Velociraptor
@davevelociraptor.bsky.social
Extinct, chicken sized feathered dinosaur. Host on TWiR.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
November 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ
Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!
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Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!
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This month on our Patreon: Chris, Dave, and Jason present renewed up-to-date news for out-of-date tech, because the existing once-up-to-date news about that out-of-date tech is now itself out-of-date.
260 Weeks Ago in Retro for October 2025 is now live for subscribers at patreon.com/thisweekinretro.
260 Weeks Ago in Retro for October 2025 is now live for subscribers at patreon.com/thisweekinretro.
October 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This month on our Patreon: Chris, Dave, and Jason present renewed up-to-date news for out-of-date tech, because the existing once-up-to-date news about that out-of-date tech is now itself out-of-date.
260 Weeks Ago in Retro for October 2025 is now live for subscribers at patreon.com/thisweekinretro.
260 Weeks Ago in Retro for October 2025 is now live for subscribers at patreon.com/thisweekinretro.
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A zombie console awakes! Strange experiments in life after death for this Halloween episode. youtu.be/hY6ARaYCPus
Atari reanimates Intellivision's corpse, and we test saying "Sega" repeatedly to cause oversized arcade cabinets to appear in a mirror. Plus your whiz kid memories on This Week in Retro!
Atari reanimates Intellivision's corpse, and we test saying "Sega" repeatedly to cause oversized arcade cabinets to appear in a mirror. Plus your whiz kid memories on This Week in Retro!
October 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A zombie console awakes! Strange experiments in life after death for this Halloween episode. youtu.be/hY6ARaYCPus
Atari reanimates Intellivision's corpse, and we test saying "Sega" repeatedly to cause oversized arcade cabinets to appear in a mirror. Plus your whiz kid memories on This Week in Retro!
Atari reanimates Intellivision's corpse, and we test saying "Sega" repeatedly to cause oversized arcade cabinets to appear in a mirror. Plus your whiz kid memories on This Week in Retro!
Peak Atari ST!
This is how I used to play Dungeon Master back in the day: on the Atari ST, in the dark, oppressive silence... Jumping on my seat hearing the roar of a monster attacking from behind!
Photo shot from my studio.
CRT scanlines only, no emulation, that's my philosophy.
Continued youtu.be/6hYV-i_dSQQ
Photo shot from my studio.
CRT scanlines only, no emulation, that's my philosophy.
Continued youtu.be/6hYV-i_dSQQ
October 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Peak Atari ST!
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Is the Rasperry Pi 500+ bringing wedgetops back? Did Jordan Mechner clear up Prince of Persia history on our subreddit? Is there such a thing as too much Infocom?
youtu.be/eOPYzQ0we9g
Plus your preferred control schemes on This Week in Retro 238, available now on YouTube and all podcast platforms!
youtu.be/eOPYzQ0we9g
Plus your preferred control schemes on This Week in Retro 238, available now on YouTube and all podcast platforms!
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Is the Rasperry Pi 500+ bringing wedgetops back? Did Jordan Mechner clear up Prince of Persia history on our subreddit? Is there such a thing as too much Infocom?
youtu.be/eOPYzQ0we9g
Plus your preferred control schemes on This Week in Retro 238, available now on YouTube and all podcast platforms!
youtu.be/eOPYzQ0we9g
Plus your preferred control schemes on This Week in Retro 238, available now on YouTube and all podcast platforms!
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It's The Taylor and Amy Show featuring a couple of bald guys for Microsoft's open-source BASIC, data on microcassette, and "software deconstructionist" Christopher Drum. youtu.be/UHYscl1Ayqg
Plus KIM-1, model rockets, your arcade theme songs, and a new Question of the Week!
Plus KIM-1, model rockets, your arcade theme songs, and a new Question of the Week!
September 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It's The Taylor and Amy Show featuring a couple of bald guys for Microsoft's open-source BASIC, data on microcassette, and "software deconstructionist" Christopher Drum. youtu.be/UHYscl1Ayqg
Plus KIM-1, model rockets, your arcade theme songs, and a new Question of the Week!
Plus KIM-1, model rockets, your arcade theme songs, and a new Question of the Week!
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"Hey, Altair! Hey, IMSAI!"
