It Is Time To Un-Eliminate CRT Monitors! - This Week In Retro 136

Have you ever thrown away your game boxes only to wish you hadn't? What if we could revive all those dead CRT screens? Did you ever see the DVD player that though it was a gaming console?

All this plus the Community Question Of The Week AND a special guest!

This is your weekly look at some Retro Gaming stories.

Please check out our guest's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees

00:00 - Show Opening

06:56 - Best Boxes Banished

Story Link: https://www.nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-the-games-we-got-rid-of-what-were-we-thinking

Big Big Collection: https://bigboxcollection.com/#CollectionOverview

28:29 - Adrian Black Says CRTs Are Back

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoqflFfvkR0

Link to the product: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/1005005439371756.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt

39:58 - What Nuon About?

Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/features/ultimate-guide-nuon-the-dvd-player-that-tried-to-be-a-games-console-and-failed

Nuon Specs: https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-nuon.htm#page=specs

PlayStation 2 Specs: https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-playstation_2.htm#page=specs

51:18 - 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.