A Legendary Joystick Returns - This Week In Retro 282

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Neil stops by to check out Commodore's latest product, the TAC-2. A legendary joystick that has been reborn. An ABCNews story takes a look at our hobby of choice and The Need For Speed is coming to the Atari Jaguar, could this be the game that proves that the Jag could have been a contender?

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00:00 - Show Opening

05:53 - Sometimes Tactics Aren’t Enough

Story Link: commodore.net/store/tac-2

21:16 - Getting Serious About Preservation

Story Link: abcnews.com/Technology/wireStory/ai-grips-worl…

ENIAC: youtube.com/watch?v=WUg-tXigVUI

Fuze Museum: fuze.co.uk/museum.html

National Museums Scotland: my.nms.ac.uk/23690/23691

40:20 - Housekeeping - News links found below

50:26 - ATARI Jaguar Feels The Need For Speed

Story Link: timeextension.com/news/2026/07/the-original-3d…

Video Link: youtube.com/@Budfolk

01:04:01 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Re-Falcon 030: bsky.app/profile/philsan.bsky.social/post/3mss…

ASCII City: youtube.com/watch?v=3YtygAx_C6A

Zzap Amiga: gamesradar.com/hardware/retro/the-upcoming-ami…

Rare IBM PC: hackaday.com/2026/08/13/rare-ibm-pc-brought-ba…

Use C64 As Controller: blog.tindie.com/2026/07/give-c64-emulation-a-r…

Outrun Sega 32x: youtube.com/watch?v=OJO8AYSyTeQ