This Week in Retro
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Podcast and Youtube Show! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Podcast and Youtube Show! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Happy December!
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With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY
With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Happy December!
youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY
With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY
With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
Special guest Happy Coding ZX counted the platforms you could buy new game titles on in the mid-90s. It's probably more than you think.
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Special guest Happy Coding ZX counted the platforms you could buy new game titles on in the mid-90s. It's probably more than you think.
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
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I guess listening/watching to 288 videos of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social (beginning from the very first episode) throughout this year is an accomplishment worth bragging about, no?
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I guess listening/watching to 288 videos of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social (beginning from the very first episode) throughout this year is an accomplishment worth bragging about, no?
Two birthday cakes for the SEGA Master System and the XBox 360, both celebrating significant milestones. Also: the implications of formally open-source Infocom titles and the loss of an industry giant, plus your top titles from 1995-6, in This Week in Retro episode 246!
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November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Two birthday cakes for the SEGA Master System and the XBox 360, both celebrating significant milestones. Also: the implications of formally open-source Infocom titles and the loss of an industry giant, plus your top titles from 1995-6, in This Week in Retro episode 246!
youtu.be/01EXU-TMD-8
youtu.be/01EXU-TMD-8
For our Patreon supporters, a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is live, a look back at Episode 14 from November 2020. Stories include virtual pinball and the Raspberry Pi 400. Patreon's autocaptioning left untouched because it's hilarious.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For our Patreon supporters, a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is live, a look back at Episode 14 from November 2020. Stories include virtual pinball and the Raspberry Pi 400. Patreon's autocaptioning left untouched because it's hilarious.
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Fool the grannies, play games all day!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fool the grannies, play games all day!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
Up-to-date news for out-of-date hype!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Up-to-date news for out-of-date hype!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Amstrad turn at Sonic: Dave covers that and other new games for the CPC. youtu.be/twOymB1LHOc
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Amstrad turn at Sonic: Dave covers that and other new games for the CPC. youtu.be/twOymB1LHOc
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
It's the kind of scrolling that–well, surely you know the kind. No, it's not that kind of scrolling. Nor that one neither.
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's the kind of scrolling that–well, surely you know the kind. No, it's not that kind of scrolling. Nor that one neither.
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets.
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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!
"Address in the show notes!"
Will a classic reverse-psychology strategy reap major rewards for one This Week in Retro host? Lots of audio hardware and format discussion, a fun scroller for a misunderstood machine, and your picks for THEA1200 greatness, coming this Saturday!
Will a classic reverse-psychology strategy reap major rewards for one This Week in Retro host? Lots of audio hardware and format discussion, a fun scroller for a misunderstood machine, and your picks for THEA1200 greatness, coming this Saturday!
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"Address in the show notes!"
Will a classic reverse-psychology strategy reap major rewards for one This Week in Retro host? Lots of audio hardware and format discussion, a fun scroller for a misunderstood machine, and your picks for THEA1200 greatness, coming this Saturday!
Will a classic reverse-psychology strategy reap major rewards for one This Week in Retro host? Lots of audio hardware and format discussion, a fun scroller for a misunderstood machine, and your picks for THEA1200 greatness, coming this Saturday!
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!
...just what did Special Guest @visitthecave.bsky.social Neil Thomas say to earn this? Find out Saturday in This Week in Retro Episode 242!
October 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
...just what did Special Guest @visitthecave.bsky.social Neil Thomas say to earn this? Find out Saturday in This Week in Retro Episode 242!
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.
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!
Sega fans super-served: two hallmark concepts get the feature story treatment, along with the stealth candidate for best video game pitchman. Plus your iconic 1980s whiz kid memories and Amiga Format (!) news coming up in Episode 241 of This Week in Retro, Saturday on YouTube and podcast feeds.
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sega fans super-served: two hallmark concepts get the feature story treatment, along with the stealth candidate for best video game pitchman. Plus your iconic 1980s whiz kid memories and Amiga Format (!) news coming up in Episode 241 of This Week in Retro, Saturday on YouTube and podcast feeds.
Was Dave wrong about DOS gaming and has DOSBox Pure cured him?
