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The Best Gaming Computer Of All Time - This Week In Retro 198
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What does your retro computing area look like? What is the best gaming computer of all time? How did the BBC of 1995 go about informing us of new tech? All this and more is discussed with special guest Iain Lee.
You can find all of Iain's stuff here:
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https://www.youtube.com/iainlee
https://www.twitch.tv/tlna
00:00 - Show Opening
10:17 - Retro Corners
Story Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/setting-up-a-retro-corner-was-the-best-decision-of-my-gaming-life/
26:44 - He’s Making A List, We’re Checking It Twice
Story Link: https://www.cbr.com/best-retro-gaming-computers-ranked/
46:37 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
52:27 - My WORM Is Burning
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcUc_8Eg4Z4
59:51 - Community Question of the Week
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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Dave's Briefs Links
Dave's Animation:
Download here: https://www.cartoonmonkey.com/TWIR-Dave.zip
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7zFxdYzRTM
Oldest Space Tech: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/amsat_oscar_7_anniversary/
MS-DOS Aspect: https://30fps.net/pages/msdos-aspect-ratio/
US Copyright Office Strikes Again: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-same-us-copyright-office-decision-that-struck-down-a-major-game-preservation-effort-also-quietly-reversed-a-historic-dmca-win-for-accessibility-advocates/
Apple II Cracker: https://paleotronic.com/2024/01/28/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/
Excalibur 64 Advert: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fcfvjo0nlcf3e1.jpeg
Roland Perry Interview: https://youtu.be/EeqRpnv2_HM?si=Mi5adcvM6oPvugMp
Casio G Shock Returns: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/28/24308133/casio-g-shock-dw5000r-digital-watch-announcement
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1:07:59
Desktop PCs Are Back! - This Week In Retro 197
The beige PC is back! What started as a joke has become reality. A Windows developer has shared some secrets on how the Win 95 installer did things behind the scenes. An article about the fall of Game as a high street retailer leaves us wondering if games will ever be available as they once were.
All this and more retro computing news plus the Community Question Of The Week.
Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and Codemasters ever released. To mark the game's 35-year history, writer Graham Pembrey is joined by Andrew and Philip Oliver to discuss the twins' fondness for Dizzy, as well as the franchise's undying popularity from fans. There is an in-depth look at the history of the Dizzy series. Head over to pixel.addict.media
00:00 - Show Opening
06:40 - Set Your PC Clock Back To 1990
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/retro-beige-pc-case-goes-from-april-fools-joke-to-retail-silverstones-sleeper-pc-with-modern-internals-ships-in-q1-2025
Additional Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/big-beige-80s-pc-case-started-out-as-a-joke-but-its-becoming-real-in-japan/
26:14 - Windows In A Trench Coat
Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/chen_windows_95_setup/
40:07 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
47:40 - Game Over Zendaya
Story Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/inside-the-fall-of-game-no-games-no-accessories-instead-we-received-136-zendaya-action-figures
59:56 - Community Question of the Week
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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Dave's Briefs Links:
Open Source EPROM Programmer: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gu0j8k/affordable_opensource_eprom_programmer_empowers/
Outrun Mobile Port: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/outruns-japanese-mobile-port-has-been-preserved
Terrahawks CGI: https://youtu.be/2cbbyNRbfd8?si=0nbKbBI9m6L2LTgT
How The Sega Saturn Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOn2LuIk2A
The Spectrum Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifICZ234Ok
Playing Retro Games In Nature: https://techraptor.net/gaming/interviews/scenic-gamer-interview-playing-retro-games-in-nature
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1:09:12
Half Life 2 - 20th Anniversary - This Week In Retro 196
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As Half Life 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition we also talk about the remastered Warcraft 1,2 and 3 offering from Blizzard which leads to some RTS chat. An article about how Dragon's Lair financially crippled a player 40 years ago who has now beaten the game prompts us to think about games we just walked away from.
