507: "A Single MP3 is Bigger Than the NES Library!" – eXo on Emulation, BBS Days & Saving DOS Classics – The Retro Hour Podcast EP507

This week, we’re joined by eXo, the visionary behind the colossal eXoDOS emulation project, dedicated to preserving DOS, Windows 3.x, and interactive fiction games in all their original (and often quirky) glory. We explore how eXo and a global team of volunteers are not just making old games playable again, but restoring everything from lost CD audio to obscure soundcard support and the belief that retro games should be remembered, and played exactly as they were.

eXoDOS: retro-exo.com/exodos.html

Contents:

00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories
51:49 - eXo Interview

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Show notes

Dreamcast Dream Disc 2025 Incoming: tinyurl.com/3cnwr6ek
Woodgrain NES Almost Happened: tinyurl.com/ycx68xuc
Codemasters Archive Project: tinyurl.com/s4m4kcpe
Ridge Racer Hits the GBA: tinyurl.com/mub79zxk
Duke Nukem 3D Gets Voxels: tinyurl.com/yezkyufe
Hunter 360 Controller: tinyurl.com/ee2j5mtr