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An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore 64! We also look at the definitive overview of the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast and explore home computer shopping in 1998.
00:00 - Show Opening
08:21 - Pinball Lost and Found
Story Link: https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/three-big-commodore-64-recoveries/
40:09 - Sega’s Nightmare
Story Link: https://youtu.be/tcOtWuNlUF0?is=O4C-puLKHHWyGIV4
Rumoured handheld: https://www.notebookcheck.net/SEGA-rumor-new-2D-retro-handheld-with-physical-cartridges.1317101.0.html
53:12 - Housekeeping - News links found below
01:00:29 - 1998 Computer Shopping
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpLew7igK-w
01:20:19 - Community Question of the Week
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News In Brief Links
Atari 2600 chess (again): https://www.pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-gets-absolutely-wrecked-in-chess-match-with-1978-atari
GentleOS: https://github.com/luke8086/gentleos32
AGP on Windows 11: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs4bqCEnvUA
THEA1200 prototype video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wy07UEd6rng
Spray-on Retrobrite: https://youtu.be/L5anoqGw-hc?is=pkPR7AtAbArCOUgX
Sealed NES Super Mario auction: https://www.theverge.com/games/949593/super-mario-bros-3-million-auction
LEGO Batman C64 Easter egg: https://bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsbwok2i
Episode Credits
"Sega-dreamcast-set" by Asim Saleem (Asim18) is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openverse.
By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17385690
