This Week in Retro
Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
Categories: Technology
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We take on a Sega myth, an Amiga delay, and debate the merits of the latest games enshrined in the Hall of Fame at The Strong Museum of Play. We're joined this week by Jo Cook of the UK Amstrad Group, holding its inaugural live user event next month. See https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/01/08/more-info-on-the-june-uk-amstrad-group-meet for more information on the UKAG meet, and visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:54 - Hall Of Fame GamesStory Link: https://www.museumofplay.org/exhibits/world-video-game-hall-of-fame/inducted-games/Board games: https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/05/09/retro-games-leave-the-screen-play-pac-man-level-ten-and-8bit-box-at-ukag/ 27:19 - Old Masters Never Give UpStory Link: https://www.xda-developers.com/the-sega-master-system-is-still-being-made-and-sold-in-brazil-37-years-later/ 40:31 - Housekeeping - News links found below 44:44 - Merry Christmas AmigansStory Link: https://www.facebook.com/THEC64andMoreByRetroGamesLtd 57:56 - 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/@TheRetroAdventurers 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 Wolfenstein docs: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t5jzp6/as_a_german_this_is_very_funny_to_me/ Melbourne House archives: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t7zg94/former_melbourne_house_developer_surfaces_with/ Sierra game upscaling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Yp9S23ICo AMD K5 support: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/amds-legendary-k5-its-first-independently-designed-processor-is-being-removed-from-the-linux-kernel-4-3-million-transistor-chip-gets-the-axe-because-it-lacks-time-stamp-counter-tsc-support-making-it-a-coding-burden Atari acquires Wizardry: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260506151146/en/Atari-Acquires-Rights-to-the-Legendary-Wizardry-RPGs IcePi FPGA C64: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1t76ofv/icepizeroc64_tiny_and_fully_opensource_fpgabased/
Previous episodes
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361 - All Aboard To the Hall Of Fame - This Week In Retro 268 Sat, 16 May 2026
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360 - Pocket Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum - This Week In Retro 267 Sat, 09 May 2026
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359 - Penny Pushers & Other Horrors - This Week In Retro 266 Sat, 02 May 2026
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358 - Neo-Geo is Back & Locking Down The C64 Ultimate - This Week In Retro 265 Sat, 25 Apr 2026
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357 - Unity Engine For PS1?! - This Week In Retro 264 Sat, 18 Apr 2026
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356 - Apple Computer At 50 - This Week In Retro 263 Sat, 11 Apr 2026
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355 - News From Kay To Zee - This Week In Retro 262 Sat, 04 Apr 2026
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354 - Plug In All The Joysticks - This Week In Retro 261 Sat, 28 Mar 2026
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353 - New Old Games - This Week In Retro 260 Sat, 21 Mar 2026
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352 - Retro Certifications and Turbo Scooter - This Week In Retro 259 Sat, 14 Mar 2026
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351 - Epic Adventures In 64K - This Week in Retro 258 Sat, 07 Mar 2026
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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