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"Keep a copy of what's important to you."
"Punish your children one day."
With these bullet points (provided by special guest @RonsCompVids) in mind, we take a critical look at a Philips CD-i retrospective, discuss a substantial update to the Stop Killing Games movement, and dig into the fundamental right of physical media ownership. We share your top tips to avoid doomscrolling and introduce a new Community Question of the Week: what retro technology would you resuscitate with a one BILLION dollar budget?
00:00 - Show Opening
05:18 - Was The CD-i Doomed From The Start?
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30:54 - Ross Has Saved Your Game
Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com
48:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below
58:51 - Streaming Is So Last Year
Story Link: https://www.whathifi.com
01:15:02 - 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
SDF Public Access UNIX: https://connect.sdf.org
Commercial Availability Of Pre-2010 Games: https://www.reddit.com
THEA1200 Preorder: https://retrogames.biz
Dolphin Emulator: https://dolphin-emu.org
Lemmings 35th Anniversary: https://youtu.be
ATABoy: https://youtu.be
Echo Aviation Controller: https://www.windowscentral.com
Games You Missed: https://www.reddit.com
Giant Macintosh: https://www.tomshardware.com
Episode Credits
Parts of "Philips CD-i: The $1 Billion Failure - Krazy Kenโs Tech Talk" courtesy of Computer Clan
See the full video here: https://www.youtube.com
CD-i unit image buy Evan-Amos - Own work - Public Domain
CD-i logo uploaded by Alpha200807 -a work by ะะฐะฝะฐััะป - Public Domain
