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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0:00 Show Open

0:33 Can a pinball arcade save a small town?

https://www.polygon.com/22640175/pinball-mclean-illinois-paradise-small-town-john-yates

9:05 RetroArch appears on Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1118310/RetroArch/

17:00 Joust flaps onto the CoCo

https://nowhereman999.wordpress.com/2021/08/17/joust-is-now-available-for-the-coco-3/

27:14 The passing of Sir Clive Sinclair

https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/ppi7s4/sad_news_today/

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Episode 52 Credits:

SinclairExecutive-01.jpg by User:MaltaGC Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Sinclair#/media/File:SinclairExecutive-01.jpg

Used under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Parts of "Joust transcode to the CoCo 3 by Glen Hewlett" courtesy of I'm a CoCo Nut - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FifV1aOFEU

Part of "Sinclair C5 - 1985 EV Restoration and Test Drive | Retro Road Trip" courtesy of RMC - The Cave - https://youtu.be/5JikUIdHXcc