@thisweekinretro.bsky.social
thisweekinretro.com Podcast and Youtube Show! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
It's the history of shoot 'em ups with TWiR and @slopesgameroom.bsky.social. Then we ask whether 1996 changed computing history forever and explore handheld retro tech vs. the doomscrolling scourge. Plus news in classic Z80-based tech from the 80s and 90s on Episode 256!
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Helicopter heroism as @slopesgameroom.bsky.social joins the crew for a thorough discussion of shoot-em-ups of all shapes and sizes, from the humble home 8-bit to the stand-up arcade.
Plus a retro cure for doomscrolling & a climactic year for computing, coming Saturday!
The last 8-bit episode: not a misprint! We look at the innovative SCUMM adventure game engine, getting the video doc treatment shortly. We also report on hope for retro users of PowerPC Macs and ancient accounting packages, and sift through the 30 year legacy of Duke Nukem 3D!
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A dongle-gazing episode approaches, as Dave and Chris think the X-Copy dongle was magic... maybe. And there's more Leaderboard Golf talk even though this is still at its heart a racing show.
A momentous This Week in Retro episode 255 arrives Saturday on YouTube and all podcast platforms.
A vast Atari archive has a new home and we hear from Atari chroniclers about the news. Game design pioneer Mike Singleton gets a day in the sun via Midwinter remake, and the history of Counter-Strike player-vs-player mayhem gets a fresh look. Episode 254 available now!
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A major museum just acquired a sprawling retro legacy. The TWiR team discuss the potential fate of their own collections.
Also, Dave's cat.
This Week in Retro 254 is coming Saturday to YouTube and all podcast platforms.
PicoIDE, the CD-ROM and HD replacement, is here and so is creator @polpo.org to tell us all about it! youtu.be/NcWE9F3F85c
Then it's preservation problems with Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and a discussion of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo on This Week in Retro 253!
Hey! It's me! On the This Week in Retro podcast! You don't have to be bald to appear on the show, but it definitely helps. Full episode comes out this Saturday!
And whoops, I called PicoIDE PicoGUS in this clip.
@polpo.org joins us this week to talk optical media fragility, "cursed IDE controllers," & more, as ATAPI CD-ROM / IDE fixed hard drive replacement PicoIDE is ready for production.
The campaign launches today, see picoide.com for details, and watch this Saturday on This Week in Retro episode 253!
Latest episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is up now, with a look back at TWiR's first-ever video episode from January 2021!
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Australia's rich history of technological innovation in the spotlight! youtu.be/Z6FQ9Auc9U8
Plus the history of the 1980s sunsets-and-grids vibe, Leader Board golf, and a celebration of the golden age of tech magazines from an Amiga Format hoard, in This Week in Retro 252!
Join us for a discussion of Australia's rich computing history, the origins of the "sunset-and-grid" aesthetic which has come to symbolize the 1980s, and a chat about peak 1990s computer magazines in This Week in Retro 252, coming this Saturday!
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Long live home arcade gaming! But can Basic Fun! give Arcade1Up extra life? Can we learn from Sega legend David Rosen's life and career? Is a bite-sized arcade cabinet worth owning? Plus the end of a major operating system, hope for old laptops and more in This Week in Retro 251 youtu.be/fCephpE3Ai0
17.01.2026 10:00 — 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1Innuendo-free retro reporting, presented without context other than to remind that This Week in Retro 251, featuring loads of throwback arcade news and the life of a Sega legend, arrives Saturday on YouTube and all podcast platforms.
15.01.2026 18:27 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Here's something I had comepletely forgotten I did. Ninty News was a monthly 'news' show broadcasted on the Wii News Channel. Here they are in one big compilation. Did anyone actually watch this? youtu.be/iOxLcaiobpM?...
12.01.2026 13:11 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks, @jasoncompton.bsky.social, for recommending the 2017 Floppy Days interview with Stewart Cheifet. It is wonderful and I recommend it to all TWIRlers! floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-...
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Buckle up: It's milestone episode 250 and still a racing show.
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Geoff Crammond news including Stunt Car Racer revival, a trove of Sega cable TV exclusives, and news for users of ancient web browsers like WebTV and Dreamcast PlanetWeb. All this and more in the first TWiR of 2026!
Chris' proposal for universal understanding and camaraderie: a racing game variant for all! Stunt Car Racer coverage is just one of many Geoff Crammond-verse mentions this week, along with your most wished-for retro news for 2026, in the banner 250th episode of This Week in Retro, coming Saturday!
08.01.2026 17:46 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1
TIL: While watching a Computer Chronicles ep., where Cheifet & Kildall are interviewing the Tramiels (Jack & Leonard), I heard a bit I knew I had heard 100s of times before: "high resolution color graphics" — yes, the 1st sound bite in @thisweekinretro.bsky.social intro:
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These DOS games turn 30 in 2026:
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall were regular guests on my television growing up. The Computer Chronicles always made me feel like I was a part of this impossible dream of being a Silicon Valley insider. Thank you, Mr. Cheifet.
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Here are the DOS game trivia quiz questions I made for an event earlier in the month: youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
All year long Duncan sifts through countless blurts, blunders, and bloopers trying to beat the deadline. Then comes the year-end reckoning.
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Enjoy this year's lowlights with Chris, Dave, Jason, Neil, and select guests, and we'll see you again in January for Episode 250!
New Video: Christmas with the Retro Collective - A look back at 2025
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Merry Christmas to you all from everyone at the Retro Collective
Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
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If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
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(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
More statue discourse!
23.12.2025 17:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bonus Chris(tmas) memories for our Patreon supporters, in a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro, a look back at Episode 20 from December 2020. Stories include DOScember, a discovered Dreamcast game preview, and the impending debacle surrounding the "Dizzy Twins."
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We talk massive glossy gift catalogs, Commodore 64 Ultimates under the Christmas tree, and other holiday diversions with @visitthecave.bsky.social Neil and Aaron from @amigosretrogaming.bsky.social
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A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!
