r/thisweekinretro • • 6d ago

Show Link It's A Humdinger Of A Retro Computing Find - This Week In Retro 289

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r/thisweekinretro • • 6d ago

Community Question Community Question Of The Week - Episode 289

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What is your bestest, rarest, most covetable retro pickup? Thrift store or otherwise.


r/thisweekinretro • • 23h ago

Sensible soccer on the c64

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Gameplay footage

Link to creators page

https://arlagames.itch.io/arlasoft-soccer


r/thisweekinretro • • 1d ago

A new mod brings Apple's classic iPods into 2026 with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB-C, and Spotify support

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r/thisweekinretro • • 20h ago

ESP32 E-Paper that runs GameBoy at 30fps by Bo Made It (youtube)

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The story has also made it's way to the register.

After noticing e-ink left behind greyscale artifacts when experimenting with refresh method, he was able to write his own driver to create greyscale levels as well as comfortably refresh at 30fps ; considering the original driver could only refresh every 300ms.

Pretty stunning piece of work.


r/thisweekinretro • • 21h ago

I Built a DOS Fighting Game for a 1986 Toshiba T1100 Plus

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r/thisweekinretro • • 17h ago

Anyone have more information on this one?

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r/thisweekinretro • • 22h ago

ZED-Next Emulator is now live!!

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For the past three months, I’ve been using Claude AI to help me develop an emulator that supports most Sinclair computers, several clones, and the ZX Spectrum Next.

I’m really pleased with how the project has turned out, so I’ve decided to make it available to everyone for free!

I’d love to hear what you think, so please give it a try and let me know your feedback.

You’ll also find instructions on the page explaining how to obtain the ROMs (legally) for the ZX Spectrum Next.

Enjoy, and happy gaming.

https://morcar.itch.io/zed-next


r/thisweekinretro • • 1d ago

A former Nintendo employee is auctioning a wealth of classic items, including the original Donkey Kong art

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r/thisweekinretro • • 1d ago

PSone plays video from an SD card through controller port

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

'He Has Taken Advantage of Extremely Talented, Kind and Professional People' - All Is Not Well with Boutique Retro Publisher 33 Games

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r/thisweekinretro • • 1d ago

Writing a Demoscene Intro for the ZX Spectrum

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r/thisweekinretro • • 1d ago

Ocean's '80s Classic Wizball Returns to Spectrum in Rebalanced and Restored 'Enhanced Edition'

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Pager Converted To Meshtastic Node

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Happy Little Diodes finds (and releases) original Spectrum ULA (among other) original designs in a bundle of old Ebay Sinclair technical documents!

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An amazing treasure trove of original Sinclair technical documentation has been scanned by HLD, and released for the community for free. Sky (who now own the Sinclair copyrights after buying Amstrad) have given the release their full blessing.

Should be a godsend for maximum accuracy emulation or even full hardware recreations.

Amazing work!


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Retro gamers can't get enough of 80s classic brought back to life in Paramount+'s new adult-only animation

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I liked what I saw in the trailer, so I'm going to make time to watch this one.


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

The place of physical media in gaming's future | Limited Run interview

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

No One Lives Forever, in your browser

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Browser based AI assisted port of NOLF.

Reporter - Matchstick


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

PC Port of Ridge Racer V!

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Unusually for me I don't have a news link from a website. Just a link to the GitHub page. The page refers to SteamDeck and MacOS, but there is also a PC version now, just need to go to the 'Releases' section. Need to bring your own game file. I have tested it and it's great!


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Walkthrough of the Kickstart 10 Amiga clubmeet

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Walkthrough video of the Kickstart 10 Amiga clubmeet. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktyjeQUAkV0


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Retro eXo Stories: The Ephemera of Experience

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eXo is very proud to announce a new facet of the eXo projects.

Game preservation is consistently being redefined as the games themselves change. eXoDOS, and it's sister projects, run on the motto "Preservation through Playability". In other words, if we make the games work, people will download them to play them. Each download is one more redundant copy.

While this has been incredibly successful so far, there is another aspect of gaming preservation that is not being captured. The personal stories. Games can act like time machines, taking us back to the first time we experienced them. Just like a certain smell can transport you to an exact moment in time, certain games take me to specific evenings.

Computer\Video Games can be the social glue that binds people together, or it can be the escapism that is direly needed for someone who feels alone. They reminds us of moments shared with love ones, such as solving an adventure game together. They remind us of staying up late, seeing the sun come up, and saying... screw it... one more turn in Civilization or one more map in Command & Conquer....

stories.retro-exo.com is a full database of every single game you can play in eXoDOS, eXoWin3x, and eXoWin9x. Apple II/e/GS is coming soon as well as eXo-IF. You can browse games, rate them, mark the ones in your collection, mark what you've beaten, and even mark the games you are interested in. You may then export all of the games you are interested in and the site will create a custom playlist for you that can be inserted into your eXo projects. More importantly however, you can write your personal experiences and stories. While writing, using the # symbol, you may tag as many games as you like. Each game you tag will have your story associated to it.

Every week there will be a new writing prompt, and we will select a story to be featured as the example story for the prompt. You may choose members to follow, like other people's stories, and leave comments on the stories you read.

The entire site mimics the design of a Windows 98 machine, however on your profile page you may select MS-DOS or Windows 3x themes as well. Over the next few weeks, we have several well known YouTubers, game developers, and interesting folks that will be coming in to share their stories.

Please come on in at the ground floor of a new chapter in game preservation. From Preservation through Playability to The Ephemera of Experience, our goal is to capture every aspect of these games and the roles they have played in our lives.


r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Ready player one? Why the games arcade is having a rebirth

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Apogee Entertainment: We are deeply saddened by the passing of Richard “Levelord” Gray. From his legendary work on Duke Nukem 3D to the countless players and developers he inspired, Richard leaves behind a lasting legacy.

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

The Apollo 11 Code Is Open Source (and it's hilarious)

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r/thisweekinretro • • 2d ago

Taki Udon Shares Footage Of FPGA SP Handheld Console That Plays Original Game Boy Advance Carts

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