Show notes
Hello and welcome to this week's look at retro computing and gaming goodness. eXoIF is a new release that contains almost 900 interactive fiction titles, Jason is pretty excited about it. Dave takes a look at a few pieces of hardware that are making big noises. Chris has been watching a new YouTube video all about everyone's favourite games publisher that used an awesome looking owl logo...wonder which one that could be.All this as well as a bumper number of quick news items in brief!Thanks to Pixel Addict magazine for supporting us for this episode. Issue 29 is now available where Richard C. Hewison takes you behind the scenes of his time as a games tester for Telecomsoft, the powerhouse behind legendary labels Firebird and Rainbird. Visit addict.media for all the details.Story Link: https://www.retro-exo.com/if.htmlCaptain Cutter’s Treasure: https://warrigal.itch.io/captain-cutters-treasurePCMidi: https://pcmidi.eu/SVI-328 PicoROM: https://github.com/fitch/SVI-328-PicoROMPicoCPC: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/PicoCPCPicoGUS: https://github.com/polpo/picogusStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcQWUXOeoLoCombat Air Patron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3uWijE-XGE 🏆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.socialYoutube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcomptonAudio 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/@ThisWeekinRetroThis 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:Seiko RC-1000: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Ft06lv9gsww9f1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D8b787a7144e37ed9f55ba4903089f97d293d77eeHead Over Heels Sequel: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/06/for-over-35-years-a-sequel-to-head-over-heels-has-been-developed-by-one-man-in-secret-and-its-coming-to-amiga-and-st-this-yearISEVIC: https://github.com/Bloodmosher/ISEVIC?tab=readme-ov-fileMaplic Back Online: https://www.standard.co.uk/business/high-street-maplin-electronics-administration-retail-b1233586.html1980s High End Advert: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fga8peisgji7f1.jpeg%3Fauto%3Dwebp%26s%3D47b6c2c72e573f1368ccc19e88417426d8c1365aAtari Falcon Chip Scan: https://mikrosk.github.io/decap/#what-is-this-aboutDOS Intro Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZW3meRiW7hp8uPYl5m91vwFrogger 2 Source Code: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvEO4IaEJlwApple Power Mac Team Photo: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/after-27-years-engineer-discovers-how-to-display-secret-photo-in-power-mac-rom/Fatboy Slim Atari ST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLjgXPDzeZoRob Smith Likes To Whack A Mole: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/this-whack-a-mole-with-floppy-disks-running-on-an-amiga-looks-equal-parts-hilarious-and-surprisingly-difficult/

