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.
The Commodore Amiga Turns 40 - This Week In Retro 229
This Week in Retro
1 hour 1 minute
3 months ago
The Commodore Amiga Turns 40 - This Week In Retro 229
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Put on your party hats and prepare the party poppers for it is time to celebrate the Amiga's 40th Anniversary. We take a look at some of the recent retro events and the interesting discussions that took place there. A valuable retro computing resource has had an upgrade, the Retro Directory hits v2.0!
All of this plus a number of updates on previously covered topics and a few new interesting items in brief. Oh and don't forget your answers to this week's Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:32 - Amiga Turns 40Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/23/15-best-commodore-amiga-games-celebrate-40th-anniversary-23724048/BBC Amiga Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6092fMkZY
22:07 - This Week In NerdfestsStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6092fMkZYHacking the IIc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5fiK1UCinE&list=PL_8ByM2n4E2s_D39XbNYLgE_yJ6ZqMfLl&index=3&pp=iAQBTom Persky 2025 VCF SoCal Presentations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P0gQucQap4
40:43 - Housekeeping - News links found below
49:51 - Retro Directory Turns Two Point OhStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85RFeX76Hv8
55:42 - 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
SuperFX SNES Doom Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYN0twdMiDk
Spectrum Next Issue 3: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spectrumnext/zx-spectrum-next-issue-3-0
OnceWereNerd Update: https://www.androidauthority.com/once-were-nerd-youtuber-not-innocent-3579610/
Stop Killing Games Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQN_ZA5WRpo
Atari 2500+ PacMan Edition: https://www.eurogamer.net/ataris-classic-2600-console-re-release-is-getting-an-aggressively-yellow-pac-man-edition
Tape Storage Is Not Dead: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/23/lto_2024_tape_shipment_data/
VAX Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-iA_9U3WTc
Half Life 2 Train Fixed: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/after-18-years-a-surprise-half-life-2-update-makes-it-once-again-possible-to-beat-a-honking-train-on-highway-17
Acorn Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1makzdx/is_there_a_timeline_where_acorn_were_the/
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.
