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Put on your party hats and prepare the party poppers for it is time to celebrate the Amiga's 40th Anniversary. We take a look at some of the recent retro events and the interesting discussions that took place there. A valuable retro computing resource has had an upgrade, the Retro Directory hits v2.0!

All of this plus a number of updates on previously covered topics and a few new interesting items in brief. Oh and don't forget your answers to this week's Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

01:32 - Amiga Turns 40

Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/23/15-best-commodore-amiga-games-celebrate-40th-anniversary-23724048/
BBC Amiga Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6092fMkZY

22:07 - This Week In Nerdfests

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6092fMkZY
Hacking the IIc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5fiK1UCinE&list=PL_8ByM2n4E2s_D39XbNYLgE_yJ6ZqMfLl&index=3&pp=iAQB
Tom Persky 2025 VCF SoCal Presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0gQucQap4

40:43 - Housekeeping - News links found below

49:51 - Retro Directory Turns Two Point Oh

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85RFeX76Hv8

55:42 - 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

SuperFX SNES Doom Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYN0twdMiDk

Spectrum Next Issue 3: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0

OnceWereNerd Update: https://www.androidauthority.com/once-were-nerd-youtuber-not-innocent-3579610/

Stop Killing Games Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQN_ZA5WRpo

Atari 2500+ PacMan Edition: https://www.eurogamer.net/ataris-classic-2600-console-re-release-is-getting-an-aggressively-yellow-pac-man-edition

Tape Storage Is Not Dead: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/lto_2024_tape_shipment_data/

VAX Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-iA_9U3WTc

Half Life 2 Train Fixed: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-18-years-a-surprise-half-life-2-update-makes-it-once-again-possible-to-beat-a-honking-train-on-highway-17

Acorn Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1makzdx/is_there_a_timeline_where_acorn_were_the/

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