# Long Live Home Arcade Gaming! - This Week In Retro 251

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Podcast: [This Week in Retro](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400)
Published: 2026-01-17T10:00:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 3339

## Resource

It's a bonanza of stand-up arcade feature stories this week. Will Basic Fun! give Arcade1Up a powerful next stage? We also remember the life and career of Sega legend David Rosen and look at the latest in miniature cabinets from My Arcade including Sonic the Hedgehog, Galaga, Pac-Man, and Atari hits. In other news a Sega racer achieves a rare trifecta on the show, the origins of PCMCIA are discussed, and we follow up on Stunt Car (Track) Racer and Freescape from last week's show. You can order the latest issue of Pixel Addict fresh and wrinkle free, with the optional physical cover-disk, direct from the source by visiting https://www.addict.media/ 00:00 - Show Opening 02:15 - Arcade2UpStory Link: https://insider-gaming.com/arcade1up-reportedly-closing-operations-very-soon/ 18:18 - Sad Duties To InformStory Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jan/05/sega-co-founder-david-rosen-dies Additional links:https://bsky.app/profile/playhistory.bsky.social/post/3mbwx2gijrc27https://memoritree.com/memorial/david-m-rosenhttps://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/obituary-sega-co-founder-david-rosen-has-passed-away-at-age-95https://www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-rosen-passes-on-christmas-day-in-l-a/https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/hpux_end_of_life/https://www.osnews.com/story/144094/hp-ux-hits-end-of-life-today-and-im-sad/ 29:46 - Housekeeping - News links found below 39:03 - Is Bigger Better?Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tjYCw4yjM 50:35 - 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 Youtu…

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