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Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288

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3rd October 2026 55 min

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With museum guide Gameboys and intense Linux overhauls for 486 laptops lined up, @VeronicaExplains stops by to make sure everything's crystal clear. King's Quest and other Sierra classics are finally available for Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers, there's a Grand Theft Auto 2 overhaul in the works, and a window full of tiny emulators.

Keep up with Veronica at her main content hub of https://veronicaexplains.net , as well as the new joint podcast with Macintosh Librarian at https://kateandveronica.net

00:00 - Show Opening

04:15 - Serious Uses For Game Boy

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

InfoGenius: https://www.gameboymuseum.com

Workboy prototype: https://www.inverse.com

18:00 - SHORK Attack!

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

Github: https://github.com

JagOS: https://www.youtube.com

32:52 - Housekeeping - News links found below

38:23 - King’s Quest For Atari and C64!

Story Link: https://meanhamster.com

50:28 - 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

Elite Atari 8-bit: https://forums.atariage.com

Tiny Elite ships: https://www.reddit.com

GoldenEye SNES: https://www.timeextension.com

Retronauts Assemble: https://retronaut.tech

Retronauts video: https://www.youtube.com

Ace Combat 5 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PC: https://www.dsogaming.com

LGR's VCF Midwest retrospective: https://www.youtube.com

GTA2 enhanced: https://www.tomshardware.com

English Maniac Mansion Famicom: https://rickyderocher.itch.io

Star Wars Trilogy for Dreamcast: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk

Grundy NewBrain: https://www.youtube.com

Amigos on Atari 600XL: https://www.youtube.com

FujiGrid: https://www.savetz.com

Episode Credits

This week's Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com

"Tetris on Game Boy" by William Warby from London, England is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.

"Apple Newton MessagePad H1000 in NMAH" by National Museum of American History is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org.

Parts of "Sierra On-Line games on Atari XL/XE" courtesy of Atari Online PL.

See the full video: https://www.youtube.com

Parts of "Space Quest on the Commodore 64?! " courtesy of SQH's Dumping Ground.

See the full video: https://www.youtube.com

"C6464" by Conor Lawless is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.

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