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.
"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!
...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This month on our Patreon: Chris, Dave, and Jason present renewed up-to-date news for out-of-date tech, because the existing once-up-to-date news about that out-of-date tech is now itself out-of-date.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This month on our Patreon: Chris, Dave, and Jason present renewed up-to-date news for out-of-date tech, because the existing once-up-to-date news about that out-of-date tech is now itself out-of-date.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.
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.
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
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!
"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!
Chris, Jason, and special guest Andy (of Little Car and Big Car on YouTube) discuss: some game franchises don't catch fire until the third installment. Does this happen in other forms of media?
All this, and more, and your answers to the Community Question of the Week, coming this Saturday!
All this, and more, and your answers to the Community Question of the Week, coming this Saturday!
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Chris, Jason, and special guest Andy (of Little Car and Big Car on YouTube) discuss: some game franchises don't catch fire until the third installment. Does this happen in other forms of media?
All this, and more, and your answers to the Community Question of the Week, coming this Saturday!
All this, and more, and your answers to the Community Question of the Week, coming this Saturday!
Jason reports fresh off the weekend of Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 20, full of classic tech, This Week in Retro viewers, and distinctive hairstyles. All this and more including your nominations for the unsung heroes of retro, coming in episode 236 this Saturday!
September 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Jason reports fresh off the weekend of Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 20, full of classic tech, This Week in Retro viewers, and distinctive hairstyles. All this and more including your nominations for the unsung heroes of retro, coming in episode 236 this Saturday!
"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
There are proper stories about the ends of eras in spinning media and a breakdown of Texas Instruments' costly 8-bit experiment, but there's also... this.
All this and more, of course, including your Windows 95 release day memories on This Week In Retro 234, available Saturday!
All this and more, of course, including your Windows 95 release day memories on This Week In Retro 234, available Saturday!
September 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
There are proper stories about the ends of eras in spinning media and a breakdown of Texas Instruments' costly 8-bit experiment, but there's also... this.
All this and more, of course, including your Windows 95 release day memories on This Week In Retro 234, available Saturday!
All this and more, of course, including your Windows 95 release day memories on This Week In Retro 234, available Saturday!
Jason wants customized abuse. Dave wants him to lie. Will they ever see eye-to-eye?
All this and more, including your submissions of the tech inventions you're glad we no longer have to use, in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this and more, including your submissions of the tech inventions you're glad we no longer have to use, in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
August 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jason wants customized abuse. Dave wants him to lie. Will they ever see eye-to-eye?
All this and more, including your submissions of the tech inventions you're glad we no longer have to use, in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this and more, including your submissions of the tech inventions you're glad we no longer have to use, in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
It's Spectrum Next Kickstarter roll call and--Chris had one job!
All this and more including Settlers II on Amiga, classic sports sims, and your preferred retro destinations from the Community Question of the Week in This Week in Retro 232, coming Saturday!
All this and more including Settlers II on Amiga, classic sports sims, and your preferred retro destinations from the Community Question of the Week in This Week in Retro 232, coming Saturday!
August 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
It's Spectrum Next Kickstarter roll call and--Chris had one job!
All this and more including Settlers II on Amiga, classic sports sims, and your preferred retro destinations from the Community Question of the Week in This Week in Retro 232, coming Saturday!
All this and more including Settlers II on Amiga, classic sports sims, and your preferred retro destinations from the Community Question of the Week in This Week in Retro 232, coming Saturday!