Lost Commodore 64 Game Revealed! - This Week In Retro 273

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An exclusive reveal this week as ex-Melbourne House/BEAM Software developer Tony Smales shares an in-depth tour of the never-released Arcade Wizzard pinball game for Commodore 64! We also look at the definitive overview of the rise and fall of the Sega Dreamcast and explore home computer shopping in 1998.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:21 - Pinball Lost and Found

Story Link: gamesthatwerent.com/2026/06/three-big-commodor…

40:09 - Sega’s Nightmare

Story Link: youtu.be/tcOtWuNlUF0?is=O4C-puLKHHWyGIV4

Rumoured handheld: notebookcheck.net/SEGA-rumor-new-2D-retro-hand…

53:12 - Housekeeping - News links found below

01:00:29 - 1998 Computer Shopping

Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=IpLew7igK-w

01:20:19 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Atari 2600 chess (again): pcmag.com/news/chatgpt-gets-absolutely-wrecked…

GentleOS: github.com/luke8086/gentleos32

AGP on Windows 11: youtube.com/watch?v=vs4bqCEnvUA

THEA1200 prototype video: youtube.com/watch?v=wy07UEd6rng

Spray-on Retrobrite: youtu.be/L5anoqGw-hc?is=pkPR7AtAbArCOUgX

Sealed NES Super Mario auction: theverge.com/games/949593/super-mario-bros-3-m…

LEGO Batman C64 Easter egg: bsky.app/profile/cabel.panic.com/post/3mnpxqsb…

Episode Credits

"Sega-dreamcast-set" by Asim Saleem (Asim18) is licensed under CC BY 3.0. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/?ref=openv….

By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17385690