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Amigathon 2025 is today! Help our friends raise money by playing old games: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=548758

For a brief time game some game installers felt like they were part of the game. Is it possible to port Outrun to the (not so) humble Amiga? The new MiSTer project that has tongues wagging and wallets letting out a sigh of relief! We are joined by Paul (aka pajaco6502) to talk about these things and much more.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:45 - We’ve Forgotten Installers!

22:47 - US Gold Presents!

37:20 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

45:58 - MiSTer Opportunities

01:03:59 - Community Question of the Week

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The Retro Computer Museum Flooded: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/retro-computer-museum-hit-by-devastating-flood-damage

Command and Conquer 30th: https://metro.co.uk/2025/01/11/command-conquer-30-years-old-this-year-wish-itd-come-back-readers-feature-22340444/

The Spectrum Sells Very Well: https://www.thegamer.com/zx-spectrum-outsold-playstation-5-ps5-pro-xbox-series-x-s-spain-november/

BBC Nintendo Wii: https://youtu.be/OUWEB7Mwd8g?si=ogXoyvwdHLv8h1Yb

For the first episode of 2025 we take a look at some of the BBC's Tomorrows World predictions from 30 years ago. What did they get right and wrong. We talk about how video game history can be different depending upon which angle you look at it. Then finally it's all about the CRT TV and would you want a monster of a set in your home?

All this and more retro tech news in Dave's Briefs and we set a new Community Question Of The Week.

This week we are sponsored by Sega Mania magazine. The new issue covers the second half of 1995 and finds out what is new for the Saturn and if the Mega Drive still has life left in it. Head on over to https://www.sega-mania.com/ and use the code TWIR10 to save on issue 8! 

00:00 - Show Opening

04:44 - We’ve Seen The Future

20:12 - They’re Rewriting The Past

34:42 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:11 - Oooh, That’s A Big One

50:21 - Community Question of the Week

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C64 Cash Register: https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/indiana-bakery-still-using-commodore-64s-originally-released-in-1982-as-point-of-sale-terminals

1984 Games Shopping With Sarah Greene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9aUgK9rBGI

RIP Martyn Brown of Team 17: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/team17-co-founder-martyn-brown-has-passed-away-aged-57

How Elite Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J10vYqqE6oI

Elite on Vic-20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7df9rrbyQ

Retrobytes Top 5 Mircos: https://youtu.be/DtWOeloLDWk

CRT Simulator: https://www.tomshardware.com/monitors/blur-busters-releases-authentic-crt-simulator-shader-for-high-refresh-oled-and-lcd-screens-240-hz-oled-recommended-for-the-best-experience

Pentium Division Bug: https://www.righto.com/2024/12/this-die-photo-of-pentium-shows.html

Cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 3: https://www.thegamer.com/star-wars-battlefront-3-free-radical-nintendo-wii-build-found-16-years-pre-cancellation-gameplay-footage/

Atari ST and PC Sharing An Operating System: https://www.goto10retro.com/p/computer-cousins-the-atari-st-and

New RetroTink 4K CE: https://www.notebookcheck.net/New-Retrotink-4K-CE-upscaler-now-available-as-an-entry-level-product-for-475.940018.0.html

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Episode 200 is a bumper show with the return of occasional host Chris and special guest Aaron from Amigos Retro Gaming. Some of this week's topics are FPGA or real hardware, the Supersega saga and a 68000 Amiga port of Carmageddon.

Please check out everything Amigos Retro Gaming has to offer at: www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming

00:00 - Show Opening

09:19 - Bin Your Vintage Hardware

37:33 - Scaaaammmeerrrrrrs 

53:40 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

01:08:28 - Amiga Takes Max Damage

01:21:43 - Community Question of the Week

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BBC Battle For Santa's Software: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChmQBK_EaUQ&feature=youtu.be

Mark Sibly Has Passed Away: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fqusx6pdq3e6e1.png%3Fwidth%3D625%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D04a6e6f09ae629ebe11bfd6cb378642518be5f20

The Last BBC Micro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wELAhgbqNzc

Dreamcast Doom 64: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/fan-made-doom-64-dreamcast-port-now-the-definitive-version-of-the-game

Commodore P500: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256168129526?itmmeta=01JEZ2N5X84CQF8DGY5D6E4V7V&hash=item3ba4cf73f6:g:rYEAAOSwDTJky7AX

BBC & The Rubber Keyed Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCF3hqf3H3k&feature=youtu.be

A clever coder has created what is surely the fastest, smoothest and most impressive racer for the Atari STE. Indiana Jones has a new game out but lets not forget the old ones. Watching people play games is getting more popular but why and is it really a new thing?

Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and Codemasters ever released. To mark the game's 35-year history, writer Graham Pembrey is joined by Andrew and Philip Oliver to discuss the twins' fondness for Dizzy, as well as the franchise's undying popularity from fans. There is an in-depth look at the history of the Dizzy series. Head over to pixel.addict.media

00:00 - Show Opening

06:13 - Let’s Go FASTER

22:22 - “It’s Not The Years, Honey, It’s The Mileage”

41:31 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

55:22 - Do You Like To Watch, Or Take Part?

01:03:18 - Community Question of the Week

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The Retro Gaming Weekend: https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1h8vwyw

BG Ollie's Demo: https://github.com/olonguet/TWIR-Housekeeping

SuperSEGA Saga: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/to-the-shock-of-absolutely-nobody-sega-is-trying-to-shut-down-the-supersega-fpga-project

Heber's MMS 2: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/true-all-in-one-mister-fpga-multisystem-2-console-is-coming-in-2025

Pico-Mac: https://github.com/evansm7/pico-mac

Star Dust Wars Amiga Game: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/12/the-amiga-just-got-an-amazing-new-star-wars-game-made-by-fans

Amiga Software Archive: https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2835

Starbug Auction: https://auctions.windsorauctions.co.uk/auctions/9117/windso10233/lot-details/f14e8dac-0819-4a91-bfc8-b23f0122179d

Kazuhiko Nishi MSX Interview: https://youtu.be/ehge3kgS1Ww?si=fX7HdBZgYrRnjvzK

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What does your retro computing area look like? What is the best gaming computer of all time? How did the BBC of 1995 go about informing us of new tech? All this and more is discussed with special guest Iain Lee.

You can find all of Iain's stuff here:

00:00 - Show Opening

10:17 - Retro Corners

26:44 - He’s Making A List, We’re Checking It Twice

46:37 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

52:27 - My WORM Is Burning

59:51 - Community Question of the Week

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Oldest Space Tech: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/25/amsat_oscar_7_anniversary/

MS-DOS Aspect: https://30fps.net/pages/msdos-aspect-ratio/

US Copyright Office Strikes Again: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-same-us-copyright-office-decision-that-struck-down-a-major-game-preservation-effort-also-quietly-reversed-a-historic-dmca-win-for-accessibility-advocates/

Apple II Cracker: https://paleotronic.com/2024/01/28/confessions-of-a-disk-cracker-the-secrets-of-4am/

Excalibur 64 Advert: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fcfvjo0nlcf3e1.jpeg

Roland Perry Interview: https://youtu.be/EeqRpnv2_HM?si=Mi5adcvM6oPvugMp

Casio G Shock Returns: https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/28/24308133/casio-g-shock-dw5000r-digital-watch-announcement

The beige PC is back! What started as a joke has become reality. A Windows developer has shared some secrets on how the Win 95 installer did things behind the scenes. An article about the fall of Game as a high street retailer leaves us wondering if games will ever be available as they once were.

All this and more retro computing news plus the Community Question Of The Week.

Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and Codemasters ever released. To mark the game's 35-year history, writer Graham Pembrey is joined by Andrew and Philip Oliver to discuss the twins' fondness for Dizzy, as well as the franchise's undying popularity from fans. There is an in-depth look at the history of the Dizzy series. Head over to pixel.addict.media

00:00 - Show Opening

06:40 - Set Your PC Clock Back To 1990

26:14 - Windows In A Trench Coat

40:07 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

47:40 - Game Over Zendaya

59:56 - Community Question of the Week

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Open Source EPROM Programmer: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gu0j8k/affordable_opensource_eprom_programmer_empowers/

Outrun Mobile Port: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/outruns-japanese-mobile-port-has-been-preserved

Terrahawks CGI: https://youtu.be/2cbbyNRbfd8?si=0nbKbBI9m6L2LTgT

How The Sega Saturn Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOn2LuIk2A

The Spectrum Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifICZ234Ok

Playing Retro Games In Nature: https://techraptor.net/gaming/interviews/scenic-gamer-interview-playing-retro-games-in-nature

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As Half Life 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition we also talk about the remastered Warcraft 1,2 and 3 offering from Blizzard which leads to some RTS chat. An article about how Dragon's Lair financially crippled a player 40 years ago who has now beaten the game prompts us to think about games we just walked away from.

