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The Beatles Had a Text Adventure Game!? - This Week In Retro 205

from This Week in Retro · host Neil from RMCretro - The Cave, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Did you know that the songs of the Beatles inspired a text adventure game? Looking at some of the worst games on the Amiga and how much would you pay for a portable game of Asteroids?  2025 Museum Support Digital Bundle: https://rmcretro.store/products/retro-collective-2025-support-bundle 00:00 - Show Opening 04:27 - All You Need Is Text Story Link: https://cultfollowing.co.uk/2025/01/20/the-beatles-ill-forgotten-video-game-resurfaces-as-fans-find-playable-copy-of-beatle-quest/ 20:49 - The Amiga Sucks Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8CYthpfHvg 40:36 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 46:34 - Got Time For A Game Of Asteroids? Story Link: https://www.theverge.com/news/598008/atari-nubeo-asteroids-watch-retro-gaming 53:37 - 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! Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtube: https://youtube.com/rmcretro 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 📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com 📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw 📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/ 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 and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Dave's Briefs Links: 3DO Mortal Kombat Port: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFBpaYoaRAY Nintendo Loses To Super Mario: https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-loses-trademark-fight-against-super-mario-supermarket F-19 Raid: https://www.eurogamer.net/strange-but-not-true-did-a-us-game-publisher-really-get-raided-by-us-intelligence-services-over-a-fighter-plane-that-never-existed A Closer Look At Shadow Of The Beast: https://youtu.be/ovwFjgAFhOs?si=zeTPbwJ58Bhwzbh3 Amiga 1000, The Perfect Computer: https://celso.io/posts/2025/01/26/the-first-perfect-computer/ What Happened To Packard Bell: https://dfarq.homeip.net/happened-packard-bell/ Atari Jaguar Cart Reissues: https://www.retrorgb.com/official-atari-jaguar-game-reissues.html

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