We are joined by Allan (aka Happy Coding ZX) to talk about joysticks, haunted tech and does retrobrighting damage your beloved computers and consoles?
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00:00 - Show Opening
05:33 - Joy Of A Decent Stick
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23:19 - Tales Of The Unexplained
Story Link: https://www.downtowndougbrown.com
The 1988 Mystery: https://www.youtube.com
The Games Machine Issue 09: https://archive.org
The Dodleston Messages: https://history.howstuffworks.com
40:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below
47:28 - Not Too Bright
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Macho Nacho Link: https://www.youtube.com
59:59 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy In Browser: https://www.bbc.co.uk
Perforated Tape Reader: https://www.tomshardware.com
Episode Credits
Parts of "How the iconic Competition Pro joystick was created" courtesy of hotdog soup
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"File:Atari XE joystick (colour restored).jpg" by Bilby is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"C64 DTV" by Jan Hagelskamp1 is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"Amstrad PC1512" by Marcin Wichary is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
