This Week in Retro

Musk Up for the Atari Panther - This Week In Retro 67

Another major tech Birthday approaches, the Speccy will soon be 40. Does a wireless tank mouse float your boat? What is known about the Atari Panther games console. Windle (Wordle) for Windows 3.1.
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30 Years of Lemmings - This Week In Retro 66

Another week, another batch of interesting computer and gaming stories to cover. Neil and Chris discuss 30 years of Lemmings, a huge haul of mint games, an interview with Dr King, an important part of the Amiga's development and there is news of a Nintendo development kit intended for everyone.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:30 - Retro Motherload Discovered
https://www.gamesradar.com/uk/us-game-reseller-discovers-hundreds-of-rare-sealed-games-in-old-storage-facility/
18:58 - Can you Dig It? Lemmings at 30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbAVNKdk9gA
35:17 - Nintendo Dev Kit
https://lunduke.substack.com/p/nintendo-game-processor-the-lost?utm_source=url
51:55 - Hail to Dr King, Baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm-szurM5VY
01:00:50 - Community Question of the Week
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/
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Computers with Trumpets? - This Week In Retro 65

With help from our guest presenter Dave we talk about a stunning Steampunk Amiga A500, celebrate Mame's 25th Birthday, ponder the idea of a central web based repository for hardware repair info and wonder why Atari didn't keep better track of who made what! All this plus our question of the week.
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Mame: https://twitter.com/MameHaze/status/1489918338302099459
Steampunk A500: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GErqu9SGA5Q
Caps Wiki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sKRMMe07XQ & https://caps.wiki/
Atari Dev Hunt: https://venturebeat.com/2022/02/08/atari-asks-gamers-for-help-finding-developer-of-mysterious-2600-game/
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A 486 Mac!? - This Week In Retro 64

In episode 64 we continue last weeks look at prices for magazines and games in Australia. Help Principle Skinner cook up some Steamed Hams in a Simpsons inspired point and click game. Get to grips with an early release of an AGA remake of Rick Dangerous on the Amiga. Sorry but yet another new retro joystick has been found. Ever wanted a 486 that looks like a Mac? All this and there is a show and tell on the Battlestation 2, a 2 player joystick that was built to last! Thanks to Shane from PAUG for the loan of that.
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00:00 - Show Opening
09:42 - Steamed Hams: The Graphic Adventure
19:09 - Rick Rolls Back Around
33:54 - Not Another Retro Joystick
44:44 - A 486 Mac
58:46 - Community Question of the Week
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Steamed Hams Story - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-simpsons-steamed-hams-is-now-a-playable-graphic-adventure-game/1100-6500235/?utm_source=reddit.com Play it online or download - https://gamejolt.com/games/SteamedHams/673130
Rick Rolls Back Around - Rick Dangerous AGA Story - http://www.indieretronews.com/2022/01/rick-dangerous-very-difficult_31.html?m=1
Not Another Retro Joystick Product Page - https://www.microcenter.com/product/639630/atari-single-player-usb-fightstick-plug-and-play
A 486 Mac Story - https://hackaday.com/2022/02/01/custom-macintosh-with-a-real-486/
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The Joy of Sticks - This Week In Retro 63

In this episode of This Week In Retro we chat about retro computer magazines old and new, take a good look at a new joystick for our old machines, ask if game addiction was a problem back in the day, wonder at why you would want to browse the web on a Game Boy and welcome the Duke back to the Amiga. All that and some of the responses to last week's community question of the week.
00:00 - Show Opening
00:30 - Magazine Chat
07:36 - Another New Retro Joystick
19:29 - Gotta Catch 'Em All Officer - Game Addiction
39:48 - Why Wifi Your Gameboy?
46:40 - The Duke Comes To The Amiga
56:39 - Community Question of the Week
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https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/scpx3b/a_new_retro_joystick_in_the_works/
Gotta catch ‘em all officer
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/sad6iw/police_officers_fired_for_choosing_pokemon_go/
Why Wifi your Gameboy?
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/s7omgi/watch_wifi_game_boy_cartridge_on_youtube/
Motorolla, he hardly knew her, The Duke comes to the Amiga
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/seoh5w/duke3d_comes_to_amiga/
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Decades of Fun: Computers Built to Last - This Week In Retro 62

