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Put on your party hats and prepare the party poppers for it is time to celebrate the Amiga's 40th Anniversary. We take a look at some of the recent retro events and the interesting discussions that took place there. A valuable retro computing resource has had an upgrade, the Retro Directory hits v2.0!
All of this plus a number of updates on previously covered topics and a few new interesting items in brief. Oh and don't forget your answers to this week's Community Question Of The Week.
00:00 - Show Opening
01:32 - Amiga Turns 40
Story Link: https://metro.co.uk
BBC Amiga Report: https://www.youtube.com
22:07 - This Week In Nerdfests
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
Hacking the IIc: https://www.youtube.com
Tom Persky 2025 VCF SoCal Presentations: https://www.youtube.com
40:43 - Housekeeping - News links found below
49:51 - Retro Directory Turns Two Point Oh
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com
55:42 - 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
SuperFX SNES Doom Update: https://www.youtube.com
Spectrum Next Issue 3: https://www.kickstarter.com
OnceWereNerd Update: https://www.androidauthority.com
Stop Killing Games Update: https://www.youtube.com
Atari 2500+ PacMan Edition: https://www.eurogamer.net
Tape Storage Is Not Dead: https://www.theregister.com
VAX Machine: https://www.youtube.com
Half Life 2 Train Fixed: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com
Acorn Discussion: https://www.reddit.com
Episode Credits
Amiga 1000 image courtesy of The Retro Collective.
A1000 image courtesy of Shane.
"ZX Spectrum +3" by ccwoodcock is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org.
4K Amiga Boing Ball Animation: https://youtu.be
Parts of "Hacking the IIc - Mike Neil (KansasFest 2025)" courtesy of
KansasFest - Apple II Forever!
See the full video: https://youtu.be
Part of "Massive New Update to Retro.Directory - Lets Take a Look!" courtesy of RobSmithDev
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com
