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

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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: https://youtu.be/ryZ2jiW95qo?si=FzjvdJrA7hrfK9ip

23:33 - Raising The Bar After 20 Years
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4
See What's New: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKCpHaAaLCU

34:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:35 - The 40 Year Old Dragon Slayer
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/40-years-later-i-finally-beat-the-arcade-game-that-financially-destroyed-me-as-a-child/

01:01:02 - 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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Briefs Links

Unreal Is Free: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive

Thomas Kurtz: https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

Rob Smith Triple Format Disk Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtJf-UQ4Os

Alan Partridge Visits Tandy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFasAWbuRiw&si=xKUlljT-GR4YFV0J

Preserved SEGA Games: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/two-lost-sega-channel-games-have-been-found-and-preserved

1980s Microstore Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD18hZrz72M

Episode Credits

Parts of "Laserdisc Game Roundup - LIVESTREAM - Amigo Aaron" courtesy of Amigos Retro Gaming
Link: https://youtu.be/cLtH8oASJT0?si=iprB6oN7SZvcezYh