Video Games Aren’t Real, They Can’t Hurt You! - This Week In Retro 219

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00:00 - Show Opening

07:15 - Back to 1980!
Story Link: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-45th-anniversary

20:42 - Beware, I Live!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCuoUSDBVac
Sinistar Hi-Score Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjN4zabXYvM

36:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

43:55 - No One’s There.com
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMDb1CWD6Y
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6kbogtiF0
Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_(virtual_world)
There Link: https://www.prod.there.com/

57:40 - Community Question of the Week

MMS2 - Lu's Retro Source: https://youtu.be/J3wbS0uXDKI?si=qtIXlmD8edDi98L5
MMS2 - More Fun Making It: https://youtu.be/UVx08a-dZRY?si=WbpucvBHFoo1XxVt

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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.

Dave's Housekeeping Links:

Linus Drops the 486: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-drops-support-for-486-and-early-pentium-processors-20-years-after-microsoft/

Game Boy Color Outrun: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/05/outrun-comes-to-the-game-boy-color-thanks-to-this-unofficial-port

What Happened To WWW?: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/05/what-happened-to-www/

C64 AI: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/llm-ported-to-the-c64-kinda/

Doom On A Bendix G-15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0