Rees Rambles

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In this episode I talk about a rat in my kitchen, the campaign to save Mass Effect, 35 years of Civilization, an open-source LEGO Loco remake, Halo in Roblox, Zero Wing clothing, RAM shortages until 2030, 3dfx Glide on Vulkan, fake PS5 emulators, Taki Udon's FPGA Game Boy, the spooky MyHouse.wad, a tribute to Sir Patrick Stewart & more!

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Episode links and Videos Of The Week: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2026-10-30-save-mass-effect-civilization-turns-35-spooky-doom-rip-sir-patrick-stewart-more-ramble-176.html

Chapters:
00:00:00 There's A Rat In Mi Kitchen
00:07:39 PCBWay
00:08:34 Save Mass Effect!
00:20:49 Civilization Turns 35
00:33:17 NOT Rees's Pieces
01:01:22 The (Spooky) DOOM Shrine
01:09:37 Videos Of The Week
01:16:49 RIP Sir Patrick Stewart

#SaveMassEffect #ReesRambles #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #Civilization

In this episode I talk about Chords, a cyberpunk visual novel coming to the Mega Drive, EA shutting down BioWare, the Atari VCS store closing with a positive twist, a Doom engine for the NES, DOOM on a clamp meter and a vape, using AI to make smart TVs less annoying, a plug-and-play PS1 optical drive emulator, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt for Windows 98, a 6502 laptop, a new Dizzy collection for the Mega Drive, AI slop flooding Steam Next Fest, cloning fears delaying an indie playtest, an unusual CPU swap for the original Xbox & more!Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesramblesThe official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltreesSubscribe to Rees Rambles on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reesramblesJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/5k922pd8PWEpisode Links:Chords On Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4909120/Chords/Chords Official Site: https://www.pixelpushergames.co.uk/chords/Matteusbeus On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MatteusBeusRetroDevMatteusbeus' Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroSegaDev2Matteusbeus On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/matteubeus?welcomeModal=showEA Shuts Down BioWare: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/ea-officially-shuts-down-bioware-and-cuts-400-jobs-mass-effect-5-has-been-cancelledMy Atari VCS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlFPpd7u20Atari Ends VCS Support: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-is-ending-support-for-its-2021-vcs-console-will-release-a-homebrew-app-to-let-players-keep-making-and-adding-games/Doom NES: https://nancygold.itch.io/doom-nesDOOM On A Clamp Meter: https://github.com/ArturBieniek4/DMC100-DoomDOOM On A Vape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNx4T7kC93wUsing AI To Make Smart TVs Dumb Again: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/people-are-using-ai-to-make-their-smart-tvs-dumb-again/Plug & Play PS1 ODE: https://x.com/krikzz/status/2110718308844744934USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt For Windows 98: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/thunderbolt-strikes-windows98/LT6502b Laptop: https://www.maddox.pro/?p=448Codeberg Of The Above: https://codeberg.org/TechPaula/LT6502bCrankfruit Game Player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6j7aCtP2INew Dizzy Collection: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/the-oliver-twins-mark-40-years-of-dizzy-with-new-sega-genesis-mega-drive-collectionSteam Next Fest AI Slop: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/thin-end-of-the-wedge-steam-next-fest-under-fire-as-demo-festival-drowns-in-a-flood-of-ai-slopCloning Fears Delay Playtest: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/too-big-a-risk-indie-dev-digital-sun-delays-revamp-public-playtest-over-ai-cloning-fearsC3 1.2GHz CPU In An Original Xbox: https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/1xa63l7/i_had_to_know_if_it_would_work_via_c3_12ghz_cpu/Video Of The Week 1 (Jenovi 32X Audio Limits): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYMxTwz7FkVideo Of The Week 2 (Windows 2000 On An Original Xbox): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1LQpWCVnAMVideo Of The Week 3 (Gamers Nexus DDR3 Rides Again): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4c2FSSaCswVideo Of The Week 4 (TNMoC Tony Sale Award 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmUtew0NaTQChapters:00:00:00 Good News For Cyberpunk Graphic Novel Fans!00:08:21 RIP BioWare00:15:27 RIP Atari VCS (With A Positive Twist)00:26:32 The DOOM Shrine00:35:43 Making Your Smart TV Less Annoying... With AI00:43:29 Definitely NOT Rees's Pieces00:55:37 Videos Of The Week01:06:06 ...And Finally

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In this episode I talk about the new studio, a decompilation community shut down by AI, the first human-led Beetle Adventure Racing recomp, Ultima Underworld rebuilt for modern systems, Sinclair's ULA design documents, DOOM on a Hasselblad camera and through DNS, the ESA vs retro handhelds, 30 years of 3dfx, Apple Records vs Apple Computer, Ubisoft's remote working row, Dungeon Master in ScummVM, GTA's Atari ST origins, a tribute to Richard "Levelord" Gray & more!

