This Week in Retro | It Is Time To Un-Eliminate CRT Monitors! - This Week In Retro 136 @ThisWeekinRetro | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Have you ever thrown away your game boxes only to wish you hadn't? What if we could revive all those dead CRT screens? Did you ever see the DVD player that though it was a gaming console?
All this plus the Community Question Of The Week AND a special guest!
This is your weekly look at some Retro Gaming stories.
Please check out our guest's YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees
00:00 - Show Opening
06:56 - Best Boxes Banished
Story Link: nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-the-games-we-got-rid-of-what-were-we-thinking
Big Big Collection: bigboxcollection.com/#CollectionOverview
28:29 - Adrian Black Says CRTs Are Back
Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=MoqflFfvkR0
Link to the product: aliexpress.us/item/1005005439371756.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
39:58 - What Nuon About?
Story Link: timeextension.com/features/ultimate-guide-nuon-the-dvd-player-that-tried-to-be-a-games-console-and-failed
Nuon Specs: videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-nuon.htm#page=specs
PlayStation 2 Specs: videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-playstation_2.htm#page=specs
51:18 - Community Question of the Week
*Our sponsor, Pixel Addict magazine, has just released issue 14. Some of the included articles are:*
• The cover story this issue observes the relationship celebrities have had with computers and gaming.
• BeOS and Haiku OS alternative operating systems.
• Alex Lee interviewed about his time working on classic gaming magazines like Games-X, GB Action, Super Action, Amiga Action and Control.
• Rare vintage computer hardware: Casio PV-2000, Handspring Visor and Power Mac G4 Cube.
*Visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for current and back issues as well as storage binders for your collection.*
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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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Episode Credits
Parts of "I replaced the main board of this TV with brand new parts made in 2023!" courtesy of Adrian's Digital Basement
Link to full video: youtu.be/MoqflFfvkR0?si=T7kU1QT0oQOvVIlM
Have you ever thrown away your game boxes only to wish you hadn't? What if we could revive all those dead CRT screens? Did you ever see the DVD player that though it was a gaming console?
All this plus the Community Question Of The Week AND a special guest!
This is your weekly look at some Retro Gaming stories.
Please check out our guest's YouTube channel: youtube.com/c/ctrlaltrees
00:00 - Show Opening
06:56 - Best Boxes Banished
Story Link: nintendolife.com/features/talking-point-the-games-we-got-rid-of-what-were-we-thinking
Big Big Collection: bigboxcollection.com/#CollectionOverview
28:29 - Adrian Black Says CRTs Are Back
Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=MoqflFfvkR0
Link to the product: aliexpress.us/item/1005005439371756.html?gatewayAdapt=4itemAdapt
39:58 - What Nuon About?
Story Link: timeextension.com/features/ultimate-guide-nuon-the-dvd-player-that-tried-to-be-a-games-console-and-failed
Nuon Specs: videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-nuon.htm#page=specs
PlayStation 2 Specs: videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg00-playstation_2.htm#page=specs
51:18 - Community Question of the Week
*Our sponsor, Pixel Addict magazine, has just released issue 14. Some of the included articles are:*
• The cover story this issue observes the relationship celebrities have had with computers and gaming.
• BeOS and Haiku OS alternative operating systems.
• Alex Lee interviewed about his time working on classic gaming magazines like Games-X, GB Action, Super Action, Amiga Action and Control.
• Rare vintage computer hardware: Casio PV-2000, Handspring Visor and Power Mac G4 Cube.
*Visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for current and back issues as well as storage binders for your collection.*
🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!
patreon.com/thisweekinretro
☕Or just buy us a coffee!
ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro
🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro
Follow your hosts!
Twitter:
twitter.com/rmcretro
Youtube
youtube.com/rmcretro
youtube.com/005agima
Twitch
twitch.tv/rmcretro
Subscribe to the audio version of the show!
📻 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4
📻 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y
📻 Deezer: deezer.com
📻 Google: podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw
📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss
📻 YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A
📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro
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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
Episode Credits
Parts of "I replaced the main board of this TV with brand new parts made in 2023!" courtesy of Adrian's Digital Basement
Link to full video: youtu.be/MoqflFfvkR0?si=T7kU1QT0oQOvVIlM
