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• Titan
  Bouncing to GloryTitan is a clever twist of the Breakout formula released in 1989 by Titus. Use the ball to blast away the bricks, but instead of a paddle moving horizontally at the bottom of the screen, we are now viewing the action overhead. So, rather than controlling this paddle … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Playdate: 4 years later is full of Hidden Gems!
  Year 4 with the delightfully oddball Playdate, a tiny yellow handheld that proves big fun can come in small, crank-powered packages. I show you some surprisingly clever games, and of course the famous little crank that turns gameplay into something completely different. This is FULL of HIDDEN GEM games! https://play.date … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• You Can Now Log Into 1980s Mainframes From Home… (Seriously!) – The Retro Hour EP521
  This week on The Retro Hour Podcast: you can now remotely log into real vintage computers and mainframes from your browser, letting you experience early operating systems, programming languages and classic text games just like the pioneers of computing did. We also look at Hyper Sentinel Fusion, a spiritual successor … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Amstrad JY3 Joystick
  New Old Stock Joystick für Computer mit 9-Pin-Anschuss wie Commodore oder Atari. 2 Feuerknöpfe Mikroschalter Autofeuer 4 Saugnäpfe Neu und origanalverpackt (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• LED für Commodore-64C-Gehäuse – kurz (blau)
  LED für Commodore-64C-Gehäuse. Kurze Variante für die neueren C64C-Platinen im C64C-Gehäuse. Für ältere C64-Platinen im C64C-Gehäuse bitte die längere Kabelvariante nutzen. LED-Farbe: Blau LED-Größe: 5 x 2 mm Kabellänge: ca. 15 cm (Abbildung ähnlich) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Cosmic Cretins From Outer Space for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Game description: A homebrew fixed-screen shoot’em up where the player has to shoot the cretinous aliens so that they will never take over Earth. After shooting a wave of them the player will also have to shoot a mothership. Time stamps: 0:00 Cover 0:07 Static … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Cosmic Hero for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Game description: In this homebrew game, which is similar to Lunar Rescue, the player has to descend with a little craft and land on a platform and pick up people. Then the player has to fly back to the main ship to drop off the … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Retro Re-release Roundup, week of March 5, 2026
  A fresh visit with your favorite video game vampire, Oda Nobunaga. Read More From: Retronauts
• Retro Re-Release Roundup, February 2026 Megamix
  A not-insubstantial portion of the news from last month, late and half-remembered. Read More From: Retronauts
• Kickstarter Kompilation: March 2026 edition
  Forget February’s failings; embrace the month of March Read More From: Retronauts
• Retronauts Episode 752: Star Trek + Sega R360
  Boldly Going to the Old Line State Read More From: Retronauts
• Experience the weird wonder of GTV (no, not that GTV)
  Before PlayStation, Sony sponsored its own monthly games mag, Game Tech Video… on VHS? Read More From: Retronauts
• Cooter Bug for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Game description: A dice game and a game based on luck for 1 to 4 players. The goal is to roll certain numbers for body parts of the cooter bug and be the first player to complete it. … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• #MARCHintosh 2026 Kickoff, Plans
  Happy New #MARCHintosh! This is my third #MARCHintosh, and, unlike last year, I’m not particularly well-prepared. I do have many thoughts, however, and some news on WOzFest 43 later this month (and the others this year). After the successful launch of my Apple Internet Router Administrator’s Guide—Addendum last year, I … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Leeds & Northrup 4398-M Double Ratio Set: Measuring PPMs the old-fashioned way
  We rescue a high-end Kelvin bridge, that was supposed to measure resistances to a fraction of parts per million. It cost the equivalent of $28,000 in today’s money. Will it still work, or have the ppm’s escaped the box since the 1960’s? Stuff that supports the channel: – Support us … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• The Pawn Retrospective | Amigos: Everything Amiga 540
  🏆 Support our wacky, weekly Amiga podcast! https://www.patreon.com/amigospodcast Subscribe to the podcast version of the show at https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/amigospodcast Amigos: Everything Amiga is a weekly, wacky exploration of the Amiga scene, current news, and a look at the games we all remember–even those we’d like to forget! #Amiga #Retrocomputing … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Connect Five for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Game description: A 2-player only Connect Five game. So yeah, it is similar to Connect Four but 5 in a row are needed to win. … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Daniël Mantione – Final Cartridge 101% v2
  You can watch a video from the Daniël Mantione YouTube channel. In this episode: The Final Cartridge 101%-firmware, with the following extra features: VDC-monitor, REU-monitor, Return to Freezer from monitor (REU / VDC), Unification screen-editor BASIC / Monitor, Improved support for 1581, SD2IEC, D64, D71 & D81 and making new … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Free IIe part free
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• Congo Bongo for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Apple II Arcade Atari 2600 Atari 5200 Atari 8-bit Coleco Adam ColecoVision Commodore 64 Intellivision MSX PC Booter SG-1000 VIC-20 Game description: Congo Bongo is an arcade platform game similar in many ways to Donkey Kong, but with an isometric perspective. The player takes control of … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Amiga Kart Racer Looks Promising – The Retro Hour EP520
  This, a brand new Mario Kart-style tech demo lands on the Amiga! We look at how this impressive homebrew effort compares to Nintendo’s classic and what it means for the Amiga scene today. Plus, a mind-blowing modder gets Super Mario 64 running in cross-play between the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Battlemaster
  A day in the life…Battlemaster was released in 1990 by PSS, but it isn’t something I recall playing. Which is a little odd because I remember seeing the screenshots and being captivated by what I saw. They showcased an overhead-action RPG featuring battles against insidious creatures, including Orcs, Spiders, Elves, … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• I Will Live To See My Apple 2 Turn 100 – How Can I Keep It Working For That Long?
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• (video) Floppy Days 115 – Exclusive John Grant Interview – Development of the ZX Spectrum
  In this exclusive Floppy Days Podcast interview, John Grant shares firsthand stories, technical insights, and behind-the-scenes development details about one of the most iconic home computers ever created — the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!! From early design challenges to programming realities in the early 1980s, this deep-dive conversation explores the engineering … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• how much is this worth? or how much would it take to restore it?
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• Skyrim and life updates. Dating, relationship, heartbreak & recovery
  Playing Skyrim while talking about what’s been happening in my life since my last video (8 months ago) … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Concentration for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Game description: A memory game for one or two players with 3 difficulty settings. The first two difficulty settings will show the cards after each turn while the most difficult setting does not. Also on the most difficult setting the computer knows like 98% where … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Sprite Castle 106: The Three Stooges
  In this exciting slapstick episode I teamed up with Amigo Aaron (one half of the Amigos Podcast) to do this crossover episode in which we […] … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Computer War for the TI-99/4A
  Came also out for: Atari 8-bit VIC-20 Game description: It’s thermonuclear war! Break the computer code to launch your missiles, then guide your interceptors before enemy missiles converge with your cities. This is a game in two parts. The first part plays a lot like a sliding block puzzle. You … Read More From: Retro Roundup
• Floppy Days 160 – The KayPro, Part 4 with Matthew Jones
  Floppy Days 160 – The KayPro, Part 4, with Matt Jones Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FloppyDays Sponsors: • 8-Bit Classics (https://www.8bitclassics.com/?ref=Floppydays) • Arcade Shopper (https://www.arcadeshopper.com) • FutureVision Research (https://www.fvresearch.com/) • Tuc’s Workbench (https://shop.tucs-workbench.com) Hello, and welcome to episode 160 of the Floppy Days Podcast for … Read More From: Retro Roundup

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