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episode 81: Buying Every Video Game....Ever!? - This Week In Retro 85
An old friend returns this week to talk about efforts that are underway to collect and preserve each and every game ever. We check out Doom running within Doom and lets not forget musical masterpieces hidden within PlayStation 1 games.
All that and our community question of the week.
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- 00:00 - Show Opening
- 12:04 - Unexpected Musical Masterpieces
Story Link: https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/outstanding-orchestra-retro-playstation-games-with-surprising-soundtracks - 27:22 - Doomception
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/even-doom-can-now-run-doom/ - 35:49 - Who Deserves To Preserve?
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/w53nuw/random_elected_official_in_japan_is_looking_to/
Additional Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7b8wy/why-is-a-game-publisher-trying-to-buy-every-video-game-ever-made?utm_source=reddit.com - 52:17 - Community Question of the Week
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