This week we are joined by Jason Compton from The Retro Adventurers to talk about four retro projects that may have hit hard times, how the loss of one online account could cost you dearly and about the return of a popular point and click adventure that might give you nightmares!

The Pixel Addict magazine website has had a faster modem fitted! You will be able to order your copy of the latest issue with such pleasure and ease! Visit pixel.addict.media for an interview with Julian "Jaz" Rignall and to find out about the Videoton TVC 64 plus many other interesting articles.

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06:40 - The Not So Fantastic Four!

29:04 - The Price Of The Ban Hammer

41:30 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

50:45 - I Scream, I Scream

01:02:47 - Community Question of the Week

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Episode Credits

Nintendo PlayStation: https://bsky.app/profile/martinlindell.bsky.social/post/3lksbcn7csk2b

Dreamcast Back Online: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/23-years-after-sega-pulled-the-plug-every-online-pal-dreamcast-game-is-live-once-more

Xbox 360 USB Exploit: https://www.theverge.com/news/631102/xbox-360-hack-homebrew-badupdate-exploit-usb

Gamesmaster Series 4: https://youtu.be/odo7Wmtkr98?si=E--l3_8Y1bzXjsHE

BBC Barry Norman on VHS: https://youtu.be/odo7Wmtkr98?si=E--l3_8Y1bzXjsHE

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Is your Super Nintendo (SNES) speeding up? (yes, it is.) Windows 3 can now use modern graphics cards thanks to a new driver. What is to blame for our old retro tech going up in smoke?

Rees has joined Dave this week to talk about all the above and more. Thanks Rees. Be sure to check out his Retro Rambles on his own channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees

00:00 - Show Opening

03:51 - Show Me Where It Hertz

14:02 - Windows 3 Shows Its True Colours

26:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

31:42 - Letting Out The Magic Smoke!

38:59 - Community Question of the Week

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Retro Items Stolen, Halifax UK: https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/crime/please-dont-steal-devastated-halifax-arcade-owners-message-after-thief-takes-from-personal-collection-5028576

BBC - Rowers Play Doom: https://youtu.be/XJUMNltgrhs?si=wqCFGapkRlTuAx1L

Wild Blue: https://www.polygon.com/gaming/538400/star-fox-spiritual-successor-wild-blue

Tony Hawks Hacks Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZbC0Hh4lc8

Terry Pratchett Oblivion Mod: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-behind-the-oblivion-mod-terry-pratchett-worked-on

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Did you miss out on the Spectrum Next? You might get another chance! Want to see some prototype and unreleased consoles? Do you miss Acclaim? These questions and more answered on this week's retro gaming show.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:49 - Next Up Round Three

24:18 - Before They Were Famous

38:41 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:01 - Reclaimed Acclaim

54:38 - Community Question of the Week

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Super Game Boy: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1j4hhz9/help_for_old_gamers_with_tired_eyes/

Guardian - 80s Mags: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/mar/04/working-on-video-game-mags-in-the-1980s

Games Of A Lifetime: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/products/the-games-of-a-lifetime

Raspberry Pi Video Output: https://www.hackster.io/news/retro-gamers-rejoice-the-raspberry-pi-5-can-now-output-interlaced-vga-rgb-to-your-crt-displays-9f62f0a6e9b7

I, Rebel Game Jam: https://atari.com/pages/i-rebel-a-jeff-minter-game-jam

Scammed By Mastertronic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3k3XB2b_3E

Sharp X68K Mini: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/company-behind-the-x68000-z-range-wants-to-know-if-global-players-will-buy-them

We are joined by Lee from More Fun Making It! Retro gaming and computing chat about such things as how some publishers have got things a bit wrong recently and about how Terminator 2 is getting a brand new game which looks like it is the game that should have come out back in the day.

Why not see what things Lee has had fun making at: https://www.morefunmakingit.co.uk/

Pixel Addict magazine has a new issue and its main feature is all about Pinball! Please check it and every other issue out at www.pixel.addict.media/shop/

00:00 - Show Opening

06:00 - I Know Kung Fu

18:02 - I Need Your Clothes To Go To Boots On My Bicycle

33:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

40:24 - Short Cuts End In Disaster

58:46 - Community Question of the Week

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Don Priestly Has Passed Away: https://bsky.app/profile/martcarroll.bsky.social/post/3lj3g2ahnhs2f

New Amiga Outrun Almost Ready: https://youtu.be/dcVYEUC2gNM?si=j3MxSaICCPCbXm_q

Command and Conquer Open Source: https://kotaku.com/command-conquer-ea-source-code-red-alert-generals-1851767009

Bye Bye Skype: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/28/microsoft-skype

Unix V2 Beta: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/24/beta_unix_2_restored/

California Fire Relief Bundle: https://itch.io/b/2863/california-fire-relief-bundle

Neil and Dave love a bit of Ultima and there are two news stories related to that very series in this week's show. Can AI really be trusted to faithfully recreate classic video games for modern hardware?  The BBC has a video all about the Millennium Bug (Y2K), so there is chat about that too.

It is your last chance to grab the Retro Collective Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

Pixel Addict magazine has caught pinball fever and explores the history of pinball video games! There is an interview with Julian "Jaz" Rignall and a look at his new book! Head over to pixel.addict.media for your copy of the latest issue.

00:00 - Show Opening

05:58 - Reopening The Black Gate

22:23 -  Artificial Stupidity?

