/mercframes_graphic.htm Episode 124 of This Week in Retro, Mercenary remake: https://youtu.be/FaTiRBGMCfI?si=pCbuvWcWcV4gJCbC&t=2430 28:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below 33:16 - n00b or h4x0r? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWhxfGq_yk 47:32 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Intel 486 motherboard: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-m8sbc-486-is-an-open-source-intel-486-mobo-built-from-scratch-in-under-6-months-the-original-idea-was-to-achieve-linux-and-doom-compatibility-but-it-achieves-far-more-than-that Speedball 2: https://youtu.be/Mujivih30bc Native PC ports from PlayStation 2: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/native-pc-ports-of-ps2-games-could-be-on-the-way-thanks-to-new-recompilation-experiment Arcade church: https://youtu.be/kPKJyJGucH4 Why Do We Say Sprites?: https://youtu.be/tTqfeJ2yJwE Amiga 1200 Mini-ITX Alicia: https://youtu.be/NMKiRaLyuD8 The Visible Zorker: https://eblong.com/infocom/visi/

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 We celebrate the launch of PicoIDE, the all-in-one replacement for ATAPI CD-ROM and IDE hard drives by welcoming creator Ian Scott (polpo) to the show! Ian personally guides us through the underpinnings of PicoIDE, available for crowdfunding order now. Then we transition to tricky challenges in software preservation through the lens of Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and wrap up with a discussion on the charms of VHS videotape and CRT display, including the design of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo. We then share your top picks for new tech documentaries before sharing our latest Community Question of the Week! 00:00 - Show Opening 02:52 - High Quality CD Emulation Is Here! The PicoIDE Story Link: https://picoide.com/ Additional link: https://www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics/picoide 23:35 - Software Preservation Tough Truths Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qhx9z1/is_this_the_only_game_you_cant_really_emulate/ Additional links: https://archive.org/details/apple_ii_library_4am https://www.hvsc.c64.org 46:21 - Housekeeping - News links found below 54:02 - Story Redacted Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qiso5v/a_new_vhs_combo_tv_thats_perfect_for_retro_gaming/ Additional link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qesxv3/retrobox_are_bringing_back_the_vhs_combo_crt_with/ 01:05:23 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Amigathon 2026: amigathon.com EB Aussie Stores News: https://press-start.com.au/news/2026/01/22/a-small-number-of-aussie-eb-games-stores-are-closing-but-theres-no-reason-to-worry/ EB Games Shovels Money Overseas: https://www.channelnews.com.au/real-concerns-as-eb-games-shovels-millions-offshore-as-losses-mount-and-stores-close/ The Retro Hour Interviews Norman Cool (Fatboy Slim): https://youtu.be/1-UOBjJjGuM Atari ST Mini: https://preview.redd.it/pmh955lbypeg1.png?width=1363&format=png&auto=webp&s=42a33326774858870fe81b32bb06127339c42adc More Atari ST Mini: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/atari-st-enthusiast-announces-the-minist-with-fpga-misterynano-core-and-black-tkl-case-priced-at-around-usd400-each-but-the-initial-run-is-a-mere-five-units New TWIR Viewer Posts Message: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qk8xlo/greetings_from_an_avid_watcher_and_twir_fan/ IBM Mwave: https://youtu.be/v1RmAd9iwwA?si=hNymBS4IFxpJJK-g

Australia's rich history of technological innovation gets the spotlight this week as Chris explores The State of Electronics, a channel dedicated to computing Down Under. Jason looks through the history of Leader Board golf and a comprehensive analysis of the "sunset-and-grids" aesthetic which has come to symbolise the 1980s, poking fun at international interpretation of the iconic Trapper Keeper along the way. And a treasure trove of Amiga Format magazines shared on the This Week in Retro subreddit sparks a discussion led by Dave of the golden age of tech publications. We conclude with listener submissions for the best era of Sega and wrap up with a brand new Community Question of the Week. You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 01:57 - Australian Computer History Docos Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/@StateofElectronics/videos 14:50 - Golf & Grids Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_bBkKo8b74 Additional links: https://bit.ly/TWIRGuide 31:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:25 - Amiga Doormat Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1qdulaa/an_unexpected_find_during_my_evening_run_in/ 50:02 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Diego 500: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv5Qtoq5rqs Win 98 NVME Driver: https://youtu.be/YUoJS2xXRmQ GOG & Linux: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/its-such-poor-quality-software-gog-owner-criticises-windows-says-it-will-support-linux-better-in-the-future/ Floppy Drive Remote: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/12/danish_dev_floppy_drive_remote/ Nintendo Virtual Boy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jW7M8H99x7Y&si=9G2boXwsEB5j17DG BBC Explains Digital TV: https://youtu.be/pWTvplkBeNM?si=JAd5xzU5C0D8xiK8 Acorn Electron Plus 1 Mini : https://www.tindie.com/products/ramtopretro/plus-1-mini-expansion-for-acorn-electron/ EB Stores in New Zealand To Close: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/584037/all-eb-games-stores-in-nz-to-close-at-end-of-month

