Yars’ Revenge - The Movie, DOOM Is Officially Influential, Z80 50th & More - Ramble 166
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRSXu6XPx3o
In this episode I talk about DOOM being influential, the upcoming official Atari movies, some dubious “backward compatible” original Xbox games on PC, a new album released on the NES, a Mario Kart recompilation project, the Z80’s 50th anniversary, a floppy disk game design contest, Fallout: New Vegas getting an official remaster, the computers of Jurassic Park, an upcoming official Wolfenstein RPG, the MultiSystem 2 & more!
Chapters
- 00:00 – Retro Collective Table Top Sale
- 09:27 – PCBWay
- 10:37 – DOOM News
- 19:05 – Atari Movies
- 25:43 – OG Xbox Back Compat Games?
- 32:38 – Some Stuff
- 48:21 – Videos Of The Week
Original Video Links
Episode Links:
Retro Collective Table Top Sale: https://www.retrocollective.co.uk/view-event.php?id=656
Washington Post DOOM Influential: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/the-washington-post-selects-doom-as-one-of-the-25-most-influential-works-of-american-culture
DOOM On Custom CPU: https://armaangomes.com/blogs/doom
Atari Movies: https://deadline.com/2026/07/atari-universal-deal-10-game-ip-script-matt-reilly-carl-hampe-entertainment-360-1237001656
OG Xbox “Backward Compatible” PC Releases: https://www.ign.com/articles/microsoft-announces-xbox-backward-compatibility-on-pc-with-new-features-and-achievements
Emo Album On NES: https://www.nme.com/features/gaming-features/dadydream-plus-interview-second-last-day-summer-nes-cartridge-3958260
Mario Kart Wiicompiled: https://collider.com/mario-kart-wii-pc-port-beta-august-2026
Zilog Z80 50th Anniversary: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/zilog-z80-turns-50-as-open-source-replacement-heads-for-drop-in-dip40-silicon
1.44M Game Design Contest: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/korean-outfit-hosting-1-44mb-game-development-contest-to-honor-the-floppy-disk-entrants-must-confine-entire-fileset-including-resources-engine-and-library-to-miniscule-storage-format
Bethesda Announcements: https://x.com/BethesdaStudios/status/2078117386935214101
Jurassic Park Computers: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html
Wolfenstein RPG: https://screenrant.com/wolfenstein-ttrpg-fall-2026-release
MultiSystem 2 Update: https://shop.heber.co.uk/blog-news/multisystem2-pocket-development-progress-handheld-mister-fpga-system
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