Was 80s Britain the Silicon Valley of Europe? We dial up some modem memories, talk about a man with way too many copies of a Burger King game, and dish the dirt on mince pies. All this, plus our community question of the week, on This Week in Retro!
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0:00 Show Open
0:36 Snowed Under - New Charity ZX Spectrum Release
https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/
2:13 Mince Pies - Asking the tough questions
5:19 What are the best arcade games ever?
https://www.boredpanda.com/best-arcade-games/?utm_source=com.google.android&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=organic
17:08 Relive the BBC Computer Literacy Programme
https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/
27:23 Dialling up Modem memories
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/r6dekm/lovely_old_1964_modem/
38:57 You’ve got 2,706 copies of WHAT?
https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/r4vnkp/man_collects_2706_copies_of_burger_kings_2006/
Story Links:
Live on air hack at the BBC - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=390145581552699
BBC takes a look at the Amiga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-NYK-8KL0
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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 Neil from RMC and John Shawler from Amigos Retro Gaming.
