A large thank you to @davevelociraptor.bsky.social from @thisweekinretro.bsky.social on this month’s episode. Or a “go yell at Dave if you don’t like it” to Dave on this month’s episode.

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

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!

I'm in this rather serendipitous interview with the fascinating Ron Martinez!

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!

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 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

There's a kind of live stream VOD that's really worthwhile watching back - it's this kind where loads of work has gone in so it's super interesting and informative - with sarcasm, passive aggressiveness and snark. Thanks Dudley! youtu.be/xdB3twECVrQ?...

Surely not. @iainlee.com would you have thought that after his compelling interview?

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!

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.

coming soon 😉 - picoide.com (image made at homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...)

Sound Blaster is back, this time with magnets. youtu.be/i8BrBLmCrVQ Is a MOD tracker story an Amiga story? And the Commodore 16 and Plus/4 get a new look thanks to a brand-new version of Green Beret for the former. Plus your pack-in selections for THEA1200 and more on This Week in Retro episode 243!

Paging @visitthecave.bsky.social! youtu.be/6rm-IXPll98 So many hot topics, This Week in Retro called in special guest Neil Thomas. Look ahead to THEA1200, back at ZSNES + climb inside the computer on screen and film. Plus, the best immersive experiences, and more, on This Week in Retro episode 242!

This month on our Patreon: Chris, Dave, and Jason present renewed up-to-date news for out-of-date tech, because the existing once-up-to-date news about that out-of-date tech is now itself out-of-date. 260 Weeks Ago in Retro for October 2025 is now live for subscribers at patreon.com/thisweekinretro.

A zombie console awakes! Strange experiments in life after death for this Halloween episode. youtu.be/hY6ARaYCPus Atari reanimates Intellivision's corpse, and we test saying "Sega" repeatedly to cause oversized arcade cabinets to appear in a mirror. Plus your whiz kid memories on This Week in Retro!

Peak Atari ST!

Is the Rasperry Pi 500+ bringing wedgetops back? Did Jordan Mechner clear up Prince of Persia history on our subreddit? Is there such a thing as too much Infocom? youtu.be/eOPYzQ0we9g Plus your preferred control schemes on This Week in Retro 238, available now on YouTube and all podcast platforms!

It's The Taylor and Amy Show featuring a couple of bald guys for Microsoft's open-source BASIC, data on microcassette, and "software deconstructionist" Christopher Drum. youtu.be/UHYscl1Ayqg Plus KIM-1, model rockets, your arcade theme songs, and a new Question of the Week!

"Hey, Altair! Hey, IMSAI!" It's The Taylor and Amy Show this week, Dave and Jason are just providing the backbeat of news and your Personal Theme Song views on Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro! @tayloramyshow.bsky.social

Let's play "Chaos Strikes Back" Episode 10 on the Atari ST #AtariST #retrogaming #Atari ... youtu.be/4XnZo9A90Ok

Don't call it a Maxi! Clarity about THEA1200 plus a new mini-Vectrex, a look back at the 30th anniversary of Microsoft going mainstream with Windows 95, and the would-be IBM/Apple killer the Commodore 128. youtu.be/-GArvyKnb1o Plus the tech inventions you're happiest without in Episode 233!

Out now! We try to say nice things about so-called terrible inventions, explore the origins and future of the sports management sim, and talk new games for Amiga and ZX Spectrum! All this plus your retro destinations in Episode 232. youtu.be/ntZKGTdD7Ss

Come to grips with a world without America Online dialup. Remasters of Hexen and Heretic may help, or perhaps retail therapy at a local retro-minded shop. All this and more including your tabletop role-playing game preferences and an all-new Community Question of the Week! youtu.be/Tsq2IMAqKv0

Travel to faraway lands like Greyhawk and the late 90s in TWiR 230! youtu.be/sxDRtU2Lowg The future of computer phones, without Apple or Samsung! The original Dungeons and Dragons mega-module, and three claimants to Commodore glory including a look at the all-new theC64 Mini modern games bundle.

