Gigawatts of retro power: Get immersed in a Rave virtual arcade, Learn the daily grind of an RBMK nuclear reactor operator, And the hosts' check Retro Games Ltd.'s unusual video FAQ for followers of THEA1200. Plus everything from the IBM System/360 to Jaguar and PlayStation. youtu.be/eNj8a-8oOko

THEA1200 sparks THEDiscussion of THEFilesystem challenges! Retro Games Ltd. put out a helpful Q&A video recently. But does it raise more questions than it answers? Chris and Jason grapple with decades-old Fast File System limitations and more this Saturday!

New episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro out now for our supporters, a look back at Episode 42 of the show from June 2021! www.patreon.com/thisweekinre...

Sony's pushed the physical media doomsday clock closer to midnight! Also: the life and career of Psion PLC founder and innovator David Potter, the many hazards of the modern online auction scene, a short-lived 3DO reboot, new uses for old RAM, and much more. youtu.be/7vcEHNCiemw

With Sony apparently accelerating the death of physical game media, what will the future of throwback-media nostalgia look like? Jason has one idea, involving a (hypothetical) very successful second date with (checks notes) Marguerite. Subscribe now and don't miss This Week in Retro 276 on Saturday!

Sega's mission: make history easier to play, also publish more Sonic 1 and 2 carts?! Also: Pentium-friendly KolibriOS and an Amiga 1200 upgraded beyond belief. Plus the best real-world locations to simulate in-game, more Commodore Callback chat, and a special 40th birthday! youtu.be/KoFj-4bluaQ

Is the pace of operating system upgrades increasing? Or are we just too old to conform? (You already know the answer.) Sega and Amiga features plus more operating system discourse, and more, when This Week in Retro 275 arrives Saturday!

Plenty of contest results, a new Inform library (or is it?) and news so late-breaking we have to interrupt our news to bring other news! retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/44/

"What now lies ahead in the ULTIMA saga can only be pure speculation!" Can Lord British reclaim Ultima? Can Chris tell the difference between reality and sims? Will new IDEs for C64 Ultimate, ST, Amiga, Mac, and DOS uncork new apps and games? Plus Commodore phone takes and more! youtu.be/zEiSTyUyLaI

A look at the planned C64 Ultimate Game Engine (a dev system for the enhanced FPGA model of the Commodore 64) prompts the questions: will users accept C64 Ultimate-only titles? And how's that been going for the Spectrum Next (assuming that yours has shipped, that is)? All this and more Saturday!

At least they're polite about it.

🎧 The extra long one that talks retro history, including the Computer Literacy Project which “was so great, you’re still explaining computer buying 15 years later.” A spicy @jasoncompton.bsky.social at a terrible hour this week! 👏😆 🎮 #VideoGames 🕹️ #RetroGaming #RetroComputing ⌨️ #Podcasts 📻

Laugh while you can, monkey-boy! Telarium/Trillium's sequel to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and Adventure International's sequel to Buckaroo Banzai in the latest game episode of The Retro Adventurers. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/43/

World-first reveal! Tony Smales (ex-Melbourne House) gives a tour of never-released pinball Arcade Wizzard for Commodore 64! Plus: definitive overview of the Sega Dreamcast, and home PC shopping in 1998. youtu.be/ThWzhOzD8BI and be sure to check @gamesthatwerent.com for more on Tony's attic disks!

To accommodate Melbourne (House) guest Tony Smales and the usual international crew, one of us got up extra-early. It may have impacted his patience with a condescending BBC computer buying guide. All this, an exclusive game reveal after decades in an attic, and more crabbiness coming Saturday!

This week's guest quietly built Vintage Computer Festival Midwest into the world's largest annual retro computing event. It's the end for the revived Checkmate Amiga case, surprising differences in teletext around the world, and a look at the "overrated?" Amiga 500 Batman Pack. youtu.be/ZPsifCcF-H4

Jason Timmons of VCF Midwest and Chicago Classic Computing show-and-tell: a rare Quazon Quik-Link 300 home teletext terminal and last-minute product engineering. (Atari 400 catches a stray for good measure as well!) Just a sample of Saturday's latest news for the oldest tech!

