Lara's Number One! - This Week In Retro 166

BAFTA thinks Lara Croft is just about as iconic as a game character can get, do you agree. We might soon see retro gaming on Apple's iOS but what exactly do their new rules mean? We don't have a clue but we'll talk about it anyway. 3M used to be big in the world of the Floppy Disk but they jumped ship early....why was that?

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00:00 - Show Opening

05:48 - Games With Character
Story Link: https://www.bafta.org/media-centre/press-releases/bafta-most-iconic-character-poll-results

17:56 - Apples To Oranges
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1bwuci2/apple_to_finally_allow_retro_emulators_in_the_app/

33:02 - Dave's Housekeeping

The400 Mini CX Stick Fix Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OoeCWnRcLE&t=1s

Desk That Runs Doom: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/rescued-retro-desk-pc-becomes-the-latest-device-to-run-doom-amd-duron-based-system-unsurprisingly-lets-you-shotgun-blast-imps-without-major-issues

Youngsters Like Retro Too!: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/02/why-are-younger-generations-embracing-the-retro-game-revival

Legal Action To Protect Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE

New Tune from H0ffman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9ucA_WXSUw&t=1s

UK Collector Frazer Rhodes Making A Museum: https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-meet-the-uk-collector-creating-his-own-retro-game-museum

Retro Could Save The Gaming Industry: https://metro.co.uk/2024/04/07/retro-gaming-can-saviour-whole-video-games-industry-readers-feature-20599998/

45:40 - We’re All Floppy
Story Link: https://spectrum.ieee.org/3m-floppy

58:54 - Community Question of the Week

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