Of course This Week in Retro 229 leads with the 40th anniversary of the Amiga's launch! youtu.be/AUVKewiBlPE Plus we talk recent retro events and a guide to future nerdfests as the Retro Directory relaunches. All this and more, including answers to firing up a Spectrum Next on a rainy day.

This SaTWiRday at youtu.be/Il3fTI20slM we take on: Issue Three of the Spectrum Next computer, smashing its Kickstarter goal in mere hours! Can naughty pre-loaded consoles get you into trouble? And the tale of the "missing Apple", the Mark Twain-edition Apple IIGS.

Which is more official: the Commodore 64 Ultimate, or the Spectrum Next's C64 mode? We're trying to work it out! This Week in Retro 228, coming this Saturday!

Vocal warmups! They're a thing... for some.

An outtake-teaser for Episode 226, as it turns out Chris is still adjusting to the conventions of the Apple Macintosh Ecosystem. Full episode Saturday!

Ben, Jason & @davevelociraptor.bsky.social of This Week in Retro take on the robots! CPC/Spectrum/C64 Souls of Darkon, then whodunnit tension in Epyx's The Robots of Dawn for Apple and C64, based (ish) on the Asimov novel. Episode 29 of The Retro Adventurers, on your favorite podcast platform now.

"That is not dead which can eternal lie..." TWiR is back on the air this week as a Top Gear legend takes on a classic arcade racer, a publishing era ends with the final Format magazine, and we go in-depth on Commodore Corporation BV acquisition news. youtu.be/Rrn3DX3QkkQ

@mdf200.bsky.social I'm sure people have tagged you on this so many times it's annoying the crap out of you. So I'm just doing it to be a prick

...so, what shall we talk about this week? Some of the hosts dealt really well with the lead story. Others have 30 years of baggage. This Week in Retro, returning to normal service with Episode 225 this Saturday!

The hosts used Producer's Holiday time to record answers to TWiRler questions. Very serious matters were settled... and then there was this. patreon.com/thisweekinretro for more.

The first segment of Level 9's Knight Orc, and the Infidel parody Inhumane by Andrew Plotkin, plus tons of news and correspondence in episode 27 of The Retro Adventurers. On all podcast platforms or visit retroadventurers.com

A very POHS (Producer's HOliday Saturday) morning to you, TWiRlerverse! No episode today, we'll be back to normal service next week. The hosts used the off-week to dig through some childhood photos while working on a Q&A video... (Here's a hint: neither of them has hair anymore)

Arthur insists on cuddles all of the time

Can anyone help identify the font used on this Spectrum based key caps set ?

Producer's Holiday week means no teaser, alas. Instead journey in The Internet Time Machine to 2022's Episode 75: * Guest-host Dave! * An early doubled "all-this-and-more"! * No Community Question of the Week for Reasons! www.youtube.com/watch?v=31ys...

A wry take on Infocom's Infidel helped set Andrew Plotkin on the course to become one of the major tastemakers in interactive fiction. We discuss Inhumane, the Inform language, IFTF, and much more on Episode 28 of The Retro Adventurers. Available on all podcast platforms or retroadventurers.com

ChatGPT makes excuses, Wing Commander gets updated and there's an Atari Earthquake, but why has Chris forbidden the term "Fake Australian"? And your top Atari ST memories on this week's show. youtu.be/0erTSO9qR9c

Join Dave, Chris, and Jason as we observe the Atari ST's 40th birthday. Also featured: a cat attacks, a Dolphin evolves, and GOG stocks the larder with preserves! (actually games.) And, of course, the top obsolete computer skills submitted in our Community Question of the Week.

Own it, rent it, or OWN it own it? An excerpt from our story on preservation. All this and more coming up on Saturday's This Week in Retro, Episode 223! Subscribe now on YouTube or your podcast platform of choice.