Chiptune Heaven - This Week In Retro 214

A chiptunes documentary, a top ten list of influential games that seems a bit dodgy and ten seems to be the idea age to want to go back to. We are joined by Matt from TechMadeEasy.

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00:00 - Show Opening

05:42 - Shen Mooooooooooooo!

Story Link: polygon.com/news/550231/shenmue-bafta-most-inf…

23:46 - Ten Is The Magic Number

Story Link: iflscience.com/retro-gamers-like-to-revisit-th…

Additional Link: osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/wt6yb_v1

34:36 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

43:15 - Chiptune Heaven

Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=8U82IdByPUE

50:51 - 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:

Doom Tune: youtu.be/PKebn_Ly9T8

Daddy Mulk Tune: youtube.com/watch?v=SJwQP3MTpEQ

BG Ollie's Daddy Mulk: youtube.com/watch?v=6Z2aEsID3zU

Nostalgia Nerd Before Google youtu.be/812YkCrmksk

New N-Gage Game: androidpolice.com/new-nokia-n-gage-boxed-game-…

Salmon Survival: arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/how-a-1980s-ata…

OpenLara On Amiga: amigaalive.blogspot.com/2025/04/lara-croft-lit…