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Have you ever played an online game and found no other users? Have you ever wanted to get to know Sinistar better? Have you no clue which iconic retro gaming character is turning 45? If the answer to any of these is yes then we can help!
00:00 - Show Opening
07:15 - Back to 1980!
Story Link: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-45th-anniversary
20:42 - Beware, I Live!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCuoUSDBVac
Sinistar Hi-Score Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjN4zabXYvM
36:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
43:55 - No One’s There.com
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMDb1CWD6Y
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6kbogtiF0
Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_(virtual_world)
There Link: https://www.prod.there.com/
57:40 - Community Question of the Week
MMS2 - Lu's Retro Source: https://youtu.be/J3wbS0uXDKI?si=qtIXlmD8edDi98L5
MMS2 - More Fun Making It: https://youtu.be/UVx08a-dZRY?si=WbpucvBHFoo1XxVt
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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.
Dave's Housekeeping Links:
Linus Drops the 486: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-drops-support-for-486-and-early-pentium-processors-20-years-after-microsoft/
Game Boy Color Outrun: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/05/outrun-comes-to-the-game-boy-color-thanks-to-this-unofficial-port
What Happened To WWW?: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/05/what-happened-to-www/
C64 AI: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/llm-ported-to-the-c64-kinda/
Doom On A Bendix G-15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0
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Have you ever played an online game and found no other users? Have you ever wanted to get to know Sinistar better? Have you no clue which iconic retro gaming character is turning 45? If the answer to any of these is yes then we can help!
00:00 - Show Opening
07:15 - Back to 1980!
Story Link: https://www.bandainamcoent.com/pac-man-45th-anniversary
20:42 - Beware, I Live!
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCuoUSDBVac
Sinistar Hi-Score Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjN4zabXYvM
36:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below
43:55 - No One’s There.com
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSMDb1CWD6Y
Additional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO6kbogtiF0
Wiki Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_(virtual_world)
There Link: https://www.prod.there.com/
57:40 - Community Question of the Week
MMS2 - Lu's Retro Source: https://youtu.be/J3wbS0uXDKI?si=qtIXlmD8edDi98L5
MMS2 - More Fun Making It: https://youtu.be/UVx08a-dZRY?si=WbpucvBHFoo1XxVt
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro
🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/
Follow your hosts!
Bluesky:
https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social
Youtube:
Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA
Audio Podcast:
https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/
Subscribe to the audio version of the show!
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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.
Dave's Housekeeping Links:
Linus Drops the 486: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-drops-support-for-486-and-early-pentium-processors-20-years-after-microsoft/
Game Boy Color Outrun: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/05/outrun-comes-to-the-game-boy-color-thanks-to-this-unofficial-port
What Happened To WWW?: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/05/what-happened-to-www/
C64 AI: https://hackaday.com/2025/05/03/llm-ported-to-the-c64-kinda/
Doom On A Bendix G-15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no0CkQk7id0
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