This Week in Retro

This Week in Retro


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The Guide To PCs Of The 1980/90s - This Week In Retro 116
March 18, 2023

Neil is back and Chris has a week off, but we are joined by Shelby from Tech Tangent. He joins us to talk about how the floppy disk may not be on its way out, a free book about the history of the PC a

Colour On A Vectrex? - This Week In Retro 115
March 11, 2023

Mean Machine Dean joins us this week to check out (and be bamboozled by) how colour graphics are achievable on the Vectrex. We also find out why the team at the National Video Game Museum were locked

SEGA Takes Down Art Book? - This Week In Retro 114
March 04, 2023

Joined by special guest The Brent from ARG Presents we talk about the potential negative side of nostalgia from retro collection. We check out a blending of two classic Star Trek games, can you take a

Amiga Vs Atari ST - It’s WAR! - This Week In Retro 113
February 25, 2023

Brace yourselves for the revival of that old school argument. Which is better, the Amiga or the Atari ST? Please don't throw your half eaten sandwiches or peanut our tie knots so we can't undo them. W

Did You Know Doom Could Do This? - This Week In Retro 112
February 18, 2023

We have another guest this week, Clint from LGR. He joins us to talk about how a specific version of Doom has been tweaked to provide a multi screen experience (you will need 4 PCs though!). We check

Talking About 3DFX Voodoo cards - This Week In Retro 111
February 11, 2023

We have a special guest this week from Germany. Ian joins us to talk all things 3dfx VooDoo. We also think about some claims from Lord Alan Sugar that his products were better than Apple's. Could he b

RISC OS & The Acorn Archimedes - This Week In Retro 110
February 04, 2023

After a recent article about RISC OS & The Acorn Archimedes we take some time to talk about what we thought of the Archimedes. Was it really in the same league as the Amiga? Arcade1up are re-releasing

Building A Brand New Retro Computer - This Week In Retro 109
January 28, 2023

Can you build an old computer using only brand new parts? Turns out you can! How about about shiny new C64? The ants are back causing trouble in the desert again in It Returned To The Desert, a follow

3 New Atari Consoles - This Week In Retro 108
January 21, 2023

This is your weekly Retro Computing round-up and this week we look at the three new consoles from Atari, might they tempt you to dip into their back catalogue of games? How do you find a retro destina

Collecting Expensive But Rubbish Games - This Week In Retro 107
January 14, 2023

For the first show of 2023 we are joined by a special guest, Mark Fixes Stuff. We talk about how a game engine (in this case Doom) can be used to recreate logical operations. We look at a report of th