Gremlin Graphics Is Back - This Week In Retro 280

Explore one of cinema's most iconic get-rich-quick schemes courtesy of an Atari Portfolio handheld computer. Or celebrate the return of the Gremlin Graphics label and its collection of alliterative and rhyming characters. Or join the discussion: is "hardware specs don't matter" just tired Nintendo messaging, or is it the truth of the next generation of home entertainment? Then take the "pricey prop floppies" challenge: say it three times fast and see what happens. Plus news on Gotek enhancements, a retro memorial, a new interview with a Commodore engineering legend, and much more. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:34 - Moles and Springs Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/we-didnt-want-to-simply-revisit-the-past-for-nostalgias-sake-gremlin-graphics-is-being-revived-as-a-heritage-label 22:12 - Easy Money Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDItCLecx3k 33:11 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:01 - The Hardware Doesn’t Matter? Story Link: https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-believes-gamers-have-grown-disinterested-in-hardware-specs-as-if-they-had-a-choice-2000719415 48:10 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - https://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroAdventurers Audio Podcast: https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ 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 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. News In Brief Links DOOM prop floppy disk: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8212065 Sayaka interviews Bil Herd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jbIH6wuWc DJ Kavinsky passes: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260729-french-dj-kavinsky-found-dead-in-paris-home Commodore 64 DOOM: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/proving-doom-can-actually-run-on-anything-one-programmer-has-made-a-working-build-for-commodore-64/ Physical game release caveats: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/ Wireless Gotek screen: https://youtu.be/59ChkzRcMRw