37:07 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:05 - Turn Off Your Computer Before Midnight!

52:43 - Community Question of the Week

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1 in 4 Gen Z Brits Own Retro?: https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/18/1-4-gen-z-brits-owns-a-retro-gaming-console-reveals-new-study-22580498/#

TWIR Inspired Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F9cxvqhe9nzke1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dd80874762c20d06ef075a0197f6ae147312500ba

Too Many Games Too Little Time: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxklzlxxwyo

ITX LLama: https://youtu.be/UAFBR-Wk5Xw

Mastertronic Screenshot: https://i.redd.it/wfyybh16jqke1.jpeg

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

21:21 - Switch On To Switch Off

36:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

45:17 - DIY RGB CRT ASAP….LOL

55:31 - Community Question of the Week

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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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Top Gear have published their list of 50 top racers, do we agree? 40 years ago Lucasfilm Games gave us Rescue On Fractalus. Two weeks after the last one there is ANOTHER list of 90s shooters. Chris is back to keep Neil's seat warm and he has brought a a friend with him.....but who is it?

You can see more of Chris on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA

Shane's Perth Amiga User Group: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroup

00:00 - Show Opening

09:06 - They’re Coming Right For Us!

23:13 - 40 Years Of Fractal Rescues

34:58 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

49:39 - More! Push It More!

59:36 - Community Question of the Week

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RMC 2025 Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

UK Game Petition Reply: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074

Cunk On Computers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTSGaKY1vbc

3DO M2 Auction: https://preview.redd.it/mrvn5u37mvhe1.jpg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=16e03f595c4396f0adc9a236347606824a2d1fb9

E-Ink Text Handheld: https://www.inkconsole.com/games

Banjo Guy Ollie Dune Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqa3Ed9hHq8

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Did you know that the songs of the Beatles inspired a text adventure game? Looking at some of the worst games on the Amiga and how much would you pay for a portable game of Asteroids? 

2025 Museum Support Digital Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle

00:00 - Show Opening

04:27 - All You Need Is Text

20:49 - The Amiga Sucks

40:36 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

46:34 - Got Time For A Game Of Asteroids?

53:37 - Community Question of the Week

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3DO Mortal Kombat Port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBpaYoaRAY

Nintendo Loses To Super Mario: https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-loses-trademark-fight-against-super-mario-supermarket

F-19 Raid: https://www.eurogamer.net/strange-but-not-true-did-a-us-game-publisher-really-get-raided-by-us-intelligence-services-over-a-fighter-plane-that-never-existed

A Closer Look At Shadow Of The Beast: https://youtu.be/ovwFjgAFhOs?si=zeTPbwJ58Bhwzbh3

Amiga 1000, The Perfect Computer: https://celso.io/posts/2025/01/26/the-first-perfect-computer/

What Happened To Packard Bell: https://dfarq.homeip.net/happened-packard-bell/

Atari Jaguar Cart Reissues: https://www.retrorgb.com/official-atari-jaguar-game-reissues.html

We are joined by MeanMachineDean this week! Putting Doom aside what are the best FPS games of the 1990s? It's bye bye Blu Ray (sort of). The launch of the Video Game History Foundation’s Digital Library is a good thing!

Issue 26 of Pixel Addict magazine has a main feature on the hard working Z80 CPU. With an interview with the designer Federico Faggin sheds light on its creation and legacy. We also find out about the Grundy NewBrain, whatever that is! Visit www.pixel.addict.media for your copy.

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00:00 - Show Opening

06:10 - Feeling Blue About Ray

23:49 - Video Games Are History

39:20 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

45:23 - First Person Senior Citizens

01:03:42 - Community Question of the Week

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Tab Clear: https://i.redd.it/93bs1vhb55fe1.jpeg

Vic 20 Elite: https://vic20elite.wordpress.com/

Jonathan Nash Passes Away: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/your-sinclair-amiga-power-legend-and-funniest-living-englishman-jonathan-nash-has-died

Sim City 2000 Fixed: https://hackaday.com/2025/01/23/its-never-too-late-for-a-fixed-simcity-2000/

Doom in MS Word: https://hackaday.com/2025/01/20/you-can-now-play-doom-in-microsoft-word-but-you-probably-shouldnt/

Mini CRT Arcade Cabinet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEsrX582O2g

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The 3DO is coming to MiSTer. Could this be the last big system before we need large FPGAs? The National Communications Museum in Melbourne has just opened. The Amstrad CPC looks like it is getting the mother of all expansions, everyone here is very happy about that!

All this and a number of other retro tech stories and The Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

10:25 - Hawkin FPGA

26:43 - Tell Us About The Console Wars Grandad

35:22 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

42:45 - See Pee Cee Pee Co

58:47 - Community Question of the Week

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Glasgow Arcade Blog: https://arcadeodysseus.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/an-arcade-ecosystem-part-3-glasgow/

Doom In A PDF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8PYG_BPbpg

Sinclair Printers Do Not Need Butter: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fj5d01lesgyde1.png

Origin Of The Patch: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Ft17930fceide1.jpeg

Stop Killing Games Petition V2: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074/

Drink Doom: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Foxdzimizclde1.jpg

Amiga A1200 Bin Find: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1i2leer/finding_treasures/

Mr Lurch Returns: https://youtu.be/fnywJLc-DS8?si=RO5Cihmw71eIznq2