Sierra Classics On The C64 & Atari - This Week In Retro 288

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With museum guide Gameboys and intense Linux overhauls for 486 laptops lined up, Veronica stops by to make sure everything's crystal clear. King's Quest and other Sierra classics are finally available for Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers, there's a Grand Theft Auto 2 overhaul in the works, and a window full of tiny emulators.

Keep up with Veronica at her main content hub of veronicaexplains.net , as well as the new joint podcast with Macintosh Librarian at kateandveronica.net

00:00 - Show Opening

04:15 - Serious Uses For Game Boy

Story Link: gameboymuseum.com/single-post/gb-museum-on-cart

InfoGenius: gameboymuseum.com/single-post/infogenius-game-…

Workboy prototype: inverse.com/input/gaming/meet-the-workboy-nint…

18:00 - SHORK Attack!

Story Link: reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/1wl2…

Github: github.com/SharktasticA/SHORK-486

JagOS: youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A

32:52 - Housekeeping - News links found below

38:23 - King’s Quest For Atari and C64!

Story Link: meanhamster.com/games/agi-64

50:28 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Elite Atari 8-bit: forums.atariage.com/topic/393094-elite-for-the…

Tiny Elite ships: reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wqsken/…

GoldenEye SNES: timeextension.com/news/2026/09/it-trivialises-…

Retronauts Assemble: retronaut.tech/retronauts-assemble-311026

Retronauts video: youtube.com/watch?v=j0g9pOliSkg

Ace Combat 5 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PC: dsogaming.com/news/burnout-revenge-ace-combat-…

LGR's VCF Midwest retrospective: youtube.com/watch?v=w-XF5j6x0hs

GTA2 enhanced: tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/27-year…

English Maniac Mansion Famicom: rickyderocher.itch.io/maniac-mansion-famicom-e…

Star Wars Trilogy for Dreamcast: thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2026/09/star-wars-t…

Grundy NewBrain: youtube.com/watch?v=jtCB9w8maAg

Amigos on Atari 600XL: youtube.com/watch?v=x0Ez7qWIC_Y

FujiGrid: savetz.com/fujigrid