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Neo-Geo is Back & Locking Down The C64 Ultimate - This Week In Retro 265
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- This Week in Retro
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- Apr 25, 2026
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🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Welcome Andrew Borman, Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong ( https://www.museumofplay.org/ ) for an in-depth look at the future of the iconic Neo-Geo game console, with brand-new hardware just around the corner. If Metal Slug and Super Baseball aren't your thing, we also cover Channel 9 Australia's endorsement of retro gaming, the revival of a 50-year old electromechanical arcade machine from Nintendo, The Krypton Factor, and a potential block on alternative cores for the Commodore 64 Ultimate. If you think that's a CRT on the horizon it might just be a discarded kitchen appliance, but don't let that stop you from enjoying This Week in Retro episode 265! 00:00 - Show Opening 07:12 - Neo GeoStory Link: https://plaionreplai.com/ 34:48 - Two Tales Of The Wild WestStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfqnomGPkMStory Link 2: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commodore-fans-split-over-c64-ultimate-fpga-firmware-lockdown-firm-says-it-wants-to-protect-its-hardware-and-reduce-support-fallout 56:18 - Housekeeping - News links found below 01:02:46 - TV Gets Retro GamingStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4QuYuPn2McStory Link 2: https://hackaday.io/project/205522-prime-time-game-show-lasers-and-an-amiga 01:13:39 - 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/@TheRetroAdventurers Audio Podcast:https://retroadventurers.…