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Long Live Home Arcade Gaming! - This Week In Retro 251
It's a bonanza of stand-up arcade feature stories this week. Will Basic Fun! give Arcade1Up a powerful next stage? We also remember the life and career of Sega legend David Rosen and look at the latest in miniature cabinets from My Arcade including Sonic the Hedgehog, Galaga, Pac-Man, and Atari hits. In other news a Sega racer achieves a rare trifecta on the show, the origins of PCMCIA are discussed, and we follow up on Stunt Car (Track) Racer and Freescape from last week's show.
You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/
00:00 - Show Opening
02:15 - Arcade2Up
Story Link: https://insider-gaming.com/arcade1up-reportedly-closing-operations-very-soon/
18:18 - Sad Duties To Inform
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
Additional links:
https://bsky.app/profile/playhistory.bsky.social/post/3mbwx2gijrc27
https://memoritree.com/memorial/david-m-rosen
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/obituary-sega-co-founder-david-rosen-has-passed-away-at-age-95
https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/hpux_end_of_life/
https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/
29:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below
39:03 - Is Bigger Better?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tjYCw4yjM
50:35 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
PicoPCMCIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-04EoGlayY
GX4000 One Good Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlfarIWjfGQ
1972 Computer Giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRc5BXn_SsE
Amiga Mouse Pointers: https://heckmeck.de/pointers/
1999 Retro Consoles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3p76ryEb_c
Amiga Sprite Trick: https://www.techeblog.com/amiga-sprite-mechanics-snes-hardware/
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By Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
4.9
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It's a bonanza of stand-up arcade feature stories this week. Will Basic Fun! give Arcade1Up a powerful next stage? We also remember the life and career of Sega legend David Rosen and look at the latest in miniature cabinets from My Arcade including Sonic the Hedgehog, Galaga, Pac-Man, and Atari hits. In other news a Sega racer achieves a rare trifecta on the show, the origins of PCMCIA are discussed, and we follow up on Stunt Car (Track) Racer and Freescape from last week's show.
You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/
00:00 - Show Opening
02:15 - Arcade2Up
Story Link: https://insider-gaming.com/arcade1up-reportedly-closing-operations-very-soon/
18:18 - Sad Duties To Inform
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies
Additional links:
https://bsky.app/profile/playhistory.bsky.social/post/3mbwx2gijrc27
https://memoritree.com/memorial/david-m-rosen
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/obituary-sega-co-founder-david-rosen-has-passed-away-at-age-95
https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/hpux_end_of_life/
https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/
29:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below
39:03 - Is Bigger Better?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tjYCw4yjM
50:35 - Community Question of the Week
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro
🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/
Follow your hosts!
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social
Youtube:
Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA
Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton
Audio Podcast:
https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/
Subscribe to the audio version of the show!
📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4
📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y
📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com
📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337
📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml
📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro
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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
PicoPCMCIA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-04EoGlayY
GX4000 One Good Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlfarIWjfGQ
1972 Computer Giveaway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRc5BXn_SsE
Amiga Mouse Pointers: https://heckmeck.de/pointers/
1999 Retro Consoles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3p76ryEb_c
Amiga Sprite Trick: https://www.techeblog.com/amiga-sprite-mechanics-snes-hardware/
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