# Sonic On The Amiga, Desert Strike Returns, eXoWin9x & More - Ramble 140

> In this episode I talk about eXoWin9x bringing Windows 9x games to modern Windows, the return of Desert / Urban / Jungle Strike, a new FPS on the C64, the triumphant return of paper as a storage medium, a port of Sonic The Hedgehog to the Amiga & more!

- Canonical URL: https://ctrl-alt-rees.com/2025-11-28-sonic-on-the-amiga-desert-strike-returns-exowin9x-more-ramble-140.html
- Published: 2025-11-28
- Last updated: 2025-12-23
- Author: Rees (ctrl-alt-rees)
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ (53:05)
- 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=oZjgogdjdqQ

In this episode I talk about eXoWin9x bringing Windows 9x games to modern Windows, the return of Desert / Urban / Jungle Strike, a new FPS on the C64, the triumphant return of paper as a storage medium, a port of Sonic The Hedgehog to the Amiga & more!

## Chapters
* [00:00 – eXoWin9x](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=0s)
* [10:10 – PCBWay](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=610s)
* [11:21 – Desert Strike Is Back!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=681s)
* [17:09 – DOOM On The C64!? Not Quite...](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=1029s)
* [23:47 – Punch Cards Are Back!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=1427s)
* [31:11 – Sonic On The Amiga](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=1871s)
* [35:13 – Videos Of The Week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=2113s)
* [47:25 – I Bought A Record Player](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZjgogdjdqQ&t=2845s)

## Original Video Links
Episode Links:
LGR Plays eXoWin9x: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FazeobVWdmM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FazeobVWdmM)
eXo On This Week in Retro: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq256GWkJDo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq256GWkJDo)
eXoWin9x: [https://www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html](https://www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html)
DOS Games On Windows 11 (eXoDOS): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QsrqzwXII](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0QsrqzwXII)
Cleared Hot: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cleared_Hot](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1710820/Cleared_Hot)
C64 FPS Grey: [https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/commodores-most-popular-computer-gets-doom-style-shooter](https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/commodores-most-popular-computer-gets-doom-style-shooter)
DIY Paper Tape Project: [https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-computing-enthusiast-creates-perforated-tape-reader-designed-from-scratch-reads-data-at-about-50-bytes-per-second](https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/retro-computing-enthusiast-creates-perforated-tape-reader-designed-from-scratch-reads-data-at-about-50-bytes-per-second)
National Museum of Computing: [https://www.tnmoc.org](https://www.tnmoc.org)
Sonic On The Amiga: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94oUw7_K4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb94oUw7_K4)
Head Records: [https://headrecords.co.uk](https://headrecords.co.uk)
Sony Turntable: [https://amzn.to/3XpDjIN](https://amzn.to/3XpDjIN)
Video Of The Week 1 (Dawid Does Tech Stuff Potato Games): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdhkUtxdDCA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdhkUtxdDCA)
Video Of The Week 2 (Gamers Nexus Bazzite Benchmarks): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOx4_8ajZ8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovOx4_8ajZ8)
Video Of The Week 3 (Zachary Staines Xbox Emulation): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPn0gkUPY38](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPn0gkUPY38)
Video Of The Week 4 (RandomGamingInHD Corsair Gaming PC): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQl_pv_Y84](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjQl_pv_Y84)