This Week in Retro

By Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave

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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 - The Cave, Chris for 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles

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This Week in Retro episodes:

05.11.2024
Cut Price MiSTer Is Here! - This Week In Retro 170
Commodore International filed for bankruptcy 30 years ago in 1994. There is the UK petition to force games publishers to commit to ensuring that games endure after any web dependency is shut down. Would you like a reduced cost MiSTer?...
05.04.2024
Ugly Computers - This Week In Retro 169
04.27.2024
Goodbye To The Z80 CPU - This Week In Retro 168
The Z80 CPU has come to the end of its run, after 48 years it finally goes out of production. There is a resurgence in analogue tech and media. Just how crazy can a printer from the 1990s drive you?...
04.20.2024
High Street Retro Repair - This Week In Retro 167
04.13.2024
Lara's Number One! - This Week In Retro 166
BAFTA thinks Lara Croft is just about as iconic as a game character can get, do you agree. We might soon see retro gaming on Apple's iOS but what exactly do their new rules mean? We don't have a clue...
04.06.2024
From 6502 to FPGA - This Week In Retro 165
03.30.2024
You Wouldn’t 3D Print a Computer - This Week In Retro 164
Your weekly Retro Computing discussion show returns! Rollercoaster Tycoon is 25 years old? Are you a fan of any of the Tycoon games? We chat about those classic SIM games, take a look at how somebody went to extraordinary lengths...
03.23.2024
Atari Returns To The Arcades - This Week In Retro 163
03.16.2024
Can Physical and Digital Retro Live in Harmony? - This Week In Retro 162
EA have added a number of classic games to their Steam line up, Japan loves it's retro games and a museum piece showcases a VHS rental store in Australia. Those are our main talking points this week but don't forget...
03.09.2024
Switch Emulator Taken Down - This Week In Retro 161
03.02.2024
We Will Fix It In Photoshop - This Week In Retro 160
We are joined by Banjo Guy Ollie this week to take a look at the forthcoming Jeff Minter documentary , to look back at 34 years of Photoshop and the latest release of EXOSCUMM VM. You can see more from Banjo...
02.24.2024
What Killed The Xbox? - This Week In Retro 159
02.17.2024
Are Pirates The Good Guys? - This Week In Retro 158
Retro DRM getting on your nerves? Microsoft dropped support for Safedisc years ago but now there is a new workaround. A new way of managing RAM in DOS should make getting your favourite games running easier. Did you ever wonder...
02.10.2024
Bowser Owes Nintendo $$$$ - This Week In Retro 157
02.03.2024
Can Anything Kill Crusty The Mac? TWiR with The h0ff - This Week In Retro 156
We are joined by musician/coder H0ffman this week. He gives us his opinions on a new version of the original Doom which has had features that didn't make it to the final version that we know and love. Have you...
01.27.2024
CHRIS SACKED - This Week In Retro 155
01.20.2024
The Atari 400 Returns - This Week In Retro 154
Classic Sega arcade games have been ranked, do we agree? The next mini console will be the Atari 400 (not technically a console) and a PlayStation console is brutally forced into a SNES case....its awesome fun. All this plus a look...
01.13.2024
2024 Is The Year Of Retro Computing - This Week In Retro 153
12.30.2023
2023 Unseen Bits - This Week In Retro 152
That wraps up another year of This Week In Retro. Here are some unseen bits that we collected during the past 12 months. Thank you very much for watching/listening and for getting involved in the comments here or on Reddit. A HUGE...
12.23.2023
A Retro Christmas - This Week In Retro 151
An IT shop in Canterbury might fool you into thinking you are shopping in the 1990s. Can arcade games ported to home systems actually be better than the originals? We chat about some of our favourite retro gaming activities at...
12.16.2023
The SEGA Neptune Lives - This Week In Retro 150
12.09.2023
Play DOS Games On A Steam Deck - This Week In Retro 149
11.25.2023
Checkmate Commodore - This Week In Retro 148
Doom and Doom II remade for the Atari Jaguar, a discussion about image scalers for retro gaming and do you know what Commodore's 2nd computer actually was? All that and the Atari 2600+, news in brief and the Community Question Of...
11.18.2023
Retro Gaming Has CRASHED! - This Week In Retro 147
11.11.2023
The A500 Maxi Announced - This Week In Retro 146
10.28.2023
Raspberry Pi Causes An Atari ST PiStorm - This Week In Retro 145
The PiStorm is coming to the Atari ST, joining the Amiga with the high spec/low cost CPU accelerator. Special guest Mark Fixes Stuff joins us this week to talk about that and our other stories. They are, how did we...
10.21.2023
You Got The Touch - This Week In Retro 144
10.14.2023
Rebuilding Computer Space - This Week In Retro 143
We have a special guest this week as Tony from OzRetrocomp returns to chat about retro media bought about by an awesome basement video collection which has been designed to replicate video stores of the 1980/90s. We take a look...
10.07.2023
Cutting The Tape - This Week In Retro 142
09.30.2023
Retro Computer Pack In Games - This Week In Retro 141
Which games came with your retro computer? We talk about some we remember. Dave has taken a look at what Septandy is. Finally, a clever individual has managed to improve the 3D visuals of the N64 by using a technique...
