This Week in Retro
Hosted by Chris and Dave and Jason and Jason Compton and Dave Velociraptor · Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
4.9from 124 ratings
- 290
- Episodes
- 127
- Transcribed
- 124
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 594M
- YouTube views
About This Week in Retro
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.
- Publisher
- Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles
- Category
- leisure · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Aug 2020
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
127 of 290 episodes have a transcript.
3 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288
26 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Do Stacked Expansions Scratch Your Brain? - This Week In Retro 287
19 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
VCF Midwest + Hot Upgrade for DOS Computers - This Week In Retro 286
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Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288
Published 3 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Hold that title in your head. I think there's a case to be made that King's Quest was as big as that one you're thinking of out there. Probably not in terms of raw sales, but in terms of impact. Because King's Quest, commissioned from Sierra Online by IBM, specifically as a showcase of the enhanced graphics and sound capabilities of the IBM PC Junior, was basically the first game for an IBM computer that made people stop and say, oh, you can get that kind of video game out of an IBM PC? Because with 16 colors, sound that was... Well, it wasn't fantastic, but it was a lot better than PC speaker beefs. […]
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- YouTube views
- 594,242,558
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 36 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 88 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 82 / 100
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- Quality
- 87
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts This Week in Retro?
Chris and Dave and Jason and Jason Compton and Dave Velociraptor host the show. Published by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers, Dave and Duncan Styles.
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