This week Neil and Chris mull over whether it should be Retro or Vintage Computing, take a look at some proposed new game controllers from Hori, marvel at the incredible Tomb Raider Advance (yes, the original Tomb Raider running on a Game Boy Advance), reminisce about their most used Ceefax and Teletext pages while looking at a modern implementation that feeds in up to date info and consider if there is such a thing as a computer designed to last.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/rv241w/decades_of_fun_computers_built_to_last/
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/s6dq99/tomb_raider_on_the_nintendo_game_boy_advance_is/
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/rxaspt/have_you_seen_this_ceefax_recreation/
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A New Year of Retro Computing - This Week in Retro 61

We kick off 2022 with a new host, tune in to find out who! We wish the C64 a very happy 40th birthday and take a look at its staring role in the John Wick movie. We give our take on the confirmed Amiga 500 Mini game line up. All that as well as the Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening 00:35 - New Presenter 04:23 - Presenters Retro Memories 23:02 - C64 In John Wick Movie 32:32 - C64 Turns 40! 43:07 - Thoughts on the Amiga A500 Mini game line up 58:16 - Community Question of the Week
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https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/ry9ghs/40th_anniversary_of_the_c64_debut_at_ces/
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Doom - The Greatest Arcade Game? This Week in Retro 60

Was 80s Britain the Silicon Valley of Europe? We dial up some modem memories, talk about a man with way too many copies of a Burger King game, and dish the dirt on mince pies. All this, plus our community question of the week, on This Week in Retro!
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0:00 Show Open
0:36 Snowed Under - New Charity ZX Spectrum Release
https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/
2:13 Mince Pies - Asking the tough questions
5:19 What are the best arcade games ever?
https://www.boredpanda.com/best-arcade-games/?utm_source=com.google.android&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic
17:08 Relive the BBC Computer Literacy Programme
https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/
27:23 Dialling up Modem memories
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/r6dekm/lovely_old_1964_modem/
38:57 You’ve got 2,706 copies of WHAT?
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/r4vnkp/man_collects_2706_copies_of_burger_kings_2006/
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Live on air hack at the BBC - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=390145581552699
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Goodbye, 8-bit Pixel Master - This Week in Retro 59

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0:00 Show Open
0:34 Catching up with John & Neil
1:15 The Spectrum art world loses a master
https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/17/rip_bernie_drummond/
12:28 What has Atari gone and done now?
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-11-24-atari-invests-in-anstream-may-buy-mobygames
23:11 A playable Pac Man Museum
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/11/pac-man-museumplus-brings-14-games-in-the-series-to-switch
34:46 Polymega gets N64 support
https://www.nintendolife.com/features/exclusive-polymegas-next-module-brings-nintendo-64-support
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Doctor Who C64? This Week in Retro 58

Have you been psychologically damaged by 80s computer games? Or maybe you saw a C64 in a recent episode of Dr. Who? We talk about a new Amiga run and gun in development, and a new A2000 keyboard you can play it on! All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro.
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1:09 Have retro games psychologically damaged you?
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science-technology/what-psychological-damage-have-you-suffered-from-1980s-computer-games-20201117202610
10:36 C64 pops up in deep space on Doctor Who
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/qpn4u3/obsolete_8_bit_micros_discovered_powering_deep/
17:41 Lost Asylum - A work in progress
https://youtu.be/wNGVTXOq8I4
24:43 An Amiga 2000 Mechanical Keyboard
https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2039
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Episode 58 Credits:
Footage from "EP-126: PAUG Meet 6. Nov 2021" courtesy of 005 AGIMA - https://youtu.be/wNGVTXOq8I4
Footage from "Lost Asylum Amiga Game - Early Alpha 06-11-21" courtesy of Raptor Games - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ynYYHKwy9o
"Vintage Commodore 64 Personal Computer, The Highest-Selling Single Computer Model Of All Time, Made In USA, Circa 1985" by France1978 is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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