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This Week in Retro

Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

A weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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01:00:05

The Next Episode - This Week In Retro 210

This Week in Retro ·

2025/03/15

🛠 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:

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01:06:57

He's Back! - This Week In Retro 209

This Week in Retro ·

2025/03/08

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

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Y2K With A Vengeance - This Week In Retro 208

This Week in Retro ·

2025/03/01

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

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01:03:13

Romantic Robots - This Week In Retro 207

This Week in Retro ·

2025/02/22

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:

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01:04:06

Top Gear’s Top Retro Racers - This Week In Retro 206

This Week in Retro ·

2025/02/15

🛠 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

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01:00:54

The Beatles Had a Text Adventure Game!? - This Week...

This Week in Retro ·

2025/02/08

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠Did you know that the songs of the Beatles inspired a text adventure game? Looking at some of the worst games on the Amiga and how much would you pay for a portable game of Asteroids? 2025 Museum Support Digital Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle 00:00 - Show Opening 04:27 - All You Need Is Text Story Link:

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01:12:52

Forget About Doom - This Week In Retro 204

This Week in Retro ·

2025/02/01

We are joined by MeanMachineDean this week! Putting Doom aside what are the best FPS games of the 1990s? It's bye bye Blu Ray (sort of). The launch of the Video Game History Foundation’s Digital Library is a good thing!Issue 26 of Pixel Addict magazine has a main feature on the hard working Z80 CPU. With an interview with the designer Federico Faggin sheds light on its creation and legacy. We also find out about the Grundy NewBrain, whatever that is! Visit www.pixel.addict.media for your copy. Want

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01:07:46

Hard Core MiSTer - This Week In Retro 203

This Week in Retro ·

2025/01/25

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠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:

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01:10:50

New FPGA Consoles - This Week In Retro 202

This Week in Retro ·

2025/01/18

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠Amigathon 2025 is today! Help our friends raise money by playing old games: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=548758 For a brief time game some game installers felt like they were part of the game. Is it possible to port Outrun to the (not so) humble Amiga? The new MiSTer project that has tongues wagging and wallets letting out a sigh of relief! We are joined by Paul (aka

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How Big Is Too Big? (CRT TVs) - This Week In Retro 201

This Week in Retro ·

2025/01/11

For the first episode of 2025 we take a look at some of the BBC's Tomorrows World predictions from 30 years ago. What did they get right and wrong. We talk about how video game history can be different depending upon which angle you look at it. Then finally it's all about the CRT TV and would you want a monster of a set in your home?All this and more retro tech news in Dave's Briefs and we set a new Community Question Of The Week. This week we are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine. The new issue

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01:34:28

The Super Sega Saga - This Week In Retro 200

This Week in Retro ·

2024/12/21

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠Episode 200 is a bumper show with the return of occasional host Chris and special guest Aaron from Amigos Retro Gaming. Some of this week's topics are FPGA or real hardware, the Supersega saga and a 68000 Amiga port of Carmageddon. Please check out everything Amigos Retro Gaming has to offer at: www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming 00:00 - Show Opening 09:19 - Bin Your Vintage Hardware Story Link:

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01:13:40

Atari STE Goes Faster - This Week In Retro 199

This Week in Retro ·

2024/12/14

A clever coder has created what is surely the fastest, smoothest and most impressive racer for the Atari STE. Indiana Jones has a new game out but lets not forget the old ones. Watching people play games is getting more popular but why and is it really a new thing?Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and Codemasters ever released. To mark the game's 35-year history, writer Graham Pembrey is joined by Andrew and

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01:07:59

The Best Gaming Computer Of All Time - This Week In...

This Week in Retro ·

2024/12/07

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠What does your retro computing area look like? What is the best gaming computer of all time? How did the BBC of 1995 go about informing us of new tech? All this and more is discussed with special guest Iain Lee. You can find all of Iain's stuff here: https://www.iainlee.com/ https://www.youtube.com/iainlee https://www.twitch.tv/tlna 00:00 - Show Opening 10:17 - Retro Corners Story Link:

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01:09:12

Desktop PCs Are Back! - This Week In Retro 197

This Week in Retro ·

2024/11/30

The beige PC is back! What started as a joke has become reality. A Windows developer has shared some secrets on how the Win 95 installer did things behind the scenes. An article about the fall of Game as a high street retailer leaves us wondering if games will ever be available as they once were.All this and more retro computing news plus the Community Question Of The Week. Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and

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01:08:45

Half Life 2 - 20th Anniversary - This Week In Retro 196

This Week in Retro ·

2024/11/23

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠As Half Life 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition we also talk about the remastered Warcraft 1,2 and 3 offering from Blizzard which leads to some RTS chat. An article about how Dragon's Lair financially crippled a player 40 years ago who has now beaten the game prompts us to think about games we just walked away from. 00:00 - Show Opening 07:20 - War Re-crafted Story Link:

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01:04:40

Look At All Those New Mega Drive Games - This Week In...

This Week in Retro ·

2024/11/16

Just how do you keep track of all the new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis games? Join us as we take a look at a website that aims to do just that. We are joined by Allan aka Happy Coding ZX who tells us all about Midnight Brew Games and the special ZX Spectrum game compilation. We also check out an article on Ireland's retro scene and there is an interesting documentary about game musician Chris Huelsbeck.All this and more retro computing info along with your answers to the Community Question Of The

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01:02:49

Speedball Rebooted - This Week In Retro 194

This Week in Retro ·

2024/11/09

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We talk about text adventures. 00:00 - Show Opening 04:48 - Bitmap Brothers Revisited Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/a-classic-90s-amiga-video-game-getting-unexpected-reboot-steam-today-21886096/ 22:21 - Demos Seen Story Link: https://youtu.be/PbFSs0ipcP0?si=vOHjR7mXuivfCbst 32:35 - Dave's

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01:06:50

ALAN SUGAR IN SPAAAAAAAAACE! - This Week In Retro 193

This Week in Retro ·

2024/11/02

The Amstrad online museum is open for business! We took a quick look and it bought back some CPC memories. The US Copyright Office has hindered game preservation but will it make much of a difference in the long run? Finally a simple Elite 2 video seems to have struck a cord with lots of gamers.Pixel Addict magazine sponsors this episode. Visit www.pixel.addict.media to see the latest issue which focuses on Microprose who made some of the classic sims of the 16-bit era. While there check out the

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01:08:56

Game Over Yeah! - This Week In Retro 192

This Week in Retro ·

2024/10/26

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠Dave is a little under the weather this week so Chris steps up. We look back at Sega Rally, did it change driving games 30 years ago? The C64 is getting a Street Fighter 2 conversion, its looking fast and playable but does it retain all the right components? Worms has been a hit since it first appeared and the original developer is working on an update for the Amiga! Get those sheep ready! Please visit Chris' channel, 005 AGIMA,

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57:20

Is Older Always Better? - This Week In Retro 191

This Week in Retro ·

2024/10/19

We return to find that your PC will be able to emulate an Xbox, that a rare Microprose arcade cabinet has been restored ( and is quite excellent ) and we check out a report that asks why some games age better than others. We also have news of a special Atari focused magazine which may or may not have been officially announced when you read this...we don't know. If you like our podcast then it is quite likely that you will also enjoy Pixel Addict magazine. Made by and for lovers of retro

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