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Bowser Owes Nintendo $$$$ - This Week In Retro 157
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Windows 3.11 is still used on the German train network. Madness or perfectly reasonable? It turns out that the Sinclair Spectrum can Ray Trace!! The story of the 3 Bowsers, how game piracy landed Bowser in hot water with Nintendo.
Plus Neil falls for one of Dave's terrible pranks, the week's news in brief in Dave's Housekeeping, and the Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
06:36 - Spectrum Spectacular
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/ray-tracing-made-possible-on-42-year-old-zx-spectrum-reasonably-fast-if-you-consider-17-hours-per-frame-to-be-reasonably-fast/
Robot Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_84VazZsB-M
22:15 - Windows On The Buffers
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system
31:48 - Dave's Housekeeping
41:33 - The 3 Bowsers And No You Ninten-don’t
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/01/the-man-who-owes-nintendo-14m-gary-bowser-and-gamings-most-infamous-piracy-case
51:46 - 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.
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Windows 3.11 is still used on the German train network. Madness or perfectly reasonable? It turns out that the Sinclair Spectrum can Ray Trace!! The story of the 3 Bowsers, how game piracy landed Bowser in hot water with Nintendo.
Plus Neil falls for one of Dave's terrible pranks, the week's news in brief in Dave's Housekeeping, and the Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
06:36 - Spectrum Spectacular
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/ray-tracing-made-possible-on-42-year-old-zx-spectrum-reasonably-fast-if-you-consider-17-hours-per-frame-to-be-reasonably-fast/
Robot Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_84VazZsB-M
22:15 - Windows On The Buffers
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system
31:48 - Dave's Housekeeping
41:33 - The 3 Bowsers And No You Ninten-don’t
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/feb/01/the-man-who-owes-nintendo-14m-gary-bowser-and-gamings-most-infamous-piracy-case
51:46 - Community Question of the Week
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
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☕Or just buy us a coffee!
https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro
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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.
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