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Time To Sell Your Retro? - This Week In Retro 117


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The gang is all back this week to chat about if selling old tech to fund new tech is a good idea. They also check out a modded version of the original Elite which removes the flicker seen in some versions. Finally, have you heard of the Chinese 8-bit computer called the SB2000? If you stay tuned you will have!

All this and our Community Question Of The Week.

We are kindly sponsored by Pixel Addict, the six weekly digital culture magazine. With articles about old tech, new games for old tech, hardware projects, movies and even old toys!  Check it out at https://www.pixel.addict.media/

00:00 - Show Opening

06:10 - Tapping Out Of Retro

Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2023/03/12/i-sold-my-retro-video-games-to-buy-a-ps5-and-psvr2-readers-feature-18426454/

27:44 - Better Than Elite

Story Link: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/almost-40-years-on-elite-on-bbc-micro-has-an-impressive-new-editor-mod
Additional Link: GitHub - markmoxon/c64-elite-flicker-free: A patch for Commodore 64 and Plus/4 Elite that removes the flicker

49:04 - Subor Famicoms

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp4Rr7CJBAI

01:06:16 - 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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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