{"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":"The History Of Shoot 'Em Ups - This Week In Retro 256","slug":"the-history-of-shoot-em-ups-this-week-in-retro-256","published_at":"2026-02-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/the-history-of-shoot-em-ups-this-week-in-retro-256","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/the-history-of-shoot-em-ups-this-week-in-retro-256/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t5bn8yxqqzc65kcm/TWIR_Episode256_The_History_Of_Shoot_Em_Ups.mp3","summary":"DJ Slope of @slopesgameroom is our guest for this week's dive into the history of shoot 'em up games of all shapes and sizes. In other departments we examine the claim that 1996 changed computing history forever and explore whether handheld retro tech can defeat the modern scourge of doomscrolling. Plus news in classic tech ranging from the Nabu to the CIDCO Mailstation, on Episode 256 of This Week in Retro. Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 02:23 - Shmups Away Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9GFX6lIbeE 20:59 - 1996 Really Was A Big Deal Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BM1gXDZsMO0 Additional link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OHkrQYSmtE 38:01 - Housekeeping - News links found below 44:07 - Doomscrolling Defeated Story Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/09/how-a-decades-old-video-game-has-helped-me-defeat-the-doomscroll 56:42 - 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.social https://bsky.app/profile/jasoncompton.bsky.social Youtube: Chris - https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA Jason - 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 📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y 📻 Podbean: https://twir.podbean.com 📻 Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/show/5734337 📻 RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/TWIR/feed.xml 📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro This Week in…","meta_description":"DJ Slope of @slopesgameroom is our guest for this week's dive into the history of shoot 'em up games of all shapes and sizes. In other departments we exam…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3687,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/the-history-of-shoot-em-ups-this-week-in-retro-256/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/the-history-of-shoot-em-ups-this-week-in-retro-256.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}