{"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 Retro Counsellor Is In - This Week In Retro 271","slug":"the-retro-counsellor-is-in-this-week-in-retro-271","published_at":"2026-06-06T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400/the-retro-counsellor-is-in-this-week-in-retro-271","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-retro-1052400","url":"https://TWIR.podbean.com/e/the-retro-counsellor-is-in-this-week-in-retro-271/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5w9983wg7ze98vng/TWIR-Episode271.mp3","summary":"🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Welcoming back guest Iain Lee (www.iainlee.com) after too long away, we revisit Nintendo's all-too-brief commitment to low-cost crowd-pleasing mini consoles, explore the surprising history of videoconferencing and remote collaboration for Microsoft NetMeeting's 30th anniversary, and find out what made an octogenarian game developer sit down at the keys and settle unfinished business. 00:00 - Show Opening 05:54 - Why A Mini?Story Link: https://nintendoeverything.com/former-nintendo-exec-confirms-nes-and-snes-classics-were-made-to-sustain-the-companys-business/ 18:38 - See You OnlineStory Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhay6VryyvEMicrosoft memo: https://sriramk.com/memos/CU-NET.pdf 40:25 - Housekeeping - News links found below 47:03 - Head Over Heels 2Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwQKv36bEUGame release: https://thalamusdigital.itch.io/return-to-blacktooth-amiga 55:12 - 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.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/@T…","meta_description":"🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com/ for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Welcoming back guest Iain Lee (www.iainlee.com) after too long away, we revisit Ninten…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-retro-1052400/episodes/the-retro-counsellor-is-in-this-week-in-retro-271/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-retro-counsellor-is-in-this-week-in-retro-271.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}