It's The Taylor and Amy Show this week, Dave and Jason are just providing the backbeat of news and your Personal Theme Song views on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
@tayloramyshow.bsky.social
It's The Taylor and Amy Show this week, Dave and Jason are just providing the backbeat of news and your Personal Theme Song views on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
@tayloramyshow.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Hey, Altair! Hey, IMSAI!"
It's The Taylor and Amy Show this week, Dave and Jason are just providing the backbeat of news and your Personal Theme Song views on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
@tayloramyshow.bsky.social
It's The Taylor and Amy Show this week, Dave and Jason are just providing the backbeat of news and your Personal Theme Song views on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
@tayloramyshow.bsky.social
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Let's play "Chaos Strikes Back" Episode 10 on the Atari ST #AtariST #retrogaming #Atari ... youtu.be/4XnZo9A90Ok
Let's play Chaos Strikes Back (Dungeon Master) - Atari ST - Ep 10
YouTube video by Gears of Games
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September 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Let's play "Chaos Strikes Back" Episode 10 on the Atari ST #AtariST #retrogaming #Atari ... youtu.be/4XnZo9A90Ok
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Don't call it a Maxi! Clarity about THEA1200 plus a new mini-Vectrex, a look back at the 30th anniversary of Microsoft going mainstream with Windows 95, and the would-be IBM/Apple killer the Commodore 128. youtu.be/-GArvyKnb1o
Plus the tech inventions you're happiest without in Episode 233!
Plus the tech inventions you're happiest without in Episode 233!
August 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Don't call it a Maxi! Clarity about THEA1200 plus a new mini-Vectrex, a look back at the 30th anniversary of Microsoft going mainstream with Windows 95, and the would-be IBM/Apple killer the Commodore 128. youtu.be/-GArvyKnb1o
Plus the tech inventions you're happiest without in Episode 233!
Plus the tech inventions you're happiest without in Episode 233!
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Out now! We try to say nice things about so-called terrible inventions, explore the origins and future of the sports management sim, and talk new games for Amiga and ZX Spectrum! All this plus your retro destinations in Episode 232. youtu.be/ntZKGTdD7Ss
August 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Out now! We try to say nice things about so-called terrible inventions, explore the origins and future of the sports management sim, and talk new games for Amiga and ZX Spectrum! All this plus your retro destinations in Episode 232. youtu.be/ntZKGTdD7Ss
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Come to grips with a world without America Online dialup. Remasters of Hexen and Heretic may help, or perhaps retail therapy at a local retro-minded shop. All this and more including your tabletop role-playing game preferences and an all-new Community Question of the Week! youtu.be/Tsq2IMAqKv0
August 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Come to grips with a world without America Online dialup. Remasters of Hexen and Heretic may help, or perhaps retail therapy at a local retro-minded shop. All this and more including your tabletop role-playing game preferences and an all-new Community Question of the Week! youtu.be/Tsq2IMAqKv0
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Travel to faraway lands like Greyhawk and the late 90s in TWiR 230! youtu.be/sxDRtU2Lowg
The future of computer phones, without Apple or Samsung! The original Dungeons and Dragons mega-module, and three claimants to Commodore glory including a look at the all-new theC64 Mini modern games bundle.
The future of computer phones, without Apple or Samsung! The original Dungeons and Dragons mega-module, and three claimants to Commodore glory including a look at the all-new theC64 Mini modern games bundle.
August 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Travel to faraway lands like Greyhawk and the late 90s in TWiR 230! youtu.be/sxDRtU2Lowg
The future of computer phones, without Apple or Samsung! The original Dungeons and Dragons mega-module, and three claimants to Commodore glory including a look at the all-new theC64 Mini modern games bundle.
The future of computer phones, without Apple or Samsung! The original Dungeons and Dragons mega-module, and three claimants to Commodore glory including a look at the all-new theC64 Mini modern games bundle.
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Of course This Week in Retro 229 leads with the 40th anniversary of the Amiga's launch! youtu.be/AUVKewiBlPE Plus we talk recent retro events and a guide to future nerdfests as the Retro Directory relaunches. All this and more, including answers to firing up a Spectrum Next on a rainy day.
