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Epic Adventures In 64K - This Week in Retro 258
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- This Week in Retro
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- Mar 7, 2026
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- 3384
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Summary
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. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 01:59 - Let’s Compare Our (Jet Set) WillysStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDsa-fTNPU 19:22 - Retro Coding RoundupStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hpGu1fKHMAdditional 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 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Bluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/davevelociraptor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube:Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA…