Latest Main Channel Release (Cooler Master NVidia Case): https://youtu.be/YRbNUmI2hRU

In this episode I talk about DOOM running on a printer (yes, really!), the new Carmageddon game, Nightdive's Blood remaster, a big bundle of charity Spectrum games, Linux gaming distros Bazzite & Zorin OS breaking new download records & more!

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Episode Links:

Gaming On A Receipt Printer: https://www.hackster.io/news/can-a-receipt-printer-replace-a-pc-and-monitor-for-gaming-3c482f713652

Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEqvYXYI56s

Dethrace Carmageddon Source Port: https://github.com/dethrace-labs/dethrace

Carmageddon Rogue Shift: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1712100/Carmageddon_Rogue_Shift

Trailer For The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq0eqsjMyK8

Nightdive Blood Remaster: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/nightdives-re-remaster-of-the-1997-pc-shooter-blood-is-out-today-on-consoles-and-pc

Mo Moustachio's Midnight Moonshine Charity Spectrum Games: https://ko-fi.com/s/1bbc65e2e2

Record Bazzite Downloads: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/gaming-first-linux-distro-delivers-a-petabyte-of-isos-in-one-month-as-users-avoid-forced-updates-to-windows-11-bazzite-distro-is-another-safe-haven-for-win-10-refugees

RIP Nick Thorpe: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/12/retro-gamers-nick-thorpe-has-passed-away

Video Of The Week 1 (RobSmithDev Boing Ball): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8hF-ykyDfQ

Video Of The Week 2 (Tech Tangents 10 Year Retrobright Investigation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_WpjseCXA

Video Of The Week 3 (Super Jim AI Oliver Twins Game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZFLlPCjf8

Chapters:

00:00 DOOM Printer

05:29 Carmageddon Reboot

14:07 Blood Is Back!

20:20 Loadsa Spectrum Games For Cheap - And For Charity

23:39 Record Bazzite (& Zorin) Downloads

29:41 Videos Of The Week

40:09 RIP Nick Thorpe

https://www.pcbway.com - PCB fabrication, assembly, 3D printing, CNC machining & more!

Latest Main Channel Release (Cooler Master NVidia Case): https://youtu.be/YRbNUmI2hRU

In this episode I talk about eXoWin9x bringing Windows 9x games to modern Windows, the return of Desert / Urban / Jungle Strike, a new FPS on the C64, the triumphant return of paper as a storage medium, a port of Sonic The Hedgehog to the Amiga & more!

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Episode Links:

LGR Plays eXoWin9x: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FazeobVWdmM

eXo On This Week in Retro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq256GWkJDo

eXoWin9x: https://www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html

DOS Games On Windows 11 (eXoDOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QsrqzwXII

Cleared Hot: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cleared_Hot

C64 FPS Grey: https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/commodores-most-popular-computer-gets-doom-style-shooter

DIY Paper Tape Project: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-computing-enthusiast-creates-perforated-tape-reader-designed-from-scratch-reads-data-at-about-50-bytes-per-second

National Museum of Computing: https://www.tnmoc.org

Sonic On The Amiga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94oUw7_K4

Head Records: https://headrecords.co.uk

Sony Turntable: https://amzn.to/3XpDjIN

Video Of The Week 1 (Dawid Does Tech Stuff Potato Games): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdhkUtxdDCA

Video Of The Week 2 (Gamers Nexus Bazzite Benchmarks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOx4_8ajZ8

Video Of The Week 3 (Zachary Staines Xbox Emulation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPn0gkUPY38

Video Of The Week 4 (RandomGamingInHD Corsair Gaming PC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQl_pv_Y84

Chapters:

00:00 eXoWin9x

10:10 PCBWay

11:21 Desert Strike Is Back!

17:09 DOOM On The C64!? Not Quite...

23:47 Punch Cards Are Back!

31:11 Sonic On The Amiga

35:13 Videos Of The Week

47:25 I Bought A Record Player

Latest Main Channel Release (Atari 2600+ PAC-MAN Edition Review): https://youtu.be/Moyy2WeNm_w

In this episode I talk about the new Analogue 3D console, the 30th anniversary of Worms, the 40th anniversary of the Master System, governments trying to ban VPNs, a new SilverStone PC case, the Another World MSX port, Dell & HP disabling HEVC support on their high end business laptops, learning HTML via type-ins, Pebble beef, Microsoft open sourcing Zork & more!

Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesrambles

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Episode Links:

Analogue 3D: https://www.analogue.co/3d

LGR Review Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgMAl0Rrhq4

Worms 30th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/worms30thanniversarysale

Master System 40th: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/nov/18/sega-master-system-nintendo-entertainment-system

Good Master System Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Yesterzine

Government VPN Bands: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/lawmakers-want-ban-vpns-and-they-have-no-idea-what-theyre-doing

New Retro SilverStone PC Case: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/silverstone-takes-the-wraps-off-the-flp03-its-latest-homage-to-beige-1980s-pc-design-retro-micro-atx-case-has-modern-amenities

Another World MSX Port: https://x.com/lo_re77/status/1990426730071310592

HP & DELL Disable HEVC Support: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/hp-and-dell-disable-hevc-support-built-into-their-laptops-cpus

DOCTYPE Magazine: https://vole.wtf/doctype

MP944 CPU: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/the-mp944-was-the-real-worlds-first-microprocessor-and-key-to-the-flight-of-the-f-14-tomcat-but-it-lived-in-the-shadow-of-the-intel-4004-for-nearly-30-years

Virtual BBC Micro: https://virtual.bbcmic.ro

Pebble Smartwatch Beef: https://www.howtogeek.com/rebble-kept-old-pebble-watches-alivenow-its-work-is-being-stolen

Zork Open Source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source

Rebecca Heineman Obituary: https://www.ign.com/articles/interplay-co-founder-and-trailblazing-developer-rebecca-heineman-dies-aged-62

Video Of The Week 1 (Spawn Wave Steam Console): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVpXhNwj1HA

Video Of The Week 2 (Mugthief Half-Life 3 Info): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad4cwMAX9X8

Video Of The Week 3 (Red Dwarf Games): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUKGccXcsyg

Chapters:

00:00 Analogue 3D

07:18 Worms 30th Anniversary

14:58 40 Years Of Master System

21:07 Now They're Trying To Ban VPNs!?

29:18 Some Bits 'n Bobs For You...

30:14 ...New SilverStone Retro PC Case...

32:13 ...Another World Ported To MSX...

33:37 ...HP & Dell Disable HEVC / h265 Video Support...

35:34 ...Learn HTML Via Type-Ins...

37:14 ...The World's First Microprocessor...

39:05 ...A Very Cool 3D BBC Micro Emulator...

40:45 ...Pebble Smartwatch Drama...

43:24 ...And Microsoft Open Sources Zork!

47:58 Videos Of The Week

58:38 Tribute To Rebecca Heineman