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesrambles
The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees

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Episode Links:
AI Shuts Down Decomp Community: https://www.404media.co/video-game-reverse-engineering-community-shuts-down-because-ai-has-made-it-too-easy/
decomp.dev: https://decomp.dev/?ref=404media.co
Human-Led Beetle Adventure Racing Recomp: https://www.timeextension.com/features/well-be-the-first-human-led-recomp-vibe-coders-outpaced-them-but-this-beetle-adventure-racing-fan-isnt-giving-up
Underworld Exhumed: https://github.com/abedegno/underworld-exhumed
Enhancements For The Above: https://github.com/abedegno/underworld-exhumed/blob/main/docs/ENHANCEMENTS.md
Exhume Toolkit: https://github.com/abedegno/Exhume
Sinclair ULA Design Docs: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/15/45-years-later-the-sinclair-ula-design-documents-surface/
Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiW3P1rJRMc
Ferranti Docs Archive: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_6S9HtXdFBRyo7NQ52pcOQgZlP1N_M-T/edit?gid=2081835427#gid=2081835427
DOOM On A Hasselblad: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/researcher-ports-doom-to-usd8-000-hasselblad-x2d-100-mp-medium-format-camera-uses-touchscreen-for-directional-control-shutter-button-to-fire-weapon
DOOM Via DNS: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/10/12/no-shame-in-the-domain-name-game-dns-is-doomed-literally/5302670
ESA Vs Retro Handhelds: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/us-government-told-to-flag-retro-handhelds-loaded-with-pirated-games-as-a-notorious-market/
3dfx Voodoo Turns 30: https://www.club386.com/3dfx-voodoo-history-ross-smith-interview/
Apple Records Vs Apple Computer: https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-apple-records-sued-apple-computer/
Ubisoft Remote Working Row: https://www.verticalslice.news/this-is-your-crisis-this-is-your-failure-inside-the-global-battle-to-preserve-remote-working-at-ubisoft/
Dungeon Master In ScummVM: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/scummvm-now-supports-ftls-legendary-1987-adventure-dungeon-master
GTA's Atari ST Origins: https://bsky.app/profile/philsan.bsky.social/post/3mxox2b2vca2e
Play The Prototype: https://patkerr.co.uk/2d-vehicles/
Levelord Obituary: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/legendary-level-designer-richard-levelord-gray-has-died/

Video Of The Week 1 (Adam Sipione Why Is Shenmue?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3vlpBehcI
Video Of The Week 2 (CNCDan Space Cadet Pinball): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtXlG4FHs88
Video Of The Week 3 (Kevin Moonlight PicoPCMCIA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKyWd5aae8
Video Of The Week 4 (SoundFontGuy PS1 Music): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1rn0YP3OLU
Video Of The Week 5 (The 8-Bit Guy's Movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmgeFTAk2a8

Chapters:
00:00:00 Studio Update
00:04:00 PCBWay
00:04:48 Major Decompilation Community Shuts Down Thanks To AI
00:17:50 Ultima Underworld For Modern Systems
00:30:18 Sinclair Preserved! Ferranti ULA Design Docs Released
00:38:55 The DOOM Shrine
00:47:48 Definitely NOT Reese's Pieces
01:00:18 Videos Of The Week
01:12:45 A Tribute To Richard "Levelord" Gray

In this episode I talk about Heretic and Hexen, ArtCraft's AI-coded clones of Adobe's apps and Microsoft Office, DOOM on the Vectrex, in a Microsoft developer tool, on a pen plotter and on a PlayStation memory card, video games on VHS, newly surfaced footage from Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot, a warning for Playdate owners, Max Toy's short tenure at Commodore, modern Nvidia GPUs on Windows XP, an Atari 2600 handheld with a CRT, open source replacement boards for the SNES, Famicom and Sega CD, a tribute to Apollo software pioneer Margaret Hamilton & more!

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The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees

