This Week in Retro

SEGA COMMITS TO RETRO GAMES? - This Week In Retro 77

Hurrah! Dave is back, and this time as a regular presenter. Yes, we are now a trio. This week we chat about Sega looking at its back catalogue of games for its future releases. The creator of Wabbit on the Atari 2600 has been found. Doom sells for silly money (or does it) and we wonder if there is any game out there that is worth big bucks. All this and our community question of the week and a wonderful bit of news from Neil.
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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.

An Ocean of Respect - This Week In Retro 76

Ocean Software gave us some memorable games back in the 8 and 16 bit era of gaming. With the passing of one of its co-founders David Ward we talk about some Ocean greats. We also cover the end of the line for the Apple iPod, an expensive way to stop cheats on N64 Goldeneye and could we be about to see an unfinished Duke Nukem game? All this and our community question of the week.

The Internet Time Machine - This Week In Retro 75

When the Neil is away the Dave will play! Dave is back to sit in for Neil this week. He and Chris talk about Midi, an Elden Ring demake for the Game Boy, a device which allows you to browse the internet of the past and Wolfenstein has a significant birthday. All this as well as the community.....oh wait..no... the community question of the week returns in the next episode.
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Did You Record Games Onto VHS - This Week In Retro 74

This Week in Retro we look at the history of Oregon Trail, find out what will happen to classic Bethesda games now it is closing its own launcher. Arcade Bars are now a thing, how do you feel about them and did you record your gaming sessions onto VHS? All this and the community question of the week.
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Atari 2600 Born Again in Lego - This Week In Retro 73

After an unplanned week off Neil and Chris return to talk about the latest classic games console to return in brick form from Lego, its the Atari 2600 by the way. Pringles paid tribute to the 40th birthday of the Spectrum, how did they do? They look at a new retro book from Bitmap Books. Finally, they both get quite excited about a mini Vectrex. All this and your answers to our Community Question of the Week.
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We Want 90’s Beige PCs! - This Week In Retro 72

This week, Overclockers UK made a fool of us by teasing some new beige 90's style PCs. We can't wait to get back to Monkey Island. The original Doom is back to put your graphics card to shame and Netflix are set to scare the pixels out of us with their retro gaming based horror. All this and your responses to our community question of the week!
00:00 - Show Opening
06:39 - Bring Back Beige
Story Link: https://youtu.be/rNrmZ4fwrJ8
14:54 - Doom Casts A Shadow
Story Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/04/doom-1-1993-gets-full-ray-tracing-dlss-support-in-fan-made-patch/
23:32 - You Fight Like A Cow (Monkey Island 3)
Story Link: https://returntomonkeyisland.com/
36:10 - Retro Horror
Story Link: https://youtu.be/7vUQYzZ_UZc
51:40 - Community Question of the Week
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Thank You For The GIFs - This Week In Retro 71

Retro computing and gaming chat looking at how the prototype for PONG sold for quite a pretty penny. We also mark the sad passing of the inventory of the GIF, Stephen Wilhite. We wonder if controllers covered in fur need much upkeep and take a look at the unreleased Commodore 64 Games Machine. All of this and our community question of the week.
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Neil’s Epic Skidmarks - This Week In Retro 70

Did you miss us? Back after a week off and with another guest presenter. Say hello to Dean AKA MeanMachineDean. He joins Chris and Neil to talk about video game dioramas, fun racer Epic Skidmarks, Currys giving you money for your old tech and the new VR game from Ken & Roberta, the founders of Sierra.
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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.

Top Gear take on Lotus Turbo Challenge - This Week In Retro 69

In a longer than usual episode we welcome Tony from OzRetrocomp as a guest host this week. We talk about emulating those old Windows environments online, Top Gear taking a look at a classic 16 bit racer, the C64 manual gets remastered and how a novel input device for the 8 bits was looked on as a threat to UK safety! All this and our community question of the week.
Just a reminder that there will be no show next week, we are taking a break so Neil can do some colouring in!!
00:00 - Show Opening
01:00 - Welcome Tony
10:22 - Infinite Windows
Story Link: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/windows/3.10/
21:28 - The Best Driving Game...IN THE WORLD!
Story Link: https://www.topgear.com/car-news/gaming/remembering-classic-games-lotus-esprit-turbo-challenge-1990
41:48 - C64 Manual Remastered
Story Link: https://pickledlight.blogspot.com/p/commodore-64-guides.html
57:12 - Competition Pro? Competition No!
Story Link: https://simon.mooli.org.uk/mouse/index.html
Additional Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/716237.stm
01:10:26 - Community Question of the Week
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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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