The Retro Counsellor Is In - This Week In Retro 271

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Welcoming back guest Iain Lee (iainlee.com) after too long away, we revisit Nintendo's all-too-brief commitment to low-cost crowd-pleasing mini consoles, explore the surprising history of videoconferencing and remote collaboration for Microsoft NetMeeting's 30th anniversary, and find out what made an octogenarian game developer sit down at the keys and settle unfinished business.

00:00 - Show Opening

05:54 - Why A Mini?

Story Link: nintendoeverything.com/former-nintendo-exec-co…

18:38 - See You Online

Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=qhay6VryyvE

Microsoft memo: sriramk.com/memos/CU-NET.pdf

40:25 - Housekeeping - News links found below

47:03 - Head Over Heels 2

Story Link: youtube.com/watch?v=0SwQKv36bEU

Game release: thalamusdigital.itch.io/return-to-blacktooth-a…

55:12 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Ultima Underworld Unity: rockpapershotgun.com/after-10-years-of-work-mo…

UU project: kweepa.itch.io/unity-underground

Lenovo handheld: ​​t3.com/tech/gaming-consoles/lenovo-pulls-its-c…

Anbernic handheld spec: tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/g…

War of the Worlds: michel-molenaar.itch.io/war-of-the-worlds-c64

PD-64 power supply: github.com/sideprojectslab/PD-64

Dan Wood on Commodore OS: youtube.com/watch?v=z_Lw-Zl7tCM

Commodore OS homepage: commodoreos.net

Amiag Unix 2.02 found: hackaday.com/2026/05/25/lost-version-of-amiga-…

Amstrad PPC640 US edition: youtube.com/watch?v=4tt874nkplo

Rob Smith PaulaNET video: youtube.com/watch?v=AhAg-fT83o8

PaulaNET project: github.com/caddy666/Nebula32

Episode Credits

Parts of "Microsoft NetMeeting was WAY more important than you think" courtesy of The Serial Port.

See the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=qhay6VryyvE