Speedball Rebooted - This Week In Retro 194

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Speedball is taking another shot at the goal, this time with Rebellion at the helm. Exo is going to bring together all PC demos. We talk about text adventures.

00:00 - Show Opening

04:48 - Bitmap Brothers Revisited
Story Link: https://metro.co.uk/2024/10/29/a-classic-90s-amiga-video-game-getting-unexpected-reboot-steam-today-21886096/

22:21 - Demos Seen
Story Link: https://youtu.be/PbFSs0ipcP0?si=vOHjR7mXuivfCbst

32:35 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

39:53 - A Facebook Of Adventure
Story Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/adventuregamesplayanddesign
Additional Link: https://monsterfeet.com/grue/
Interactive Fiction Database: https://ifdb.org/

52:45 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Housekeeping Links:

Time Rift Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91cUhy-NHX8

iPod Click Wheel Game Preservation: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/

SEGA FPGA: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-project-is-a-complete-scam-the-internet-isnt-convinced-by-the-supersega-fpga-console