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Penny Pushers & Other Horrors - This Week In Retro 266

If you find joy in making or fixing, you're already a kindred spirit with our return guest Lee of the More Fun Making It and More Fun Fixing It YouTube channels. Lee shares tales of his latest retro event visits and upcoming charity effort (a custom throwback game console could be yours!) before we take on the top stories. The team takes on the state of the traditional arcade, the revival of an early 1990s horror classic, and a new-old multiplayer racing game. Plus news from Commodore, Sega, and much more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
09:31 - Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The SeasideStory Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrm4lndnv6o
24:19 - It's Not That TerribleStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzi_xK2JifwAdditional link: https://gamingbolt.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-horror-gaming
44:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below
49:57 - Null Modem Not RequiredStory Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/multistuntcar-156155783Gameplay link: https://retro-foundry.github.io/multistuntcar/
01:02:00 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
EU Parliament game advocacy: https://youtu.be/oXcogLmxnJw?si=3mYRqOpooCgf5raO
Updated Commodore FPGA policy: https://commodore.net/why-we-re-protecting-your-commodore-64-ultimate-fpga/
SEGA's 2026 lineup: https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-universe-retro-anniveraries-2026
Retro search engine: https://wiby.me/
BBC interview with Peter Molyneux: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4glw5nyrggo
ZSNES update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5twUkvYFpA

Neo-Geo is Back & Locking Down The C64 Ultimate - This Week In Retro 265

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Welcome Andrew Borman, Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong ( https://www.museumofplay.org/ ) for an in-depth look at the future of the iconic Neo-Geo game console, with brand-new hardware just around the corner. If Metal Slug and Super Baseball aren't your thing, we also cover Channel 9 Australia's endorsement of retro gaming, the revival of a 50-year old electromechanical arcade machine from Nintendo, The Krypton Factor, and a potential block on alternative cores for the Commodore 64 Ultimate. If you think that's a CRT on the horizon it might just be a discarded kitchen appliance, but don't let that stop you from enjoying This Week in Retro episode 265!
00:00 - Show Opening
07:12 - Neo GeoStory Link: https://plaionreplai.com/
34:48 - Two Tales Of The Wild WestStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfqnomGPkMStory Link 2: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-fans-split-over-c64-ultimate-fpga-firmware-lockdown-firm-says-it-wants-to-protect-its-hardware-and-reduce-support-fallout
56:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below
01:02:46 - TV Gets Retro GamingStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QuYuPn2McStory Link 2: https://hackaday.io/project/205522-prime-time-game-show-lasers-and-an-amiga
01:13:39 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
CBS coverage of former New York City pinball ban: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuHhh3CLjbk
PC Gamer demo discs: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-internet-archive-has-preserved-758-old-pc-gamer-demo-discs-you-can-download-and-play/
FAT32 beyond 32GB: https://www.techspot.com/news/112058-microsoft-removing-32gb-size-limit-fat32-volumes-time.html
Sun Microsystems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Microsystems
Nigel Alderton interview: https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/16/nigel-alderton-interview-man-behind-zx-spectrum-classic-chuckie-egg-27984015/
Moonchild retrospective: https://kotaku.com/developers-of-moon-child-resurface-to-bask-in-all-the-shitposts-amiga-prototype-2000688827
DOOM chainsaw: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/fps/doom-co-designer-still-has-the-real-chainsaw-that-inspired-the-og-fpss-iconic-weapon-even-though-it-leaks-oil-and-was-kept-in-a-bowl-at-the-id-offices/
 

Unity Engine For PS1?! - This Week In Retro 264

Bring big imaginations and big keyboards as we tackle the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game development for the original Sony PlayStation, and breathe new life into those old digital video camcorders on the shelf. Chris shows off a holiday photo, there's a birthday... all this, and much more, in This Week in Retro episode 264!
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:03 - Undiscovered Text Adventures AboundStory Link: https://www.retro-exo.com/if.htmlOriginal TWiR coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUtxKUkJaXk
17:34 - New Life For PlayStation & WiiStory Link: https://psxsplash.github.io/Bandwidth appeal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZ-XHiDBowMacOS X on Nintendo Wii: https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.htmlWindows compatibility: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260407-00/?p=112213
31:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below
36:57 - Video Editing Like It’s 1999Story Link: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuKeW45OL-g
46:18 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
PicoGUS 4.0: https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.0.0
Oldversion returns: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/
RIP Yoshihisa Kishimoto: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/double-dragon-creator-yoshihisa-kishimoto-has-passed-away
New Amiga Double Dragon: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/04/double-dragon-near-arcade-experience.html
Arcade photos: https://www.thescroller.net/83840/20-photos-what-arcades-used-to-look-like/
Arcade manuals: https://arcadeRTFM.com
Breakout for ZX81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NheQgCtFgI
End of Linux support for i486: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-support-intels-37-year-old-486-processor/
Episode Credits: 
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Apple Computer At 50 - This Week In Retro 263

