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High Street Retro Repair - This Week In Retro 167 This Week in Retro

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This week we are joined by Frank from Retro Rewind. You can check out everything Frank has to offer at https://retrorewind.ca/
UK based retro enthusiasts will soon be able to take their console to a high street store to have them repaired. Has retro or gaming addiction changed over the years? Would you like to support a movement to stop games being taken away from paying customers?
All this and our Community Question Of The Week and a number of other topics looked at in brief.
00:00 - Show Opening
05:48 - I’m Not Addicted I Could Stop Whenever I WantStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI
17:39 - Cexy TimeStory Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/cex-is-launching-its-own-repair-service-for-retro-consoles
29:57 - Dave's Housekeeping
Trocadero - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bzohn1/mayor_of_london_candidate_pledges_to_turn/
CPC464 Hits 40! - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bz7kid/amstrad_cpc_464_turns_40/
Backporting .NET - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1iozu/backporting_the_net_framework_to_allow_relatively/
The Story of The Oregon Trail - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1ox0s/the_story_of_the_oregon_trail/
Paul Daniels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_iEWoiRVIQ
Atari ST 50fps Racer - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/this-new-atari-st-racer-is-looking-seriously-smooth
Hyperion - https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-04-00029-EN.html
41:15 - Please Don’t Go!Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE
Campaign Link: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
55:32 - Community Question of the Week
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Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro
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Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro
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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠
This week we are joined by Frank from Retro Rewind. You can check out everything Frank has to offer at https://retrorewind.ca/
UK based retro enthusiasts will soon be able to take their console to a high street store to have them repaired. Has retro or gaming addiction changed over the years? Would you like to support a movement to stop games being taken away from paying customers?
All this and our Community Question Of The Week and a number of other topics looked at in brief.
00:00 - Show Opening
05:48 - I’m Not Addicted I Could Stop Whenever I WantStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbu0kmCeLSI
17:39 - Cexy TimeStory Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/cex-is-launching-its-own-repair-service-for-retro-consoles
29:57 - Dave's Housekeeping
Trocadero - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bzohn1/mayor_of_london_candidate_pledges_to_turn/
CPC464 Hits 40! - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bz7kid/amstrad_cpc_464_turns_40/
Backporting .NET - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1iozu/backporting_the_net_framework_to_allow_relatively/
The Story of The Oregon Trail - https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1c1ox0s/the_story_of_the_oregon_trail/
Paul Daniels - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_iEWoiRVIQ
Atari ST 50fps Racer - https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/04/this-new-atari-st-racer-is-looking-seriously-smooth
Hyperion - https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2024-04-00029-EN.html
41:15 - Please Don’t Go!Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE
Campaign Link: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/
55:32 - Community Question of the Week
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro
☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro
🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/
Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro
Youtube:https://youtube.com/rmcretro
Twitch:https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro
Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro
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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

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