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Were We Wrong About DOS Gaming? - This Week In Retro 240

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18th October 2025 51 min

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How do you feel about making DOS games simpler to play? Did 1983s WarGames represent the tech of the day correctly? Are you tired of having to go to a retro museum? What if it came to you?

All this plus news of something that arrived at Chris' door on the day of recording, some happy news for a friend of the show and your answers to last week's Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

03:04 - Turning DOS Into A Console

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13:56 - Right Through Falken’s Maze

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34:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below

40:12 - Back Of The Bus

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

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46:03 - 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

Vintage Tech Discussion Panel: https://www.youtube.com

Amiga In Tokyo: https://www.reddit.com

Adrian’s Digital Basement On The Acorn Archimedes: https://youtu.be

Floppy Rescue: https://www.bbc.co.uk

New C64 Bubble Bobble: https://www.timeextension.com

Apple Mac Glider: https://youtu.be

Jeff Minter’s ZX81 Fastlife: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com

Episode Credits

Bob Wakelin Collection images courtesy of YouTuber @davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533

"Hitsudan, Acoustic Coupler and Kurodenwa" by SuFlyer is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org.

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