Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

This Week in Retro

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Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.

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Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

Episodes

Did Sinclair influence your life? This Week in Retro 52 27.09.2021 46:29

Pinball arcades and town councils, Retro Arch on Steam, Joust flaps onto the CoCo, and the passing of Sir Clive. All this and our community question of the week! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 0:00 Show Open...

Is Dread finally the Amiga’s Doom? This Week in Retro 51 18.09.2021 39:45

GPS on your NES, games within games, a 40 year old typo gets fixed, and we judge Dred. All this and our community question of the week on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 0:00 Show Open 0:33...

Fraud, Collusion, and Super Mario Bros. - This Week in Retro 50 11.09.2021 37:32

Are WATA and Heritage Auctions colluding to artificially rise game prices? Arcade1Up has a plan to introduce kids to classic games. Will it work? Break out the champagne, TWiR is 50! All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com...

Amiga in Spaaaaace! This Week in Retro 49 28.08.2021 46:13

A mysterious version of Zelda only available in hotels, an unearthed *other* Mario game on CD-i, Amigas at NASA, and The Simpsons get Unreal. Join Neil and John as we break down the biggest stories in the retro scene on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretr...

The A500 Mini - Who’s getting one? This Week in Retro 48 21.08.2021 45:15

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 0:00 Show Open 0:42 MiSTer Multisystem Preview! 1:52 Mario Kart Controversy https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/after-an-8-year-feud-one-mario-kart-64-player-now-holds-ever...

Zool is back! (Does anyone care?) - This Week in Retro 47 14.08.2021 45:59

The MiSTer Multisystem gets an exclusive preview, Zool makes a return but did anyone really want him back? Neil bumbles about the industrial revolution and more! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: Fo...

Can Colouring Create a Museum? This Week in Retro 46 31.07.2021 38:51

Unlock the musical power of your Super Nintendo, play Doom in TATE Mode, colour your way to a new retro computer museum, and print some 8 bit banners from your browser. It's a very productive episode of This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Redd...

Is now the time to invest in video games? This Week in Retro 45 24.07.2021 44:00

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: 0:00 Show Open 0:34 Video Games as an Asset Class https://www.ign.com/articles/sealed-copy-super-mario-64-sold-1-million-most-valuable-game-collectible-ever-auction...

Does Thrifting Still Pay? This Week In Retro 44 10.07.2021 49:12

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: A Wild Gunman Has Been Found https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/ocjoz7/16mm_film_from_nintendos_1974_wild_gunman_arcade/ A New Amstrad Quarterly http...

Which Computer Made Britain? This Week in Retro 43 03.07.2021 37:21

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 0:00 Show Open 0:44 A Credit Card-sized Handheld https://www.inputmag.com/reviews/arduboy-fx-review-no-quirk-playdate-but-still-adorably-dope-200-games-list-learn-coding 7:51 Ga...

The Hippest Amiga MOD Player? This Week in Retro 42 26.06.2021 26:51

HippoPlayer returns after a 20 year absence, Zelda gets the Game and Watch treatment, and Leicester's Retro Computer Museum reopens. Join special guest host Amigo Aaron and John as we cover this week's top stories in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Red...

Is the Retro Bubble About to Burst? This Week in Retro 41 19.06.2021 44:37

Build your own ZX 81, Wing Leader is the Wing Commander sequel we always wanted, an Earthbound data disc is recovered, and is the retro bubble about to burst? Join Neil and John as they discuss this week's hottest stories from the world of retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thiswee...

TATE Mode with the Taito Mini! This Week in Retro 40 12.06.2021 47:07

Taitio has a new mini arcade cab--and it goes vertical! Nintendo's lawyers get a payday, the SNES goes widescreen, and a long-lost arcade machine is found and dumped. Join Neil and John for another recap of the week's top retro stories! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸...

Carry on adventure gaming! Ken Williams is back! This Week in Retro 39 05.06.2021 39:55

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 0:00 Show Open 0:32 A Mini Macro Micro https://www.tindie.com/products/obso/pdp-8-replica-kit-the-pidp-8/?utm_source=hackaday&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=fromstore#specs 9:55 T...

