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Two Atari stories this week which should both be welcome news for gaming fans. Happy 50th the Hudson Soft with turns 50 years old.

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00:00 - Show Opening

07:50 - Atari Goes Intelligent Story Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7T5GYBOQPq/?igsh=dG5hdTRwZHVvMmVz

23:04 - The Return Of Sprint Story Link: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/05/ataris-first-sprint-game-in-three-decades-launches-on-switch-next-month

37:11 - Dave's Housekeeping

Vintage Arcade Auction: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeeykqx959o Auction Link: https://hansonslive.hansonsauctioneers.co.uk/m/view-auctions/catalog/id/507

Mario 64 No Jump: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/platformer/for-the-first-time-in-28-years-super-mario-64-has-been-beaten-without-using-the-a-button-and-it-only-took-86-hours/

Nokia N95: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3OO3_oCfyg

IDE Emulator Blog: https://cohost.org/Ackart/post/6055773-the-chronicles-of-an

iPhone Emulator Legal Trouble: https://www.eurogamer.net/popular-iphone-emulator-in-legal-trouble-but-not-from-nintendo

The Twilight Zone: https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/the-twilight-zone-was-a-warning-about-the-dangers-of-nostalgia/

Steam Won' Transfer Dead People's Stuff: https://gamerant.com/steam-transferring-game-library-will-inheritance/

Frogger RPG: https://woe-industries.itch.io/frogger-walkable-city

49:09 - Hudson Turn 50 Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/pc-engine-devs-celebrate-hudson-softs-50th-anniversary-in-special-event

56:12 - Community Question of the Week

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You think that Doom killed the Amiga right? Maybe not. What if you could recompile any N64 game to run on any system? The Ghostbusters finally get to bust ghosts on the BBC.

All this and more in your weekly retro computing show.

We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine and the latest issue is now available from https://www.pixel.addict.media/ It's main feature is about classic games that used current events (at the time) as inspiration.

00:00 - Show Opening

07:08 - The Amiga Is Dead Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsADJa-23Sg

24:57 - Executing The N64 Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywWwUuWRgsM

36:32 - Dave's Housekeeping

Vox Orion's Message: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1cvn0oj/what_does_this_week_in_retro_mean_to_you/

CEX AMA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/random-former-cex-staffer-holds-reddit-ama-and-the-first-question-is-a-doozy

Apple Lifts Emulation Ban: https://www.techradar.com/phones/a-new-retro-gaming-app-has-landed-on-ios-and-it-can-emulate-38-different-consoles

FPGA Discussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1crnbkq/about_daves_distinction_between_fpga_and_sofware/

Pac Man Birthday: https://www.internationaldays.co/event-kids/pac-man-birthday/r/recr4y9ulVQ4uY3o4

Spectrum Pac Man RX: https://happycodingzx.itch.io/pacman-rx

Lemmings Dance Track: https://youtu.be/4n4pk9uWfiU?si=q6vBr0Lcw11Ppv7A

OutRun AGA: https://youtu.be/CLaedlbr4wg?si=oX6VPXX1vmOSZv0z

Goodbye 4:3: https://youtu.be/Z7Ngusj_3w8?si=Z6opZY4qHyWZnVAn

Atari Music Video: https://www.timeextension.com/features/most-of-my-engineers-were-stoned-nolan-bushnell-on-the-failure-of-atari-video-music

Rob Smith DiskFlashBack: https://youtu.be/zFYf9jhp3bs?si=19e34Cvr78RcEQVH

First Type-In Program: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1csm5ze/the_first_computer_game_typein_is_49_today/

50:24 - Who Ya Gonna Call? The BBC! Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1ctazcw/fanmade_port_of_ghostbusters_to_the_bbc_micro/

56:26 - Community Question of the Week

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When you need him most he will be there! He stands tall, gazing into the middle distance while holding a bowl of noodles and hoping that his makeshift table cloth cape will billow in the breeze! We needed help this week and so, like the hero he is, he stepped forward and saved the day!

Once again Radio is going to be used to distribute computer code. Find out what and where. JagJam 2024 hopes to bring some top notch games to Atari's Jaguar console. Back in the 1980s there was a home automation system that didn't require the internet (it did require you to read a hefty manual though).

Plus more retro computing news and the all important Community Question Of The Week!

00:00 - Show Opening

08:30 - Radio Return Story Link: https://www.racunalniski-muzej.si/en/40-years-later-a-game-for-the-zx-spectrum-will-be-once-again-broadcast-over-fm-radio/ Play Kontrabant 2: https://archive.org/details/zx_Kontrabant_2_1984_Radio_Student_sr

17:08 - Good Jag Games At Last. Maybe? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dij7aBXV91E JagFest 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaZFCvxNwko

31:11 - Dave's Housekeeping

Tetris Hack: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05/hackers-discover-how-to-reprogram-nes-tetris-from-within-the-game/

Retro Magazines: https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/may/10/the-15-ish-greatest-uk-video-game-magazines-of-all-time?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Don't Stop Using Floppies: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240510-floppy-disks-why-some-people-are-still-in-love-with-this-obsolete-computer-storage-technology

Gaming Addiction: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240510-floppy-disks-why-some-people-are-still-in-love-with-this-obsolete-computer-storage-technology

Atari Carts Broken: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/05/atari-responds-to-reports-of-faulty-games-in-usd1000-50th-xp-collection

Retro PDF Printing: https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/retro-printer

38:17 - I’m Sorry Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra9ov-ud_Q0

48:29 - Community Question of the Week

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