{"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":"Neo-Geo is Back & Locking Down The C64 Ultimate - This Week In Retro 265","slug":"neo-geo-is-back-locking-down-the-c64-ultimate-this-week-in-retro-265","published_at":"2026-04-25T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/neo-geo-is-back-locking-down-the-c64-ultimate-this-week-in-retro-265","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/neo-geo-is-back-locking-down-the-c64-ultimate-this-week-in-retro-265/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xc7dz7adypexjgd9/TWIR-Episode265.mp3","summary":"🛠 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.…","meta_description":"🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Welcome Andrew Borman, Director of Digital Preservation at The Strong ( https://www.mu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4743,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/neo-geo-is-back-locking-down-the-c64-ultimate-this-week-in-retro-265/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/neo-geo-is-back-locking-down-the-c64-ultimate-this-week-in-retro-265.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}