October 18, 2025

Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240

51 minutes

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How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you?

All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

03:04 - Turning DOS Into A Console

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q8OMp15KA

13:56 - Right Through Falken’s Maze

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B1clodRJ4

34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below

40:12 - Back Of The Bus

Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/converted-school-bus-turned-into-mobile-retro-computing-museum-historic-array-includes-sinclair-timex-zx-spectrum-48k-and-commodore-64

Additional Link: https://retroreset.org/the-bus/

46:03 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

News In Brief Links

Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSxlRK7lY0

Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o1ej4n/saw_on_a_random_street_in_tokyo/

Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?si=6kCILZ1G95FJAnb8

Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks

New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/bubble-bobbles-incredible-c64-port-just-got-a-new-fan-remaster-that-you-can-play-for-free

Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be/vyeeQAcho00?si=x07vAgw6L7kfpnoa

Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/early-and-lost-jeff-minter-zx81-title-fastlife-recovered/

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By Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

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