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Indie game dev legend Jeff Vogel of spiderwebsoftware.com joins us for a provocative hour of conversation about legendary Apple products, summer camp with Lord British, moonshots and other artifacts of the Space Race, and much more!
00:00 - Show Opening
08:20 - Fifty Years Of AppleStory Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgxdn9lyd2oApple prototypes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qPQt_5DdM
23:17 - Moon - The Computer Art That Made Sure We Didn’t MissStory Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/30/see-the-computers-that-powered-the-voyager-space-program/
31:17 - Housekeeping - News links found below
37:15 - Omega Race Counts As RacingStory Link: https://github.com/albank1/Commodore-64-More-Disassembled-GamesDragon's Eye CRPG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJfGN4Zeb7MAdditional links: https://github.com/cyneprepou4uk/NES-Games-Disassemblyhttps://www.retroreversing.com/source-code/decompiled-retail-console-games
49:29 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Gaming Historian ends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV_Aww8_6wQ
XBox 360 GTA4 Devkit: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/xbox/xbox-360-devkit-bought-for-usd5-at-car-boot-sale-came-with-2007-beta-build-of-gta-iv-with-unreleased-assets-version-includes-cut-ferry-system-zombies-and-more
Manic Miner online: https://manicminer.online
Taito Crown 603 claw machine: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/after-asking-the-japanese-public-to-help-it-find-its-first-ever-claw-machine-game-taito-instead-found-its-second/
CLK emulator: https://github.com/TomHarte/CLK
Doom "on a BBC Micro": https://youtu.be/32hJLwrk-gY
Capcom mini-arcade machine: https://www.hackster.io/news/lcl-li-s-tiny-capcom-arcade-cabinet-uses-a-period-appropriate-though-scaled-down-crt-display-68d78f2c6743
Episode Credits
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"Apple Macintosh ー Computer History Museum (25364330319)" by Ik T from Kanagawa, Japan is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?
"Apple Newton MessagePad H1000 in NMAH" by National Museum of American History is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en/?ref=openverse.

News From Kay To Zee - This Week In Retro 262

It's taken too long to get prominent retro podcaster and archivist  @KaySavetz  (ANTIC, Eaten By a Grue, Internet Archive, and more) on the show! On this bonus-sized episode Kay joins Dave and Jason as we take a deeper look at 1990s nostalgia and the loss of multi-format cover art giant Philip Castle, and chart the dramatic rise and hard fall of Iomega's Zip drives. And for the sake of equal time, Kay presents a news brief involving source code hidden away on SyQuest media.
All this, your picks for a gaming industry legend you'd like to spend an hour with, and more in This Week in Retro 262!
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00:00 - Show Opening
04:24 -  Elite Box Art Was EliteStory Link: https://x.com/DavidBraben/status/2035665737449107849
17:33 - Media Giants Of The PastStory Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/24/from-zip-to-nought-the-rise-and-fall-of-iomega/
32:42 - Housekeeping - News links found below
48:45 - I Wish It Was The 90s - Or Do I?Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/22/young-people-are-longing-for-the-low-tech-90s-and-so-would-i-if-i-could-only-remember-themAdditional Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/27/retro-rewind-video-rental-retail-sim
01:01:10 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
PicoGX Cartridge: https://shop.flamelily.co.uk/picogx
History of Creative SoundBlaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTPa6wRECw0
3dfx Voodoo on FPGA: https://hackaday.com/2026/03/22/the-3dfx-voodoo-lives-again-in-an-fpga/
Pico Z80: https://eaw.app/picoz80/
Windows 3.1 on AMD Ryzen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qP3Jy52RuQ
MS-DOS on Apple II: https://sethkush.com/post/2026/03/22/reboot-camp-83-ms-dos-on-the-apple-iie-is-ready/
Game stores final closure: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/major-uk-retailer-leave-high-085419192.html
Lemon20 community: https://lemon20.com
Nintendo64 Open World Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXxmIw9axWw
Kikstart documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW6AdUeIFLs
Jetpac remake: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/the-zx-spectrum-classic-jetpac-has-been-unofficially-remade
Kerbal flight via ZX Spectrum: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/enthusiast-lands-on-the-moon-using-hardware-from-the-1980s-zx-spectrum-home-computer-with-3-5-mhz-cpu-and-48kb-of-memory-power-kerbal-space-flight
AOL Macintosh source code: https://bitbang.social/@mac84tv/116313232502499502

