Was 2000 The Best Year For Gaming? - This Week In Retro 218

Thank you for joining us once again for another look at some up to date news for out of date tech. Jason joins us and has selected a story about distraction free computing using DOS. Chris returns and looks at a fantastic video about gaming in the year 2000. Dave's interest was piqued by the news that an anti-piracy campaign itself used pirated content...

All this and the Community Question Of The Week

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00:00 - Show Opening

04:33 - Anti-Piracy Piracy Story Link: https://news.sky.com/story/amp/you-wouldnt-steal-a-font-famous-anti-piracy-campaign-may-have-used-pirated-typeface-13357462 Additional Link: https://torrentfreak.com/sorry-the-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-ad-wasnt-pirated-170625/

13:39 - What A Time To Be Alive Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSRjyR_ZJU Additional Link: https://www.eurogamer.net/ects2k-diary

24:37 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

29:55 - Weren’t Writers Antisocial Enough Already? Story Link: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/26/dos_distraction_free_writing/

45:25 - 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.

Dave's Briefs Links:

ARM At 40: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/arm_40/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJ91FpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHod-TE30LjAkdXDAPOeJjjJ75bj9YRUj-Rl9dLukw9B8n5whkT6sAHTp-xLs_aem_FOSTVcLsEQhMAGamhPePNg

Pedro For The Electron: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1kafbqe/i_have_a_surplus_of_a_pretty_rubbish_game_imagine/

16 Colour Doom On Atari ST: https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port

Japanese Game Preservation Society: https://www.timeextension.com/features/we-might-be-about-to-lose-a-powerful-force-in-the-world-of-video-game-preservation

More Fun Talking With Happy Coding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6jHejPL6_o

Kung Fu SID: https://youtu.be/wmYTObiBfqI

Retro Dog Fight Podcast: https://www.retrodogfight.com/