It's a bonanza of stand-up arcade feature stories this week. Will Basic Fun! give Arcade1Up a powerful next stage? We also remember the life and career of Sega legend David Rosen and look at the latest in miniature cabinets from My Arcade including Sonic the Hedgehog, Galaga, Pac-Man, and Atari hits. In other news a Sega racer achieves a rare trifecta on the show, the origins of PCMCIA are discussed, and we follow up on Stunt Car (Track) Racer and Freescape from last week's show. You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 02:15 - Arcade2Up Story Link: https://insider-gaming.com/arcade1up-reportedly-closing-operations-very-soon/ 18:18 - Sad Duties To Inform Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies Additional links: https://bsky.app/profile/playhistory.bsky.social/post/3mbwx2gijrc27 https://memoritree.com/memorial/david-m-rosen https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/obituary-sega-co-founder-david-rosen-has-passed-away-at-age-95 https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/ https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/hpux_end_of_life/ https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/ 29:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:03 - Is Bigger Better? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tjYCw4yjM 50:35 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 PicoPCMCIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-04EoGlayY GX4000 One Good Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlfarIWjfGQ 1972 Computer Giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRc5BXn_SsE Amiga Mouse Pointers: https://heckmeck.de/pointers/  1999 Retro Consoles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3p76ryEb_c Amiga Sprite Trick: https://www.techeblog.com/amiga-sprite-mechanics-snes-hardware/

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 In this milestone 250th episode of This Week in Retro, we celebrate that the more things change, the more they stay the same. A revival of Geoff Crammond's Stunt Car Racer is our top story. That's just the tip of the iceberg in what was a very big week for fans of his game design work. In other news the set-top boxes of the 1990s and early 2000s get another look: the lost treasures of The Sega Channel have been preserved for modern-day Mega Drive/Genesis players, and recent developments have helped WebTV users but hurt those who get their websites from the Sega Dreamcast's PlanetWeb browser. And we remember Stewart Cheifet, the long-time producer and host of The Computer Chronicles. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:07 - Hump Back Is Back Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFJUb7GQyM - Stunt Car Racer Remake on The New Retro Show 16:17 - New Life For Old Browsers Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/microsofts-webtv-is-being-revived-by-fans/ 30:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below 38:16 - Cable TV Relics Restored Story Link: https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/ 49:38 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Stewart Cheifet obituary: https://computerchronicles.blog/post/stewart-cheifet-1938-2025 Commodore 64 Ultimate experiences: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1ppdwec/c64u_is_here/ Ben Versteeg passage notice: https://www.reddit.com/r/zxspectrum/comments/1pqubkw/sad_news_good_bye_ben/ Amiga Desktops Worth Seeing: https://www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/ Geoff Crammond F1GP news: https://www.gamespress.com/MicroProse-and-Geoff-Crammond-Reunite-to-Revive-a-Racing-Legend Mark Moxon's disassembly of Geoff Crammond's The Sentinel: https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro  

As per tradition, here are some of the unseen bits and out-takes from This Week In Retro in 2025. Audio only listeners, you might get more from this by heading over to the video version on YouTube!   Thanks for watching, your support continues to humble and amaze us.  We will be back with episode 250 soon.  🏆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 Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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.