August 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Of course This Week in Retro 229 leads with the 40th anniversary of the Amiga's launch! youtu.be/AUVKewiBlPE Plus we talk recent retro events and a guide to future nerdfests as the Retro Directory relaunches. All this and more, including answers to firing up a Spectrum Next on a rainy day.
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This SaTWiRday at youtu.be/Il3fTI20slM we take on:
Issue Three of the Spectrum Next computer, smashing its Kickstarter goal in mere hours!
Can naughty pre-loaded consoles get you into trouble?
And the tale of the "missing Apple", the Mark Twain-edition Apple IIGS.
Issue Three of the Spectrum Next computer, smashing its Kickstarter goal in mere hours!
Can naughty pre-loaded consoles get you into trouble?
And the tale of the "missing Apple", the Mark Twain-edition Apple IIGS.
July 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This SaTWiRday at youtu.be/Il3fTI20slM we take on:
Issue Three of the Spectrum Next computer, smashing its Kickstarter goal in mere hours!
Can naughty pre-loaded consoles get you into trouble?
And the tale of the "missing Apple", the Mark Twain-edition Apple IIGS.
Issue Three of the Spectrum Next computer, smashing its Kickstarter goal in mere hours!
Can naughty pre-loaded consoles get you into trouble?
And the tale of the "missing Apple", the Mark Twain-edition Apple IIGS.
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Which is more official: the Commodore 64 Ultimate, or the Spectrum Next's C64 mode? We're trying to work it out!
This Week in Retro 228, coming this Saturday!
This Week in Retro 228, coming this Saturday!
July 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Which is more official: the Commodore 64 Ultimate, or the Spectrum Next's C64 mode? We're trying to work it out!
This Week in Retro 228, coming this Saturday!
This Week in Retro 228, coming this Saturday!
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Vocal warmups! They're a thing... for some.
July 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Vocal warmups! They're a thing... for some.
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An outtake-teaser for Episode 226, as it turns out Chris is still adjusting to the conventions of the Apple Macintosh Ecosystem.
Full episode Saturday!
Full episode Saturday!
July 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An outtake-teaser for Episode 226, as it turns out Chris is still adjusting to the conventions of the Apple Macintosh Ecosystem.
Full episode Saturday!
Full episode Saturday!
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Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
July 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.
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"That is not dead which can eternal lie..."
TWiR is back on the air this week as a Top Gear legend takes on a classic arcade racer, a publishing era ends with the final Format magazine, and we go in-depth on Commodore Corporation BV acquisition news.
youtu.be/Rrn3DX3QkkQ
TWiR is back on the air this week as a Top Gear legend takes on a classic arcade racer, a publishing era ends with the final Format magazine, and we go in-depth on Commodore Corporation BV acquisition news.
youtu.be/Rrn3DX3QkkQ
July 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"That is not dead which can eternal lie..."
TWiR is back on the air this week as a Top Gear legend takes on a classic arcade racer, a publishing era ends with the final Format magazine, and we go in-depth on Commodore Corporation BV acquisition news.
youtu.be/Rrn3DX3QkkQ
TWiR is back on the air this week as a Top Gear legend takes on a classic arcade racer, a publishing era ends with the final Format magazine, and we go in-depth on Commodore Corporation BV acquisition news.
youtu.be/Rrn3DX3QkkQ
@mdf200.bsky.social I'm sure people have tagged you on this so many times it's annoying the crap out of you. So I'm just doing it to be a prick
July 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
@mdf200.bsky.social I'm sure people have tagged you on this so many times it's annoying the crap out of you. So I'm just doing it to be a prick
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...so, what shall we talk about this week?
Some of the hosts dealt really well with the lead story.
Others have 30 years of baggage.
This Week in Retro, returning to normal service with Episode 225 this Saturday!
Some of the hosts dealt really well with the lead story.
Others have 30 years of baggage.
This Week in Retro, returning to normal service with Episode 225 this Saturday!
July 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
...so, what shall we talk about this week?
Some of the hosts dealt really well with the lead story.
Others have 30 years of baggage.
This Week in Retro, returning to normal service with Episode 225 this Saturday!
Some of the hosts dealt really well with the lead story.
Others have 30 years of baggage.
This Week in Retro, returning to normal service with Episode 225 this Saturday!