09.23.2023
Flight Sims ARE Cool - This Week In Retro 140
09.16.2023
Over Promise, Under Deliver - This Week In Retro 139
Looks like Microsoft is saying goodbye to WordPad, the often overlooked little brother of Word. Do you miss the old days when you could only watch your favourite TV shows when they were scheduled to be on? One clever fellow...
09.09.2023
Flash - Saviour Of The Internet - This Week In Retro 138
This week we are joined by Lee from More Fun Making It and his son Thomas. They are here to tell us about how you can bid for a very special ZX Spectrum and support a good cause. We also...
09.02.2023
Why Bother Gaming Past Level 1? - This Week In Retro 137
Get ready for a bumper edition of retro gaming goodness with a new guest! This week we think about those games with memorable first levels, discus the recently announce Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster and how could we not look...
08.26.2023
It Is Time To Un-Eliminate CRT Monitors! - This Week In Retro 136
Have you ever thrown away your game boxes only to wish you hadn't? What if we could revive all those dead CRT screens? Did you ever see the DVD player that though it was a gaming console? All this plus the...
08.19.2023
Sony get Wiped Out - This Week In Retro 135
The original Wipeout has been reverse engineered and is now playable in your browser. From Ultimate Play The Game to Rare, we look at 40 years of games. Battletech mech games have an awesome article you should take a look...
08.12.2023
Is it Time to Eliminate CRT Monitors? - This Week In Retro 134
Do you really need a CRT screen to get the best from retro games? 8BitDo have a new Nintendo/Famicon inspired keyboard set up with some interesting features. The story of SWIV (the sequel to Silkworm), is it the best vertical...
08.05.2023
Faking Retro TV? - This Week In Retro 133
Did you miss us? We are back with a story about finding a Discs of Tron arcade machine by the side of a road. What a find. We follow that by wondering if a new retro restoration TV show could...
07.15.2023
What Is Retro? (baby don’t hurt me) - This Week In Retro 132
Would you like to stay at an 80s style inspired B&B complete with working arcade full of games to play.....I think most would! Did you know the Atari ST really was amazing as part of MIDI network? A new video...
07.08.2023
2D Is All Sega and Nintendo Need - This Week In Retro 131
Sega and Nintendo are taking Mario and Sonic back to their 2D roots, how do we feel about that? Do kids of today get what the likes of the ZX, CPC and C64 are? Is it possible to bring classic...
07.01.2023
A Truck Sized Printer Or An Egg Sized Dave? - This Week In Retro 130
The merging of two technologies can sometimes create something wonderful, in this case it is dot matrix printer the size of a pickup truck, that you can drive and print messages as you go. Could this be the future of...
06.24.2023
Windows 7 Runs Out Of Steam - This Week In Retro 129
We are very happy to be joined by Amiga Bill this week as we discuss the end of Steam for Windows 7, the lost art of home made game maps and remembering that before Duke Nukem discovered a 3rd dimension...
06.17.2023
Pac-Man Gets Blocked - This Week In Retro 128
Once again two hobbies collide in the form of the Lego Arcade Pac-Man set. Who better to chat about it than Lego Grand Master Owen from Australian Lego Masters 2023. This week we also take a look at a very...
06.10.2023
Nintendo Murders Dolphin - This Week In Retro 127
Saturday morning wouldn't be the same without your bowl full of retro goodness. This week our stories cover the end of the Dolphin on Steam, the FMV classic The 7th Guest remake, and Doom running on Teletext! The usual tangents...
06.03.2023
Mc Donalds Nugget Plays Tetris - This Week In Retro 126
We are joined by Rees from ctrl-alt-rees this week to chat about some of the stories that you have suggested for us on our Reddit page. The WinXP activation process can now be completed without the need to go online...
05.27.2023
Size Matters! - This Week In Retro 125
We are back to chat about going to the pub to game using both their kit and your own. We then move on to looking at some new, old-school, handheld PC devices. Finishing with a story about how the Miami...
05.13.2023
Falcon Crash Lands Back at Microprose - This Week In Retro 124
Jason from Mr Lurch's Things joins us once again for this longer than usual chat about retro gaming, old tech and more. Microprose has reacquired the Falcon series of flight sims. Classic game Mercenary has been given a modern makeover...
05.06.2023
It’s Burger Time! - This Week In Retro 123
How do you recreate images made on such an early build of an art package that there was no save function? The answer is found within one of the stories we cover This Week In Retro! We also have a...
04.29.2023
Imagine A New Atari - This Week In Retro 122
Talking retro computers and more this week we are joined by Gareth from Pixel Addict magazine (he assures us he isn't here to oversee the sponsorship slot). We'll be taking a look at an Atari 800XL recreation, talking about how...
04.22.2023
WinAmp Gets Whipped Again, But Has It Gone Too Far? - This Week In Retro 121
We are once again joined by Mark Fixes Stuff, as last time he was on he missed out on a chat with Neil. This week's stories are: WinAmp returns transformed, but is it for the better? Did you know that...

