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Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.
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Signup to Generate a PitchGet up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page.
Recent episodes include "Your iPod's Next Life - This Week In Retro 291" (24 October 2026, 52 minutes), "Would You Like To Go XL On That Atari? - This Week In Retro 290" (17 October 2026, 63 minutes), and "It's A Humdinger Of A Retro Computing Find - This Week In Retro 289" (10 October 2026, 56 minutes).
This Week in Retro publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 60 minutes across 293 episodes.
Booking probability for This Week in Retro is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. This Week in Retro requires a Pod Score of 85 or higher. This Week in Retro's contact route on record: public web form.
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This Week in Retro is a technology podcast with 293 episodes published.
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Episode #288
Throwback media players and long-lost silicon schematics lead our coverage this week. There are a variety of ways to breathe new life into an Apple iPod, including flash drive upgrades and the Sprout replacement...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! A surprising collaboration between Retro Games Ltd. and Atari leads the news this week, with an equal-time look at Amiga AGA gaming just behind. The 1990s...
The rarest treasures lurk under piles of castoff keyboards, and there's a flood of cross-platform software ports heading your way. This week's top stories include a pack of ZX Spectrum updates and developments, the...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! With museum guide Gameboys and intense Linux overhauls for 486 laptops lined up, Veronica stops by to make sure everything's crystal clear. King's Quest...
Dozens of potential trademark violations stand in the way of a retro racer's comeback! Naturally we lead with that news. After a quarter-century the secrets of the PlayStation 2's security chip are now open for...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! How much retro tech fits into one hectare? We try to sum up the massive Vintage Computer Festival Midwest before taking on a hot new upgrade for classic...
It's the big four-oh for the Amstrad PC1512, an aggressively cost-reduced PC clone for the UK market. There's also a fascinating time capsule of Atari user group newsletters from August 1987, and Nelumbo, a new engine...
Episode #281
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! New, retro-themed game development and releases dominate the news this week. Chris called his contact at Commodore to get early access to the Alien Breed...
Is it time for retro tech trading to go mainstream? We'll soon find out, if the reports of CeX's expansion into retro and import game sales are accurate. We also talk about the end of an era for a retro tech podcast...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! Neil stops by to check out Commodore's latest product, the TAC-2. A legendary joystick that has been reborn. An ABCNews story takes a look at our hobby of...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! Amiga CEO Mike Battilana is our guest this week, so we get right to the lead story: Amiga and Hyperion announced a settlement to long-standing disputes...
Explore one of cinema's most iconic get-rich-quick schemes courtesy of an Atari Portfolio handheld computer. Or celebrate the return of the Gremlin Graphics label and its collection of alliterative and rhyming...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! Stand, wait to be acknowledged, address all of your comments to the chair, and refer to the hosts in third person only for this proper parliamentary...
Episode #275
We welcome retro productivity software blogger Christopher Drum of Stone Tools (stonetools.ghost.io) to ask the big questions: was the television game show just as important to culture as Doom? Is there a sensible way...
Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! We're sharing gigawatts of retro tech news and discussion this week. Don your visor and get immersed in a virtual arcade courtesy of the Rave environment...
You've seen all the other brands say they're following Sony's digital-only lead while chuckling into a sleeve. Now it's TWiR's turn to respond as the doomsday clock for physical media moves nearer midnight. In other...
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Sega's mission to make its history more accessible, and give the world even more authentic Sonic cartridges, leads our coverage this week. We also...
Has Richard Garriott (Lord British) truly maxed out his Intelligence and Wisdom scores so that he can undo a 1992 transaction and reclaim Ultima? Can Chris tell the difference between reality and a simulation, or does...
🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard...
This week's guest Jason Timmons has quietly built up Vintage Computer Festival Midwest ( https://vcfmw.org/ ) into the world's largest annual retro computing event. He joins the crew to talk about the end the line for...
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