In the last regular show of the year we are joined by Neil and Aaron for a bumper episode. The latest goings-on at Commodore including Commodore 64 Ultimates under the tree and reciprocal trademark challenges, a collection of things to do over the holidays and a look back at how catalogue shopping was a fun way to find your next tech obsession. We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine which has just launched issue 32. It covers those dial-up ISPs that had a firm grip on your internet access back in the day. Head over to https://www.addict.media/ Aaron is part of the team at Amigos Retro Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming Neil is part of the team at The Retro Collective: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective GLYPHIS_IO BBS: The Proxy Tapes 1989: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179570/GLYPHIS_IO_BBS_The_Proxy_Tapes_1989/ 00:00 - Show Opening 06:53 - We’re Still Keeping Up With The Commodore Story Link: https://www.commodore.net/post/press-release C64 Laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5QQ0ECfwyE Amiga 40th: https://youtu.be/udrnSDVbbhw 31:40 - Snow Day Diversions Story Link: http://superchartisland.com The Eagle Obsession: http://eagledocumentary.com ReStory Chill Electronic Repairs: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812600/ReStory_Chill_Electronic_Repairs/ 52:16 - Housekeeping - News links found below 58:53 - All I Want For Christmas Story Link: https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1985%20Sears%20Christmas%20Book/608 Full Catalogue: https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1985%20Sears%20Christmas%20Book/ Argos Autumn / Winter 1989/1990: https://archive.org/details/argos-autumn-winter-1989-1990/page/n283/mode/2up  1991/92 has some consoles in the toy section on page 338:  https://archive.org/details/argos-autumn-winter-1991-1992/page/n337/mode/2up  Argos Christmas Gifts 1993 - Consoles and games from page 10:  https://archive.org/details/argos-christmas-gifts-1993  Nostalgia Nerd Christmas Catalogues flick through videos:  https://www.youtube.com/@Nostalgianerd/search?query=Argos%20Christmas  Christmas and other vintage TV Adverts at: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroSteveUK  RetroSpectives, he’s just dropped a video called “The 1984 Dixons Catalog - what’s inside?”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP4RgB73IGg  My own Christmas Pamphlet Catalog Video (Fresh from last Friday):  https://youtu.be/Ck-RqHRV34M  01:18:06 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 The Quickshot Joystick: https://retrogames.biz/products/thequickshot-ii/

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An 80s film and game icon has a statue at long last, RAM prices are sky high and not for the first time and the BBC took a look at how CGI was used in the film Tron.  00:00 - Show Opening 01:53 - Your Move, Statue Creep Story Link: https://www.metrotimes.com/arts/detroit-finally-has-a-robocop-statue/ 14:19 - All Of This Has Happened Before, And It Will All Happen Again Story Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/after-nearly-30-years-crucial-will-stop-selling-ram-to-consumers/ Frontline Scotland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQDWytFwpYI 26:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below 30:34 - Back To The Grid Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1QuMnoLvQ Tron Behind The Scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4i6D3XXBQ Long Tron Doco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbgHMrLPQrE Hold and Modify: https://www.youtube.com/c/holdandmodify 42:46 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Nick Thorpe Passes: https://bsky.app/profile/retrogamerdaz.bsky.social/post/3m6zkrs5yws2o UT2004 Revived: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/fan-community-announces-it-will-revive-unreal-tournament-2004-with-epics-blessing-were-doing-this-for-free-because-were-fans-of-the-game-and-we-like-a-challenge/ Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Passes: https://deadline.com/2025/12/cary-hiroyuki-tagawa-dead-mortal-kombat-actor-1236636368/ MD Engine: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1pd3i1f/md_engine_create_your_own_mega_drive_games/ New Carmageddon Game: https://www.polygon.com/carmageddon-rogue-shift-reveal-trailer-release-date-2026/ Sega Dreamcast Mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYF87gt6hAQ

We are joined by Allan (aka Happy Coding ZX) to talk about joysticks, haunted tech and does retrobrighting damage your beloved computers and consoles? Visit FVResearch.com for all things FujiNet!  Emulate devices such as disk drives, printers and modems plus provide a wireless network interface to a wide range of retro computers. Please visit https://ko-fi.com/midnightbrew/shop to support Allan and the Movember charity. Changing the face of men's health. 00:00 - Show Opening 05:33 - Joy Of A Decent Stick Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QQDqkVCng 23:19 - Tales Of The Unexplained Story Link: https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/ The 1988 Mystery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRHpN53hb34 The Games Machine Issue 09: https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue09Aug88/page/n97/mode/2up The Dodleston Messages: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/dodleston-messages.htm 40:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 47:28 - Not Too Bright Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_WpjseCXA Macho Nacho Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhxTtK42A8 59:59 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy In Browser: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition Perforated Tape Reader: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-computing-enthusiast-creates-perforated-tape-reader-designed-from-scratch-reads-data-at-about-50-bytes-per-second  

