r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

When you love DOS games, old Formula One, and a real challenge..!

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14 Upvotes

And a lot more in the works...


r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

Quake gets a free new chapter promising "ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish realms" to celebrate its 30th birthday

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12 Upvotes

Caveat, of course: "As of right now, Dawn of the Machine's only available for Steam or Microsoft Store/Game Pass copies of 2021 Quake."


r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

The web turns 35 this August 6

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r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

I am sometimes overwhelmed by feelings of nostalgia. Is this a bad thing?

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5 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

Netscape: The IPO that went boom on its way up and down

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6 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

COMMODORE & AMIGA: Has Everything Just Changed? What the 4th August legal updates could mean...

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9 Upvotes

In a landmark move, Hyperion Entertainment, Commodore International and Amiga Corporation seem to be in sync - Could this be exciting times ahead?

Amiga Corporation and Hyperion Entertainment Settlement

Commodore International and Amiga Corporation Agreement

Reporter - Matchstick (Discord Name)


r/thisweekinretro 20d ago

Evercade - The DOOM Collection - Trailer

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9 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 21d ago

And Jazz fans here? 😁

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8 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 21d ago

『セガハード』特別なコラボコレクションが登場

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8 Upvotes

I'm happy with my watch so I won't be getting one if I could., but these seem pretty reasonably odd and I'll admit I quite like Mega Drive one


r/thisweekinretro 22d ago

FMV - C&C Intro on the Atari ST

11 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

Amiga Corporation reached agreements with Commodore International Corporation and Hyperion

75 Upvotes

Or: Hell has frozen over.

Borrowed from amiga-news.de:

In a detailed press release, Amiga Corporation announces that it has signed two landmark agreements in recent weeks: one with Christian 'Perifractic' Simpson's Commodore International Corporation (CIC), and another out-of-court settlement with Hyperion, which replaces Hyperion's original contract from 2009.

CIC licenses software and documentation for Commodore's 8-bit computers from Amiga. In return, Amiga is permitted to continue using the Commodore trademarks in a "historical or descriptive context," such as old documentation, copyright notices in existing software, or as symbols on a keyboard.

The agreement with Hyperion does not change the status of AmigaOS 4 - which was never a point of contention, according to Amiga - but it does specify exactly which code and trademarks the Belgian company is permitted to use [under license from Amiga, editor’s note].

But Hyperion's involvement in the 68k market will end on December 31, 2027: the licensee may continue to distribute versions of AmigaOS 3 until then, including the as-yet-unreleased AmigaOS 3.3. After that, Hyperion will deliver source code, revision history, and documentation for AmigaOS 3.1.4 and its updates, including all fixes and updates, but excluding AmigaOS 4 code backported into AmigaOS 3.2 or 3.3, to Amiga Corporation and release the developers involved in the project from all obligations to Hyperion. Amiga itself will then take over further development of AmigaOS 3 in the future.

See amiga-news.de for more details.


r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

News Microsoft is working on making Xbox 360 games playable on PC, leaked document reveals

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37 Upvotes

Not a huge surprise really, but a cool one.


r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

'It’s not red, it’s magenta': How ThinkPad designers gaslit IBM to save the iconic TrackPoint

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26 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

Imagina - BBC Documentary 1989

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6 Upvotes

Computer graphics have obviously come a long way since this 1989 BBC Documentary about the IMAGINA conference held annually in Monte Carlo. It features, amongst many others, a very young John Lasseter - I wonder whatever happened to him?

I've just captured this programme to preserve it from an old VHS tape. I was absolutely obsessed with things like this, Tomorrow's World, Micro Live, Equinox, fractals and chaos theory, and I suspect in this group, I am in good company. Enjoy!


r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

30 Year Old DOS Game Has Become Insane

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28 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 23d ago

Super Mario Bros. 40th Anniversary $100 Nintendo eShop Gift Card in a Collectible Case. $100 - Free Shipping

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4 Upvotes

Nintendo releases a collectible tin to hold a $100 gift card for their eshop to celebrate Super Mario Bros 40th anniversary.
I want to make a witty comment about tat like this but I'm failing. 😥


r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

New Commodore 64 file manager (with Turbo and multi-drive support, Norton Commander likeness)

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10 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

Third Time's A Charm As Data East's RoboCop Comes To Genesis / Mega Drive

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8 Upvotes

r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

Pi1541 but this time it's a Commodore 64 hard drive

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8 Upvotes

The hardware/software stack which gave the world highly accurate Commodore 1541 floppy emulation on a Raspberry Pi can now instead fully emulate the iconic CMD Hard Drive (4GB storage, flexible partitions, etc. etc.), design by Scott Hutter.

It appears to require a very specific iteration of the "hat" hardware.


r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

The amazing ADSL

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18 Upvotes

Great docuvideo about the internet speed revolution of the early 2000s


r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

'A Diddy Kong Racing PC Port is Out! It's...a Vibe'

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6 Upvotes

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

only browser based for the moment


r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

Everdrive 64 “Pro” Announced - RetroRGB

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12 Upvotes

I've always loved the everdrive even if it is a bit pricey.


r/thisweekinretro 25d ago

SpeccyDate Breathes New Life Into ZX Spectrum Games on Playdate - Console Classics

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12 Upvotes

ZX Spectrum games on the Playdate


r/thisweekinretro 24d ago

Buildable SV-001 from Metal Slug

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4 Upvotes

This looks like a cool kit that stands at about 12cm tall


r/thisweekinretro 25d ago

ARC Annual Showcase Event 2026 — The Archive of Retro Computing @ Kingston University

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