# Let’s Talk About Joysticks - This Week In Retro 247

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Podcast: [This Week in Retro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400)
Published: 2025-12-06T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/let-s-talk-about-joysticks-this-week-in-retro-247/
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Duration seconds: 3950

## Resource

We are joined by Allan (aka Happy Coding ZX) to talk about joysticks, haunted tech and does retrobrighting damage your beloved computers and consoles? Visit FVResearch.com for all things FujiNet! Emulate devices such as disk drives, printers and modems plus provide a wireless network interface to a wide range of retro computers. Please visit https://ko-fi.com/midnightbrew/shop to support Allan and the Movember charity. Changing the face of men's health. 00:00 - Show Opening 05:33 - Joy Of A Decent StickStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4QQDqkVCng 23:19 - Tales Of The UnexplainedStory Link: https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/The 1988 Mystery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRHpN53hb34The Games Machine Issue 09: https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue09Aug88/page/n97/mode/2upThe Dodleston Messages: https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/dodleston-messages.htm 40:53 - Housekeeping - News links found below 47:28 - Not Too BrightStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_WpjseCXAMacho Nacho Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXhxTtK42A8 59:59 - 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/@005AGIMAJason - https://www.youtube.com/@jpcompton Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/ Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotif…

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