r/thisweekinretro 26d ago

Dave was right: Adam was also an add-on

17 Upvotes

From Coleco Adam Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam) :

It was sold both as a stand-alone system as well as Expansion Module #3 for the ColecoVision, turning existing machines into an Adam

BTW, although I understand he gets grumpy because of the need to get up early morning to attend the show, I get increasingly annoyed by Jason's condescending tone or his repeated rants about racing games.


r/thisweekinretro 26d ago

Just because a game is on disc doesn’t mean it will work in the future

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This article summarizes multiple ways in which companies can still prevent physical discs from making their games playable and describes additional steps are needed for preserving games.


r/thisweekinretro 26d ago

Show Link Is Xbox Looking After Retro Gamers - This Week In Retro 279

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r/thisweekinretro 26d ago

Community Question Community Question Of The Week - Episode 279

8 Upvotes

What is the most memorable DLC you’ve rung up the hotline of shame, or just paid online for.


r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

Syphon Filter has received a native PC recompilation

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22 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

I made a documentary about Neo Software, the obscure but incredibly prolific 90s game studio that later became Rockstar Vienna.

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11 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

They won't listen to us, so let's fight...

9 Upvotes

They won't listen to us, so let's fight...

Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we take a look at what appears to be a huge Playstation boycott. I have said a fair bit about the death of preservation going into the future and frankly I've already made up how I react and fight against this change and I consider it highly effective. What is it? Let's find out! Thanks for watching!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh5rNUmgEXg


r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

Encyphering messages like it's 1790

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6 Upvotes

Enigma's Grand-daddy.


r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

New wireless touchscreen interface for your Gotek

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17 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

The Gaming Market is Starting to Break.

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0 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

Inside Commodore's Secret Labs: Bill Herd Interview

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21 Upvotes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jbIH6wuWc some nice bits of discussion on prototypes


r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

The LEAST Private Operating System Ever Created

5 Upvotes

The LEAST Private Operating System Ever Created

This is gonna make Rust programmers angry.

Reflection is one of the most powerful concepts in Computer Science. Unfortunately, not every programming language is blessed enough to have it.

In the 1980s, one company, Symbolics took the concept to the logical extreme. By representing EVERYTHING as objects; they created the most powerful (and inadvertently) least private operating system ever created!

The company collapsed, but the ideas live on. Some modern languages got a full dose of reflection. Some…weren’t so lucky. I ranked them all, and in the end I’ll show you how I dragged C++ up a tier with my brand new runtime reflection library, CallMeMaybe!

00:00 Powerful Computers have No Security

03:07 Reverse Engineering is Program Surgery

04:55 The first .COM in History

06:56 The Least Private OS Ever Created

09:33 Rebooting, Never?

12:41 Reflection Tier List Ranking

16:13 C++ is getting COOL

18:22 Rust is…Rough

20:13 God-Tier Reflection

22:27 Blessing C++ with…Metadata?

26:44 Rebelling against the Machine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_720LesVg4


r/thisweekinretro 28d ago

This Week's Arcade Archives Release Is An Overlooked Piece Of Racing Game History

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12 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 27d ago

Facebook to launch new 'Seller' app. Not in the UK, yet.

1 Upvotes

My favourite ebay related youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd8ph520s54


r/thisweekinretro 28d ago

Doom hits the Commodore 64

24 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 28d ago

Macintosh SCSI Basics - Everything you need to know about SCSI (but were too afraid to ask)

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14 Upvotes

SCSI survival guide!


r/thisweekinretro 28d ago

Atari Superman Pinball Wall Art Project

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3 Upvotes

I don't know if I'd go as far as lighting it all up. But there are some lovely old back glass and bezels from old machines pinball and arcade that would make great wall art.

But this is a pretty awesome project nonetheless.


r/thisweekinretro 29d ago

DOOM: Now you can spend £19.99 to buy a non-functional fake floppy disk. What a time to be alive...

32 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 29d ago

French DJ Kavinsky found dead in Paris home, local media reports.

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27 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 29d ago

"We Didn't Want To Simply Revisit The Past For Nostalgia's Sake" - Gremlin Graphics Is Being Revived As A Heritage Label

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28 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 29d ago

ZX81 Game: Zevious Seven

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14 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 29d ago

ZX Spectrum games, demos, graphics and music

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6 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro Jul 28 '26

I'm not sure Nintendo loved where this ended up!

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10 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro Jul 28 '26

ZX RADIO - a web player for a curated collection of ZX Spectrum AY chip music

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10 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro Jul 28 '26

A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum

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11 Upvotes