Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
245 episodes
5 days ago
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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.
New CPC Games - Heavy Metal Computing - 1980s Space Shooters - This Week In Retro 244
This Week in Retro
1 hour 2 minutes
5 days ago
New CPC Games - Heavy Metal Computing - 1980s Space Shooters - This Week In Retro 244
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Dave is very excited because there have been a number of new games for the Amstrad CPC recently. Jason has been watching a very large and heavy hard drive spinning up. Chris has spent the past week in a galaxy far far away with some old space based games.
00:00 - Show Opening
02:44 - New Amstrad GamesStory Link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=105245Sonic GX - https://norecess464.weebly.com/news/sonic-gx-is-now-available-for-downloadBugs Quest 2 - https://yb-software.itch.io/bugs-quest-2Amstrad Eterno X - https://capasoft.itch.io/amstrad-eterno-xSpeed Racer - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19817Svellas - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19816Dia De Los Muertos - https://vitop69.itch.io/la-dias-dos-muertosHexapucchu - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19300Secret of Anubis - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19174
21:29 - Macrocomputing Monsters!Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC_9EmStAEBendix G-15: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1opwtve/bendix_g15_the_oldest_working_computer_in_north/Can This Be Fixed (Chaplet Halikan LA-30A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilLgXkR_Kw&t=1s
37:42 - Housekeeping - News links found below
44:03 - One Small Step, One Giant VideoStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46EJUAIdTM
56:57 - 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
Vectrex Mini: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini
UK Gov Debates Games: https://www.eurogamer.net/concords-sudden-shutdown-is-such-a-big-deal-its-been-brought-up-during-uk-government-debates-on-video-game-consumer-laws
Unix V4 9 Track Tape: https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/
C128 Stuntcar Racer: https://youtu.be/C7kgYlKhTgo?si=UpFFu0LBkihvv4VZ
Outrun Amiga Sprite Scaling: https://youtu.be/O_QP2qQJuXc?si=MgbF7lchxESx7UsW
Family Computing Interviews Jack Tramiel: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/family-computing-interviews-jack
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.
