It's A Humdinger Of A Retro Computing Find - This Week In Retro 289
· 56 min · Episode 286
Episode It's A Humdinger Of A Retro Computing Find - This Week In Retro 289
The rarest treasures lurk under piles of castoff keyboards, and there's a flood of cross-platform software ports heading your way. This week's top stories include a pack of ZX Spectrum updates and developments, the latest in surprise PC software, and the astounding thrift store find of an ultra-rare Humdinger home computer. Plus, catch up on news from the lands of Lemmings, Prodigy, CompuServe, and more.
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00:00 - Show Opening
03:51 - Any Port In A Storm? Story Link: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rave-racer-arcade-perfect-pc-port-is-now-available-for-download/ https://www.dsogaming.com/news/time-crisis-arcade-perfect-pc-port-is-now-available-for-download/ https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-legend-of-zelda-wind-waker-unofficial-pc-port-released/ https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/this-super-mario-64-snes-port-is-looking-to-push-the-super-fx-chip-to-its-limits https://ixbt.games/en/news/2026/09/28/spustia-19-let-suter-the-darkness-perenesli-na-pk.html
18:56 - Behold: The Humdinger Computer! Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wu16c4/found_this_old_humdinger_computer_at_goodwill/ GitHub: https://github.com/indigoprime/doppledinger
33:13 - Housekeeping - News links found below
38:53 - This Week In Spectrum Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-book-celebrating-45-years-of-the-zx-spectrum-smashes-its-kickstarter-goal-day-one https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/blazes-c64-and-zx-spectrum-handhelds-have-been-delayed-to-april-2027 https://www.timeextension.com/reviews/grant-sinclairs-gamercard-n-shares-some-of-sir-clives-dna-but-this-is-no-zx-spectrum-style-triumph
52:05 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Physical media trends: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/02/physical-media-fans-streaming-algorithms-cds-dvds-vinyl
CompuServe retrospective: https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-compuserve/
Prodigy restoration: https://staging.prodigyreloaded.com/start/
Lemmings editor: https://github.com/timoheimonen/Amiga-Lemmings-Editor
Windows 2000 vs. Linux vs. Oracle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SliyHq54SxE
The Found Footage Festival: https://gizmodo.com/15000-vhs-tapes-and-counting-meet-the-guys-preserving-the-weirdest-parts-of-the-analog-era-2000816383
Dizzy developments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTSaPajJCcE
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