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.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 235
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The MEGA65 Sells Out! This Week in Retro 54
A mini RF modulator for your mini VCS, getting freaky in high school, Atari is back! Again! and the MEGA65 sells out. All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro!
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Street Fighter II on the NES? This Week in Retro 53
Street Fighter 2 comes to the NES, Galaga flies on the the C64, people don't like Billy Mitchell, and camping with the Atari ST. All this plus our community question of the week on This Week in Retro…
Did Sinclair influence your life? This Week in Retro 52
Pinball arcades and town councils, Retro Arch on Steam, Joust flaps onto the CoCo, and the passing of Sir Clive. All this and our community question of the week!
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Is Dread finally the Amiga’s Doom? This Week in Retro 51
GPS on your NES, games within games, a 40 year old typo gets fixed, and we judge Dred. All this and our community question of the week on This Week in Retro!
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Fraud, Collusion, and Super Mario Bros. - This Week in Retro 50
Are WATA and Heritage Auctions colluding to artificially rise game prices? Arcade1Up has a plan to introduce kids to classic games. Will it work? Break out the champagne, TWiR is 50! All this plus ou…
Amiga in Spaaaaace! This Week in Retro 49
A mysterious version of Zelda only available in hotels, an unearthed *other* Mario game on CD-i, Amigas at NASA, and The Simpsons get Unreal. Join Neil and John as we break down the biggest stories …
The A500 Mini - Who’s getting one? This Week in Retro 48
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Zool is back! (Does anyone care?) - This Week in Retro 47
The MiSTer Multisystem gets an exclusive preview, Zool makes a return but did anyone really want him back? Neil bumbles about the industrial revolution and more!
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Can Colouring Create a Museum? This Week in Retro 46
Unlock the musical power of your Super Nintendo, play Doom in TATE Mode, colour your way to a new retro computer museum, and print some 8 bit banners from your browser. It's a very productive episode…
Is now the time to invest in video games? This Week in Retro 45
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Does Thrifting Still Pay? This Week In Retro 44
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Which Computer Made Britain? This Week in Retro 43
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The Hippest Amiga MOD Player? This Week in Retro 42
HippoPlayer returns after a 20 year absence, Zelda gets the Game and Watch treatment, and Leicester's Retro Computer Museum reopens. Join special guest host Amigo Aaron and John as we cover this week…
Is the Retro Bubble About to Burst? This Week in Retro 41
Build your own ZX 81, Wing Leader is the Wing Commander sequel we always wanted, an Earthbound data disc is recovered, and is the retro bubble about to burst? Join Neil and John as they discuss this …
TATE Mode with the Taito Mini! This Week in Retro 40
Taitio has a new mini arcade cab--and it goes vertical! Nintendo's lawyers get a payday, the SNES goes widescreen, and a long-lost arcade machine is found and dumped. Join Neil and John for another r…
Carry on adventure gaming! Ken Williams is back! This Week in Retro 39
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PDF Gaming is Finally Here! This Week in Retro 38
British bedroom coders go Hollywood, Amiga OS 3.2 bounces onto the scene, Mega Man gets physical, and is this the first ever PDF game? All this and more on This Week in Retro!
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Put an FPGA in your ISA slot! This Week in Retro 37
This week Neil and John discuss the recent resurrection of Castlequest, the Graphics Gremlin FPGA GPU project, using the PiePacker to bring back days of couch co-op virtually, and we ask the questio…
Apogee is BACK! This Week in Retro 36
Pinball Dreams set the standard for pinball computer games for the rest of time. Where does it rank in the Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions trifecta?
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Let’s all drill holes in our retro and turn them into lamps! This Week in Retro 35
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