Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240

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! 🛠 How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you? All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:04 - Turning DOS Into A Console Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q8OMp15KA 13:56 - Right Through Falken’s Maze Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B1clodRJ4 34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below 40:12 - Back Of The Bus Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/converted-school-bus-turned-into-mobile-retro-computing-museum-historic-array-includes-sinclair-timex-zx-spectrum-48k-and-commodore-64 Additional Link: https://retroreset.org/the-bus/ 46:03 - 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/@jpcompton 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 Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSxlRK7lY0 Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o1ej4n/saw_on_a_random_street_in_tokyo/ Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?si=6kCILZ1G95FJAnb8 Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/bubble-bobbles-incredible-c64-port-just-got-a-new-fan-remaster-that-you-can-play-for-free Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be/vyeeQAcho00?si=x07vAgw6L7kfpnoa Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/early-and-lost-jeff-minter-zx81-title-fastlife-recovered/

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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you? All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:04 - Turning DOS Into A ConsoleStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q8OMp15KA 13:56 - Right Through Falken’s MazeStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B1clodRJ4 34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below 40:12 - Back Of The BusStory Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/converted-school-bus-turned-into-mobile-retro-computing-museum-historic-array-includes-sinclair-timex-zx-spectrum-48k-and-commodore-64Additional Link: https://retroreset.org/the-bus/ 46:03 - 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/@jpcompton 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 Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSxlRK7lY0 Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o1ej4n/saw_on_a_random_street_in_tokyo/ Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?si=6kCILZ1G95FJAnb8 Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/bubble-bobbles-incredible-c64-port-just-got-a-new-fan-remaster-that-you-can-play-for-free Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be/vyeeQAcho00?si=x07vAgw6L7kfpnoa Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/early-and-lost-jeff-minter-zx81-title-fastlife-recovered/

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