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A Legendary Joystick Returns - This Week In Retro 282

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22nd August 2026 1 hr 10 min

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Neil stops by to check out Commodore's latest product, the TAC-2. A legendary joystick that has been reborn. An ABCNews story takes a look at our hobby of choice and The Need For Speed is coming to the Atari Jaguar, could this be the game that proves that the Jag could have been a contender?

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00:00 - Show Opening

05:53 - Sometimes Tactics Aren’t Enough

Story Link: https://commodore.net

21:16 - Getting Serious About Preservation

Story Link: https://abcnews.com

ENIAC: https://www.youtube.com

Fuze Museum: https://www.fuze.co.uk

National Museums Scotland: https://my.nms.ac.uk

40:20 - Housekeeping - News links found below

50:26 - ATARI Jaguar Feels The Need For Speed

Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com

Video Link: https://www.youtube.com

01:04:01 - Community Question of the Week

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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

News In Brief Links

Re-Falcon 030: https://bsky.app

ASCII City: https://www.youtube.com

Zzap Amiga: https://www.gamesradar.com

Rare IBM PC: https://hackaday.com

Use C64 As Controller: https://blog.tindie.com

Outrun Sega 32x: https://www.youtube.com

Episode Credits

Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com

"Xerox Alto" by donjd2 is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.

"472_es" By Original uploader was Kangaroo MusiQue - Originally from de.wikipedia; description page is/was here (Original text: selbst fotografiert), Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org

"Atari Jaguar console" by Easterbilby is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.

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