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 The SEGA Master System ( and Windows ) have reached 40 years old. Microsoft has made Zork open source. We remember the work of Rebecca Heineman. 00:00 - Show Opening 01:37 - Time Waits For No Man - Or Console For That Matter Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/18/sega-master-system-nintendo-entertainment-system  Xbox 360 At 20: https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox360at20 20:30 - 1979 In The Spotlight: Zork Is Now Open Source Story Link: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source Additional Link: https://blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source BBC Link: https://youtu.be/2df88qJYYnM 38:00 - Housekeeping - News links found below 43:09 - Burger Time - Celebrating The Life Of A True Legend Story Link: https://youtu.be/x8PbLVCMLsw?si=w808z5iiEc2x7fs5&t=1772 Retro Collective Link: https://youtu.be/lPTLPXNtb2I?si=gQH6806ZzSHNCd1w 51:23 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 C64 Raycasting FPS:  https://c64universe.com/2025/11/19/grey-commodore-64-fps-game-showcase/ Windows Hits 40: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2979524/microsoft-windows-hits-40-years-old-a-visual-walk-down-memory-lane.html The Analogue 3D Is Out : https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/11/the-analogue-3d-is-the-modern-n64-fans-have-been-waiting-for/ More On Windows At 40: https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/windows-is-40-today-heres-the-20-best-and-worst-moments-in-windows-history MET Office Super Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7hvHslfS5A Crash Live 2025 Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSfZwnPiq9HBpQ_0mTwdCp54g4VKgfOa7  

We are very pleased to be joined by eXo this week, creator of eXoDOS and more. He is here to talk about the launch of eXoWin9x which is a growing collection of Win 9x games that have been cleverly packaged to run on modern systems. You can find out all about eXoWin9x here: https://www.retro-exo.com/ We also look back to when nobody was sure about the future of OS/2 and PowerPC. Plus are you sick and tired of racing games only featuring exotic motors? Fancy tearing around the track in your Nan's runaround? Now you can! Pixel Addict magazine issue 31 is celebrating the Atari ST 40th anniversary with musician John Sohn. Learn about John's defining moments in the pioneering computer's story. Head over to www.addict.media 00:00 - Show Opening 02:25 - eXo Wins Again Story Link: https://www.retro-exo.com/ 21:28 - OS/2 And PowerPC Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/the-worst-selling-microsoft-product-of-all-time-sold-just-11-times-and-eight-people-returned-it-why-youve-never-heard-of-os-2-for-the-mach-20 Why the Original Apple Silicon Failed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tld91M_bcEI OS/2 Museum: https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-timeline/ 36:48 - Housekeeping - News links found below 45:03 - Gran Turismo School Run Story Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/gran-turismo/after-26-years-modders-give-ps1-racing-game-classic-gran-turismo-2-the-overhaul-it-deserves-replacing-all-the-race-cars-with-minivans-and-used-car-dealerships/ 53:14 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 The Spectrum White Edition: https://retrogames.biz/products/thespectrum-collectors-edition/ Codemasters Archive: https://thecodemastersarchive.co.uk/playonline/ Unix Gaming At Retro Computer Festival 2025: https://i.redd.it/9xshlv0nte1g1.jpeg Steve Furber ARM At 40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeQn_AJqX54 New Steam Hardware: https://youtu.be/odAibuffNnA?si=eicgBH_cfcW0zW3T SDK For C64 Development In C# and .NET: https://retroc64.github.io/ OpenFLops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KomxgozMiY

