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With museum guide Gameboys and intense Linux overhauls for 486 laptops lined up, @VeronicaExplains stops by to make sure everything’s crystal clear. King’s Quest and other Sierra classics are finally available for Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit computers, there’s a Grand Theft Auto 2 overhaul in the works, and a window full of tiny emulators.
Keep up with Veronica at her main content hub of https://veronicaexplains.net , as well as the new joint podcast with Macintosh Librarian at https://kateandveronica.net
00:00 – Show Opening
04:15 – Serious Uses For Game Boy
Story Link: https://www.gameboymuseum.com/single-post/gb-museum-on-cart
InfoGenius: https://www.gameboymuseum.com/single-post/infogenius-game-boy-productivity
Workboy prototype: https://www.inverse.com/input/gaming/meet-the-workboy-nintendos-long-lost-gameboy-productivity-device
18:00 – SHORK Attack!
Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/retrobattlestations/comments/1wl2v0x/1996_ibm_thinkpad_365ed_x_2026_linux_kernel_73rc3/
Github: https://github.com/SharktasticA/SHORK-486
JagOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atZwJqhJn-A
32:52 – Housekeeping – News links found below
38:23 – King’s Quest For Atari and C64!
Story Link: https://meanhamster.com/games/agi-64
50:28 – Community Question of the Week
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This Week in Retro is a weekly roundup of the hottest stories from the world of retro gaming and computing, voted on by you, the listener! Hosted by Chris from 005 AGIMA, Jason from The Retro Adventurers and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles.
News In Brief Links
Elite Atari 8-bit: https://forums.atariage.com/topic/393094-elite-for-the-atari-8-bit-firebird-version-has-been-completed-and-is-released/
Tiny Elite ships: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1wqsken/elite_small_enough_the_swallow/
GoldenEye SNES: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/09/it-trivialises-the-hobby-goldeneye-running-on-snes-triggers-more-debate-over-vibe-coded-retro-projects
Retronauts Assemble: https://retronaut.tech/retronauts-assemble-311026/
Retronauts video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0g9pOliSkg
Ace Combat 5 and Midnight Club: Los Angeles for PC: https://www.dsogaming.com/news/burnout-revenge-ace-combat-5-and-midnight-club-los-angeles-get-unofficial-pc-ports/
LGR’s VCF Midwest retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-XF5j6x0hs
GTA2 enhanced: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/27-year-old-gta-2-gets-full-path-tracing-and-60-fps-frame-generation-via-rtx-remix-custom-direct3d-9-wrapper-modernizes-classic-with-custom-direct3d-9-bridge-unlocks-dynamic-lighting
English Maniac Mansion Famicom: https://rickyderocher.itch.io/maniac-mansion-famicom-english-hack
Star Wars Trilogy for Dreamcast: https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2026/09/star-wars-trilogy-arcade-model-3-port.html
Grundy NewBrain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCB9w8maAg
Amigos on Atari 600XL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Ez7qWIC_Y
FujiGrid: https://www.savetz.com/fujigrid/
Episode Credits
This week’s Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/35520b70-3a24-4f6f-be1d-3c58b878da51/
"Tetris on Game Boy" by William Warby from London, England is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
"Apple Newton MessagePad H1000 in NMAH" by National Museum of American History is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en/?ref=openverse.
Parts of "Sierra On-Line games on Atari XL/XE" courtesy of Atari Online PL.
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF0OkYGMhHA
Parts of "Space Quest on the Commodore 64?! " courtesy of SQH’s Dumping Ground.
See the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0VSMk6gYOg
"C6464" by Conor Lawless is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/?ref=openverse.
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