A weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave.
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Jun 13
This week's guest quietly built @vcfmidwest into the world's largest annual retro computing event. It's the end for the revived Checkmate Amiga case, surprising differences in teletext around the world, and a look at the "overrated?" Amiga 500 Batman Pack. youtu.be/ZPsifCcF-H4
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Jun 11
Jason Timmons of @vcfmidwest and Chicago Classic Computing show-and-tell: a rare Quazon Quik-Link 300 home teletext terminal and last-minute product engineering. (Atari 400 catches a stray for good measure as well!)
Just a sample of Saturday's latest news for the oldest tech!
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Jun 6
Time for some retro counselling!!
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Welcoming back guest Iain Lee after too long, we revisit Nintendo's too-brief run of mini consoles, explore the surprises in Microsoft NetMeeting's 30th anniversary, and find out what made an octogenarian game dev settle unfinished business.
Episode 271! youtu.be/GSRXr9LRq9Q
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Just what does returning guest Iain Lee think we've done to deserve this? Enjoy our modern radio show which you can also watch like television with a real-life media professional when This Week in Retro 271 arrives Saturday!
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May 30
Exclusive hardware news caps a retro kit roundup: A MiSTer handheld from Heber PicoCPC, PicoIDE, and PicoGUS updates. Then we look closer at reimagined Atic Atac and Wolfenstein 3D, and explore wonderful, novel operating systems in the Virtual OS Museum.
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May 28
Dave's on new hardware watch this week. (We told you he's fine.) Also, cat.
See you Saturday!
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May 25
Fancy Pants Folding Arcade!!
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May 23
Tech hidden in plain sight! The brand-new Swap Arcade and the Minty Cyberdeck palmtop. Plus Australia's MicroBee, the retro-tech Eurovision entry of LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, host milestones, 3D conversions of classic games, new POKEY hope for Atari and more!
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May 21
Something happens on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro which is a first in the show's history! We also discuss the marital politics of arcade cabinet acquisition, the international politics of music, and the Australian politics of calling your computer "The Matilda"!
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May 18
Famous halls.....
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May 16
All aboard to the Hall of Fame! youtu.be/c9-hquIAfh0
Jo Cook of UK Amstrad Group helps take on a Sega myth and an Amiga delay, and to debate the merits of the latest Hall of Fame games at @museumofplay
(Put away your bagged milk before viewing, where applicable.)
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May 14
There's a new FPGA-based Commodore 64 board out there. That's good news, until one has to read out its name. Jo Cook of the UK Amstrad Group joins the fun Saturday for This Week in Retro episode 268!
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Gamedev legend @KevinToms joins us for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum handhelds, Xerox's R&D legacy, the BBC Computer Literacy Project recap from 1992 the latest from Commodore and FujiNet, a surprising workstation on FPGA, and a great deal more!
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A crystal-clear statement from Acorn co-founder Hermann Hauser about the global home computer industry's fortunes in 1984 is unearthed! Our guest @KevinToms weighs in as well.
More revelations from 1992, 1984, 1982, and more coming this Saturday: This Week in Retro episode 267!
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For our supporters, we take a look back 260 Weeks Ago in Retro including "timely" Neo-Geo coverage, the breakthrough softmod for the original Sony Playstation, and more.
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May 3
Oh the horror!!
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It's penny pushers and other horrors as Lee of More Fun Making It joins us in dark places. Chris' Corner in full effect with another look at Stunt Car Racer enhancements and we talk about Lee's upcoming charity effort news from Commodore, Sega, and more.
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Apr 30
We're joined by Lee of the More Fun [Blanking] It YouTube channels this week and some of us were more startled by 3D Monster Maze than others.
These and other terrors including seaside arcades and castoff cabling when This Week in Retro episode 266 arrives Saturday!
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Apr 27
Knee-oh Gee-Oh shenanigans!
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