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Dave is very excited because there have been a number of new games for the Amstrad CPC recently. Jason has been watching a very large and heavy hard drive spinning up. Chris has spent the past week in a galaxy far far away with some old space based games. 00:00 - Show Opening 02:44 - New Amstrad Games Story Link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=105245 Sonic GX - https://norecess464.weebly.com/news/sonic-gx-is-now-available-for-download Bugs Quest 2 - https://yb-software.itch.io/bugs-quest-2 Amstrad Eterno X - https://capasoft.itch.io/amstrad-eterno-x Speed Racer - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19817 Svellas - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19816 Dia De Los Muertos - https://vitop69.itch.io/la-dias-dos-muertos Hexapucchu - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19300 Secret of Anubis - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19174 21:29 - Macrocomputing Monsters! Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC_9EmStAE Bendix G-15: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1opwtve/bendix_g15_the_oldest_working_computer_in_north/ Can This Be Fixed (Chaplet Halikan LA-30A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilLgXkR_Kw&t=1s 37:42 - Housekeeping - News links found below 44:03 - One Small Step, One Giant Video Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46EJUAIdTM 56:57 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Vectrex Mini: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini UK Gov Debates Games: https://www.eurogamer.net/concords-sudden-shutdown-is-such-a-big-deal-its-been-brought-up-during-uk-government-debates-on-video-game-consumer-laws Unix V4 9 Track Tape: https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/ C128 Stuntcar Racer: https://youtu.be/C7kgYlKhTgo?si=UpFFu0LBkihvv4VZ Outrun Amiga Sprite Scaling: https://youtu.be/O_QP2qQJuXc?si=MgbF7lchxESx7UsW Family Computing Interviews Jack Tramiel: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/family-computing-interviews-jack

The Sound Blaster name is back with something a bit different, does it sound like a good idea? The Commodore C16 gets a new version of Green Beret and did you enjoy MODtober? Pixel Addict. I never can get enough. Pixel Addict. Never can give it up, oh oh, no oh. https://www.addict.media/   00:00 - Show Opening 02:17 - A Blast From The Past Story Link: https://www.techspot.com/news/110078-creative-revives-iconic-sound-blaster-brand-modular-audio.html 24:35 - Fight On, TED! Story Link: https://arlagames.itch.io/green-beret-c16 40:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below 46:20 - MODtober Story Link: https://sonicstate.com/news/2025/04/29/why-old-computers-your-thoughts/ H0ffman Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFL-EKU6hI3rqzQ0cQwzM2FhZWgt7-9f- Exploring Turbosynth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4La4VL8Jvv0 59:20 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 FujiNet: https://fujinet.online/ Day Of The Tenticle Intro Remake: https://youtu.be/2LYPfMBie9Y?si=6py4l7hCcFIwjJ1R Pacman Halloween Google Doodle: https://doodles.google/doodle/pac-man-halloween-2025-edition/ DIY DECD Mini: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLdEn2B49mk James Pond Collection: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/james-pond-is-getting-his-own-collection-on-pc-ps5-xbox-and-switch-2 ZX80 Documentary: https://youtu.be/_9v5jecL1S0?si=RB8Hs_E7y6sxTHym

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 With Jason away this week we needed help and who answered the call...Neil! The THEA1200 has been announced, an interview with the creator of a 1997 SNES emulator is really interesting and how did the BBC get Fred Harris inside a computer in 1988? All this and other retro computing news plus The Community Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 06:34 - The THEA1200 Update Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4aGhSoP7Rg 28:17 - Retro Is Retro Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG-oqvj4Tqk 42:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 51:57 - Greetings Programs Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT5bUqxGmpk 01:02:54 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Dos Box Pure Unleashed For Dummies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju9zVJmSEIY Shorter Games Worse Graphics: https://www.endlessmode.com/video-games/games-industry/shorter-games-with-worse-graphics-really-would-be-better-for-everyone-actually Unreal Redux Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw8zyKdyQsQ Lego Goonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yud24sbJlqo Darkenstein 3D: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195910/Darkenstein_3D/ CoCo Colour Glitch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqLJox6UQwg Palace Arcade In Fremantle Is Closing: https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/the-palace-arcade-fremantle-bar-closes-on-high-street-due-to-noise-complaints-and-threats-of-huge-fines-c-20422920

