Just how do you keep track of all the new SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis games? Join us as we take a look at a website that aims to do just that. We are joined by Allan aka Happy Coding ZX who tells us all about Midnight Brew Games and the special ZX Spectrum game compilation. We also check out an article on Ireland's retro scene and there is an interesting documentary about game musician Chris Huelsbeck.

All this and more retro computing info along with your answers to the Community Question Of The Week.

Happy Coding ZX Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzWzj4BD-9AyY2WmN9fmbjg Midnight Brew Games: https://ko-fi.com/midnightbrew/shop

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00:00 - Show Opening

14:19 - Mega Regenesis Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/36-years-after-it-released-there-are-so-many-new-genesis-games-someone-has-built-a-site-to-track-them-all Life On Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OXQLvH4mRo

26:48 - Huelsbeck Beckons Story Link: https://youtu.be/OmWbu0N6Y40?si=nK5raWQTeUveOcxf

41:12 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

47:18 - Would You Like Some Retro Father? Story Link: https://www.breakingnews.ie/lifestyle/how-irelands-booming-retro-gaming-market-is-filling-a-void-for-gamers-1685435.html

58:56 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Housekeeping Links:

The RooBadge: https://youtu.be/W9klRlKoEQk?si=e-_hwEdikKZtBE43

Modern Vintage Games Saving Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFINynRcFtk

Freelancer at 21: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1glmdt0/freelancer_is_21_years_old_and_still_brilliant_fun/

LGR's Water Damaged Boxes: https://youtu.be/5k0EQn67lGo?si=qvNvEFpO5azmNpkk

TV Series About Pirates Comes To TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpiiahtH_2w

Raytracing A Blackhole In 1978: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gmaz6n/interstellar_black_hole_visualised_46_years_ago/

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Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We talk about text adventures.

00:00 - Show Opening

04:48 - Bitmap Brothers Revisited Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/a-classic-90s-amiga-video-game-getting-unexpected-reboot-steam-today-21886096/

22:21 - Demos Seen Story Link: https://youtu.be/PbFSs0ipcP0?si=vOHjR7mXuivfCbst

32:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

39:53 - A Facebook Of Adventure Story Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/adventuregamesplayanddesign Additional Link: https://monsterfeet.com/grue/ Interactive Fiction Database: https://ifdb.org/

52:45 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Housekeeping Links:

Time Rift Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91cUhy-NHX8

iPod Click Wheel Game Preservation: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/

SEGA FPGA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-project-is-a-complete-scam-the-internet-isnt-convinced-by-the-supersega-fpga-console

The Amstrad online museum is open for business! We took a quick look and it bought back some CPC memories. The US Copyright Office has hindered game preservation but will it make much of a difference in the long run? Finally a simple Elite 2 video seems to have struck a cord with lots of gamers.

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00:00 - Show Opening

07:32 - Pour Some Sugar On Me Story Link: https://amstrad.com/ Additional Amstrad Videos Link: https://www.youtube.com/@Amshold/videos

20:00 - Copyright or CopyWRONG? Story Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/publishers-are-absolutely-terrified-preserved-video-games-would-be-used-for-recreational-purposes-so-the-us-copyright-office-has-struck-down-a-major-effort-for-game-preservation/

34:16 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

43:16 - Second Best Space Sim Ever? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhx-49cH6Xw Follow Up Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxaDayiX_0Y

57:22 - Community Question of the Week

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Amiga TWIR Demo By Banjo Guy Ollie: https://github.com/olonguet/TWIR-Housekeeping

CRT Video Wall: https://youtu.be/09_mHG5bJ7Y

Red Dward Worms: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/worms-creator-shows-off-impressive-easter-egg-filled-red-dwarf-level

Dev Den's First Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuMf33EPlBA

The Guardian's Tech Specs Article: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2024/oct/23/is-there-even-any-point-in-making-more-powerful-games-consoles

GamesMaster Series 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3S59y6wTx4

MVG's Wing Commander Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuFNFd8I0WU

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Dave is a little under the weather this week so Chris steps up. We look back at Sega Rally, did it change driving games 30 years ago? The C64 is getting a Street Fighter 2 conversion, its looking fast and playable but does it retain all the right components? Worms has been a hit since it first appeared and the original developer is working on an update for the Amiga! Get those sheep ready!

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00:00 - Show Opening

09:30 - Easy Right Maybe Story Link: https://www.inverse.com/gaming/sega-rally-championship-retrospective

26:44 - Spinning Bird Kick Story Link: https://c64universe.wordpress.com/2024/10/20/super-street-fighter-2-turbo-for-c64-early-game-demo/

43:44 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

50:48 - Worms Are Back In Service Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-commodore-amiga-used-to-make-worms-is-back-in-service

01:00:00 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Briefs Links:

Norfolk Retro Event: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1g72hvn/norfolk_retro_event_presents_retro_gaming_weekend/

Atari Decanter: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/raise-a-glass-to-a-video-game-icon-with-this-new-atari-decanter-set

Lillian Schwartz Passes: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/technology/lillian-schwartz-dead.html The Artist The Computer Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRFPV9smRyg

LGR Update: https://youtu.be/WA2qAfqGLE0?si=NqFURnShqoNLViMt

Nintendo Museum Uses Emulation: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the-official-nintendo-museum-appears-to-be-emulating-snes-games-on-a-windows-pc-which-is-slightly-embarrassing/

We return to find that your PC will be able to emulate an Xbox, that a rare Microprose arcade cabinet has been restored ( and is quite excellent ) and we check out a report that asks why some games age better than others. We also have news of a special Atari focused magazine which may or may not have been officially announced when you read this...we don't know.

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00:00 - Show Opening

07:10 - Throw Me An Xbone Story Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/xbox-one/after-11-years-xbox-one-emulators-are-finally-coming-to-pc-but-theyre-not-actually-using-emulation-at-all/

17:42 - Rare Microprose Cab Repaired Story Link: https://philwip.com/2019/09/11/pcb-repair-f-15-strike-eagle/

31:30 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

38:03 - Growing Old Disgracefully Story Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/why-do-some-games-age-poorly-while-others-are-timeless/

49:28 - 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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Housekeeping Links:

LGR's Latest Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VocCS7ls7R8

Will CRTs Return Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1fxzw4l/do_you_think_demand_for_crts_might_ever_grow_high/

Nostalgia Nerd and The Checkmate Monitor: https://youtu.be/IWBVATSPPlw

Nintendo Goes For YouTube Emulators: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/nintendo-is-now-going-after-youtube-accounts-which-show-its-games-being-emulated

Retro Computing A Chore?: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1fv58tf/vintage_computer_collection_becoming_a_chore/

BBC's 1990s Lara Croft Clip: https://youtu.be/l25IionYlp0?si=o_65b6jUCTVcvr4E

Internet Archive Hacked: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/internet-archive-hacked-data-breach-impacts-31-million-users/

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Strange show title this week but please stick with it! Neil is back full time! And who is this joining him and Dave? It's Chris! This week they look at Jaguar emulation on the iPhone, a list of 10 greatest gaming innovations ( and come up some more ) and ponder what will happen now that WinAmp's source code was posted to GitHub.

All this and the usual quick fire retro gaming news and the Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:53 - Apple Invents The Cat Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/atari-jaguar-emulation-is-coming-to-iphone

21:32 - Gaming's Greatest Innovations Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2024/09/22/the-10-greatest-innovations-video-games-according-me-21645286/

41:27 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

51:18 - It Clips The Llama’s Wings Story Link: No Link!

01:04:17 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Briefs Links:

RIP Chris Serle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y32z6wyg3o

Linux on Intel 4004: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/linux-takes-476-days-to-boot-on-an-ancient-intel-4004-cpu-cpu-precedes-the-os-by-20-years

Ceefax’s 50th: https://youtu.be/Xej9JI-FDPw?si=8oFvcMcoVVVOISoD

Modern Time Crisis: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/time-crisis-is-coming-to-modern-tvs-thanks-to-a-plug-and-play-ai-powered-light-gun

Funky 555 Timer IC: https://youtu.be/mDhNQPt8An0?si=LWfiLtjjFZOXmKiY

MiSter Pi Review: https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/mister-pi-a-usd99-gateway-to-fpga-retro-gaming

California Digital Purchase Law Change: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/new-storefront-law-tells-us-what-we-all-should-know-we-dont-own-digital-games

PC vs C64 Second Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqqhsDWWd44

Elite is 40 and to celebrate some source code has been shared. Fancy a job at Sega looking after its history? A PS2 gets a stunning restoration. Neil drops by to chat to Dave and Rees about this week's retro computing stories.

Once again thank you Rees for stepping up and helping us out while Neil was away. Rees has a lot of retro content, please visit https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/ for all the info.

Check out the latest issue of Pixel Addict for a big feature on popular Disney game Duck Tales. You will also find this issue's feature system in Templeman's Treasures where the Exelvision EXL 100 is explored. Visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for all the details.

00:00 - Show Opening

06:00 - Elite 40th Source Code Story Link: http://www.elitehomepage.org/fourty/index.htm

19:21 - SEGA History Expert? Have We Got A Job For You! Story Link: https://mynintendonews.com/2024/09/21/sega-paying-100000-for-archivist-lore-role/

29:08 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

38:18 - Extreme Restoration Story Link: https://youtu.be/2cFdAKC3_-o

46:35 - Community Question of the Week

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Half Life: https://www.pcgamesn.com/half-life/cd-discovery

Lost Professor Layton Game: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/puzzle/lost-professor-layton-game-that-only-released-in-japan-16-years-ago-is-getting-an-unofficial-translation-after-being-discovered-on-an-old-phone/

PS1 FPGA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/09/fpga-ps1-teased-ahead-of-playstations-30th-anniversary

Japan's HiFi Stacks: https://www.gearpatrol.com/audio/teac-cassette-tape-decks/

X16 Second Reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_67sF4onNQM

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We are joined by Ben from Plaion, the people who bought you the Atari 2600+ and the forthcoming 7800+. We talk about cartridge gaming, get some info on the new Atari consoles and wonder what could be next from Atari. Do you worry about being fooled by fake cartridge games on sale in stores which may not know how to spot a fake? The BBC looked into it. Finally, are hard drives really as unreliable as reported? Maybe not.

All this and more retro gaming/computing news in Dave's Briefs and the Community Question Of The Week.

Check our Rees' video on a Tiny branded PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQo0yOqOb_4

00:00 - Show Opening

02:50 - You Cart Keep A Good Format Down Story Link: https://www.howtogeek.com/new-cartridge-releases-are-taking-retro-gaming-to-another-level/

29:08 - Retro Piracy Running Rampant Story Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1k7387pmrpo Additional Link: https://www.retronews.com/fake-pokemon-cartridge-spotted-at-gamestop-raises-concerns-among-retro-gamers/

44:30 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

51:48 - Hard Drive-In’ : Still Goin’ Story Link: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-life-expectancy/

01:0:09 - Community Question of the Week

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SNES Post Box: https://i.redd.it/kz2kb4u8rlod1.jpeg

C54 Microtext: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvSlWLgXcsU

Google And The Wayback Machine: https://9to5google.com/2024/09/11/google-search-internet-archive-wayback-machine/

Atari Back On Track: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/atari-ceo-wade-rosen-says-the-company-is-done-being-a-fast-follower-