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If you've had a hard time getting arcade cabinet purchases past "The Accountant" (as Chris affectionately calls Nicky) a new transformable design from furniture to fun on Kickstarter may be the solution. In addition to the marital politics of arcade ownership, this unprecedented episode of This Week in Retro also takes on the international politics of song through @LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER 's retro tech-themed contribution to Eurovision and the Australian politics of microcomputer innovation, which culminated in "The Matilda." All this, a Minty Cyberdeck, a replacement for the Atari POKEY, and more!
ERRATA: Jason accidentally says "Atari 2600" at 19:22. He of course meant to say "Atari 600XL," the 16k microcomputer.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:47 - Small Solutions To Big Tech Problems
Story Link: https://newatlas.com
Swap Arcade Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com
Minty Cyberdeck: https://hackaday.io
14:34 - From Beetles to Bees
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
Aussie JSW: https://jswcentral.org
23:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below
28:16 - Look Mum, One Point!
Story Link: https://news.sky.com
Furby Organ: https://www.youtube.com
34:30 - 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
Isometric Wolf3D: https://www.youtube.com
Atic Atac 3D: https://www.youtube.com
Vacuum tubes: https://hackaday.com
ThamesTV 1980s Computers: https://www.youtube.com
Windows CE on Nintendo 64: https://hackaday.com
Digital Press forums offline: https://www.timeextension.com
JUST_POKEY: https://lotharek.pl
Infocom novels online: https://www.reddit.com
Episode Credits
"Murphy bed" by David Boyle is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"COSMAC ELF" by Michael Holley - Public Domain
"Exidy Sorcerer (retouch)" by Marcin Wichary from San Francisco, U.S.A. is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Parts of "A Curiously Minty Cyberdeck" courtesy of @ExercisingIngenuity
See the full video here: https://www.youtube.com
"Microbee Computer-In-A-Book" by Easterbilby is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
"Australian flag" by publicstock is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org.
"Wisdom of the Furby" by danbri is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
