EPISODE · Feb 4, 2023 · 59 MIN
RISC OS & The Acorn Archimedes - This Week In Retro 110
from This Week in Retro · host Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave
After a recent article about RISC OS & The Acorn Archimedes we take some time to talk about what we thought of the Archimedes. Was it really in the same league as the Amiga? Arcade1up are re-releasing their Star Wars arcade cabinet. Are you tempted? Finally, we find that it is possible to run Wolfenstein on the 8088 CPU thanks to a new port that runs just fine using CGA graphics. All this and our Community Question Of The Week. We are kindly sponsored by Pixel Addict Magazine, the monthly digital culture magazine. Available from WHSmith in the UK and various other newsagents around the world. You can also buy individual issues and subscriptions (printed and PDF) at https://www.pixel.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 08:34 - RISC Free Computing Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/retro_tech_week_rool/ List of Archimedes games: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/archive.pl?type=Games&platform=Acorn%20Archimedes 24:11 Arcade1up Is No Yoke Story Link: https://www.piratesandprincesses.net/re-released-star-wars-arcade-game-instantly-sells-out/ 43:26 - Wolf 8088 Story Link: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/133584-the-developer-adapted-wolfenstein-3d-for-the-intel-8088-processor-released-in-1979/ Wolf 8088 download link: https://github.com/jhhoward/WolfensteinCGA Wolf 8088 running on period correct hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5f3_TN4j54 51:53 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing! https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube https://youtube.com/rmcretro https://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro 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 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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After a recent article about RISC OS & The Acorn Archimedes we take some time to talk about what we thought of the Archimedes. Was it really in the same league as the Amiga? Arcade1up are re-releasing their Star Wars arcade cabinet. Are you tempted? Finally, we find that it is possible to run Wolfenstein on the 8088 CPU thanks to a new port that runs just fine using CGA graphics. All this and our Community Question Of The Week. We are kindly sponsored by Pixel Addict Magazine, the monthly digital culture magazine. Available from WHSmith in the UK and various other newsagents around the world. You can also buy individual issues and subscriptions (printed and PDF) at https://www.pixel.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 08:34 - RISC Free ComputingStory Link: https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/17/retro_tech_week_rool/List of Archimedes games: http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/cgi/archive.pl?type=Games&platform=Acorn%20Archimedes 24:11 Arcade1up Is No YokeStory Link: https://www.piratesandprincesses.net/re-released-star-wars-arcade-game-instantly-sells-out/ 43:26 - Wolf 8088Story Link: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/133584-the-developer-adapted-wolfenstein-3d-for-the-intel-8088-processor-released-in-1979/Wolf 8088 download link: https://github.com/jhhoward/WolfensteinCGA Wolf 8088 running on period correct hardware: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5f3_TN4j54 51:53 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro 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📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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