This Week in Retro

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.

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episode 123: Nintendo Murders Dolphin - This Week In Retro 127


Saturday morning wouldn't be the same without your bowl full of retro goodness. This week our stories cover the end of the Dolphin on Steam, the FMV classic The 7th Guest remake, and Doom running on Teletext! The usual tangents are taken and another ...


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 June 10, 2023  1h18m
 
 

episode 122: Mc Donalds Nugget Plays Tetris - This Week In Retro 126


We are joined by Rees from ctrl-alt-rees this week to chat about some of the stories that you have suggested for us on our Reddit page. The WinXP activation process can now be completed without the need to go online thanks to a new process. A shop th...


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 June 3, 2023  1h4m
 
 

episode 121: Size Matters! - This Week In Retro 125


We are back to chat about going to the pub to game using both their kit and your own. We then move on to looking at some new, old-school, handheld PC devices. Finishing with a story about how the Miami F1GP was captured to floppy disk! All this and t...


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 May 27, 2023  1h18m
 
 

episode 120: Falcon Crash Lands Back at Microprose - This Week In Retro 124


Jason from Mr Lurch's Things joins us once again for this longer than usual chat about retro gaming, old tech and more. Microprose has reacquired the Falcon series of flight sims. Classic game Mercenary has been given a modern makeover which doesn't ...


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 May 13, 2023  1h26m
 
 

episode 119: It’s Burger Time! - This Week In Retro 123


How do you recreate images made on such an early build of an art package that there was no save function? The answer is found within one of the stories we cover This Week In Retro! We also have a couple of cool tech builds to look at.  One allows a P...


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 May 6, 2023  58m
 
 

episode 118: Imagine A New Atari - This Week In Retro 122


Talking retro computers and more this week we are joined by Gareth from Pixel Addict magazine (he assures us he isn't here to oversee the sponsorship slot).  We'll be taking a look at an Atari 800XL recreation, talking about how your mind was an esse...


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 April 29, 2023  1h11m
 
 

episode 117: WinAmp Gets Whipped Again, But Has It Gone Too Far? - This Week In Retro 121


We are once again joined by Mark Fixes Stuff, as last time he was on he missed out on a chat with Neil. This week's stories are: WinAmp returns transformed, but is it for the better? Did you know that you could run an ISA soundcard through your PC's ...


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 April 22, 2023  59m
 
 

episode 116: Is PS3 Retro yet? - This Week In Retro 120


We are joined by Amstrad streamer Xyphoe (Al) this week to talk about the mobile/cell phone hitting 50 years old, to ponder if the PS3 really is retro and to remember our old navigation buddy Autoroute.  All this and more plus the Community Question ...


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 April 15, 2023  1h11m
 
 

episode 115: Is Everyone Going To Sue The Internet? - This Week In Retro 119


The Internet Archive is being sued, is it really the end of Moore's Law and the brand new ZX Spectrum which recreates the entire box fresh experience.  All this and our community question of the week, will your answer be read out? We are sponsored (i...


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 April 8, 2023  1h1m
 
 

episode 114: Encyclopaedias, Disc or Book? - This Week In Retro 118


No Dave this week, if you find him wandering please point him in the direction of home.  This means that it is down to Neil and Chris to muse this week's topics. Microsoft's Encarta is having a big birthday, what are your memories of the multimedia e...


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 April 1, 2023  1h1m