This Week in Retro
This Week in Retro
Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
Preserving Atari’s Legacy - This Week In Retro 254
54 minutes Posted Feb 7, 2026 at 10:00 am.
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Who Collects The Collections?Story Link: https://www.museumofplay.org/press-release/the-strong-national-museum-of-play-acquires-atari-home-computer-and-console-division-collection/
Take On General ReMasteredStory Link: https://midwinter-remaster.titanium-helix.com/index.html
Housekeeping - News links found below
n00b or h4x0r?Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWWhxfGq_yk
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After years of uncertainty, the vast and historically significant Atari archives held by the late Curt Vendel have a new home at The Strong National Museum of Play. We hear from Atari chroniclers Kay Savetz and Martin Goldberg about the significance of this new installation and share behind-the-scenes photos. Game design pioneer Mike Singleton gets another day in the sun as a Midwinter remake emerges, and the history of Counter-Strike and player-vs-player mayhem get fresh perspective with a new look at Dust2 map designer Dave Johnston.
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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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Intel 486 motherboard: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/the-m8sbc-486-is-an-open-source-intel-486-mobo-built-from-scratch-in-under-6-months-the-original-idea-was-to-achieve-linux-and-doom-compatibility-but-it-achieves-far-more-than-that
Speedball 2: https://youtu.be/Mujivih30bc
Native PC ports from PlayStation 2: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/native-pc-ports-of-ps2-games-could-be-on-the-way-thanks-to-new-recompilation-experiment
Arcade church: https://youtu.be/kPKJyJGucH4
Why Do We Say Sprites?: https://youtu.be/tTqfeJ2yJwE
Amiga 1200 Mini-ITX Alicia: https://youtu.be/NMKiRaLyuD8
The Visible Zorker: https://eblong.com/infocom/visi/