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Episode Links:
Heretic Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xklmh0dz2I
Hexen Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOWDbU1voE
ArtCraft: https://getartcraft.com/pricing
ArtCraft's Clean-Room Claims: https://bsky.app/profile/matthodges.bsky.social/post/3mxbzlzahok2u
ArtCraft Takes On Microsoft Office: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/rust-upstart-reveals-reimplementation-of-microsoft-office-with-claude-on-coding-duty/5301952
DOOM On The Vectrex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDJuGPmYWis
DOOM In Microsoft's Aspire Dashboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPj2DK6CPk&t=345s
DOOM On A Pen Plotter: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/comments/1wz4k5o/playing_doom_at_000881057_fps/
DOOM On VHS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgEQVsysYM
DOOM On A PlayStation Memory Card: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/superstation-ones-usd20-memory-card-goes-on-sale-today-and-yes-it-plays-doom
Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Footage: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-footage-from-xboxs-cancelled-perfect-dark-reboot-surfaces-online
Video Of The Above: https://x.com/IdleSloth84_/status/2107577138140586402
Playdate Certificate Expiry Warning: https://www.siliconera.com/psa-panic-recommends-update-as-older-playdate-os-secure-certificates-about-to-expire/
ZX Spectrum Book Smashes Kickstarter Goal: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-book-celebrating-45-years-of-the-zx-spectrum-smashes-its-kickstarter-goal-day-one
In-Flight Nintendo Console: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocomputers/posts/29405041699098998/?hpir=1&_rdr
Max Toy's Short Tenure At Commodore: https://dfarq.homeip.net/max-toy-embattled-commodore-president/
Nvidia Pascal GPUs On Windows XP: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/modder-brings-nvidia-pascal-gpu-support-to-windows-xp-32-bit-modded-drivers-unlock-better-displayport-and-hdmi-support-for-modern-monitors
Atari 2600 Handheld With A CRT: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/07/handheld-atari-2600-packs-a-crt/
Starlight Retro Open Source Boards: https://bsky.app/profile/starlightk7.bsky.social/post/3mxbxeuagbc2n
Buy Page For The Above: https://starlight-retro.com/buy/
Margaret Hamilton Obituary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5yn46j41zpo

Video Of The Week 1 (GlassTTY Newbury Newbear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBDzNDR9Bic
Video Of The Week 2 (Throaty Mumbo Games on VHS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgEQVsysYM
Video Of The Week 2 (RetroBytes History Of Cray): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgnDD83m-U
Video Of The Week 3 (Talos Principle 3 Gameplay Reveal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-btaymgEY

Chapters:
00:00:00 This Week I Have Been Mostly Playing
00:07:47 AI Slop Takes On Adobe... And Microsoft?
00:20:34 The DOOM Shrine
00:32:04 Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Footage Found!
00:42:12 Not Rees's Pieces
00:56:58 Videos Of The Week
01:06:06 ...And Finally

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In this episode I talk about a fellow retro nerd on The Great British Bake Off, a whole host of new Sonic ports for the Amiga, SNES and Atari STe, an operating system that turns the Atari Jaguar into Atari's cancelled "Painter" computer, a vibe-coded Knuckles' Chaotix recompilation that hasn't exactly impressed fans, a secret hidden on the Xevious 3D/G+ disc uncovered by our very own mnemo, DOOM on Picotron, Cyriak tinkering with Doom Builder, DOOM drawn by a pen plotter, the untimely passing of Project Gotham Racing developer David "Bone" Gill & more!

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Episode Links:
Danni On The Great British Bake Off: https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/bakers/series-17-danni/
Sonic On The Amiga (Aonic): https://reassembler68k.itch.io/aonic
Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3htbBw-zlg
Making Sonic Sound Like Sonic On The Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz2C3d2orvQ
SuperSonic SNES Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfJKVQOcAdk
Sonic 1 On The Atari STe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbaR_7wfPik
Atari Painter Prototype Info: https://atari-explorer.ctrl-alt-rees.com/protos/protos-painter.html
JagOS 'Spot' For The Atari Jaguar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A
Vibe-Coded Knuckles' Chaotix Recomp: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/this-is-what-happens-when-you-rely-on-ai-slop-fans-arent-impressed-with-vibe-coded-knuckles-chaotix-recomp
mnemo's Xevious 3D/G+ Secret: https://www.mnemotron.de/xev/
TCRF Page For The Above: https://tcrf.net/Xevious_3D/G%2B
The Making Of Xevious: https://shmuplations.com/makingofxevious/
Picotron: https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php
DOOM On Picotron: https://bsky.app/profile/fsouchu.bsky.social/post/3mwglutzfl22i
Cyriak's Doom Builder Experiments: https://bsky.app/profile/cyriak.bsky.social/post/3mwlil6oiks2v
DOOM E1M1 Plotter Art: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/comments/1wvchcf/doom_e1m1/
David "Bone" Gill Tribute: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/one-of-the-finest-coders-id-worked-with-tributes-pour-in-for-star-citizen-wetrix-and-project-gotham-racing-dev-david-bone-gill

Video Of The Week 1 (Emmet Custom CD Console Build): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW5HGrhBync
Video Of The Week 2 (Loyal Moses They're Banning Your Home Servers): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOau7CLCCU
Video Of The Week 3 (Atari Legend Alien Breed Clones On The Atari ST): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di90BUS_fUc
Video Of The Week 4 (Tech Tangents Origins Of The 3.5" Floppy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djsyVgTGaRk

Chapters:
00:00:00 Bake-Off Preamble
00:08:24 PCBWay
00:09:16 Interesting New Sonic Ports!
00:21:41 Atari "Painter" Cancelled Project OS
00:32:40 Sloppy Knuckles
00:41:26 mnemo's Xevious Secret
00:53:08 OK Doomer
01:03:05 Videos Of The Week
01:12:59 Tribute To David "Bone" Gill