This Week in Retro

• Was 2000 The Best Year For Gaming? - This Week In Retro 218

  Thank you for joining us once again for another look at some up to date news for out of date tech. Jason joins us and has selected a story about distraction free computing using DOS. Chris returns and looks at a fantastic video about gaming in the year 2000. Dave's interest was piqued by the news that an anti-piracy campaign itself used pirated content... All this and the Community Question Of The Week We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine. Head over to https://www.addict.media/ for news on the latest issue as well as Amiga Addict and the special issues of Amstrad Addict and Atari Addict. 00:00 - Show Opening 04:33 - Anti-Piracy Piracy Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/amp/you-wouldnt-steal-a-font-famous-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-typeface-13357462 Additional Link: https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/  13:39 - What A Time To Be Alive Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSRjyR_ZJU Additional Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/ects2k-diary  24:37 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 29:55 - Weren’t Writers Antisocial Enough Already? Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/ 45:25 - 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/ 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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Briefs Links: ARM At 40: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/arm_40/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ91FpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHod-TE30LjAkdXDAPOeJjjJ75bj9YRUj-Rl9dLukw9B8n5whkT6sAHTp-xLs_aem_FOSTVcLsEQhMAGamhPePNg Pedro For The Electron: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1kafbqe/i_have_a_surplus_of_a_pretty_rubbish_game_imagine/ 16 Colour Doom On Atari ST: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port Japanese Game Preservation Society: https://www.timeextension.com/features/we-might-be-about-to-lose-a-powerful-force-in-the-world-of-video-game-preservation More Fun Talking With Happy Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jHejPL6_o Kung Fu SID: https://youtu.be/wmYTObiBfqI Retro Dog Fight Podcast: https://www.retrodogfight.com/

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• Outrun On The Big Telly - This Week In Retro 217

  🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Outrun is getting a movie, an Australian arcade is closing its doors and can you get Windows 3.1 to run on a Game Boy?  They started together so it seemed fitting they should be together again on Neil's last day as a regular host! John from Amigos Retro Gaming joins us for a chat. Who will replace Neil? All is revealed.  Amigos Retro Gaming have 10 years of content on the Commodore Amiga AND just about every other gaming system thanks to their multiple shows. Please visit https://www.youtube.com/@AmigosRetroGaming 00:00 - Show Opening 23:10 - Running Out… Of Movie Ideas Story Link: https://www.polygon.com/news/562889/outrun-movie-michael-bay-sydney-sweeney-sega-universal 37:43 - Aussie Arcade Runs Out Of Credits Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ1ALMXMwH8 Additional Links:  https://www.1uparcade.com.au/  https://www.1uparcade.com.au/games/  52:11 - Dave's Housekeeping  53:36 - Windows Goes Portable! Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/someone-has-created-a-version-of-windows-for-game-boy-and-yes-it-includes-minesweeper 01:00:42 - 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! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w  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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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• Super Fast Win 98 Install - This Week In Retro 216

  Bill Gates predicted the online future way back in 1993, how much did he get right? Was the first 3D game made in 1992? And what if you could install Windows 98 is just a couple of minutes? Clint from LGR joins us to talk about these fascinating subjects and more. You can see more from Clint over at LGR https://www.youtube.com/@LGR We are sponsored by Pixel Addict this week and they have a brand new issue out and it is all about the evolution of music in games. From Chiptunes to Cinematics! Head to their new website https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 08:34 - Gatesway To The Future Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QR9otLcnf0&feature=youtu.be 27:21 - 3D Video Games Didn’t Exist Until 1992 Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWlRy9lUAvs 40:03 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 45:00 - Windows 98 Faster! Story Link: https://youtu.be/8V1bE43nbHM?si=I08LoxPIfsIb9HIP 53:40 - 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! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w  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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Dave's Briefs Links: How Computer Graphics Changed The World: https://youtu.be/W8-54-9J9ns?si=eHpbefx57t3pLdpJ Airborne Ranger : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIQyvV6G4yk Dan Wood At VCF East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_AYDkuMg-U Box Art Lied To Us: https://www.polygon.com/q-and-a/558797/video-game-box-art-book-interview Virtual Boy Mario Land: https://www.polygon.com/news/559071/rare-virtual-boy-mario-land-screenshots-1995 Episode Credits By Microsoft, flag logo designed by Jonathan D. Cowles and Jeff Boettcher - Logopedia, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116019255

