Unity Engine For PS1?! - This Week In Retro 264

Bring big imaginations and big keyboards as we tackle the latest Retro eXo creation, a breakthrough in modern game development for the original Sony PlayStation, and breathe new life into those old digital video camcorders on the shelf. Chris shows off a holiday photo, there's a birthday... all this, and much more, in This Week in Retro episode 264!

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00:00 - Show Opening

03:03 - Undiscovered Text Adventures Abound

Story Link: retro-exo.com/if.html

Original TWiR coverage: youtube.com/watch?v=MUtxKUkJaXk

17:34 - New Life For PlayStation & Wii

Story Link: psxsplash.github.io

Bandwidth appeal video: youtube.com/watch?v=nfZ-XHiDBow

MacOS X on Nintendo Wii: bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-o…

Windows compatibility: devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260407-00…

31:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below

36:57 - Video Editing Like It’s 1999

Story Link: jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspb…

Video demonstration: youtube.com/watch?v=BuKeW45OL-g

46:18 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

PicoGUS 4.0: github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.0.0

Oldversion returns: hackaday.com/2026/04/01/oldversion-is-back-and…

RIP Yoshihisa Kishimoto: timeextension.com/news/2026/04/double-dragon-c…

New Amiga Double Dragon: indieretronews.com/2026/04/double-dragon-near-…

Arcade photos: thescroller.net/83840/20-photos-what-arcades-u…

Arcade manuals: arcadeRTFM.com

Breakout for ZX81: youtube.com/watch?v=-NheQgCtFgI

End of Linux support for i486: xda-developers.com/linux-7-1-finally-dropping-…

Episode Credits:

"PlayStation-SCPH-1000-with-Controller.jpg" image by Evan-Amos. Public domain.