Buying Every Video Game....Ever!? - This Week In Retro 85

An old friend returns this week to talk about efforts that are underway to collect and preserve each and every game ever. We check out Doom running within Doom and lets not forget musical masterpieces hidden within PlayStation 1 games.

All that and our community question of the week.

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• 00:00 - Show Opening
• 12:04 - Unexpected Musical Masterpieces
  Story Link: https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/outstanding-orchestra-retro-playstation-games-with-surprising-soundtracks
• 27:22 - Doomception
  Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/even-doom-can-now-run-doom/
• 35:49 - Who Deserves To Preserve?
  Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/w53nuw/random_elected_official_in_japan_is_looking_to/
  Additional Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7b8wy/why-is-a-game-publisher-trying-to-buy-every-video-game-ever-made?utm_source=reddit.com
• 52:17 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.