Welcoming back guest @iainlee.com after too long away, we revisit Nintendo's too-brief run of mini consoles, explore the surprises buried in Microsoft NetMeeting's 30th anniversary, and find out what made an octogenarian game dev settle unfinished business. Episode 271 out now! youtu.be/GSRXr9LRq9Q

A space traveler wrestles with the need for human companionship... and LOSES! Join us as we discuss the pastoral sci-fi story Founding Father by Clifford D. Simak - new, FREE show!

Just what does returning guest @iainlee.com think we've done to deserve this? Enjoy our modern radio show which you can also watch like television with a real-life media professional when This Week in Retro 271 arrives Saturday! thisweekinretro.com

>OPEN MAILBOX. GET LEAFLET. READ IT Classic text adventure report for June 2026 with game contests you can still play-and-judge in, a Visible Zorker update, news on several development environments, and new games. On all podcast platforms, YouTube, and at retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/42/ now.

Exclusive hardware news caps a retro kit roundup this week: news of a MiSTer handheld from Heber plus PicoCPC, PicoIDE, and PicoGUS updates. Then we look closer at reimagined Atic Atac and Wolfenstein 3D, and explore wonderful, novel operating systems in the Virtual OS Museum. youtu.be/gf2piu17r0I

Dave's on new hardware watch this week. (We told you he's fine.) Also, cat. See you Saturday!

Tech hidden in plain sight! The brand-new Swap Arcade and the Minty Cyberdeck palmtop. Plus Australia's MicroBee, the retro-tech Eurovision entry of LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER, host milestones, 3D conversions of classic games, new POKEY hope for Atari and more! youtu.be/VupmbLBg3iY

Something happens on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro which is a first in the show's history! We also discuss the marital politics of arcade cabinet acquisition, the international politics of music, and the Australian politics of calling your computer "The Matilda"!

Classic literature 🤝 text adventure 🤝 #smoochescollier

I’m always intrigued by the books @jasoncompton.bsky.social has behind him during @thisweekinretro.bsky.social. Compelling covers and interesting titles that hint at the tale within. Reminds me of buying Acorn Electron games in the 80s. No screenshots. Just a title and picture. Each game a mystery

All aboard to the Hall of Fame! youtu.be/c9-hquIAfh0 Jo Cook of UK Amstrad Group helps take on a Sega myth and an Amiga delay, and to debate the merits of the latest Hall of Fame games at @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social (Put away your bagged milk before viewing, where applicable.)

We visit Infocom's surliest protagonist with guest Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com this time out, playing Michael Berlyn's Infidel as the main course. We also explore another Infocom parody: 1991's The Smirking Horror. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/41/

Gamedev legend @kevintoms.bsky.social joins us for Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum handhelds, Xerox's R&D legacy, the BBC Computer Literacy Project recap from 1992 the latest from Commodore and FujiNet, a surprising workstation on FPGA, and a great deal more!

A crystal-clear statement from Acorn co-founder Hermann Hauser about the global home computer industry's fortunes in the early 1980s is unearthed! Our guest @kevintoms.bsky.social weighs in as well. More revelations from 1992, 1982, and beyond coming this Saturday in This Week in Retro episode 267!

"It's not books you need, it's some of the things that once were in books. The same things *could* be in the 'parlor families' today. The same infinite detail and awareness could be projected through the radios and televisors, but are not." Coming soon!

"But it's gonna cost you some serious zorkmids" is an actual line starting at 0:30 of this clip.

