It's This Week In Retro, your weekly round up of news for old ( and sometimes not so old ) computers, consoles and games. This week we look back at some of the stand out loading screens from the Atari ST, find out how SEGA helped NVIDIA become what it is today and wonder if a CRT running at crazy refresh rates is the best option for modern gaming.

All this and many more snippets of news in brief and your answers to our Community Question Of The Week!

Neil is off for a few weeks and we needed somebody to step up and ctrl-alt-rees put his hand into the air, bounced around with excitement and demanded we pick him, so we did. Thank you Rees for keeping Dave company this week. Please visit his website https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/

Please take a moment from your busy day to visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ and take a look at the all new issue of Pixel Addict magazine. Do you remember before laptops were really a thing and various manufacturers tried to squeeze fully functioning computers into something that became known as a luggable computer? It doesn't matter, either way you should nab a copy and check out the lead feature. Thanks!

00:00 - Show Opening

04:08 - All Hail Our New Atari ST Overlords! Story Link: https://retroarcadia.blog/2024/07/03/top-ten-favourite-atari-st-loading-screens/

26:49 - NVIDIA And SEGA Story Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-nearly-went-out-of-business-in-1996-trying-to-make-segas-dreamcast-gpu-instead-sega-americas-ceo-offered-the-company-a-dollar5-million-lifeline

34:29 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

39:55 - CRTs Are The Best Modern Gaming Monitors? Story Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-monitors/this-is-not-a-typo-the-worlds-fastest-gaming-monitor-may-well-be-this-ancient-iiyama-crt-unit-pushed-to-700-hz-at-a-glorious-120p-resolution/

49:58 - Community Question of the Week

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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 Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

Dave's Briefs Links:

CPC Summer Games: https://i.redd.it/yvbzq4hlrifd1.jpeg

Turbo Outrun Reimagined Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6RSHaJ4zEI Play it here: https://sk1ds.itch.io/outrun-clone

CD Sales Are Growing: https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/jul/28/cd-sales-rise-taylor-swift-collection-nostalgia-90s-oasis-bashy-metronomy-kitty-liv

Clamshell G3 Mac: https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/24/apple_clamshell_ibook_g3_25/

Are Physical Games Dead: https://kotaku.com/ps5-limited-run-physical-digital-capcom-1851602842

Super Mario 64: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/super-mario/it-took-almost-28-years-but-super-mario-64-players-have-finally-opened-an-unopenable-door-using-a-penguin-and-a-sick-backflip/

PSA: It has been very warm in the UK this week and my Cadbury Buttons melted when I left them in my car by mistake. Do not make this error. You get a bag of choccy soup for a while and then once it cools you have a single chunk in a shape almost too awkward to eat.....almost, I persevered.