Our most popular guest returns as @ReesRambles joins us to discuss the latest news surrounding the Myrient mega-archive, the legacy of operating system pioneer Digital Research, and some long-overdue game ports including one from the Sinclair QL of all things. Is reviving Cinemaware titles the retro equivalent of jury duty? Are there enough good Atari Jaguar games to count on two hands? Find out as we bid Chris a temporary farewell in episode 260 of This Week in Retro!

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00:00 - Show Opening

02:16 - Preservation On The High Seas Saved Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/385tb-video-game-archive-saved-by-fans-myrient-has-been-100-percent-backed-up-and-validated-torrents-being-generated Additional link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/video-game-preservation-archive-myrient-has-been-100percent-backed-up-by-the-community

15:54 - DR DOS Is Back?! Story Link: https://www.dr-dos.com/index.html Additional links: https://github.com/osfree-project/WIN16 https://www.goto10retro.com/p/mac-os-x-25th-anniversary-the-os

35:54 - Housekeeping - News links found below

41:41 - New Old Games Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dupt1BE8_b4 Additional link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSUOVXVedrA

54:37 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Compute's Gazette Coverage: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rp826s/twir_covered_in_the_march_2026_computes_gazette/

Sonic On The Amiga: https://youtu.be/JDBHzZS2wNQ

Laserdisc Under The Microscope: https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/10/laserdisc_microscope/ TWiR 116 with Shelby: https://youtu.be/S8EJQXRwouI

Hedley Davis Obituary: https://www.daniels-hutchison.com/obituaries/Hedley-Combs-Davis?obId=47519295

Star Wars Apple Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afNsXyAnUTY

Saturn Accelerator: https://retrorgb.com/former-sega-engineer-confirms-saturn-accelerator-was-in-development.html TWiR 183 with Bob and Rees: https://youtu.be/Up7rSvb9F7o

Cookie's Bustle: https://gamehistory.org/cookies-bustle/

Commodore PET Restoration: https://retrohax.net/marchindore-commodore-cbm-3032/

Episode Credits

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The legacy of Lucasfilm Games looms large this week. We take on the controversial conclusions surrounding the global "Adventure Game Aptitude Test," which challenged gamers to complete the classic Maniac Mansion in four hours with no context, no documentation, and no hints. In other news we look at the improved access to Lucasarts classics thanks to a DREAMM emulator upgrade, and live vicariously through an outrageous hack to the infamous Sinclair C5. Plus your top picks in tiny software and an all-new Community Question of the Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

02:00 - You’re Not A Failure Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/the-worlds-first-standardized-gaming-test-will-see-if-you-can-beat-an-80s-adventure-game-without-a-walkthrough-and-itll-even-monitor-you-over-a-webcam-to-make-sure-you-dont-cheat/

Additional links: https://www.polygon.com/agat-adventure-aptitude-test-pc-adventure-maniac-mansion-guide/ https://theagat.co/ https://www.twitch.tv/new2dinosourxl/video/2710199492

18:03 - Dreaming Of A Galaxy Far Far Away Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/03/lucasarts-emulator-dreamm-adds-support-for-a-bunch-of-old-star-wars-in-major-update

26:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below

34:14 - Sinclair C6… Speed Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQsPRrgfnPs

44:19 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

News In Brief Links

The Crew Unlimited: https://thecrewunlimited.com

PS2 with DVD-RW: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1rlfdxi/just_wanted_to_share_something/

Development Machine Controversy: https://www.sonicstadium.org/articles/sega/sega-stole-my-consoles-collector-raided-after-buying-stock-from-office-clearout-r3301/

Matthew Lillard On Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhvMRw3OPjY

ZX Spectrum Street Fighter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_HJvjzojZs

Ultima VIII Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4h1GIw32UU

IBM Training Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNC0mLsaqz4

All the fun you can squeeze into 64k or less as we look at the international sensation that was Jet Set Willy and the explosion of open-world adventure gaming in 1984. There's even a fully-realised Quake-style FPS available for modern PCs that fits into just 64 kilobytes, or you can code up your own retro memory-resident marvels with the aid of the new Kwyll system or dozens of other open-source development environments.

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00:00 - Show Opening

01:59 - Let’s Compare Our (Jet Set) Willys Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDsa-fTNPU

19:22 - Retro Coding Roundup Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hpGu1fKHM Additional links: https://indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-and-found

Tprrt's Blog: https://tprrt.tupi.fr/retro-console-game-engines.html

36:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below

42:00 - QUOD Damage! Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/quod-is-a-quake-like-in-only-64kb/ Additional links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qht68vFaa1M

QUOD Download: https://daivuk.itch.io/quod

Quake Brutalist Jam III: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r7pz1p/quake_brutalist_jam_iii_released_jan_3rd/

Free Unreal: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r44enm/unreal_tournament_2004_is_now_free/

Chris' Unreal Maps: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oaBzMgV9oFHFpuTDnk4cytHOSdw0vII3?usp=sharing

51:22 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

TIE Fighter Total Conversion: https://youtu.be/IZtHOoMsrWs?si=X3S9v4aEJXPDZ03D

FreeDOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLIgdRj5bI

MiSTer Floppy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN8TCz7Z0n8

eXoDemoscene: https://www.retro-exo.com/demoscene.html

GenZ and iPods: https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/02/23/why-gen-z-and-young-adults-are-embracing-ipods-again

Rob Grant obituary: https://www.ganymede.tv/2026/02/rob-grant-rip/

Floating Lemming: https://youtu.be/h-2KyTnxr5E?si=dZFkM8nKew3dyF9I