00:00 - Show Opening
07:20 - War Re-crafted
Story Link: https://youtu.be/ryZ2jiW95qo?si=FzjvdJrA7hrfK9ip
23:33 - Raising The Bar After 20 Years
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4
See What's New: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKCpHaAaLCU
34:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
44:35 - The 40 Year Old Dragon Slayer
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/40-years-later-i-finally-beat-the-arcade-game-that-financially-destroyed-me-as-a-child/
01:01:02 - Community Question of the Week
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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Dave's Briefs Links
Unreal Is Free: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive
Thomas Kurtz: https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/
Rob Smith Triple Format Disk Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtJf-UQ4Os
Alan Partridge Visits Tandy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFasAWbuRiw&si=xKUlljT-GR4YFV0J
Preserved SEGA Games: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/two-lost-sega-channel-games-have-been-found-and-preserved
1980s Microstore Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD18hZrz72M
Episode Credits
Parts of "Laserdisc Game Roundup - LIVESTREAM - Amigo Aaron" courtesy of Amigos Retro Gaming
Link: https://youtu.be/cLtH8oASJT0?si=iprB6oN7SZvcezYh
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1:08:45
Look At All Those New Mega Drive Games - This Week In Retro 195
Just how do you keep track of all the new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis games? Join us as we take a look at a website that aims to do just that. We are joined by Allan aka Happy Coding ZX who tells us all about Midnight Brew Games and the special ZX Spectrum game compilation. We also check out an article on Ireland's retro scene and there is an interesting documentary about game musician Chris Huelsbeck.
All this and more retro computing info along with your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.
Happy Coding ZX Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzWzj4BD-9AyY2WmN9fmbjg
Midnight Brew Games: https://ko-fi.com/midnightbrew/shop
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00:00 - Show Opening
14:19 - Mega Regenesis
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/36-years-after-it-released-there-are-so-many-new-genesis-games-someone-has-built-a-site-to-track-them-all
Life On Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OXQLvH4mRo
26:48 - Huelsbeck Beckons
Story Link: https://youtu.be/OmWbu0N6Y40?si=nK5raWQTeUveOcxf
41:12 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
47:18 - Would You Like Some Retro Father?
Story Link: https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/how-irelands-booming-retro-gaming-market-is-filling-a-void-for-gamers-1685435.html
58:56 - Community Question of the Week
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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Dave's Housekeeping Links:
The RooBadge: https://youtu.be/W9klRlKoEQk?si=e-_hwEdikKZtBE43
Modern Vintage Games Saving Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFINynRcFtk
Freelancer at 21: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1glmdt0/freelancer_is_21_years_old_and_still_brilliant_fun/
LGR's Water Damaged Boxes: https://youtu.be/5k0EQn67lGo?si=qvNvEFpO5azmNpkk
TV Series About Pirates Comes To TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpiiahtH_2w
Raytracing A Blackhole In 1978: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gmaz6n/interstellar_black_hole_visualised_46_years_ago/
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1:04:40
Speedball Rebooted - This Week In Retro 194
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Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We talk about text adventures.
00:00 - Show Opening
04:48 - Bitmap Brothers Revisited
Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/a-classic-90s-amiga-video-game-getting-unexpected-reboot-steam-today-21886096/
22:21 - Demos Seen
Story Link: https://youtu.be/PbFSs0ipcP0?si=vOHjR7mXuivfCbst
32:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
39:53 - A Facebook Of Adventure
Story Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/adventuregamesplayanddesign
Additional Link: https://monsterfeet.com/grue/
Interactive Fiction Database: https://ifdb.org/
52:45 - Community Question of the Week
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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Dave's Housekeeping Links:
Time Rift Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91cUhy-NHX8
iPod Click Wheel Game Preservation: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/
SEGA FPGA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-project-is-a-complete-scam-the-internet-isnt-convinced-by-the-supersega-fpga-console
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 - The Cave, Chris for 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles