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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.

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Update frequency
every 7 days
Average duration
58 minutes
Episodes
235
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Speedball Rebooted - This Week In Retro 194

Speedball Rebooted - This Week In Retro 194

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Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We…

01:02:49  |   Sat 09 Nov 2024
ALAN SUGAR IN SPAAAAAAAAACE! - This Week In Retro 193

ALAN SUGAR IN SPAAAAAAAAACE! - This Week In Retro 193

The Amstrad online museum is open for business! We took a quick look and it bought back some CPC memories. The US Copyright Office has hindered game preservation but will it make much of a difference…

01:06:50  |   Sat 02 Nov 2024
Game Over Yeah! - This Week In Retro 192

Game Over Yeah! - This Week In Retro 192

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Dave is a little under the weather this week so Chris steps up. We look back at Sega Rally, did it change driving games 30 years ag…

01:08:56  |   Sat 26 Oct 2024
Is Older Always Better? - This Week In Retro 191

Is Older Always Better? - This Week In Retro 191

We return to find that your PC will be able to emulate an Xbox, that a rare Microprose arcade cabinet has been restored ( and is quite excellent ) and we check out a report that asks why some games a…

00:57:20  |   Sat 19 Oct 2024
Atari Jaguar On The Toilet - This Week In Retro 190

Atari Jaguar On The Toilet - This Week In Retro 190

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Strange show title this week but please stick with it! Neil is back full time! And who is this joining him and Dave? It's Chris! Th…

01:12:11  |   Sat 05 Oct 2024
40 Years of ELITE - This Week In Retro 189

40 Years of ELITE - This Week In Retro 189

Elite is 40 and to celebrate some source code has been shared. Fancy a job at Sega looking after its history? A PS2 gets a stunning restoration. Neil drops by to chat to Dave and Rees about this week…

00:55:06  |   Sat 28 Sep 2024
Return Of The Cartridge Game - This Week In Retro 188

Return Of The Cartridge Game - This Week In Retro 188

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We are joined by Ben from Plaion, the people who bought you the Atari 2600+ and the forthcoming 7800+. We talk about cartridge gami…

01:06:05  |   Sat 21 Sep 2024
Dongles, Doom & DOS - This Week In Retro 187

Dongles, Doom & DOS - This Week In Retro 187

This week we are joined by Richard from Heber Ltd. to talk about a video that shows life behind the scenes at id Software and the ITX Llama, a machine built for 90s gaming. We also discover the origi…

01:10:58  |   Sat 14 Sep 2024
New Consoles For Everyone - This Week In Retro 186

New Consoles For Everyone - This Week In Retro 186

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Jason from Mr Lurch's Things joins us for a bumper edition to talk about a bunch of new old consoles that are coming our way shortl…

01:24:56  |   Sat 07 Sep 2024
Commodores Are Burning Hot! - This Week In Retro 185

Commodores Are Burning Hot! - This Week In Retro 185

Fan favourite Chris is back to bring his views on a new book all about classic arcade games, to find out just how cool the C64 really is and how good old MS Paint has seen off its intended successor.…

00:56:22  |   Sat 24 Aug 2024
Golden Joysticks Ahoy! - This Week In Retro 184

Golden Joysticks Ahoy! - This Week In Retro 184

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This is This Week In Retro (TWIR), your weekly show about retro (vintage) computing.

Dave and Rees are joined by David from RoseTin…

01:06:57  |   Sat 17 Aug 2024
What Was Your First GUI? - This Week In Retro 183

What Was Your First GUI? - This Week In Retro 183

Bob from RetroRGB joins us this week to talk SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis games, our memories of early GUIs and a Game Boy with a CRT screen which is still portable but VERY battery hungry. Once again Ctr…

01:00:40  |   Sat 10 Aug 2024
NVIDIA Bailed Out By SEGA!? - This Week In Retro 182

NVIDIA Bailed Out By SEGA!? - This Week In Retro 182

It's This Week In Retro, your weekly round up of news for old ( and sometimes not so old ) computers, consoles and games. This week we look back at some of the stand out loading screens from the Atar…

00:57:49  |   Sat 03 Aug 2024
The Codemasters Archive Returns - This Week In Retro 181

The Codemasters Archive Returns - This Week In Retro 181

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Think you know all of the Codemasters games? Why not use the Codemasters Archive to find out? Japan is preserving video games. The …

01:06:01  |   Sat 27 Jul 2024
Retro Game Dev Reborn - This Week In Retro 180

Retro Game Dev Reborn - This Week In Retro 180

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This week we learn about eXoDOS, discover that an old name from gaming history has been reborn and ponder why teens are so addicted…

01:02:24  |   Sat 20 Jul 2024
Microsoft Calls Time On Xbox 360 - This Week In Retro 179

Microsoft Calls Time On Xbox 360 - This Week In Retro 179

The BBC went to visit DMA in Dundee. Microsoft is shutting the Xbox 360 store, has it had its time? With the recent video detailing the making of Syndicate by Bullfrog we wonder if that was the first…

01:02:19  |   Sat 13 Jul 2024
The Amiga's Final Fight? - This Week In Retro 178

The Amiga's Final Fight? - This Week In Retro 178

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Clint has been LGRing for 15 years, how many more until he is considered retro? The Amiga is getting another new version of Final F…

01:10:52  |   Sat 06 Jul 2024
Cleaning Dirty Floppy Disks - This Week In Retro 177

Cleaning Dirty Floppy Disks - This Week In Retro 177

Wouldn't it be great if there was a machine to clean your old and dirty floppy disks? Now there is! Footage from a cancelled Indiana Jones game has surfaced. Did you ever want to play that shark arca…

01:18:38  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
Old People Complaining About Young People - This Week In Retro 176

Old People Complaining About Young People - This Week In Retro 176

Say goodbye to ICQ, the old messaging service. Is the youth of today really that different from that of the 80s/90s when it comes to gaming? We check out a list of the best games for failed platforms…

01:06:22  |   Sat 22 Jun 2024
The Real Winamp Player - This Week In Retro 175

The Real Winamp Player - This Week In Retro 175

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What if that classic Winamp interface could leave your PC screen and still play all your music? It has happened. What if somebody b…

01:11:12  |   Sat 15 Jun 2024
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