What Was Your First GUI? - This Week In Retro 183

Bob from RetroRGB joins us this week to talk SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis games, our memories of early GUIs and a Game Boy with a CRT screen which is still portable but VERY battery hungry. Once again Ctrl-Alt-Rees steps in to cover for Neil while he is on his break. There are more retro computing news nuggets in Dave's Briefs and the Community Question Of The Week.   Bob asks that you please visit https://www.retrorgb.com/  Rees has lots of good retro stuff over at https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/   This week's show is bought to you by the letters P and A and the number 22. These stand for Pixel Addict issue 22 which is a magazine full of news and stories about our fave older computer and gaming systems. Take a look at  https://www.pixel.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 04:15 - The Mega Of Mega Drive Story Link: https://www.gamesradar.com/best-sega-genesis-games-all-time/ 23:02 - 1986 Battle Of The GUIs - Will Windows Win, Or Will It Be GEM’s Time To Shine? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PNLsvDxqw How Apple Ruined GEM: https://youtu.be/aAAU5S1irP0?si=2vB9wmjCprVwefOb 36:48 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below 47:44 - The World’s First Proper Game Boy Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irHI_2WdQXc 53:17 - 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 Brief's Links Codemasters Video On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/dW7hyrpcJPdbiYf1/?mibextid=WC7FNe Orpheus II: https://pcmidi.eu/orpheus2.html Cleared Hot: https://youtu.be/D8CX75ozs7Y?si=RBkJGHp7wa0COfUf Xenia Manager: https://github.com/xenia-manager/xenia-manager PS3 Super Computer: https://www.xda-developers.com/1760-playstation-3-supercomputer-2010/ WinAMP Skin Investigation: https://www.techspot.com/news/104024-corrupt-winamp-skin-investigation-leads-treasure-trove-hidden.html Tank Stand: https://rmcretro.store/products/the-tank-stand-retro-computer-monitor-stand 50 Years Of CPM: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/02/cpm_50th_anniversary/ Commodore Omnia Book: https://commodore.inc/prodotto/omnia-book-gen9/ ROM Site Shuts Down: https://gizmodo.com/a-20-year-old-rom-site-is-shutting-down-and-moving-to-the-internet-archive-2000482650