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EPISODE · Jun 20, 2026 · 1H 28M

Lost Commodore 64 Game Revealed! - This Week In Retro 273

from This Week in Retro · host Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore 64! We also look at the definitive overview of the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast and explore home computer shopping in 1998.  00:00 - Show Opening 08:21 - Pinball Lost and Found Story Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/three-big-commodore-64-recoveries/ 40:09 - Sega’s Nightmare Story Link: https://youtu.be/tcOtWuNlUF0?is=O4C-puLKHHWyGIV4 Rumoured handheld: https://www.notebookcheck.net/SEGA-rumor-new-2D-retro-handheld-with-physical-cartridges.1317101.0.html 53:12 - Housekeeping - News links found below 01:00:29 - 1998 Computer Shopping Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLew7igK-w 01:20:19 - 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 Atari 2600 chess (again): https://www.pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-gets-absolutely-wrecked-in-chess-match-with-1978-atari GentleOS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32 AGP on Windows 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4bqCEnvUA THEA1200 prototype video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy07UEd6rng Spray-on Retrobrite: https://youtu.be/L5anoqGw-hc?is=pkPR7AtAbArCOUgX Sealed NES Super Mario auction: https://www.theverge.com/games/949593/super-mario-bros-3-million-auction LEGO Batman C64 Easter egg: https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsbwok2i Episode Credits "Sega-dreamcast-set" by Asim Saleem (Asim18) is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openverse. By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17385690

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore 64! We also look at the definitive overview of the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast and explore home computer shopping in 1998.  00:00 - Show Opening 08:21 - Pinball Lost and FoundStory Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/three-big-commodore-64-recoveries/ 40:09 - Sega’s NightmareStory Link: https://youtu.be/tcOtWuNlUF0?is=O4C-puLKHHWyGIV4 Rumoured handheld: https://www.notebookcheck.net/SEGA-rumor-new-2D-retro-handheld-with-physical-cartridges.1317101.0.html 53:12 - Housekeeping - News links found below 01:00:29 - 1998 Computer ShoppingStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLew7igK-w 01:20:19 - 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.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - 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 Atari 2600 chess (again): https://www.pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-gets-absolutely-wrecked-in-chess-match-with-1978-atari GentleOS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32 AGP on Windows 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4bqCEnvUA THEA1200 prototype video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy07UEd6rng Spray-on Retrobrite: https://youtu.be/L5anoqGw-hc?is=pkPR7AtAbArCOUgX Sealed NES Super Mario auction: https://www.theverge.com/games/949593/super-mario-bros-3-million-auction LEGO Batman C64 Easter egg: https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsbwok2i Episode Credits "Sega-dreamcast-set" by Asim Saleem (Asim18) is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openverse. By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17385690

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore...

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