Episodes

  • New S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Jaguar on iOS, Bleem! Is Back & More - Ramble 91
    Nov 22 2024

    In this episode I talk about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, Atari Jaguar emulator emulator BigPEmu releasing on iOS, Atari Addict magazine, Bleem! coming back and more!


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    The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees


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    Episode Links:

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 Official Website: https://www.stalker2.com

    Rich Whitehouse BigPEmu Announcement: https://bsky.app/profile/richwhitehouse.bsky.social/post/3lbhuhk6al22x

    Atari Addict Magazine: https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/atari-addict-magazine

    Bleem! Kickstarter Story: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/bleem-the-company-that-took-on-sony-and-won-is-crowdfunding-for-the-largest-retro-gaming-project-ever

    Bleem!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!


    Latest Main Channel Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DIMNMgGAEA


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIR8by3B718


    Chapters:

    00:00 It Is Very Cold

    01:24 Get Out Of Here, S.T.A.L.K.E.R!

    07:46 Jaguar Emulation On iOS

    14:38 Atari Addict Magazine Update

    16:44 Bleem! Is Back! ...Or Is It?!

    23:14 Channel Update - New Video Released

    26:06 Video Of The Week

    28:59 It Is Still Very Cold

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    31 mins
  • GOG Preservation Effort, Movember, Atari Addict, MiSTER Pi Reviewed & More - Ramble 90
    Nov 15 2024

    In this episode I talk about the Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge, and more!


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    The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees


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    Episode Links:

    WhatHoSnorkers (sun god): https://www.youtube.com/@WhatHoSnorkers

    Rob Smith (disco machine): https://www.youtube.com/@RobSmithDev

    GOG Preservation Program: https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program

    Moustachio's Midnight Moonshine: https://ko-fi.com/s/1bbc65e2e2

    Mario On Sega CD: https://x.com/_gf64/status/1856655023956275672

    RoseTintedSpectrum Channel Taken Down: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/thank-you-to-every-one-that-boosted-this-terminated-youtube-retro-gaming-channel-gets-reinstated

    Atari Addict Magazine: https://www.pixel.addict.media/shop/atari-addict-magazine


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am-cx8yzk0A


    Chapters:

    00:00 Retro Computer Festival Cambridge

    06:51 GOG Preservation Program

    13:16 Midnight Brew's Moustachio's Midnight Moonshine For Movember

    16:31 Mario Comes To Sega CD

    18:14 Every YouTuber's Worst Nightmare

    22:29 Atari Addict Magazine

    29:16 Video Of The Week

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    33 mins
  • Retro Computer Festival, More SuperSega Drama, Taki Udon, Doom on Nintendo Alarmo & More - Ramble 89
    Nov 8 2024

    In this episode I talk about the Retro Computer Festival in Cambridge, yet more SuperSega FPGAconsole drama, Taki Udon's DE10-Nano clone, Doom on Nintendo Alarmo alarm clocks, Game Gear consolisation, main channel updates and more!


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    The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees


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    Episode Links:

    Retro Computer Festival: https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72253/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Saturday-9th-November

    SuperSega 1: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/supersega-boss-rocks-up-in-his-lamborghini-to-beg-for-your-pre-order-cash

    SuperSega 2: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/supersega-explains-why-it-produces-such-crappy-videos-says-its-afraid-analogue-will-steal-its-ideas

    SuperSega 3: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/11/confusion-reigns-as-supersega-pre-orders-get-charged-for-the-full-amount

    Taki Udon $5 Announcement: https://x.com/TakiUdon_/status/1853954486886334496

    Doom on Nintendo Alarmo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IOVYvSMAoU

    GitHub Repo For The Above: https://github.com/GaryOderNichts/alarmo_doom

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


    Latest Main Channel Release - Microsoft Return of Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZMXJfWFQw


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gfsTq8klJE


    Chapters:

    00:00 Retro Computer Festival Cambridge

    03:05 SuperSega Scam Updates

    12:36 Taki Udon DE10 Gets Even Cheaper

    15:35 Doom on Nintendo Alarmo Alarm Clock

    18:22 Latest ctrl-alt-rees Release

    19:51 Video of the Week

    23:21 Clickwheel iPod Games Preserved

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    27 mins
  • JagJam Entries, New Mario Remake, SuperSEGA Scam & More - Ramble 88
    Nov 1 2024

    In this episode I talk about the entries for the (now closed) Atari Jaguar JagJam game jam, a new remake of Super Mario Bros for the Game Boy Color, the SuperSEGA project being a potential scam, the DMCA exemption denial for video games, main channel updates and more! Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesrambles The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees Subscribe to Rees Rambles on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reesrambles Episode Links: JagJam Announcement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dij7aBXV91E JagJam Entries: https://itch.io/jam/jagjam2024/entries Mario Remake: https://x.com/Mico_027/status/1850143147818352710 Mario Remake Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkYDwZK8aNk SuperSEGA Scam: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/the-project-is-a-complete-scam-the-internet-isnt-convinced-by-the-supersega-fpga-console Game Preservation DMCA Review: https://gamehistory.org/dmca-2024-statement/ Cefucom-21 Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sqTJXXSQo Cefucom-21 Part 2: https://youtu.be/qlNIokKaJH8 Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynXzD3Jiy3Q Chapters: 00:00 The JagJam Atari Jaguar Game Jam Entries 05:51 New Mario Game Boy Color Remake 09:17 SuperSEGA Is A Scam? 15:39 DMCA Exemption For Games Denied 20:49 Channel Update - Cefucom Videos Still Going Crazy 25:56 Video Of The Week

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    30 mins
  • A Cefucom-21 Unboxing, Amstrad Museum, Dreamcast Is Doomed, Wormage & More - Ramble 87
    Oct 25 2024

    In this episode I unbox a very special arrival for that weird Cefucom-21 English language teaching computer, check out Lord Sugar’s new Amstrad museum, take a look at a port of Sonic The Hedgehog to the Amstrad GX4000 and Doom64 on the Dreamcast, check out a very nice home arcade (again) and finally cover some recent Worms announcements.


