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In this milestone 250th episode of This Week in Retro, we celebrate that the more things change, the more they stay the same. A revival of Geoff Crammond's Stunt Car Racer is our top story. That's just the tip of the iceberg in what was a very big week for fans of his game design work. In other news the set-top boxes of the 1990s and early 2000s get another look: the lost treasures of The Sega Channel have been preserved for modern-day Mega Drive/Genesis players, and recent developments have helped WebTV users but hurt those who get their websites from the Sega Dreamcast's PlanetWeb browser. And we remember Stewart Cheifet, the long-time producer and host of The Computer Chronicles.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:07 - Hump Back Is Back
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFJUb7GQyM - Stunt Car Racer Remake
on The New Retro Show
16:17 - New Life For Old Browsers
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/microsofts-webtv-is-being-revived-by-fans/
30:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:16 - Cable TV Relics Restored
Story Link: https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/
49:38 - Community Question of the Week
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Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton
Audio Podcast:
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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
Stewart Cheifet obituary: https://computerchronicles.blog/post/stewart-cheifet-1938-2025
Commodore 64 Ultimate experiences: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1ppdwec/c64u_is_here/
Ben Versteeg passage notice: https://www.reddit.com/r/zxspectrum/comments/1pqubkw/sad_news_good_bye_ben/
Amiga Desktops Worth Seeing: https://www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/
Geoff Crammond F1GP news: https://www.gamespress.com/MicroProse-and-Geoff-Crammond-Reunite-to-Revive-a-Racing-Legend
Mark Moxon's disassembly of Geoff Crammond's The Sentinel: https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
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By Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
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In this milestone 250th episode of This Week in Retro, we celebrate that the more things change, the more they stay the same. A revival of Geoff Crammond's Stunt Car Racer is our top story. That's just the tip of the iceberg in what was a very big week for fans of his game design work. In other news the set-top boxes of the 1990s and early 2000s get another look: the lost treasures of The Sega Channel have been preserved for modern-day Mega Drive/Genesis players, and recent developments have helped WebTV users but hurt those who get their websites from the Sega Dreamcast's PlanetWeb browser. And we remember Stewart Cheifet, the long-time producer and host of The Computer Chronicles.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:07 - Hump Back Is Back
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFJUb7GQyM - Stunt Car Racer Remake
on The New Retro Show
16:17 - New Life For Old Browsers
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2025/12/30/microsofts-webtv-is-being-revived-by-fans/
30:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:16 - Cable TV Relics Restored
Story Link: https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/
49:38 - 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
Stewart Cheifet obituary: https://computerchronicles.blog/post/stewart-cheifet-1938-2025
Commodore 64 Ultimate experiences: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1ppdwec/c64u_is_here/
Ben Versteeg passage notice: https://www.reddit.com/r/zxspectrum/comments/1pqubkw/sad_news_good_bye_ben/
Amiga Desktops Worth Seeing: https://www.datagubbe.se/wbshots/
Geoff Crammond F1GP news: https://www.gamespress.com/MicroProse-and-Geoff-Crammond-Reunite-to-Revive-a-Racing-Legend
Mark Moxon's disassembly of Geoff Crammond's The Sentinel: https://github.com/markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
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