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Chris plans a fleet of computer museums, and Jason works hard to avoid the obvious chess reference in WarGames coverage. All this, and more, and your submissions for the best-ever free pack-ins on this week's show!
youtu.be/VO_SZPhuCIU
Chris plans a fleet of computer museums, and Jason works hard to avoid the obvious chess reference in WarGames coverage. All this, and more, and your submissions for the best-ever free pack-ins on this week's show!
October 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Was Dave wrong about DOS gaming and has DOSBox Pure cured him?
youtu.be/VO_SZPhuCIU
Chris plans a fleet of computer museums, and Jason works hard to avoid the obvious chess reference in WarGames coverage. All this, and more, and your submissions for the best-ever free pack-ins on this week's show!
youtu.be/VO_SZPhuCIU
Chris plans a fleet of computer museums, and Jason works hard to avoid the obvious chess reference in WarGames coverage. All this, and more, and your submissions for the best-ever free pack-ins on this week's show!
It's a long way to Western Australia. What had to travel all the way from Canada to Perth, and why, and can Chris be trusted with it?! All this including the end of DOS gatekeeping and retro museum dreams coming up in Episode 240 this Saturday!
CPE 1704 TKS
CPE 1704 TKS
October 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's a long way to Western Australia. What had to travel all the way from Canada to Perth, and why, and can Chris be trusted with it?! All this including the end of DOS gatekeeping and retro museum dreams coming up in Episode 240 this Saturday!
CPE 1704 TKS
CPE 1704 TKS
This week it's the high cost of (inflation-adjusted) 1980s computing, a spirited defense of the Amstrad CPC, and a look at legendary artist Roger Dean's video game work! youtu.be/gxzEHAm_Nz0
Plus the wedgetop computer preferences submitted by you, the viewers, to the TWiR subreddit!
Plus the wedgetop computer preferences submitted by you, the viewers, to the TWiR subreddit!
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This week it's the high cost of (inflation-adjusted) 1980s computing, a spirited defense of the Amstrad CPC, and a look at legendary artist Roger Dean's video game work! youtu.be/gxzEHAm_Nz0
Plus the wedgetop computer preferences submitted by you, the viewers, to the TWiR subreddit!
Plus the wedgetop computer preferences submitted by you, the viewers, to the TWiR subreddit!
Dave takes a break from Amstrad CPC defense to try out as a prog-pop vocalist. Also: the high cost of computing then-and-now and the celestial career of artist Roger Dean. All this, and your wedgetop picks, and more Saturday. Tell 90,125 of your closest friends: subscribe on YouTube or podcast now!
October 9, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Dave takes a break from Amstrad CPC defense to try out as a prog-pop vocalist. Also: the high cost of computing then-and-now and the celestial career of artist Roger Dean. All this, and your wedgetop picks, and more Saturday. Tell 90,125 of your closest friends: subscribe on YouTube or podcast now!
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Vintage Tech YouTubers Discussion Panel | VCFMW 20 (2025)
YouTube video by VCF Midwest
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October 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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!
"I'll take Computer Graphics for 1200."
"The answer: This technique was used to create compelling, lifelike games featuring both karate experts and scratch golfers."
This Week in Retro 238 features wedges, princes, and grues, plus your preferred controller layouts. Coming Saturday!
"The answer: This technique was used to create compelling, lifelike games featuring both karate experts and scratch golfers."
This Week in Retro 238 features wedges, princes, and grues, plus your preferred controller layouts. Coming Saturday!
October 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"I'll take Computer Graphics for 1200."
"The answer: This technique was used to create compelling, lifelike games featuring both karate experts and scratch golfers."
This Week in Retro 238 features wedges, princes, and grues, plus your preferred controller layouts. Coming Saturday!
"The answer: This technique was used to create compelling, lifelike games featuring both karate experts and scratch golfers."
This Week in Retro 238 features wedges, princes, and grues, plus your preferred controller layouts. Coming Saturday!
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Hey @davevelociraptor.bsky.social (of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social fame), here's your chance to finally get into console gaming!
Forever thinking about the Irn Bru Dreamcast I saw at Retro Games at the Barras.
September 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Hey @davevelociraptor.bsky.social (of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social fame), here's your chance to finally get into console gaming!