This week in retro we discuss the return of a console we thought was dead an buried, the Intellivision.   With two arcade focussed stories we feel old as Space Harrier turns 40 and we remember the fantastic ways that the arcade would try to immerse us in a gaming experience, all thanks to a fantastic video about the Sega R360. Pixel Addict magazine is getting ready to launch it's latest issue, with a focus on the Prince Of Persia.  Leap on over to https://www.addict.media/ to set up a subscription and to check out the special celebration of Amiga Format in the latest issue of Amiga Addict. 00:00 - Show Opening Deadl0ck’s TWiR Guide: bit.ly/TWIRGuide 04:29 - Atari Reanimates Intellivision Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/we-brought-the-rivalry-to-an-end-atari-reveals-the-intellivision-sprint Story Link 2: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/atari-purchases-the-intellivision-brand-but-not-the-delayed-amico-console Intellivision Basic: https://nanochess.org/ecs_basic.html 20:32 - Total Immersion 1985 Style! - Space Harrier Turns 40 Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/oct/14/space-harrier-at-40-sega-arcade-yu-suzuki 32:10 - Housekeeping - News links found below 38:48 - You Spin Me Right Round Baby Right Round (SEGA R360) Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-LnKFILB5I Additional Link: https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20200704005/ 51:14 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Aaron's Dos Box Pure Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sq7KJKoQrI South West Amiga Group: https://southwestamiga.org.uk/ Atari ST Upgrade: https://i.redd.it/i97tf4tbf2wf1.jpeg Amiga Addict/Amiga Format Special Edition: https://www.addict.media/current-issues-and-subscriptions/amiga-addict-ongoing-subscription Great Giana Sisters - Why So Valuable?:  https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o751wg/what_makes_it_valuable/ C64 Ultimate Shipping Update: https://www.commodore.net/product-page/commodore-64-ultimate-basic-beige-batch1

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you? All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:04 - Turning DOS Into A Console Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q8OMp15KA 13:56 - Right Through Falken’s Maze Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B1clodRJ4 34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below 40:12 - Back Of The Bus Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/converted-school-bus-turned-into-mobile-retro-computing-museum-historic-array-includes-sinclair-timex-zx-spectrum-48k-and-commodore-64 Additional Link: https://retroreset.org/the-bus/ 46:03 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSxlRK7lY0 Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o1ej4n/saw_on_a_random_street_in_tokyo/ Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?si=6kCILZ1G95FJAnb8 Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/bubble-bobbles-incredible-c64-port-just-got-a-new-fan-remaster-that-you-can-play-for-free Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be/vyeeQAcho00?si=x07vAgw6L7kfpnoa Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/early-and-lost-jeff-minter-zx81-title-fastlife-recovered/

A hour or so of retro computing chat including: How dare you diss the Amstrad CPC! Roger Dean talks about his work with Psygnosis. Do you really think computers were cheaper in the 8-bit era? It would be just wonderful if you could head over to https://www.addict.media/ and check out the latest issue of Pixel Addict magazine. Each issue focuses on the cultural impact of home computing with hardware profiles, interviews, vintage software and game reviews. You will also find Amiga Addict as well as some one off issues dedicated to other classic computers. Tell them that we sent you and they will wonder why you are telling them that. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:18 - The Amstrad CPC Was Perfect and Bears No Criticism Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHK4n4CIsVc 14:57 - Mountains Come Out Of The Sky Story Link: https://spillhistorie.no/2025/10/03/legends-of-the-games-industry-roger-dean/ Additional Link: https://www.rogerdean.com/ New Games In 2025: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1nxpx2o/picking_up_that_new_game_in_2025/ David Retro Games Played Badly: https://www.youtube.com/@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 35:20 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:34 - They Cost How Much? Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1nvzxtq/1985_computer_deals_adjusted_for_2025_prices/  56:16 - 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! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 2025 Midnight Brew Collection: https://ko-fi.com/s/fa514c022b Windows 7 Market Share: https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-7-usage-skyrockets-as-users-refuse-to-upgrade-to-windows-11-in-wake-of-windows-10-end-of-support Lego Game Boy Upgraded: https://www.theverge.com/news/790093/lego-game-boy-natalie-the-nerd Duke Nukem Voxels: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/duke-nukem-3d-is-about-to-get-an-ambitious-new-mod-that-replaces-its-2d-sprites-with-nearly-a-thousand-voxels Rob Smith Amiga HDD Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwAmNYBc-sU Dan Forden Leaves Mortal Kombat: https://kotaku.com/the-toasty-guy-from-mortal-kombat-has-left-the-studio-after-30-years-2000631151 Windows 3.11 Messes With Scammers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAomglv541s