Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
243 episodes
4 days ago
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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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.
Commodore Datasette But Tiny - This Week In Retro 235
This Week in Retro
57 minutes
1 month ago
Commodore Datasette But Tiny - This Week In Retro 235
Our first guests for quite some time are Taylor and Amy from The Taylor and Amy show. They join us to talk about BASIC, a teeny tiny replacement for the Commodore Datasette and a chap called Christopher Drum who has recently started a blog about productivity software and has decided to start with a deep dive into Deluxe Paint on the Amiga. But that isn't all he has to offer.
Find more from Taylor and Amythestopbits.bandcamp.comthestopbits.nethttps://www.youtube.com/@tayloramyshow
Learn all about Casio and their technology legacy in the latest issue of Pixel Addict magazine. Reviews of brand new Home-brew games and remembering Hewson Consultants, an interview with Rob and Andrew Hewson. Loads more besides. Head over to www.addict.media
00:00 - Show Opening
02:58 - Microsoft Open-Sources a Classic!Story Link: https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502Article 1: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/Article 2: https://www.pagetable.com/?p=46
17:13 - It’s A Commodore Datasette But Is It Far Away? No It’s Just Small!Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/remaking-a-commodore-64-datasette-from-1982-using-1993-microcassette-tech-techtuber-touts-1mb-per-tape-a-5x-improvement-over-the-original
29:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
35:36 - Christopher Drum: Someone You Should KnowStory Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1n9nncs/stone_tools_a_blog_about_retro_productivity/Stone Tools Blog: https://stonetools.ghost.io/deluxepaint-amiga/
Channels Dave Mentioned:https://www.youtube.com/@TimberwolfKhttps://www.youtube.com/@Yesterzinehttps://www.youtube.com/@WhatHoSnorkers
50:07 - Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Clint At LGR: https://youtu.be/6Lmi_b0REW0?t=454
The Making Of Geoff Crammond’s F1 Grand Prix: https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-geoff-crammonds-formula-one-grand-prix-series
Xbox 360 Softmod: https://youtu.be/0gRHubim8DI?si=-JIOzun0uKktyySF
The Amstrad PCW8256 Turns 40: https://amstrad.com/product/pcw8256-pcw8512/
When Gaming Was Fun & Simple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vxRXdcxv2U
Game Boy Colour Outrun: https://bsky.app/profile/egvroom.bsky.social/post/3lxqowb7dyc22
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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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.