No More PC Optical Drives? Game Boy OutRun, Atari Agog & More - Ramble 128
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk
In this episode I talk about the death of PC optical drives, an amazing port of Out Run to the Game Boy Color, Atari 50 on GOG, Monkey Island’s 35th anniversary, a LEGO SEGA controller, Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC & more!
Chapters
- 00:00 – The Death Of Optical Media?
- 04:37 – PCBWay
- 05:38 – Out Run For The Game Boy Color
- 11:39 – Vectrex Mini News! Pricing & New Limited Edition
- 17:31 – YouTuber Makes Cassettes Even Tinier
- 25:08 – Atari Comes To GOG.COM
- 29:39 – 35 Years Of Monkey Island
- 36:13 – New Retrogaming LEGO! SEGA
- 41:43 – Microsoft 6502 BASIC Open Sourced
- 46:51 – Video Of The Week
Original Video Links
Episode Links:
PC Optical Drives No Longer Being Made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNCYrLEezA
OutRun GBC: https://rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outrun
RetroDodo Vectrex Mini Interview: https://retrododo.com/vectrex-reveals-upcoming-limited-edition-mini-console
C64 Microcassette: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/remaking-a-commodore-64-datasette-from-1982-using-1993-microcassette-tech-techtuber-touts-1mb-per-tape-a-5x-improvement-over-the-original
Atari On GOG: https://www.gog.com/en/news/more_atari_titles_join_gog
Ron Gilbert Monkey 25: https://www.grumpygamer.com/monkey25/
LEGO SEGA Controller: https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/sega-genesis-controller-40769
Microsoft 6502 BASIC: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic
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