Hello and welcome to this week's look at retro computing and gaming goodness. eXoIF is a new release that contains almost 900 interactive fiction titles, Jason is pretty excited about it. Dave takes a look at a few pieces of hardware that are making big noises. Chris has been watching a new YouTube video all about everyone's favourite games publisher that used an awesome looking owl logo...wonder which one that could be.
All this as well as a bumper number of quick news items in brief!
Thanks to Pixel Addict magazine for supporting us for this episode. Issue 29 is now available where Richard C. Hewison takes you behind the scenes of his time as a games tester for Telecomsoft, the powerhouse behind legendary labels Firebird and Rainbird. Visit addict.media for all the details.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:28 - Would You Shell Out 16 Gigabytes To Match Wits With This?
Story Link: https://www.retro-exo.com
Captain Cutter’s Treasure: https://warrigal.itch.io
31:14 - Upgrades Update
PCMidi: https://pcmidi.eu
SVI-328 PicoROM: https://github.com
PicoCPC: https://www.cpcwiki.eu
PicoGUS: https://github.com
48:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
55:21 - Twit Tawoo
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
Combat Air Patron: https://www.youtube.com
01:07:47 - 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:
Seiko RC-1000: https://www.reddit.com
Head Over Heels Sequel: https://www.timeextension.com
ISEVIC: https://github.com
Maplic Back Online: https://www.standard.co.uk
1980s High End Advert: https://www.reddit.com
Atari Falcon Chip Scan: https://mikrosk.github.io
DOS Intro Channel: https://www.youtube.com
Frogger 2 Source Code: https://www.youtube.com
Apple Power Mac Team Photo: https://arstechnica.com
Fatboy Slim Atari ST: https://www.youtube.com
Rob Smith Likes To Whack A Mole: https://www.pcgamer.com
Episode Credits
Parts of "How an Owl ruled the world : The Story of Psygnosis" courtesy of Modern Vintage Gamer
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Parts of "Amigos User Plays - Nitro for Amiga by Psygnosis" courtesy of Amigos Retro Gaming
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