Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240
· 52 min · Episode 236
Episode Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240
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How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you?
All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
03:04 - Turning DOS Into A Console Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4q8OMp15KA
13:56 - Right Through Falken’s Maze Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-B1clodRJ4
34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below
40:12 - Back Of The Bus Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/converted-school-bus-turned-into-mobile-retro-computing-museum-historic-array-includes-sinclair-timex-zx-spectrum-48k-and-commodore-64 Additional Link: https://retroreset.org/the-bus/
46:03 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSxlRK7lY0
Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1o1ej4n/saw_on_a_random_street_in_tokyo/
Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be/zvv06jKcMtE?si=6kCILZ1G95FJAnb8
Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20251009-rescuing-knowledge-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks
New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/10/bubble-bobbles-incredible-c64-port-just-got-a-new-fan-remaster-that-you-can-play-for-free
Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be/vyeeQAcho00?si=x07vAgw6L7kfpnoa
Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/10/early-and-lost-jeff-minter-zx81-title-fastlife-recovered/
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