{"podcast":{"title":"This Week in Retro","slug":"this-week-in-retro-1052400","podcast_index_feed_id":1052400,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml","website_url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14670378/This_Week_In_Retro_Podcast_Logo9mtfm.png","author":"Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles","episode_count":281,"summary":"Get up to speed with the hottest news in the world of retro gaming and computing. Submit your own stories and upvote your favourites at r/ThisWeekinRetro. Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. A relaxed and light hearted chat on the subjects that YOU choose on our Reddit page. With the occasional special guest and a Community Question Of The Week where you get to have your say and share stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T08:20:56.062979+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400"},"episode":{"title":"Long Live Home Arcade Gaming! - This Week In Retro 251","slug":"long-live-home-arcade-gaming-this-week-in-retro-251","published_at":"2026-01-17T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/long-live-home-arcade-gaming-this-week-in-retro-251","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/long-live-home-arcade-gaming-this-week-in-retro-251/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/hs6jiimh89qg7pue/TWIR-Episode251.mp3","summary":"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…","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3339,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/long-live-home-arcade-gaming-this-week-in-retro-251/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/long-live-home-arcade-gaming-this-week-in-retro-251.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}