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Cleaning Dirty Floppy Disks - This Week In Retro 177

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29th June 2024 1 hr 18 min

Wouldn't it be great if there was a machine to clean your old and dirty floppy disks? Now there is! Footage from a cancelled Indiana Jones game has surfaced. Did you ever want to play that shark arcade game seen in the movie Jaws?

All this and more retro computing news along with the Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

06:32 - Jonesing For Indiana Jones

Story Link: https://youtu.be

Additional Link: https://mixnmojo.com

26:36 - Du Du , Du Du , Du Du Du Du (Shark)

Story Link: https://www.remindmagazine.com

40:52 - Dave's Housekeeping

Links to stories mentioned found at the end of this text.

58:18 - Clean That Dirty Floppy!

Story Link: https://youtu.be

01:07:33 - 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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Episode Credits

"What is this Crazy Contraption!?" Courtesy of RobSmithDev

Link: https://www.youtube.com

Dave's Briefs Links

Pete Davison Blog: https://angryjedi.wordpress.com

Mark Fixes Stuff: https://youtu.be

Count Binface: https://youtu.be

Psion: https://www.abortretry.fail

Dune II Amiga Remaster: https://www.timeextension.com

Bruce Gordon Passes Away: https://www.reddit.com

Pocket386: https://liliputing.com

Lunar Lander Bug: https://arstechnica.com

Lynn Conway Passes Away: https://hackaday.com

Archive.org: https://www.reddit.com

Nintendo Sheet Music: https://en.softonic.com

The Captain Blood Story: https://www.eurogamer.net

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