Plug In All The Joysticks - This Week In Retro 261

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How did we allow this to happen?! Not the guest appearance by  @adriansdigitalbasement , but rather the proliferation of competing controller standards which has finally been solved (possibly) by a new multi-interface project for USB, Raspberry Pi, and MiSTeR devices. Plus the latest developments at the new Commodore International Corporation, a treasure trove of audio recordings from Game Developer Conference 1989, the mostly-respectful observance of an important anniversary for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance, and the first "Chris' Corner" segment to keep the transportation news flowing while Chris takes a brief holiday!
00:00 - Show Opening
02:25 - Every Joyport, Everywhere, All At OnceStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/MiSTerFPGA/comments/1rx12q4/multi_controller_adapter_retro_controllers_on/
20:50 - Commodore Is GrowingStory Link: https://www.ign.com/articles/former-xbox-front-man-major-nelson-just-joined-the-company-behind-the-commodore-64-retro-revival
39:04 - Housekeeping - News links found below
47:21 - Meeting Legendary MindsStory Link: https://gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-tapes/
Additional link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/the-nes-is-not-gonna-go-on-forever-forget-gdc-2026-take-a-trip-back-in-time-with-recordings-from-the-1989-event
01:00:44 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Young People Yearn For 1990s Tech: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/22/young-people-are-longing-for-the-low-tech-90s-and-so-would-i-if-i-could-only-remember-them
GBA At 25: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-best-gba-games-you-can-play-on-switch-and-five-we-hope-show-up-soon
Gunship Origins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni4AbrlROz4
Chuck Norris Obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/20/chuck-norris-was-the-rip-roaring-king-of-80s-friday-night-vhs-fests
Rosetintedspectrum: https://youtu.be/NJ-QxbVUg6o
Indy Classic Expo: https://indyclassic.org
OpenTTD News: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/openttd-asks-people-to-please-stop-being-mad-at-atari-for-forcing-the-game-off-steam-openttd-as-a-project-retains-its-full-independence-and-you-can-still-get-it-for-free/

New Old Games - This Week In Retro 260

Our most popular guest returns as  @ReesRambles  joins us to discuss the latest news surrounding the Myrient mega-archive, the legacy of operating system pioneer Digital Research, and some long-overdue game ports including one from the Sinclair QL of all things. Is reviving Cinemaware titles the retro equivalent of jury duty? Are there enough good Atari Jaguar games to count on two hands? Find out as we bid Chris a temporary farewell in episode 260 of This Week in Retro!
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00:00 - Show Opening
02:16 - Preservation On The High Seas SavedStory Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/385tb-video-game-archive-saved-by-fans-myrient-has-been-100-percent-backed-up-and-validated-torrents-being-generatedAdditional link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/video-game-preservation-archive-myrient-has-been-100percent-backed-up-by-the-community
15:54 - DR DOS Is Back?!Story Link: https://www.dr-dos.com/index.htmlAdditional links: https://github.com/osfree-project/WIN16https://www.goto10retro.com/p/mac-os-x-25th-anniversary-the-os
35:54 - Housekeeping - News links found below
41:41 - New Old GamesStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dupt1BE8_b4Additional link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSUOVXVedrA
54:37 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Compute's Gazette Coverage: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rp826s/twir_covered_in_the_march_2026_computes_gazette/
Sonic On The Amiga: https://youtu.be/JDBHzZS2wNQ
Laserdisc Under The Microscope: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/10/laserdisc_microscope/TWiR 116 with Shelby: https://youtu.be/S8EJQXRwouI
Hedley Davis Obituary: https://www.daniels-hutchison.com/obituaries/Hedley-Combs-Davis?obId=47519295
Star Wars Apple Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afNsXyAnUTY
Saturn Accelerator: https://retrorgb.com/former-sega-engineer-confirms-saturn-accelerator-was-in-development.htmlTWiR 183 with Bob and Rees: https://youtu.be/Up7rSvb9F7o
Cookie's Bustle: https://gamehistory.org/cookies-bustle/
Commodore PET Restoration: https://retrohax.net/marchindore-commodore-cbm-3032/
Episode Credits
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Retro Certifications and Turbo Scooter - This Week In Retro 259