It's penny pushers and other horrors as Lee of @morefunmakingit.bsky.social journeys with us into dark places. Chris' Corner is in full effect with another look at Stunt Car Racer enhancements and we talk about Lee's upcoming charity effort + news from Commodore, Sega, and more. youtu.be/T_cQuBR1ZgA

Interview with the hosts of @bookriot.bsky.social’s Zero to Well-Read podcast as originally broadcast on Radio Literature. youtu.be/PhTZX9q3G10

We're joined by @morefunmakingit.bsky.social this week and some of us were more startled by 3D Monster Maze than others. These and other terrors including seaside arcades and castoff cabling when This Week in Retro episode 266 arrives Saturday!

>OPEN MAILBOX, where you >GET NEWS AND LISTEN TO IT is live! Nick and Jason cover new highlights in classic text adventures and neo-retro interactive fiction, including new Z-Machine/Infocom interpreters, an amazing Cornerstone prank-that-isn't, and more. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/40/

Andrew Borman of @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social joins for the return of the iconic Channel 9 Australia's endorsement of retro gaming, the revival of a 50-year old Nintendo arcade cabinet, The Krypton Factor, and customizations of the Commodore 64 Ultimate in episode 265! youtu.be/aI4fYM0pQdM

Some chewy discussions coming your way between Andrew Borman (Director of Digital Preservation, @thestrongmuseum.bsky.social) and the hosts about the planned changes to Commodore 64 Ultimate core flashing permissions. All this and quite a bit more when This Week in Retro 265 arrives Saturday!

Bring big imaginations and big keyboards for the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game dev for the original Sony PlayStation, and new life for old DV camcorders. Plus a holiday photo, a birthday and more in This Week in Retro episode 264! (PS: Chris is back) youtu.be/5fl7W43RvDQ

Canst thou draw out the Leviathan? Taking on a big text adventure collection takes a big man with a big imagination and a big keyboard. Chris is back! Plus plenty more news this Saturday when This Week in Retro 264 hits your YouTube and podcast feeds.

Legendary indie RPG author and entrepreneur Jeff Vogel of @spiderwebsoftware.bsky.social executes a sharp takedown of the Macintosh ecosystem as he sees it. (And he's a fan!) All this and much more coming Saturday to YouTube and podcast platforms.

Latinorum, a 1985 Commodore 64 text adventure refactored for the modern era, is part of The 2026 Spring Thing Festival of Interactive Fiction, playable in both English and Italian. www.springthing.net/2026/play_on...

Thanks for two years of classic text adventures, conversations, and magazine deep dives. Jason, Nick, and Tim gather to talk about some upcoming new features on the podcast, a lineup change, and a first look at our new hand-crafted show artwork. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/39

Podcaster-archivist @savetz.bsky.social (ANTIC, Eaten By a Grue) joins for 90s nostalgia, the loss of cover art giant Philip Castle, and the rise-and-fall of Iomega's Zip drives. All this, your picks for a gaming industry legend you'd like to spend an hour with, and more!! youtu.be/4Q_ODmzynsM

We get @adriansdigitalbasement.com to talk controller standard proliferation solved (possibly) by a new multi-interface project. And the latest from Commodore, recordings from Game Developer Conference 1989, the GBA'a 25th anniversary, plus new temporary "Chris' Corner" segment! youtu.be/kE8c463aibw

Well well well. Turn one page past the Dog Star Adventure listing in the May 1979 issue of Softside, and who do we find?

Guest player Tim Gilberts joins for interstellar exploration of two oft-overlooked sci-fi titles of the 1970s: Aldebaran III by Peter Langston, and Dog Star Adventure by Lance Micklus. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/38/

Welcome back @ctrl-alt-rees.com! youtu.be/kB7aBtWr7mg News on the Myrient archive, OS pioneer Digital Research, and overdue game ports. Is reviving Cinemaware titles like jury duty? Are there enough good Atari Jaguar games to count on two hands? Find out in Ep 260 of This Week in Retro!

This weekend, Nick connected a group of permacomputing enthusiasts with Adventure (440 point edition) on the ICL 2966 at @tnmoc.bsky.social. Just about anything can be a platform for retro adventuring if you want it badly enough!