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!

This week: the controversial Adventure Game Aptitude Test, improved access to Lucasarts classics thanks to a DREAMM emulator upgrade, and an outrageous hack to the infamous Sinclair C5. Plus your top picks in tiny software and an all-new Community Question of the Week. youtu.be/qm3E_fw7CRE

TWiR covers an unusual global gaming contest and the hosts talk about the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. Could Book Club be in our future?! Plus more news for retro Star Wars game fans, an incredible Sinclair C5 hack, and more when This Week in Retro 259 arrives Saturday!

All the fun you can squeeze into 64k! youtu.be/PM18XTdua8s We look at the international sensation Jet Set Willy and 1984's explosion of open-world adventure gaming. Plus a full Quake-style FPS in just 64k, and new flow coding and game engines for classic hardware.

>TAKE PITY AND EXAMINE IT. Nobody's angry with Chris for self-destructive adventure game choices, just worried about him. 1984's hottest adventure titles, up-to-date coding environments for out-of-date platforms, a full 3D FPS in just 64k, and more when This Week in Retro 258 arrives this Saturday!

"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

Zarf is being a good sport about his Patreon targets so we'll spell it out: if you care about old text adventures AT ALL, GIVE HIM YOUR MONEY patreon.com/VisibleZorker

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...

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

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 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

Ron Martinez (Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy, Hidden Agenda, Trek: TNG - The Transinium Challenge, Make Your Own Murder Party, etc.) returns for everything from Vladimir Nabokov to generative AI with Jason, Nick, and Dave V from @thisweekinretro.bsky.social . retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/37

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!

@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...

"Your resume says you think you excel at remaining focused and flexible despite adversity and distraction. Can you give us any examples?" @thisweekinretro.bsky.social

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!

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

Check the thread, someone out there should be able to figure this out. (Perhaps a Softside Adventure or similar?)

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.

We play the oldest and the newest-surviving variants of the original text adventure known simply as Zork. The 1977 edition Zork-285 and the 1990 (!) release of Mini-Zork are the featured games in Episode 36 of The Retro Adventurers. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/36/

#scottadams, the founder of #adventureinternational, is alive and well and living in Wisconsin. #interactivefiction

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!

Fact: Episodes with “Andrew Plotkin” in the title are our most popular at launch. So: don’t miss “Andrew Plotkin & some others Chatisode” at the link below, and subscribe so you’re the first to get our upcoming Infidel episode, with Andrew Plotkin (& others) retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/35/

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!

Lots of guests! Some hosts! Visible Zorker news! How Sierra / Lucasarts lulz were defeated in the marketplace! And more! Jason and Nick, joined by guests Robin Raymond, Tim Gilberts, Scott Adams, Andrew Plotkin, Dave "Velociraptor", Christian Neuhaus, and Iain Lee. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/35/

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...

It was a super-fruitful chatisode weekend! This is only the first half. Finished episode will be with you in just a few days.

Inspired by an exchange in the year-end chatisode: as Don Draper admonished an underling too fixated on puns and wit, sometimes the humor gets in the way of the message.

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!

Like the protagonist of this forgotten Christmastime tale from The Argosy magazine, I offer a conceptual gift in lieu of buying presents for all of you. A live read of Rheinbeck’s Scheme by Clyde Scott Chase. youtu.be/EzNBT7OiGPQ

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!

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!

"Is Gremlins a Christmas movie?" discourse in this latest episode. (Yes, as its text adventure is a Christmas game!) Save Christmas itself in A Spell Of Christmas Ice, and save our fair village from monster mayhem in Gremlins: The Adventure. retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/34/

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!

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...

Tonight on WORT FM Radio Literature, John Hendel is my guest to talk about the literary arts scene in Bristol, UK. Live at 7:30 PM on 89.9 FM locally or streaming worldwide at wortfm.org .