This Week in Retro
Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
Categories: Technology
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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 "Keep a copy of what's important to you.""Punish your children one day." With these bullet points (provided by special guest @RonsCompVids ) in mind, we take a critical look at a Philips CD-i retrospective, discuss a substantial update to the Stop Killing Games movement, and dig into the fundamental right of physical media ownership. We share your top tips to avoid doomscrolling and introduce a new Community Question of the Week: what retro technology would you resuscitate with a one BILLION dollar budget? 00:00 - Show Opening 05:18 - Was The CD-i Doomed From The Start?Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNDm13SbX_Q 30:54 - Ross Has Saved Your GameStory Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/stop-killing-games-is-launching-ngos-in-the-european-union-and-the-us-were-not-just-going-away-on-this/ 48:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 58:51 - Streaming Is So Last YearStory Link: https://www.whathifi.com/streaming-entertainment/why-ill-never-give-up-my-dvd-collection 01:15:02 - Community Question of the Week 🏆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.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro 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 SDF Public Access UNIX: https://connect.sdf.org/ Commercial Availability Of Pre-2010 Games: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Frflir4u3odkg1.jpeg THEA1200 Preorder: https://retrogames.biz/products/thea1200/ Dolphin Emulator: https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2026/02/16/rise-of-the-triforce/ Lemmings 35th Anniversary: https://youtu.be/Ulx0WE8KnA4 ATABoy: https://youtu.be/XUmxxTCaCM4 Echo Aviation Controller: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/honeycomb-echo-aviation-controller-review Games You Missed: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rbp5d2/new_column_from_itsmethyroid_games_you_missed/ Giant Macintosh: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/case-mods/computer-history-museum-unveils-comically-large-scale-rendition-of-the-1986-apple-macintosh-plus-towering-all-in-ones-keyboard-looks-disproportionately-huge-today
Previous episodes
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350 - Remember The CD-i? - This Week In Retro 257 Sat, 28 Feb 2026
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349 - The History Of Shoot 'Em Ups - This Week In Retro 256 Sat, 21 Feb 2026
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348 - The Last 8-Bit Episode - This Week In Retro 255 Sat, 14 Feb 2026
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347 - Preserving Atari’s Legacy - This Week In Retro 254 Sat, 07 Feb 2026
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346 - PicoIDE Has Arrived! - This Week In Retro 253 Sat, 31 Jan 2026
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345 - Australia’s Computing History - This Week In Retro 252 Sat, 24 Jan 2026
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344 - Long Live Home Arcade Gaming! - This Week In Retro 251 Sat, 17 Jan 2026
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343 - Still a Racing Show - This Week In Retro 250 Sat, 10 Jan 2026
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342 - 2025 Unseen Bits - This Week In Retro Sat, 27 Dec 2025
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341 - Commodores Under the Christmas Tree - This Week In Retro 249 Sat, 20 Dec 2025
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340 - RAM Prices Skyrocketing (In the 1990s) - This Week In Retro 248 Sat, 13 Dec 2025
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339 - Let’s Talk About Joysticks - This Week In Retro 247 Sat, 06 Dec 2025
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338 - SEGA Master System Hits 40 - This Week In Retro 246 Sat, 29 Nov 2025
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337 - eXoWin9x Is Here - This Week In Retro 245 Sat, 22 Nov 2025
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336 - New CPC Games - Heavy Metal Computing - 1980s Space Shooters - This Week In Retro 244 Sat, 15 Nov 2025
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335 - A Blast From The Past - This Week In Retro 243 Sat, 08 Nov 2025
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334 - Get Ready For THEA1200 - This Week In Retro 242 Sat, 01 Nov 2025
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333 - A Zombie Console Awakes - This Week In Retro 241 Sat, 25 Oct 2025
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332 - Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240 Sat, 18 Oct 2025
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331 - The High Cost Of Computing - This Week In Retro 239 Sat, 11 Oct 2025
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330 - The Pi500+ Looks Yummy - This Week In Retro 238 Sat, 04 Oct 2025
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329 - Which Way Is Up? - This Week In Retro 237 Sat, 27 Sep 2025
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328 - Massive Vintage Computer Festival - This Week In Retro 236 Sat, 20 Sep 2025
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327 - Commodore Datasette But Tiny - This Week In Retro 235 Sat, 13 Sep 2025
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326 - SID Tunes Better Than Arcade? - This Week In Retro 234 Sat, 06 Sep 2025
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325 - Setting TheA1200 Record Straight & Win 95 Is 30 - This Week In Retro 233 Sat, 30 Aug 2025
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324 - The Best of Tech’s Worst & New Retro Games - This Week In Retro 232 Sat, 23 Aug 2025
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323 - AOL Hangs Up - This Week In Retro 231 Sat, 16 Aug 2025
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322 - Three-Commodore Salute! - This Week In Retro 230 Sat, 09 Aug 2025
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321 - The Commodore Amiga Turns 40 - This Week In Retro 229 Sat, 02 Aug 2025
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320 - The Next Spectrum Next - This Week In Retro 228 Sat, 26 Jul 2025
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319 - Keeping Up With A Commodore! - This Week In Retro 227 Sat, 19 Jul 2025
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318 - Retro Upgrade Updates and Remembering Psygnosis - This Week In Retro 226 Sat, 12 Jul 2025
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317 - Who Owns Commodore & Outrunning The Stig - This Week In Retro 225 Sat, 05 Jul 2025
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316 - Check and Mate! - This Week In Retro 224 Sat, 21 Jun 2025
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315 - Happy Birthday ATARI ST - This Week In Retro 223 Sat, 14 Jun 2025
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314 - Star Wars: X-Wing Gets An Upgrade - This Week In Retro 222 Sat, 07 Jun 2025
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313 - Hot Tubs & Car Phones - This Week In Retro 221 Sat, 31 May 2025
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312 - Half A Century Of Type-Ins - This Week In Retro 220 Sat, 24 May 2025
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311 - Video Games Aren’t Real, They Can’t Hurt You! - This Week In Retro 219 Sat, 17 May 2025
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310 - Was 2000 The Best Year For Gaming? - This Week In Retro 218 Sat, 10 May 2025
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309 - Outrun On The Big Telly - This Week In Retro 217 Sat, 03 May 2025
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308 - Super Fast Win 98 Install - This Week In Retro 216 Sat, 26 Apr 2025
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307 - 16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215 Sat, 19 Apr 2025
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306 - Chiptune Heaven - This Week In Retro 214 Sat, 12 Apr 2025
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305 - Atari Shock - This Week In Retro 213 Sat, 05 Apr 2025
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304 - 4 Tales Of Retro Woe - This Week In Retro 212 Sat, 29 Mar 2025
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303 - Retro Tech Up In Smoke - This Week In Retro 211 Sat, 22 Mar 2025
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302 - The Next Episode - This Week In Retro 210 Sat, 15 Mar 2025
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301 - He's Back! - This Week In Retro 209 Sat, 08 Mar 2025