>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.

This week on The Retro Hour news, we’re looking at The Adventure of Node, a brand new Zelda-style RPG in development for AGA Amigas, complete with colourful top-down adventuring, smooth scrolling, monsters, caves, and a playable demo. https://postly.click/UYp

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

Ultima underworld remake. kweepa.itch.io/unity-underg....

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

Our museums are beautifully air conditioned, both in @visitthecave.bsky.social and @arcadearchive.co.uk visit retrocollective.co.uk and book a visit this weekend!

The journey is find one of the rarest BIG BOX LucasArts games of the 90's has finally come to an end! Many thanks to @jeriellsworth.bsky.social and everyone that helped to make this possible. Community is everything! youtu.be/nGts03OQP2A

Added 600dpi scans to archive.org/details/Case... .

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/

And people wonder why we're all packrats in games now. We've been hurt before

Classic literature 🤝 text adventure 🤝 #smoochescollier

Musings on the (extremely minor and non-notable) tie-in novels of Zork, Enchanter, Planetfall, Stationfall, and Wishbringer. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/info...

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

#spacequest #Sierra ##sierraonline #comicbook #comicbooks. Found the 3rd issue today!

#LogLoads64 Agent U.S.A. [[SPECIAL EDITION FOR @fuzzweed.co.uk]] What's this? He's got his own starring antagonist spot in a 1984 #C64 game..? He the "Fuzzbomb" and he will bring CHAOS to all that he encounters! This has been sat in my #WinVICE Games folder for years. What a lovely thing it is.

Let's hear it for #Steam controllers! @steampowered.com @horipad.bsky.social #SteamController #PCgaming

Old FB Memory: 🙄

After a wonderfully successful VCF PNW in Seattle, the Plexus P/20 is now in the hands of the Interim Computer Museum! icm.museum Coming soon to a telnet session near you.

For anyone who’s enjoyed SNL UK’s superb sketch about the 1984 British pork “My wife’s got what it takes” advert, Map Men are jumping on the bandwagon to repost our own homage we did last year.

A little video I put together for the Accolade classic 'Hardball' on the #c64 . Please checkout the channel for more Retro Gaming Goodness 👇 youtube.com/@bastichb64k...

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

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/

Thank you to everyone who came to see @h0ffman.bsky.social today and enjoyed his wonderful talk on game development. Especially Thomas who came from Germany just for the day ❤️

Is it a wargame? Is it a chess clone? Yes.

The weekend is here! These hot sauce contest-chugging dudes at SFGE are always ready to game hard! What's your drink of choice when you're playing? #partytime #games #gaming #savethehotsauceforyourfood

It's 2026 and Mastertronic is looking for new games to publish. Maybe you have what it takes...

Way back when 👍🕹😀 #C64Reposts #commodore #c64 #commodore64 #GamersUnite #Retro #RETROGAMING #activision #cibsunday

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.

Indie game dev legend Jeff Vogel of @spiderwebsoftware.bsky.social joins us for a provocative hour of conversation about legendary Apple products, summer camp with Lord British, moonshots and other artifacts of the Space Race, and much more! youtu.be/UUAkDADmfIM

#PicoGUS can now emulate Sound Blaster 16 with the newly released firmware v4.0.0! Other changes include CD-ROM speed and reliability improvements, GUS mode improvements, and more. Check the full changelog and download the release at github.com/polpo/picogu...

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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

Our first guest announcement for the 'FROM PITFALL TO POSEIDON - DESIGNING NEW RETRO GAMES FOR THE ATARI 2600' panel is game designer Garry Kitchen! Kitchen’s hit games include Donkey Kong (Atari), Keystone Kapers, GameMaker (1985), and Bart (Simpson) vs. the Space Mutants.

Our second special guest announcement this week for the 'FROM PITFALL TO POSEIDON - DESIGNING NEW RETRO GAMES FOR THE ATARI 2600' panel is game designer Dan Kitchen. Dan has produced over 240 commercially released games. Our final special guest panelist will be revealed tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Our final special guest announcement for the 'FROM PITFALL TO POSEIDON - DESIGNING NEW RETRO GAMES FOR THE ATARI 2600' panel is none other than the legendary David Crane! The man who gave us Pitfall! will be at SFGE! Grab your three-day membership and don't miss out on meeting this gaming icon!

Who else played this weird Epyx #c64 gem ?

A little video I put together for 'Skate or Die' by Electronic Arts on the old #c64 Check out the YouTube channel for more Retro Gaming Goodness 👇 youtube.com/@bastichb64k...

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

Dave disdains modern floppy drive replacements, loves spinning magnetic media. Special guest @adriansdigitalbasement.com asks if Dave's truly all-in! It's Commodore news, a breakdown of controller port diversity, 21 hours with game design legends, and more in Episode 261, streaming Saturday!

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/

New Video: youtu.be/ChQu6JvRMWs Enjoy the story of @bitmapbureau.com - The people behind it and their awesome modern retro games, culminating in a Terminator 2 licensed game, and a sneaky peek at what's coming next. #retrogaming #gamedev #gaming

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

#pcbigbox shelf of the day. #accesssoftware #mindscape #texmurphy

Hi-Res Adventure #2: The Wizard and the Princess (C64, 1982)

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!

Some pictures from the games archive.

#PCBIGBOX shelf of the day. #SSI #D&D #turnbased #dos