Atari Shock - This Week In Retro 213

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A bit of a thing broke out about the different way the US sees gaming history. There may be a new contender for Japan's first ever video game. Populous almost got a release on the NES, the code has been found and new footage is now available to watch.

 

All this and a handful of other stories and our Community Question Of The Week!

 

Ultima 7 Retrospective:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NyaGRNH2zE

 

00:00 - Show Opening

08:42 - Let’s Go Bashing Americans!
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/poorly-analyzed-us-centric-garbage-why-do-americans-keep-ignoring-european-gaming-history

23:21 - Japanese Gaming History Unearthed
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/03/is-this-japans-first-ever-video-game
Additional Link: https://pinktentacle.com/2009/10/computopia-old-visions-of-a-high-tech-future/

37:32 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

44:31 - Not Popular Enough
Story Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2025/03/populous/
Populous - a 33 year lost Nintendo Entertainment System conversion recovered by Games That Weren't!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as6rpF-coCY

54:51 - 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 Neil from RMC and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Briefs Links:

ETO AmigaOS Book: https://www.edsa.uk/blog/classic-amigaos-programming-the-network

30 Years Of PlayStation On Tape: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/30-years-of-history-reside-in-our-tape-backups-playstations-building-a-game-preservation-mineshaft-vault-with-200-million-files-going-back-to-a-1994-build-of-ps1-jrpg-arc-the-lad/

Cyan Worlds Lay Off Staff: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around/

Dave Garage Windows Longhorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpRZ8BQiiMo

Acorn Atom Trash To Treasure: https://youtu.be/3v4sFkmM0GY?si=I5ReyJP8Ml7IlTyz

Repairing Datasettes: https://www.retrotrade.dk/2025/03/21/datasette-repair-notes/