Rebuilding Computer Space - This Week In Retro 143

We have a special guest this week as Tony from OzRetrocomp returns to chat about retro media bought about by an awesome basement video collection which has been designed to replicate video stores of the 1980/90s. We take a look at a recreation of a very old arcade game called Computer Space, a game you can play via emulation if you wish. Finally, was the original PlayStation the top of the class for playing CDs? Some claim its audio output is up there with tech costing much more.

All this and more with our Community Question Of The Week.

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05:39 - Basement Blockbuster Buster

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K12MaaCn5PU

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28:41 - Computer Space Replica

Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2023/10/02/computer-space-replica-is-up-and-running/

Additional Link: https://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com/2021/05/12/worldly-wednesdays-a-timeline-of-computer-space/

Emulator Link: https://www.masswerk.at/icss/

Still Standing Link: https://tubitv.com/movies/712180/still-standing

50:03 - Sony PlayStation in Stereo

Story Link: https://www.whathifi.com/features/people-are-modding-ps1-consoles-to-use-as-cd-players-and-im-a-big-fan

Additional Link: https://www.whathifi.com/features/was-then-sony-playstation-review

01:08:49 - Community Question of the Week

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