Faking Retro TV? - This Week In Retro 133

Did you miss us? We are back with a story about finding a Discs of Tron arcade machine by the side of a road. What a find. We follow that by wondering if a new retro restoration TV show could be putting entertainment over the truth. Then finally it seems that there is a new effort to preserve games in Australia.

All this and our Community Question Of The Week plus a quick catch up with your hosts.

We are very grateful to our sponsor, Pixel Addict magazine. Head on over to https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for the full run down on the latest issue. Highlights include: a look at the Thomson T07, working out why Myst was the game of the 1990s and a look at and interview with the people who bought Zool out of retirement. 

00:00 - Show Opening

9:47 - Throwing out Discs

Story Link: https://arcadeblogger.com/2023/07/22/environmental-discs-of-tron-roadside-pickup/

24:10 - Retro Fake TV?

Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/14yt3pb/retro_repairs_reach_tv_channel/

Mend It Mark Link: https://www.youtube.com/@MendItMark

48:15 - Australia wakes up

Story Link: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-23/nfsa-vintage-video-games-dusted-off-and-digitised-in-canberra/102635288

Additional Links:

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioShock  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmageddon_TDR_2000  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torus_Games  

1:03:35 - 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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.