August 17, 2024

Golden Joysticks Ahoy! - This Week In Retro 184

1 hour 6 minutes

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This is This Week In Retro (TWIR), your weekly show about retro (vintage) computing.

Dave and Rees are joined by David from RoseTintedSpectrum this week to talk about his own, very popular, video on UK TV show Gamesmaster. There is a new version of Doom on the way and an old word processing friend has returned.

Please check out RoseTintedSpectrum at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGDTjXnyGM5flG6Xk6fiMAg

00:00 - Show Opening

Dave's narration on Atari Legend:

https://youtu.be/kMw-6NEPh2Y

05:42 - Rose-Gold Joysticks

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvoDH0ya7bg

23:18 - OK Doomer

Story Link: https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/8/24216379/doom-doom-ii-definitive-re-release

Legacy Of Rust Info: https://doomwiki.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Rust

43:21 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

52:17 - A WordStar Is Reborn

Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/06/wordstar_7_the_last_ever/

Robert J. Sawyer Blog: https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm

01:00:46 - 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.

Housekeeping Links:

Isa Holding An Isa Card: https://i.redd.it/hukab82ynthd1.png

Time Bandit: https://marincomics.com/time-bandit.html

Brett Jones Passes Away: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/influential-goldeneye-perfect-dark-artist-brett-jones-has-died/

Animal Crossing NES Emulator: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/animal-crossing/after-23-years-animal-crossings-nes-emulator-still-houses-a-mystery-that-comes-down-to-30-japanese-players-nobodys-been-able-to-find/

Jeff Bezos Interview on BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDXvpbpbPCo

Andy Warhol Portrait For Sale: https://petapixel.com/2024/08/05/rare-digital-portrait-by-andy-warhol-for-sale-for-26-million/

NBCbay Talks About Atari: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/digital-originals/atari-retro-gaming-preserve-classic-video-games/3535306/

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

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