Penny Pushers & Other Horrors - This Week In Retro 266

If you find joy in making or fixing, you're already a kindred spirit with our return guest Lee of the More Fun Making It and More Fun Fixing It YouTube channels. Lee shares tales of his latest retro event visits and upcoming charity effort (a custom throwback game console could be yours!) before we take on the top stories. The team takes on the state of the traditional arcade, the revival of an early 1990s horror classic, and a new-old multiplayer racing game. Plus news from Commodore, Sega, and much more.

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Be sure to stop by morefunmakingit.co.uk to see everything Lee has going on.

Lee's Commodore 64GS charity project: morefunfixingit.co.uk/charity

00:00 - Show Opening

09:31 - Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Story Link: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrm4lndnv6o

24:19 - It's Not That Terrible

Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=fzi_xK2Jifw

Additional link: gamingbolt.com/a-comprehensive-history-of-horr…

44:37 - Housekeeping - News links found below

49:57 - Null Modem Not Required

Story Link: patreon.com/posts/multistuntcar-156155783

Gameplay link: retro-foundry.github.io/multistuntcar

01:02:00 - 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 Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.

News In Brief Links

EU Parliament game advocacy: youtu.be/oXcogLmxnJw?si=3mYRqOpooCgf5raO

Updated Commodore FPGA policy: commodore.net/why-we-re-protecting-your-commod…

SEGA's 2026 lineup: eurogamer.net/sega-universe-retro-anniveraries…

Retro search engine: wiby.me

BBC interview with Peter Molyneux: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4glw5nyrggo

ZSNES update: youtube.com/watch?v=r5twUkvYFpA