Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005AGIMA and Dave! A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.
https://TWIR.podbean.com
episode 89: Risk Free Retrobrite? - This Week In Retro 93
Hello, this week we have taken a look at a a remaster of Rise of the Triad which is coming soon. A contact free method for Retrobriting is highlighted which minimises risk but still gives good results in plastic colour restoration. Finally, there is discussion about the benefits and pitfalls of old computer systems still being used on a daily basis to run all sorts of things.
That and Chris and Dave go head to head as they try to guess the game from you answers to last week's Community Question Of The Week.
We will be back in 3 weeks!
00:00 - Show Opening
08:28 - Rise Of The Triad Remastered
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KGThR-8FEI
17:27 - A Restoration Even I Could Do
Story Link 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhxTtK42A8
Story Link 2: https://twitter.com/A3rgan/status/1539964670039076865?s=20&t=XgKL720Atg6N15Uv2AMyPQ
30:05 - BART Reaches 50 With Retro Help
Story Link: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/17/how-clever-mechanics-keep-50-year-old-bart-trains-running-windows-98-ebay-and-scraps/
41:00 - Community Question of the Week
????Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro
☕Or just buy us a coffee!
https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro
???? TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/