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In this episode I talk about the new official sequel to New Zealand Story from Commodore, DOOM on a pressure cooker, Windows Media Player dropping CD metadata support, a new UK Amstrad user group's first meetup, games for UEFI, Mario 64 on the SEGA Dreamcast, Sparkfun and Adafruit's Teensy dispute, Hewson's new Hyper Sentinel game & more!

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Episode Links:

New Zealand Story: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/commodores-official-remake-of-taitos-the-newzealand-story-launches-next-month

DOOM Pressure Cooker: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/youtuber-makes-doom-run-on-a-smart-cooking-pot-after-a-full-firmware-refresh

Media Player CD Metadata RIP: https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/09/microsoft_windows_media_player_forgets

UKAG June Meetup: https://www.ukag.org.uk/index.php/2026/01/08/more-info-on-the-june-uk-amstrad-group-meet

UEFI Games: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/dev-creates-uefi-games-compendium-where-you-have-to-win-to-access-your-computer-10-month-project-will-shutdown-your-pc-if-you-lose

Dreamcast Mario 64: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/01/plays-like-a-aaa-native-release-super-mario-64-gets-a-dreamcast-port

GitHub For The Above: https://github.com/jnmartin84/sm64-dc

Sparkfun Statement: https://www.sparkfun.com/official-response

Adafruit Statement: https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/01/12/discontinuing-the-teensy-at-adafruit

Hewson On MobyGames: https://www.mobygames.com/company/1537/hewson-consultants-ltd

Hyper Sentinel Fusion: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robhwson/hyper-sentinel-fusion-2

Video Of The Week 1: (Mad Martigan Music Quizzes) https://www.youtube.com/@madmartiganstrivia

Video Of The Week 2: (The Quiz Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@TheQuizChannel

Chapters:

00:00 Official New Zealand Story Sequel From Commodore

07:52 DOOM On A Pressure Cooker!?

14:00 Microsoft Media Player Kills Audio CDs

20:22 New UK Amstrad User Group Meetup

27:08 UEFI Games

33:09 Dreamcast Mario 64 Port Released

41:35 Adafruit vs. Sparkfun Drama

49:42 New Hewson Game: Hyper Sentinel Fusion

55:57 Videos Of The Week