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    The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees


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    Episode Links:

    Cefucom-21 Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sqTJXXSQo

    Amstrad Museum: https://amstrad.com

    SonicGX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dktCrmQoQA

    Doom64 Dreamcast Port: https://x.com/falco_girgis/status/1848911709437612180

    Doom64 Dreamcast Direct Video Link: https://elysianshadows.com/random/doom64dc.mp4

    Worms Director’s Cut Red Dwarf Level: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/worms-creator-shows-off-impressive-easter-egg-filled-red-dwarf-level

    Worms 2 On Modern Systems: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/worms-2-is-now-playable-again-on-modern-pcs-and-better-than-ever

    Croc Announcement: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos-remaster-confirmed-for-switch-ps4-ps5-pc-and-xbox-consoles


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5L64g8r47A


    Chapters:

    00:00 Cefucom-21 Software Unboxing!

    11:33 Amstrad Museum Open For Business… & Sonic GX4000 Port!?

    20:23 Doom64 On Dreamcast Is Looking Amazing!

    24:23 Video Of The Week (& Charity Livestream Update)

    30:07 Worms Worming Worms

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    39 mins
  • Commodore Game Boy Games, Analogue 3D, Sega DOOM, Charity Livestream & More - Ramble 86
    Oct 18 2024

    Charity Livestream Announcement / Info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4Q1_9keEY


    In this episode I talk about the missing Sega Saturn MiSTer story from last week, Commodore 16 and +4 games coming to the Game Boy, WinAmp's short lived failure of an open source release, Analogue's new console and its weird announcement claims, an amazing new port of DOOM for Sega's "Tower of Power" and more!


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    Episode Links:

    Sega Saturn MiSTer Core: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/mister-fpga-saturn-core-now-the-most-accurate-way-to-play-outside-of-real-hardware

    Commodore Game Boy Games: https://wls.hu/c16

    WinAmp Shenanigans: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/16/opensourcing_of_winamp_goes_badly

    Analogue 3D: https://store.analogue.co/products/analogue-3d-black

    Sega DOOM: https://x.com/vluchitz/status/1846998501714284966

    This Week's Main Channel Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11sqTJXXSQo


    Chapters:

    00:00 The Missing Sega Saturn MiSTer Story From Last Week!

    06:12 Commodore 16 / +4 Games On Game Boy

    11:34 WinAmp - Easy Come, Easy Go

    15:00 Analogue Makes Bold (And Weird) Claims About The N64

    20:25 The Sega Tower Of Power Is Doomed!

    25:59 Channel Update / This Week's Release

    29:47 Charity Auction

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    35 mins
  • Clint Update, Dookie Demastered, MiSTer SNES / Saturn News & More - Ramble 85
    Oct 11 2024

    In this episode there's some good news from Clint of LGR fame, one of my favourite albums of all time has been "demastered", the MiSTer SNES core gets saves states, the Saturn core gets even better and more!


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    Episode Links:

    LGR Tweets: https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/1844706991144341615

    LGR Video Update From Asheville: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VocCS7ls7R8

    Dookie Demastered: https://www.dookiedemastered.com

    MiSTer SNES Save States: https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?t=8459

    Pixel Cherry Ninja SNES Savestate HOWTO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ9H_3AcSC8

    Super Accurate Saturn Core: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/10/mister-fpga-saturn-core-now-the-most-accurate-way-to-play-outside-of-real-hardware


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdymB1vLdF8


    Chapters:

    00:00 Clint's Collection Is Safe!

    07:15 Green Day Album "Demastered" Using Retro Tech

    17:00 MiSTer SNES Core Gets Save States

    21:46 MiSTer Saturn Core Is Super Accurate

    25:05 Channel News

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    31 mins
  • YouTuber's Voice Cloned, WinAmp Source, Maggie Thatcher Is Back & More - Ramble 84
    Sep 27 2024

    In this episode I look at Jeff Geerling's voice being AI cloned and used without his permission for Elecrow's electronics tutorials, WinAmp's source code being released (kind of), the triumphant return of iconic Doom mod Thatcher's Techbase, the new Atari 50 games, Linux booting on the world's first microprocessor and more!


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    The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees


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    Episode Links:

    LGR Update: https://x.com/lazygamereviews/status/1839658547010732356

    LGR Birds Storm Stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/DNTWq9lw0aQ

    Jeff Geerling's Voice AI Cloned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHuPWQz9AlI

    WinAmp Source: https://github.com/WinampDesktop/winamp

    Thatcher's Techbase Is Back: https://www.eurogamer.net/thatchers-techbase-doom-mod-returns-in-a-blaze-of-politics-free-malicious-compliance

    Atari 50 Game List: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2024/09/every-new-game-for-atari-50s-new-paid-dlc-has-been-revealed


    Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQZZ21WZZr0

    Blog Post (Of The Week?): https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=35.+Linux4004


    Mac Mini eGPU Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjX6SyvMuuU


    Chapters:

    00:00 Hurricane Helene & LGR's Update

    02:05 YouTuber's Voice AI Cloned Without Permission

    06:40 WinAmp Source Code Released

    10:25 The Triumphant Return Of Margaret Thatcher

    17:01 Atari 50 Gets New DLC

    21:06 Video Of The Week

    23:55 Channel Update - Some Milestones!

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    32 mins