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Romantic Robots - This Week In Retro 207
The hidden tale of the Game Wizard for the SNES leads us to reminisce about Romantic Robot's Multiface devices. More youngsters are looking to disconnect with offline gaming. Clever people are modding CRT screens to accept RGB signals.
We are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine this week. Now on issue 8 which covers Sega events from the latter half of 1995. Visit https://www.sega-mania.com/ where you can find every issue.
00:00 - Show Opening
06:56 - You’re A Wizard Mario
Story Link: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-game-wizards-hidden-tale/
21:21 - Switch On To Switch Off
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/feb/15/theres-no-stress-gamers-go-offline-in-retro-console-revival
Additional Link: https://retrosix.co.uk/
Never Knows Best Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QgQtoGHRY
36:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
45:17 - DIY RGB CRT ASAP….LOL
Story Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/how-retro-enthusiasts-are-upgrading-crt-tvs-with-rgb-mods/
55:31 - 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:
1980s Ultima Photo: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fyqup7twrsdie1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D442f517c0d55c22948e98e089061c54505edecef
I Robot: https://www.polygon.com/news/522526/jeff-minter-atari-i-robot
Random Access Memories with Holly: https://podcastaddict.com/iain-lee-s-random-access-memories/episode/191944559
FPGA Superior?: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/creator-of-new-open-source-game-boy-disagrees-that-fpga-is-superior-to-software-emulation
Zombie Nation: https://i.redd.it/sajau5awjqie1.png
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By Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave
4.8
2424 ratings
The hidden tale of the Game Wizard for the SNES leads us to reminisce about Romantic Robot's Multiface devices. More youngsters are looking to disconnect with offline gaming. Clever people are modding CRT screens to accept RGB signals.
We are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine this week. Now on issue 8 which covers Sega events from the latter half of 1995. Visit https://www.sega-mania.com/ where you can find every issue.
00:00 - Show Opening
06:56 - You’re A Wizard Mario
Story Link: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-game-wizards-hidden-tale/
21:21 - Switch On To Switch Off
Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/feb/15/theres-no-stress-gamers-go-offline-in-retro-console-revival
Additional Link: https://retrosix.co.uk/
Never Knows Best Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2QgQtoGHRY
36:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
45:17 - DIY RGB CRT ASAP….LOL
Story Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/how-retro-enthusiasts-are-upgrading-crt-tvs-with-rgb-mods/
55:31 - 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!
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/rmcretro
Youtube:
https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w
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
📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com
📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss
📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/
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:
1980s Ultima Photo: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fyqup7twrsdie1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D442f517c0d55c22948e98e089061c54505edecef
I Robot: https://www.polygon.com/news/522526/jeff-minter-atari-i-robot
Random Access Memories with Holly: https://podcastaddict.com/iain-lee-s-random-access-memories/episode/191944559
FPGA Superior?: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/creator-of-new-open-source-game-boy-disagrees-that-fpga-is-superior-to-software-emulation
Zombie Nation: https://i.redd.it/sajau5awjqie1.png
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