🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠As Half Life 2 celebrates its 20th anniversary with a special edition we also talk about the remastered Warcraft 1,2 and 3 offering from Blizzard which leads to some RTS chat. An article about how Dragon's Lair financially crippled a player 40 years ago who has now beaten the game prompts us to think about games we just walked away from.Story Link: https://youtu.be/ryZ2jiW95qo?si=FzjvdJrA7hrfK9ipStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCjNT9qGjh4See What's New: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKCpHaAaLCUStory Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/40-years-later-i-finally-beat-the-arcade-game-that-financially-destroyed-me-as-a-child/🏆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/rmcretroYoutube:https://youtube.com/rmcretroTwitch:https://www.twitch.tv/rmcretroSubscribe 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 LinksUnreal Is Free: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/classic-shooters-unreal-and-unreal-tournament-are-now-free-and-preserved-on-the-internet-archiveThomas Kurtz: https://computerhistory.org/blog/in-memoriam-thomas-e-kurtz-1928-2024/Rob Smith Triple Format Disk Madness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPtJf-UQ4OsAlan Partridge Visits Tandy: https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFasAWbuRiw&si=xKUlljT-GR4YFV0JPreserved SEGA Games: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/two-lost-sega-channel-games-have-been-found-and-preserved1980s Microstore Advert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD18hZrz72MEpisode CreditsParts of "Laserdisc Game Roundup - LIVESTREAM - Amigo Aaron" courtesy of Amigos Retro GamingLink: https://youtu.be/cLtH8oASJT0?si=iprB6oN7SZvcezYh