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• 16-Bit Demakes & OS Updates - This Week In Retro 215

  🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Jason from The Retro Adventurers joins us again today and tells us all about three new OS updates. Neil has a couple of demakes for 16-bit machines to talk about and Dave wonders is GTA really is the most influential game of all time. All this and more retro news in brief plus your answers to our Question Of The Week. You can find out more about The Retro Adventurers at: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ 00:00 - Show Opening 03:22 - Three Operating System Upgrades, For Those Who Know How To Use ‘Em Story Link 1: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/10/amigaos_3_2_3/ Story Link 2: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/freedos_14/ Story Link 3: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/01/risc_os_open_moonshots/ RISC OS On Raspberry Pi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sneYGad3j5I The Deathbed Vigil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaTjwo1ywcI 19:23 - 16-Bit Demakes Story Link 1 : https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/no-youre-not-dreaming-farming-simulator-is-getting-an-official-sega-mega-drive-genesis-port Story Link 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqsaE7lEhQY 30:33 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 38:23 - The Most Influential Game In The World Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/how-chaotic-gang-of-british-geeks-launched-one-of-most-lucrative-gaming-franchises-of-all-time-13344263 49:55 - 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! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w  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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Dave's Briefs Links: The Retro Museum: https://retrocomputermuseum.co.uk/ Compute!’s Gazette: https://www.computesgazette.com/iconic-computes-gazette-magazine-returns-after-35-years-expanding-focus-to-entire-retro-computing-community/ Dual SID Jump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzvkWlDq2TM 1000 Classic PC Games: https://kotaku.com/gog-massive-sale-classic-games-deus-ex-sim-city-fallout-1851775895 VCF East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BTxddKZbhA Out Of Print Archive: https://www.outofprintarchive.com/index.html

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• Chiptune Heaven - This Week In Retro 214

  A chiptunes documentary, a top ten list of influential games that seems a bit dodgy and ten seems to be the idea age to want to go back to. We are joined by Matt from TechMadeEasy. Our sponsor PIXEL ADDICT magazine has a new website! Check it out at https://www.addict.media/ where you can order the very latest issue and see absolutely everything else from Addict Media. Tell them we sent you and you will get a knowing nod! You can find out more about Matt and TechMadeEasy from the YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@TechMadeEasyUK or https://www.techmadeeasy.co.uk 00:00 - Show Opening 05:42 - Shen Mooooooooooooo! Story Link: https://www.polygon.com/news/550231/shenmue-bafta-most-influential-game-all-time 23:46 - Ten Is The Magic Number Story Link: https://www.iflscience.com/retro-gamers-like-to-revisit-the-games-they-played-when-they-were-10-78700 Additional Link: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wt6yb_v1 34:36 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 43:15 - Chiptune Heaven Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U82IdByPUE 50:51 - 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! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/@UCLEoyoOKZK0idGqSc6Pi23w  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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Dave's Briefs Links: Doom Tune: https://youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8 Daddy Mulk Tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJwQP3MTpEQ BG Ollie's Daddy Mulk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z2aEsID3zU Nostalgia Nerd Before Google https://youtu.be/812YkCrmksk New N-Gage Game: https://www.androidpolice.com/new-nokia-n-gage-boxed-game-available/ Salmon Survival: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/how-a-1980s-atari-creator-with-cystic-fibrosis-crafted-a-story-of-salmon-survival/ OpenLara On Amiga: https://amigaalive.blogspot.com/2025/04/lara-croft-literally-runs-on-amiga.html

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