The retro community rallys around one of their own in response to tragedy, SCUMM turns 20, a blazing fast 6502 FPGA chip, Tachyon Dreams is a EGA-style adventure game with a liberal dose of humour, and Henhouse Harry comes to Bill Shatner's favorite micro. All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro!

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0:00 Show Open

0:36 Community Supports Mark Fixes Stuff

3:25 Happy Birthday SCUMM!

https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/an-ode-to-scummvm-a-celebration-of-twenty-years

13:25 65F02 FPGA

http://www.e-basteln.de/computing/65f02/65f02/

25:17 Tachyon Dreams, a Sierra Style game with EGA graphics

http://www.indieretronews.com/2021/10/tachyon-dreams-first-episode-of-new.html#more

31:13 Chuckie Egg comes to the VIC 20

https://reset64-magazine.itch.io/chuckie-egg-vic20

43:48 Community Question - What should Atari do to salvage its brand?

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