High Street Retro Repair - This Week In Retro 167

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This week we are joined by Frank from Retro Rewind. You can check out everything Frank has to offer at https://retrorewind.ca/

UK based retro enthusiasts will soon be able to take their console to a high street store to have them repaired. Has retro or gaming addiction changed over the years? Would you like to support a movement to stop games being taken away from paying customers?

All this and our Community Question Of The Week and a number of other topics looked at in brief.

00:00 - Show Opening

05:48 - I’m Not Addicted I Could Stop Whenever I Want
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI

17:39 - Cexy Time
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/cex-is-launching-its-own-repair-service-for-retro-consoles

29:57 - Dave's Housekeeping

Trocadero - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bzohn1/mayor_of_london_candidate_pledges_to_turn/

CPC464 Hits 40! - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bz7kid/amstrad_cpc_464_turns_40/

Backporting .NET - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1iozu/backporting_the_net_framework_to_allow_relatively/

The Story of The Oregon Trail - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1ox0s/the_story_of_the_oregon_trail/

Paul Daniels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_iEWoiRVIQ

Atari ST 50fps Racer - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/this-new-atari-st-racer-is-looking-seriously-smooth

Hyperion - https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-04-00029-EN.html

41:15 - Please Don’t Go!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE

Campaign Link: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

55:32 - 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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.