Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Welcome to Happy Tech, the tech podcast that only features positive headlines! We aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
Stories this week:
1. Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Goes Fully Open Source
gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-is-now-out-in-full-and-open-source
2. Symphony of the Night Now Runs Natively on Windows, Linux and macOS
generationamiga.com/2026/08/03/symphony-of-the-night-beta-release-now-available-for-windows-linux-and-macos
3. GOG Galaxy Is Officially Coming to Linux
gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux
4. Linux Just Crossed 4% of Steam Users Again
gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey
5. A $5 Microcontroller Now Runs NES Games at Full Speed
hackaday.com/2026/07/22/60-fps-nes-emulator-on-esp32
6 A Homebrew Game Console, Built the Hard Way
hackaday.com/2026/08/02
7. Norton Commander, But for the Commodore 64
hackaday.com/blog
8. Microrobots Find Their Own Way Through the Bloodstream (submitted by a viewer)
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/microrobots-finding-their-way.html
00:00 Intro
01:14 What We Got Up To: Hot Wheels Track, Chunky Cat, Board Games
02:53 Running a Magic Tournament & the Dollarama Repack Draft
04:59 GOG Galaxy Is Coming to Linux
08:09 Remembering the Birth of Steam (and Launcher Fatigue)
10:27 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Goes Fully Open Source
13:40 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Runs Natively on PC
14:59 A $5 Microcontroller That Runs NES Games at Full Speed
16:03 Being Bad at Games as a Kid: "You Accomplished Nothing"
17:47 He Built His Own Console the Hard Way
20:37 The Atari 2600 and Why the 1983 Crash Made Sense
21:55 Norton Commander Comes to the Commodore 64
23:44 Commodore Is Back: New 64C Shells From the Original Molds
25:04 Micro Robots in the Bloodstream (Magic School Bus Is Real)
26:24 Encarta, Dangerous Creatures & Why We Miss "Programs"
27:52 GAME: Pokémon or Prescription Drug?
33:58 Opinion of the Week: Hardware Stagnation Is Actually Good
36:00 The 90s Upgrade Treadmill vs. Today
40:03 How Cheap You Can Build Right Now
42:22 Show & Tell
42:42 Apple QuickTake 150: A Digital Camera From 1995
47:28 Summoning Salt on VHS
49:47 The Crappy Old CRT Behind Us
50:26 Special Guests: Dad and Rod
51:42 A KEF Speaker Salesman's Sample Case
56:00 Thanks for Watching!
Welcome to Happy Tech, the tech podcast that only features positive headlines! We aim to talk about all of the fun, exciting, and uplifting news in tech - because it's easy to forget, with all the doom and gloom out there, that there is still some cool stuff happening in the tech world!
Stories this week:
1. Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Goes Fully Open Source
gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/arma-cold-war-assault-remastered-is-now-out-in-full-and-open-source
2. Symphony of the Night Now Runs Natively on Windows, Linux and macOS
generationamiga.com/2026/08/03/symphony-of-the-night-beta-release-now-available-for-windows-linux-and-macos
3. GOG Galaxy Is Officially Coming to Linux
gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/gog-confirm-they-are-working-towards-gog-galaxy-on-linux
4. Linux Just Crossed 4% of Steam Users Again
gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey
5. A $5 Microcontroller Now Runs NES Games at Full Speed
hackaday.com/2026/07/22/60-fps-nes-emulator-on-esp32
6 A Homebrew Game Console, Built the Hard Way
hackaday.com/2026/08/02
7. Norton Commander, But for the Commodore 64
hackaday.com/blog
8. Microrobots Find Their Own Way Through the Bloodstream (submitted by a viewer)
https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2025/11/microrobots-finding-their-way.html
00:00 Intro
01:14 What We Got Up To: Hot Wheels Track, Chunky Cat, Board Games
02:53 Running a Magic Tournament & the Dollarama Repack Draft
04:59 GOG Galaxy Is Coming to Linux
08:09 Remembering the Birth of Steam (and Launcher Fatigue)
10:27 Arma: Cold War Assault Remastered Goes Fully Open Source
13:40 Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Runs Natively on PC
14:59 A $5 Microcontroller That Runs NES Games at Full Speed
16:03 Being Bad at Games as a Kid: "You Accomplished Nothing"
17:47 He Built His Own Console the Hard Way
20:37 The Atari 2600 and Why the 1983 Crash Made Sense
21:55 Norton Commander Comes to the Commodore 64
23:44 Commodore Is Back: New 64C Shells From the Original Molds
25:04 Micro Robots in the Bloodstream (Magic School Bus Is Real)
26:24 Encarta, Dangerous Creatures & Why We Miss "Programs"
27:52 GAME: Pokémon or Prescription Drug?
33:58 Opinion of the Week: Hardware Stagnation Is Actually Good
36:00 The 90s Upgrade Treadmill vs. Today
40:03 How Cheap You Can Build Right Now
42:22 Show & Tell
42:42 Apple QuickTake 150: A Digital Camera From 1995
47:28 Summoning Salt on VHS
49:47 The Crappy Old CRT Behind Us
50:26 Special Guests: Dad and Rod
51:42 A KEF Speaker Salesman's Sample Case
56:00 Thanks for Watching!
