Desktop PCs Are Back! - This Week In Retro 197

The beige PC is back! What started as a joke has become reality. A Windows developer has shared some secrets on how the Win 95 installer did things behind the scenes. An article about the fall of Game as a high street retailer leaves us wondering if games will ever be available as they once were.

All this and more retro computing news plus the Community Question Of The Week.

Issue 25 of Pixel Addict magazine is ready to order! Fantasy World Dizzy is arguably the most iconic game the Oliver Twins and Codemasters ever released. To mark the game's 35-year history, writer Graham Pembrey is joined by Andrew and Philip Oliver to discuss the twins' fondness for Dizzy, as well as the franchise's undying popularity from fans. There is an in-depth look at the history of the Dizzy series. Head over to pixel.addict.media

00:00 - Show Opening

06:40 - Set Your PC Clock Back To 1990
Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/retro-beige-pc-case-goes-from-april-fools-joke-to-retail-silverstones-sleeper-pc-with-modern-internals-ships-in-q1-2025
Additional Link: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/big-beige-80s-pc-case-started-out-as-a-joke-but-its-becoming-real-in-japan/

26:14 - Windows In A Trench Coat
Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/19/chen_windows_95_setup/

40:07 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

47:40 - Game Over Zendaya
Story Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/inside-the-fall-of-game-no-games-no-accessories-instead-we-received-136-zendaya-action-figures

59:56 - 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:

Open Source EPROM Programmer: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1gu0j8k/affordable_opensource_eprom_programmer_empowers/

Outrun Mobile Port: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/outruns-japanese-mobile-port-has-been-preserved

Terrahawks CGI: https://youtu.be/2cbbyNRbfd8?si=0nbKbBI9m6L2LTgT

How The Sega Saturn Works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfOn2LuIk2A

The Spectrum Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zifICZ234Ok

Playing Retro Games In Nature: https://techraptor.net/gaming/interviews/scenic-gamer-interview-playing-retro-games-in-nature