# No More PC Optical Drives? Game Boy OutRun, Atari Agog & More - Ramble 128

> 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!

- Canonical URL: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2025-09-06-no-more-pc-optical-drives-game-boy-outrun-atari-agog-more-ramble-128.html
- Published: 2025-09-06
- Last updated: 2025-12-23
- Author: Rees (ctrl-alt-rees)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk (52:39)
- Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0 UK (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/uk/), unless stated otherwise below

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?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=0s)
* [04:37 – PCBWay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=277s)
* [05:38 – Out Run For The Game Boy Color](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=338s)
* [11:39 – Vectrex Mini News! Pricing & New Limited Edition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=699s)
* [17:31 – YouTuber Makes Cassettes Even Tinier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=1051s)
* [25:08 – Atari Comes To GOG.COM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=1508s)
* [29:39 – 35 Years Of Monkey Island](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=1779s)
* [36:13 – New Retrogaming LEGO! SEGA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=2173s)
* [41:43 – Microsoft 6502 BASIC Open Sourced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=2503s)
* [46:51 – Video Of The Week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUkKx5JPmk&t=2811s)

## Original Video Links
Episode Links:
PC Optical Drives No Longer Being Made: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNCYrLEezA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTNCYrLEezA)
OutRun GBC: [https://rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outrun](https://rocketshippark.itch.io/what-if-outrun)
RetroDodo Vectrex Mini Interview: [https://retrododo.com/vectrex-reveals-upcoming-limited-edition-mini-console](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](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](https://www.gog.com/en/news/more_atari_titles_join_gog)
Ron Gilbert Monkey 25: [https://www.grumpygamer.com/monkey25/](https://www.grumpygamer.com/monkey25/)
LEGO SEGA Controller: [https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/sega-genesis-controller-40769](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](https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic)
Video Of The Week 1 (Ahoy Brat): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzq_4REOABk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzq_4REOABk)
Video Of The Week 2 (Veronica Explains The Stop Bits): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSVaZwDFVrg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSVaZwDFVrg)