This Week in Retro Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave

Are you looking for a modern operating system for your Commodore 64? You are in luck, OS64 could be just the trick. We also look at the Orpheus 2 a new PC soundcard that seems to have it all! 

Well, this is almost the special episode we had planned for last week. Chris as made it to the Cave and he gets to have a good look around. See what he got up to in this episode.

00:00 - Show Opening
08:27 - Orpheus II - New PC Soundcard
Story Link: https://www.retrorgb.com/orpheus-ii-gus-isa-soundcard.html

20:41 - Chris Is In The Cave

36:37 - A Modern OS For The C64
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/28/new-os-for-commodore-64-adds-modern-features/

50:46 - Community Question of the Week

 

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Music mentioned in the responses to this week's Community Question:

C64 Miami Vice music - https://youtu.be/j88nxPbkg4E
Kaze no Notam music - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm06eh34fOnrjsWmcO2n14uOOF1Qexh1g
Ninja Warriors music "Daddy Mulk" - https://youtu.be/OFjv6_p7qRE
Outrun music - "Magical Sound Shower" - https://youtu.be/NpUetfAWJRs

 

This Week in Retro is a weekly round-up of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

An old friend returns this week to talk about efforts that are underway to collect and preserve each and every game ever. We check out Doom running within Doom and lets not forget musical masterpieces hidden within PlayStation 1 games.

All that and our community question of the week.

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00:00 - Show Opening
12:04 - Unexpected Musical Masterpieces
Story Link: https://www.thumbculture.co.uk/outstanding-orchestra-retro-playstation-games-with-surprising-soundtracks
27:22 - Doomception
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2022/07/12/even-doom-can-now-run-doom/
35:49 - Who Deserves To Preserve?
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/w53nuw/random_elected_official_in_japan_is_looking_to/
Additional Link: https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7b8wy/why-is-a-game-publisher-trying-to-buy-every-video-game-ever-made?utm_source=reddit.com
52:17 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

This week we talk about Atari showing signs of wanting to do right by their heritage. We look at the Spectrum games bought to Steam by Pixel Games UK, are your old faves included? Finally, something a little different with the return of Fighting Fantasy Books. 

 

Plus your answers to last week's question of the week.

 

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

On this episode of This Week In Retro we look at another new soundcard for old PCs, this one is for those on a budget. We talk about some of the negativity that has been directed at the creators of Return to Monkey Island. Can you believe that the Atari brand is now 50 years old......50! Finally, have you ever felt like you wanted to run Windows 95 on your Sega Genesis/Megadrive? You can and it's fun!! All this and we check out your answers to our community question of the week!

00:00 - Show Opening




04:37 - A new budget minded soundcard for old PCs

Story Link: https://www.retrorgb.com/mk8330-isa-sound-card-the-cut-price-orpheus-goes-on-sale.html




14:45 - It is easier to destroy than to create

Story Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ron-gilbert-will-no-longer-post-about-monkey-island-due-to-personal-attacks/




27:57 - Atari brand is 50 years old

Story Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-atari-brand-is-50-years-old-today/




37:11 - The Genesis of Windows

Story Link: https://youtu.be/y0C9JEaPEKk

Additional Link: https://youtu.be/y0C9JEaPEKk




41:34 - Community Question of the Week




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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC , Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

For the first time ever we have 4 presenters! A guest from The Retro Hour pops in for a chat this week. Join us for about an hour of chat about old computers. The MSX is back for a 3rd round! Classic hardware returns but it's not another Mini it's a full blown system. Can't wait! We talk about gaming accessibility as 8BitDo show off their controller for gamers with limited mobility (we salute you 8BitDo). Finally, would you switch to a modern recreation of your old hardware in order to preserve it?

A small favour, if you enjoy this show please like and share it on Twitter, Facebook etc. Shout about it in your local computer club if you could. Thanks!

00:00 - Show Opening 06:42 - The MSX is back!

Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-japanese-pc-that-ran-the-original-metal-gear-is-coming-back-after-30-years-of-extinction/




17:27 - Affordable accessible controller? 8BitDO!

Story Link: https://www.androidpolice.com/8bitdos-new-bluetooth-controller-is-designed-for-gamers-with-limited-mobility/




33:06 - Chuck that old Amiga in the bin

Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS-izPZoprs




51:46 - Community Question of the Week




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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Another great week for Retro Computing fans. Fancy recreating the unique sounds of the Gravis Ultrasound audio card without having to locate one of the old cards on eBay? No problem, Ian Scott has created the PiGUS which is exactly what you are probably thinking it is. Forget Nemesis from Resident Evil, the real terror that stalks you is Rex from 3D Monster Maze VR! Finally, are you a tech hoarder or a collector? Is there a fine line between and where do you draw it? All that and what might have been our most popular Community Question Of The Week!

00:00 - Show Opening

06:45 - Audio snOUT, it’s the PiGUS

Story Link: https://twitter.com/ianpolpo/status/1535715886190866432?t=nubdhH1L5v1WPlo8GloYuQ&s=19




20:04 - Virtually Amazing Monsters

Story Link: https://twitter.com/stephencsmith/status/1534993746470879254




32:28 - Hoard of the things?

Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/ve7of0/when_does_preservation_become_hoarding/




48:04 - Community Question of the Week




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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.