What's This Week in Retro about?

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This Week in Retro episodes:

Cut Price MiSTer Is Here! - This Week In Retro 170

Ugly Computers - This Week In Retro 169

Goodbye To The Z80 CPU - This Week In Retro 168

High Street Retro Repair - This Week In Retro 167

Lara's Number One! - This Week In Retro 166

From 6502 to FPGA - This Week In Retro 165

You Wouldn’t 3D Print a Computer - This Week In Retro 164

Atari Returns To The Arcades - This Week In Retro 163

Can Physical and Digital Retro Live in Harmony? - This Week In Retro 162

Switch Emulator Taken Down - This Week In Retro 161

We Will Fix It In Photoshop - This Week In Retro 160

What Killed The Xbox? - This Week In Retro 159

Are Pirates The Good Guys? - This Week In Retro 158

Bowser Owes Nintendo $$$$ - This Week In Retro 157

Can Anything Kill Crusty The Mac? TWiR with The h0ff - This Week In Retro 156

CHRIS SACKED - This Week In Retro 155

The Atari 400 Returns - This Week In Retro 154

2024 Is The Year Of Retro Computing - This Week In Retro 153

2023 Unseen Bits - This Week In Retro 152

A Retro Christmas - This Week In Retro 151

The SEGA Neptune Lives - This Week In Retro 150

Play DOS Games On A Steam Deck - This Week In Retro 149

Checkmate Commodore - This Week In Retro 148

Retro Gaming Has CRASHED! - This Week In Retro 147

The A500 Maxi Announced - This Week In Retro 146

Raspberry Pi Causes An Atari ST PiStorm - This Week In Retro 145

You Got The Touch - This Week In Retro 144

Rebuilding Computer Space - This Week In Retro 143

Cutting The Tape - This Week In Retro 142

Retro Computer Pack In Games - This Week In Retro 141

Flight Sims ARE Cool - This Week In Retro 140

Over Promise, Under Deliver - This Week In Retro 139

Flash - Saviour Of The Internet - This Week In Retro 138

Why Bother Gaming Past Level 1? - This Week In Retro 137

It Is Time To Un-Eliminate CRT Monitors! - This Week In Retro 136

Sony get Wiped Out - This Week In Retro 135

Is it Time to Eliminate CRT Monitors? - This Week In Retro 134

Faking Retro TV? - This Week In Retro 133

What Is Retro? (baby don’t hurt me) - This Week In Retro 132

2D Is All Sega and Nintendo Need - This Week In Retro 131

A Truck Sized Printer Or An Egg Sized Dave? - This Week In Retro 130

Windows 7 Runs Out Of Steam - This Week In Retro 129

Pac-Man Gets Blocked - This Week In Retro 128

Nintendo Murders Dolphin - This Week In Retro 127

Mc Donalds Nugget Plays Tetris - This Week In Retro 126

Size Matters! - This Week In Retro 125

Falcon Crash Lands Back at Microprose - This Week In Retro 124

It’s Burger Time! - This Week In Retro 123

Imagine A New Atari - This Week In Retro 122

WinAmp Gets Whipped Again, But Has It Gone Too Far? - This Week In Retro 121