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episode 155: What Killed The Xbox? - This Week In Retro 159
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episode 154: Are Pirates The Good Guys? - This Week In Retro 158
Retro DRM getting on your nerves? Microsoft dropped support for Safedisc years ago but now there is a new workaround. A new way of managing RAM in DOS should make getting your favourite games running easier. Did you ever wonder just how the blue LED ...
episode 153: Bowser Owes Nintendo $$$$ - This Week In Retro 157
???? Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! ???? Windows 3.11 is still used on the German train network. Madness or perfectly reasonable? It turns out that the Sinclair Spectrum can Ray Trace!! The story of the 3 Bowsers, how game ...
episode 152: Can Anything Kill Crusty The Mac? TWiR with The h0ff - This Week In Retro 156
We are joined by musician/coder H0ffman this week. He gives us his opinions on a new version of the original Doom which has had features that didn't make it to the final version that we know and love. Have you heard the tale of Crusty the Mac? This p...
episode 151: CHRIS SACKED - This Week In Retro 155
???? Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! ???? It's a sad day at TWIR as we say a fond farewell to Chris as a regular host. He leaves us having chatted about a top 14 Amiga games list and how he was once fired from GAME, a compan...
episode 150: The Atari 400 Returns - This Week In Retro 154
Classic Sega arcade games have been ranked, do we agree? The next mini console will be the Atari 400 (not technically a console) and a PlayStation console is brutally forced into a SNES case....its awesome fun. All this plus a look at other retro gam...
episode 149: 2024 Is The Year Of Retro Computing - This Week In Retro 153
???? Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! ???? Retro Computing in 2024 is set to be great. We take a look at just a few of the projects coming this year. Did you ever wonder why X-Wing never got an Amiga Port? We now know why. An...
episode 148: 2023 Unseen Bits - This Week In Retro 152
That wraps up another year of This Week In Retro. Here are some unseen bits that we collected during the past 12 months. Thank you very much for watching/listening and for getting involved in the comments here or on Reddit. A HUGE thank you to our P...
episode 147: A Retro Christmas - This Week In Retro 151
An IT shop in Canterbury might fool you into thinking you are shopping in the 1990s. Can arcade games ported to home systems actually be better than the originals? We chat about some of our favourite retro gaming activities at this time of year. We a...
episode 146: The SEGA Neptune Lives - This Week In Retro 150
???? Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! ???? The SEGA Neptune, the could have been Mega Drive/Genesis with X32 hardware built in has been created, and it looks awesome. Can AI be used to help with COBOL programming? How did we ...