00:00 - Show Opening

07:20 - War Re-crafted

23:33 - Raising The Bar After 20 Years

34:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:35 - The 40 Year Old Dragon Slayer

01:01:02 - Community Question of the Week

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Unreal Is Free: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archive

Thomas Kurtz: https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/

Rob Smith Triple Format Disk Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtJf-UQ4Os

Alan Partridge Visits Tandy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFasAWbuRiw&si=xKUlljT-GR4YFV0J

Preserved SEGA Games: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/two-lost-sega-channel-games-have-been-found-and-preserved

1980s Microstore Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD18hZrz72M

Parts of "Laserdisc Game Roundup - LIVESTREAM - Amigo Aaron" courtesy of Amigos Retro Gaming

Just how do you keep track of all the new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis games? Join us as we take a look at a website that aims to do just that. We are joined by Allan aka Happy Coding ZX who tells us all about Midnight Brew Games and the special ZX Spectrum game compilation. We also check out an article on Ireland's retro scene and there is an interesting documentary about game musician Chris Huelsbeck.

All this and more retro computing info along with your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.

Happy Coding ZX Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzWzj4BD-9AyY2WmN9fmbjg 

Pixel Addict is our sponsor this week and as they gear up their Christmas issue why not take a look their back catalogue and find an issue you missed out on. www.pixel.addict.media

00:00 - Show Opening

14:19 - Mega Regenesis

26:48 - Huelsbeck Beckons

41:12 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

47:18 - Would You Like Some Retro Father?

58:56 - Community Question of the Week

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The RooBadge: https://youtu.be/W9klRlKoEQk?si=e-_hwEdikKZtBE43

Modern Vintage Games Saving Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFINynRcFtk

Freelancer at 21: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1glmdt0/freelancer_is_21_years_old_and_still_brilliant_fun/

LGR's Water Damaged Boxes: https://youtu.be/5k0EQn67lGo?si=qvNvEFpO5azmNpkk

TV Series About Pirates Comes To TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpiiahtH_2w

Raytracing A Blackhole In 1978: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gmaz6n/interstellar_black_hole_visualised_46_years_ago/

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Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We talk about text adventures.

00:00 - Show Opening

04:48 - Bitmap Brothers Revisited

22:21 - Demos Seen

32:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

39:53 - A Facebook Of Adventure

52:45 - Community Question of the Week

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Time Rift Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91cUhy-NHX8

iPod Click Wheel Game Preservation: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/

SEGA FPGA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-project-is-a-complete-scam-the-internet-isnt-convinced-by-the-supersega-fpga-console

The Amstrad online museum is open for business! We took a quick look and it bought back some CPC memories. The US Copyright Office has hindered game preservation but will it make much of a difference in the long run? Finally a simple Elite 2 video seems to have struck a cord with lots of gamers.

Pixel Addict magazine sponsors this episode. Visit www.pixel.addict.media to see the latest issue which focuses on Microprose who made some of the classic sims of the 16-bit era. While there check out the special Amstrad and Atari productions.

00:00 - Show Opening

07:32 - Pour Some Sugar On Me

20:00 - Copyright or CopyWRONG?

34:16 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

43:16 - Second Best Space Sim Ever?

57:22 - Community Question of the Week

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Amiga TWIR Demo By Banjo Guy Ollie: https://github.com/olonguet/TWIR-Housekeeping

CRT Video Wall: https://youtu.be/09_mHG5bJ7Y

Red Dward Worms: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/worms-creator-shows-off-impressive-easter-egg-filled-red-dwarf-level

Dev Den's First Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuMf33EPlBA

The Guardian's Tech Specs Article: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/23/is-there-even-any-point-in-making-more-powerful-games-consoles

GamesMaster Series 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3S59y6wTx4

MVG's Wing Commander Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuFNFd8I0WU