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The legacy of Lucasfilm Games looms large this week. We take on the controversial conclusions surrounding the global "Adventure Game Aptitude Test," which challenged gamers to complete the classic Maniac Mansion in four hours with no context, no documentation, and no hints. In other news we look at the improved access to Lucasarts classics thanks to a DREAMM emulator upgrade, and live vicariously through an outrageous hack to the infamous Sinclair C5. Plus your top picks in tiny software and an all-new Community Question of the Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
02:00 - You’re Not A FailureStory Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/the-worlds-first-standardized-gaming-test-will-see-if-you-can-beat-an-80s-adventure-game-without-a-walkthrough-and-itll-even-monitor-you-over-a-webcam-to-make-sure-you-dont-cheat/
Additional links: https://www.polygon.com/agat-adventure-aptitude-test-pc-adventure-maniac-mansion-guide/https://theagat.co/https://www.twitch.tv/new2dinosourxl/video/2710199492
18:03 - Dreaming Of A Galaxy Far Far AwayStory Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/lucasarts-emulator-dreamm-adds-support-for-a-bunch-of-old-star-wars-in-major-update
26:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below
34:14 - Sinclair C6… SpeedStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQsPRrgfnPs 
44:19 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
The Crew Unlimited: https://thecrewunlimited.com
PS2 with DVD-RW: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rlfdxi/just_wanted_to_share_something/
Development Machine Controversy: https://www.sonicstadium.org/articles/sega/sega-stole-my-consoles-collector-raided-after-buying-stock-from-office-clearout-r3301/
Matthew Lillard On Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvMRw3OPjY
ZX Spectrum Street Fighter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HJvjzojZs
Ultima VIII Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4h1GIw32UU
IBM Training Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNC0mLsaqz4

Epic Adventures In 64K - This Week in Retro 258

All the fun you can squeeze into 64k or less as we look at the international sensation that was Jet Set Willy and the explosion of open-world adventure gaming in 1984. There's even a fully-realised Quake-style FPS available for modern PCs that fits into just 64 kilobytes, or you can code up your own retro memory-resident marvels with the aid of the new Kwyll system or dozens of other open-source development environments. 
Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:59 - Let’s Compare Our (Jet Set) WillysStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDsa-fTNPU
19:22 - Retro Coding RoundupStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hpGu1fKHMAdditional links: https://indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-and-found
Tprrt's Blog: https://tprrt.tupi.fr/retro-console-game-engines.html
36:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
42:00 - QUOD Damage!Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/quod-is-a-quake-like-in-only-64kb/Additional links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qht68vFaa1M
QUOD Download: https://daivuk.itch.io/quod
Quake Brutalist Jam III: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r7pz1p/quake_brutalist_jam_iii_released_jan_3rd/
Free Unreal: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r44enm/unreal_tournament_2004_is_now_free/
Chris' Unreal Maps: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oaBzMgV9oFHFpuTDnk4cytHOSdw0vII3?usp=sharing
51:22 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
TIE Fighter Total Conversion: https://youtu.be/IZtHOoMsrWs?si=X3S9v4aEJXPDZ03D
FreeDOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLIgdRj5bI
MiSTer Floppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN8TCz7Z0n8
eXoDemoscene: https://www.retro-exo.com/demoscene.html
GenZ and iPods: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/02/23/why-gen-z-and-young-adults-are-embracing-ipods-again
Rob Grant obituary: https://www.ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-grant-rip/
Floating Lemming: https://youtu.be/h-2KyTnxr5E?si=dZFkM8nKew3dyF9I

Remember The CD-i? - This Week In Retro 257

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"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 GameStory 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 YearStory Link: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection
01:15:02 - Community Question of the Week
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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