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episode 132: It Is Time To Un-Eliminate CRT Monitors! - This Week In Retro 136
Have you ever thrown away your game boxes only to wish you hadn't? What if we could revive all those dead CRT screens? Did you ever see the DVD player that though it was a gaming console?
All this plus the Community Question Of The Week AND a special guest!
This is your weekly look at some Retro Gaming stories.
Please check out our guest's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees
00:00 - Show Opening
06:56 - Best Boxes Banished
Story Link: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-the-games-we-got-rid-of-what-were-we-thinking
Big Big Collection: https://bigboxcollection.com/#CollectionOverview
28:29 - Adrian Black Says CRTs Are Back
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoqflFfvkR0
Link to the product: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/1005005439371756.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
39:58 - What Nuon About?
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/features/ultimate-guide-nuon-the-dvd-player-that-tried-to-be-a-games-console-and-failed
Nuon Specs: https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-nuon.htm#page=specs
PlayStation 2 Specs: https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-playstation_2.htm#page=specs
51:18 - 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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.