This Week in Retro

Does your Acorn Electron need a new ULA? You are in luck! There is a remake of Wizardry : Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. We talk celebrities in old games and in particular the legend that is Da…

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Two Atari stories this week which should both be welcome news for gaming fans. Happy 50th the Hudson Soft with turns 50 years old. 

You think that Doom killed the Amiga right? Maybe not. What if you could recompile any N64 game to run on any system? The Ghostbusters finally get to bust ghosts on the BBC.

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When you need him most he will be there! He stands tall, gazing into the middle distance while holding a bowl of noodles and hoping…

Commodore International filed for bankruptcy 30 years ago in 1994. There is the UK petition to force games publishers to commit to ensuring that games endure after any web dependency is shut down. Wo…

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The Z80 CPU has come to the end of its run, after 48 years it finally goes out of production.  There is a resurgence in analogue tech and media. Just how crazy can a printer from the 1990s drive you?…

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This week we are joined by Frank from Retro Rewind. You can check out everything Frank has to offer at https://retrorewind.ca/

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BAFTA thinks Lara Croft is just about as iconic as a game character can get, do you agree. We might soon see retro gaming on Apple's iOS but what exactly do their new rules mean? We don't have a clue…

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Do you love the 6502 CPU? Of course you do, why wouldn't you? Lets chat about it.  Would you like a graphics card that could be swi…

Your weekly Retro Computing discussion show returns! Rollercoaster Tycoon is 25 years old? Are you a fan of any of the Tycoon games? We chat about those classic SIM games, take a look at how somebody…

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We check out a video which runs through the history of RPGs, look at how Atari is once returning to the arcades and look at the gam…

EA have added a number of classic games to their Steam line up, Japan loves it's retro games and a museum piece showcases a VHS rental store in Australia. Those are our main talking points this week …

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Music on physical media is on the rise but did you know that Floppy Disks are included? Nintendo has shut down a Switch emulator, d…

We are joined by Banjo Guy Ollie this week to take a look at the forthcoming Jeff Minter documentary , to look back at 34 years of Photoshop and the latest release of EXOSCUMM VM.

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We look back at Knightmare, the incredible adventure game for kids that has maintained its popularity. Are we approaching the end o…

Retro DRM getting on your nerves? Microsoft dropped support for Safedisc years ago but now there is a new workaround. A new way of managing RAM in DOS should make getting your favourite games running…

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Windows 3.11 is still used on the German train network. Madness or perfectly reasonable? It turns out that the Sinclair Spectrum ca…

We are joined by musician/coder H0ffman this week. He gives us his opinions on a new version of the original Doom which has had features that didn't make it to the final version that we know and love…

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It's a sad day at TWIR as we say a fond farewell to Chris as a regular host. He leaves us having chatted about a top 14 Amiga games…