PDF Gaming is Finally Here! This Week in Retro 38 29.05.2021 36:57

British bedroom coders go Hollywood, Amiga OS 3.2 bounces onto the scene, Mega Man gets physical, and is this the first ever PDF game? All this and more on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 Submit your favorite retro news on the TWiR Subreddit: https...

Put an FPGA in your ISA slot! This Week in Retro 37 22.05.2021 39:25

This week Neil and John discuss the recent resurrection of Castlequest, the Graphics Gremlin FPGA GPU project, using the PiePacker to bring back days of couch co-op virtually, and we ask the question "Is VR the future of Retro?" 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Su...

Apogee is BACK! This Week in Retro 36 08.05.2021 37:16

Pinball Dreams set the standard for pinball computer games for the rest of time. Where does it rank in the Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions trifecta? 🏆 Support Boat and Aaron Your Patreon support helps us continue to produce Amigos every week! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Watch LIVE Fridays at 5:30 Eastern on https://twitch.tv/amigospodcast 0:00 Ridiculous Banter 8:03 Amiga News 37:41 What's n...

Let’s all drill holes in our retro and turn them into lamps! This Week in Retro 35 01.05.2021 37:10

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro Chapters: 0:00 Show Open 0:34 Mine Bitcoin with your C64 8:32 Amiga Forever 9 9:19 Destroying Retro for Art 16:40 Sega Sells its Western Arcade Division 23:59 RetroRewind.ca 24:49 Whipping Up a Pi Storm 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.redd...

How fast can YOU run Quake? This Week in Retro 34 18.04.2021 46:44

The Quake Olympics, looking back on Amstrad's aquistion of Sinclair, a new way to access the internet on retro computers, and Atari Lynx comes to the MiSTer! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 0:00 Show Open 0:35 486 Quake Race https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comm...

Nipples Kill Demo Parties - This Week in Retro 33 11.04.2021 40:59

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro https://twitter.com/amigosretro Youtube https://youtube.com/rmcretro https://www.youtube.com/amigosretrogam...

Atari’s $3000 Virtual Sneakers | This Week in Retro 32 04.04.2021 31:59

Atari's NFT Sneakers sell for $3000. Who's buying? Plus the Playstation finally gets a softmod 27 years in, retro greats judge a new code contest, and a rare Neo Geo game is found in a California field. All this and more on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekin...

The Demo Scene is Legit! | This Week in Retro 31 27.03.2021 29:39

The Demo Scene gets government recognition, Activision's original team returns to the 2600, it's Marchintosh, and the retro world mourns a Rockstar legend. 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: 1. Activ...

Mass Effect as a LucasArts Demake? | This Week in Retro 30 12.03.2021 37:02

Mass Effect is being demade as a point and click LucasArts-style adventure--what other modern games do you think deserve similar treatment? Max Reload and the Nether Blasters tries to break the curse of the video game movie, BlueRetro brings bluetooth to multiplayer retro games, and Intellivision is coming to the Evercade. All this and more on This Week in Retro! 🏆Your monthly support helps us ke...

The light at the end of lock down? | This Week in Retro 29 05.03.2021 39:12

Are we seeing the light at the end of the lock down retro drought? Zelda is 35, but Nintendo don't care. Fry's Electronics closes its doors for good, and new SA1 chips for the SNES. Plus our community question of the week - Is Zelda an RPG? Weight in on our post on the TWiR Subreddit, and we'll read the top 3 most upvoted answers on next week's show! https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ 🏆You...

Voodoo Reborn | CoCo VR | Rare Arcade Found in Field | MSX Flash Cart- This Week in Retro Podcast Episode 28 27.02.2021 38:07

🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Story Links: 1. Reverse Voodoo Engineering https://hothardware.com/news/3dfx-voodoo-5-6000-recreated-by-enthusiast-vsa-100 2. VR on the CoCo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlBE...