This Week in Retro
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Podcast and Youtube Show! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Podcast and Youtube Show! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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These DOS games turn 30 in 2026:
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
These DOS games turn 30 in 2026:
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
Quake
Duke Nukem 3D
Red Alert
Tomb Raider
Chex Quest
Broken Sword
Daggerfall
Death Rally
HOMM 2
Phantasmagoria 2
Settlers 2
Harvester
Leisure Suit Larry 7
Big Red Racing
Lighthouse
Normality
Powerslave
Strife
Pandora Directive
Time Commando
Zork Nemesis
Toonstruck
Z
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Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall were regular guests on my television growing up. The Computer Chronicles always made me feel like I was a part of this impossible dream of being a Silicon Valley insider. Thank you, Mr. Cheifet.
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Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral
View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Stewart Cheifet and Gary Kildall were regular guests on my television growing up. The Computer Chronicles always made me feel like I was a part of this impossible dream of being a Silicon Valley insider. Thank you, Mr. Cheifet.
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Here are the DOS game trivia quiz questions I made for an event earlier in the month: youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
How well do you know your early DOS game trivia?
YouTube video by The Oldskool PC
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December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here are the DOS game trivia quiz questions I made for an event earlier in the month: youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
All year long Duncan sifts through countless blurts, blunders, and bloopers trying to beat the deadline. Then comes the year-end reckoning.
youtu.be/68_Yg9lWm50
Enjoy this year's lowlights with Chris, Dave, Jason, Neil, and select guests, and we'll see you again in January for Episode 250!
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Enjoy this year's lowlights with Chris, Dave, Jason, Neil, and select guests, and we'll see you again in January for Episode 250!
December 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
All year long Duncan sifts through countless blurts, blunders, and bloopers trying to beat the deadline. Then comes the year-end reckoning.
youtu.be/68_Yg9lWm50
Enjoy this year's lowlights with Chris, Dave, Jason, Neil, and select guests, and we'll see you again in January for Episode 250!
youtu.be/68_Yg9lWm50
Enjoy this year's lowlights with Chris, Dave, Jason, Neil, and select guests, and we'll see you again in January for Episode 250!
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New Video: Christmas with the Retro Collective - A look back at 2025
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Merry Christmas to you all from everyone at the Retro Collective
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Merry Christmas to you all from everyone at the Retro Collective
Christmas with the Retro Collective - A look back at 2025
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December 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New Video: Christmas with the Retro Collective - A look back at 2025
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Merry Christmas to you all from everyone at the Retro Collective
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Merry Christmas to you all from everyone at the Retro Collective
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Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
December 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Warm yourself by the virtual fireplace in this cosy 16-color EGA #Christmas scene. No MS-DOS or floppy 💾 drive required. Thanks to software preservation, it's still crackling on the Internet Archive.
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
✉️ Open the full 1986 Sierra On-Line "A Computer Christmas" card ⤵️
archive.org/details/sier...
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If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
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(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
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(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
How the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
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December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
Bonus Chris(tmas) memories for our Patreon supporters, in a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro, a look back at Episode 20 from December 2020. Stories include DOScember, a discovered Dreamcast game preview, and the impending debacle surrounding the "Dizzy Twins."
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December 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bonus Chris(tmas) memories for our Patreon supporters, in a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro, a look back at Episode 20 from December 2020. Stories include DOScember, a discovered Dreamcast game preview, and the impending debacle surrounding the "Dizzy Twins."
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We talk massive glossy gift catalogs, Commodore 64 Ultimates under the Christmas tree, and other holiday diversions with @visitthecave.bsky.social Neil and Aaron from @amigosretrogaming.bsky.social
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A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!
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A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!
December 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We talk massive glossy gift catalogs, Commodore 64 Ultimates under the Christmas tree, and other holiday diversions with @visitthecave.bsky.social Neil and Aaron from @amigosretrogaming.bsky.social
youtu.be/dDXyrikyykc
A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!
youtu.be/dDXyrikyykc
A super-sized episode for what we hope is your super holiday experience!
It's a matter of Life and Death as for maximum holiday cheer we are joined this week by "Doctor" Neil of The Retro Collective and "Former Solder Professional" Aaron of Amigos Retro Gaming. Episode 249 includes a discussion of a healthy work/life balance over the holidays. Coming Saturday!
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's a matter of Life and Death as for maximum holiday cheer we are joined this week by "Doctor" Neil of The Retro Collective and "Former Solder Professional" Aaron of Amigos Retro Gaming. Episode 249 includes a discussion of a healthy work/life balance over the holidays. Coming Saturday!
For our 2025 finale, This Week in Retro welcomes back one traditional holiday guest and one surprise returnee.
(who oh who could it beeeeeee)
(who oh who could it beeeeeee)
December 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For our 2025 finale, This Week in Retro welcomes back one traditional holiday guest and one surprise returnee.
(who oh who could it beeeeeee)
(who oh who could it beeeeeee)
Spin InfoSoc's Hack: all of this has happened before, and it will all happen again!
youtu.be/VYXvWntHowI
RAM is dramatic (again), an iconic 1980s cyborg law enforcer gets a monument, and we look back at the original Tron's CGI. All this, and your top joystick, and more in This Week in Retro 248!
youtu.be/VYXvWntHowI
RAM is dramatic (again), an iconic 1980s cyborg law enforcer gets a monument, and we look back at the original Tron's CGI. All this, and your top joystick, and more in This Week in Retro 248!
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Spin InfoSoc's Hack: all of this has happened before, and it will all happen again!
youtu.be/VYXvWntHowI
RAM is dramatic (again), an iconic 1980s cyborg law enforcer gets a monument, and we look back at the original Tron's CGI. All this, and your top joystick, and more in This Week in Retro 248!
youtu.be/VYXvWntHowI
RAM is dramatic (again), an iconic 1980s cyborg law enforcer gets a monument, and we look back at the original Tron's CGI. All this, and your top joystick, and more in This Week in Retro 248!
Beware Dave's Directive 4! It's a celebration of the best and worst of RoboCop, including a live re-enactment of the heavily censored broadcast. All this and more on Saturday's penultimate-for-2025 episode of This Week in Retro!
December 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Beware Dave's Directive 4! It's a celebration of the best and worst of RoboCop, including a live re-enactment of the heavily censored broadcast. All this and more on Saturday's penultimate-for-2025 episode of This Week in Retro!
Happy December!
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With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY
With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
December 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Happy December!
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With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
youtu.be/-rQgMEbLaZY
With guest Happy Coding ZX, we take on the origins of an iconic joystick, explore legendary unexplained computing phenomena, and contemplate the tradeoffs of retrobriting. All this, and your top retro plans for the end of 2025, and more in This Week in Retro 247!
Special guest Happy Coding ZX counted the platforms you could buy new game titles on in the mid-90s. It's probably more than you think.
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
December 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Special guest Happy Coding ZX counted the platforms you could buy new game titles on in the mid-90s. It's probably more than you think.
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
All this, the truth of transatlantic joystick design, the horrors of haunted computers and brittle plastics, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
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I guess listening/watching to 288 videos of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social (beginning from the very first episode) throughout this year is an accomplishment worth bragging about, no?
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I guess listening/watching to 288 videos of @thisweekinretro.bsky.social (beginning from the very first episode) throughout this year is an accomplishment worth bragging about, no?
Two birthday cakes for the SEGA Master System and the XBox 360, both celebrating significant milestones. Also: the implications of formally open-source Infocom titles and the loss of an industry giant, plus your top titles from 1995-6, in This Week in Retro episode 246!
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November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Two birthday cakes for the SEGA Master System and the XBox 360, both celebrating significant milestones. Also: the implications of formally open-source Infocom titles and the loss of an industry giant, plus your top titles from 1995-6, in This Week in Retro episode 246!
youtu.be/01EXU-TMD-8
youtu.be/01EXU-TMD-8
For our Patreon supporters, a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is live, a look back at Episode 14 from November 2020. Stories include virtual pinball and the Raspberry Pi 400. Patreon's autocaptioning left untouched because it's hilarious.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
For our Patreon supporters, a new episode of 260 Weeks Ago in Retro is live, a look back at Episode 14 from November 2020. Stories include virtual pinball and the Raspberry Pi 400. Patreon's autocaptioning left untouched because it's hilarious.
www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...
www.patreon.com/posts/260-we...
Fool the grannies, play games all day!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Fool the grannies, play games all day!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
If you could do it all over again, would you want to be educated by computer and with occasional check-ins from a neighborhood gran? This, console anniversaries, a tribute to a departed industry legend, and more on This Week in Retro coming Saturday!
It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's eXoWin9x launch day and eXo himself is here! youtu.be/bq256GWkJDo
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
In other news we look at the days of PowerPC and OS/2 hype, the excitement of cruising racetracks in underpowered commuter cars, and your answers to the latest Community Question of the Week.
Up-to-date news for out-of-date hype!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
November 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Up-to-date news for out-of-date hype!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Some of the most heavily hyped innovations of the 1990s get worked over this Saturday, including commentary from our guest, retro collection curator eXo. All this, and the best of pre-Elite space sims, and more in Saturday's episode of This Week in Retro!
Amstrad turn at Sonic: Dave covers that and other new games for the CPC. youtu.be/twOymB1LHOc
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Amstrad turn at Sonic: Dave covers that and other new games for the CPC. youtu.be/twOymB1LHOc
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
We get into heavy metal computing with minicomputers and mainframes, and a roundup of space shooters of the early 1980s. All this plus your preferred creative outlets, on This Week in Retro episode 244!
It's the kind of scrolling that–well, surely you know the kind. No, it's not that kind of scrolling. Nor that one neither.
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's the kind of scrolling that–well, surely you know the kind. No, it's not that kind of scrolling. Nor that one neither.
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!
Look, someone please just tell us what kind of scrolling it is and enjoy spaceflight, bulky computing, Amstrad CPC ports and more, when This Week in Retro 244 arrives Saturday!