"Keep a copy of what's important to you." "Punish your children one day." youtu.be/N7c_IBMUHws @ronscompvids.bsky.social helps us look back at Philips CD-i, discuss the Stop Killing Games movement, and dig into physical media ownership. Plus: What retro technology would you resuscitate with a $1B bu

People will tell you now the Amiga won the 16-bit generation. But the Amiga launch was a disaster and the one you were supposed to buy didn't arrive for 2 years. Here's what really happened. youtu.be/Nv-T7wBHzc0

@ronscompvids.bsky.social is our guest for a supersized episode including Chris's Very Important Points on digital preservation. Plus CD-i retrospectives, a Stop Killing Games update & more Saturday when TWiR streams (and in some cases is up for download) across YouTube and all podcast platforms!

We take another look 260 Weeks Ago in Retro for our Patreon members, including a checkup on the tough-talking Buffee accelerator project for Amiga computers. www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...

Oh, the #Amiga demo I made for @thisweekinretro.bsky.social is available on Demozoo now: demozoo.org/productions/... bootable adf : just copy that a gotek or floppy It's my pride and joy to have made @visitthecave.bsky.social 's bum and @davevelociraptor.bsky.social dance moves part of the demoscene

Talking points for Episode 257 include:

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! youtu.be/acI72_99jFQ

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! youtu.be/9HjHy5m15eQ

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! youtu.be/x0BrGNSIulI

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! www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...

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!

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

Innuendo-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.

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?...

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-...

Buckle up: It's milestone episode 250 and still a racing show. youtu.be/U0feIbUdwkE 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!

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: youtu.be/KGvsIVlbngA?...

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. obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...

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. youtu.be/68_Yg9lWm50 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 youtu.be/AkGl9MNvINI 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 ⤵️ archive.org/details/sier...

If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder... youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY (Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)

More statue discourse!

Bonus 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." www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...

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 youtu.be/dDXyrikyykc A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!

My christmas present arrived a week early! #c64

It's a matter of Life and Death as for maximum holiday cheer we are joined this week by "Doctor" Neil of The Retro Collective and "Former Solder Professional" Aaron of Amigos Retro Gaming. Episode 249 includes a discussion of a healthy work/life balance over the holidays. Coming Saturday!

For our 2025 finale, This Week in Retro welcomes back one traditional holiday guest and one surprise returnee. (who oh who could it beeeeeee)

Spin InfoSoc's Hack: all of this has happened before, and it will all happen again! youtu.be/VYXvWntHowI RAM is dramatic (again), an iconic 1980s cyborg law enforcer gets a monument, and we look back at the original Tron's CGI. All this, and your top joystick, and more in This Week in Retro 248!

Beware Dave's Directive 4! It's a celebration of the best and worst of RoboCop, including a live re-enactment of the heavily censored broadcast. All this and more on Saturday's penultimate-for-2025 episode of This Week in Retro!

Happy December! youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!

Special guest Happy Coding ZX counted the platforms you could buy new game titles on in the mid-90s. It's probably more than you think. All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!

I guess listening/watching to 288 videos of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social (beginning from the very first episode) throughout this year is an accomplishment worth bragging about, no?

Two birthday cakes for the SEGA Master System and the XBox 360, both celebrating significant milestones. Also: the implications of formally open-source Infocom titles and the loss of an industry giant, plus your top titles from 1995-6, in This Week in Retro episode 246! youtu.be/01EXU-TMD-8

For our Patreon supporters, a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is live, a look back at Episode 14 from November 2020. Stories include virtual pinball and the Raspberry Pi 400. Patreon's autocaptioning left untouched because it's hilarious. www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...

Fool the grannies, play games all day! If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!

It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.

Up-to-date news for out-of-date hype! Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!

Amstrad turn at Sonic: Dave covers that and other new games for the CPC. youtu.be/twOymB1LHOc We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!

It's the kind of scrolling that–well, surely you know the kind. No, it's not that kind of scrolling. Nor that one neither. Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!