This Week in Retro

Author: Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles

A weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
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Unity Engine For PS1?! - This Week In Retro 264
Episode 261
Saturday, 18 April, 2026

Bring big imaginations and big keyboards as we tackle the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game development for the original Sony PlayStation, and breathe new life into those old digital video camcorders on the shelf. Chris shows off a holiday photo, there's a birthday... all this, and much more, in This Week in Retro episode 264! Visit https://www.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. 00:00 - Show Opening 03:03 - Undiscovered Text Adventures Abound Story Link: https://www.retro-exo.com/if.html Original TWiR coverage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUtxKUkJaXk 17:34 - New Life For PlayStation & Wii Story Link: https://psxsplash.github.io/ Bandwidth appeal video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZ-XHiDBow MacOS X on Nintendo Wii: https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html Windows compatibility: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260407-00/?p=112213 31:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below 36:57 - Video Editing Like It’s 1999 Story Link: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuKeW45OL-g 46:18 - 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/@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/@ThisWeekinRetro This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. News In Brief Links PicoGUS 4.0: https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.0.0 Oldversion returns: https://hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and-better-than-ever/ RIP Yoshihisa Kishimoto: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/double-dragon-creator-yoshihisa-kishimoto-has-passed-away New Amiga Double Dragon: https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/04/double-dragon-near-arcade-experience.html Arcade photos: https://www.thescroller.net/83840/20-photos-what-arcades-used-to-look-like/ Arcade manuals: https://arcadeRTFM.com Breakout for ZX81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NheQgCtFgI End of Linux support for i486: https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-support-intels-37-year-old-486-processor/ Episode Credits: "PlayStation-SCPH-1000-with-Controller.jpg" image by Evan-Amos. Public domain.