Saturday Mar 12, 2022

Can Apple Claim The Wedge Computer As Their Own? - This Week In Retro 68

Can Apple really claim the concept of a computer and keyboard in one unit as their own? Do you want to document your life in a pinball machine? Weird Al does and so he has! Mortal Kombat on the Megadrive/Genesis gets one heck of a good upgrade. Find out how emulating an NES could make your super PC/MAC run for the hills! All this and our community question of the week!..... oh and sorry about Chris's terrible puns....

00:00 - Show Opening

03:48 - Let's Innovate Like Its The 80s

Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/28/apple_innovation_seems_strangely_familiar/

18:52 - Pinball Is Getting Weird

Story Link: https://boingboing.net/2022/02/27/weird-al-announces-new-pinball-machine.html/amp

31:42 - Flawless Victory

Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/t61s69/mortal_kombat_rom_hack_brings_the_arcade_version/

41:05 - A NES Too Powerful For Your PC

Story Link: https://www.pcgamesn.com/emulation/nes-metalnes-nesticle 49:02 - Community Question of the Week

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


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