The BBC went to visit DMA in Dundee. Microsoft is shutting the Xbox 360 store, has it had its time? With the recent video detailing the making of Syndicate by Bullfrog we wonder if that was the first game where you played as the bad guy?

All this and your Community Question Of The Week answers plus other retro computing and gaming news in brief.

Visit http://pixel.addict.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine. The current issue is an Elite special but don't miss the look at the Valiant Turtle and the restoration of an Amstrad PC1640.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:45 - BBC At DMA For GTA Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vWSi44ZTSw Keith Chegwin At Ocean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmS4LYKRHY4

23:36 - 360 Retirement Story Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1dxi7b7/xbox_360_store_closes_290724/

34:45 - Dave's Housekeeping - News links found below

42:42 - Crime Pays? Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf94GyekoBM

53:17 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Briefs Links: Japan Ditches Floppy Disks: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx82407j1v3o

DOS Compatibility Card For Mac: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fw5ut2rkld5ad1.jpeg

Building Retro Machines: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ced31qgdepwo

Yars' Revenge Sequel: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/07/i-am-in-talks-with-atari-howard-scott-warshaw-gives-update-on-his-yars-revenge-sequel

Outrun Coast 2 Coast Update: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/07/the-pc-version-of-outrun-2006-coast-2-coast-just-got-a-welcome-update

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Clint has been LGRing for 15 years, how many more until he is considered retro? The Amiga is getting another new version of Final Fight, this time using clever copper techniques to get even closer to the arcade original. How much money have you wasted on Steam games you have never played?

All this and more retro gaming news plus the Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

08:03 - 15 Years Of LGR! Story Link: https://youtu.be/VQ-RUn5lzgw?si=QRRPTOFc8YOP8ilu

22:16 - Super Turbo Final Fight Championship Edition Alpha Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/06/super-final-fight-promises-a-more-authentic-arcade-experience-for-amiga-fans

37:30 - Dave's Housekeeping - Story links found below

53:19 - 15 Billion Pounds Wasted! Story Link: https://www.pcgamesn.com/steam/pile-of-shame

01:00:10 - Community Question of the Week

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Dave's Briefs Links:

Cecconoid gameplay video: https://youtu.be/QNwe9wkSQ4U?si=SeFw7LvVnTKEgQCT

Top 50 Amiga Games Free Book: https://archive.org/details/rgds-amiga-top-50-games-2-v-3-book-one-50-26-7-jun/RGDS%20Amiga%20Top%2050%20Games%202%20%20v3-%20Book%20One%20-%2050%20-%2026%20%287%20Jun%29/

RGDS Video Version: https://youtu.be/iXR3UGnBeTA?si=lWMs-DJDMLtIq-Z5

Never Released Sega Console: https://www.levelup.com/en/news/793720/A-neverreleased-SEGA-console-will-hit-the-market-thanks-to-a-Brazilian-company

Roland SC-55 Emulator: https://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2024/06/true-roland-sc-55-emulation-is-here.html

10MB Computer Advert: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F29e458jeqk8d1.jpeg

The Computer History of Australia - Trailer: https://youtu.be/OA4vp1v8eME?si=DIzrNECHkg9qE7sZ

Seattle’s Living Computers Museum: https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/

PS2 Emulator on PS5: https://www.eurogamer.net/digitalfoundry-2024-df-direct-sony-is-wasting-ps5s-emulation-potential

Sony's Largest CRT: https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-biggest-crt-ever-made-sonys-pvm-4300/

Loom: https://www.eurogamer.net/lucasarts-loom-is-a-family-friendly-classic-with-lessons-for-todays-games

FreeDOS: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/06/30-years-later-freedos-is-still-keeping-the-dream-of-the-command-prompt-alive/

Wouldn't it be great if there was a machine to clean your old and dirty floppy disks? Now there is! Footage from a cancelled Indiana Jones game has surfaced. Did you ever want to play that shark arcade game seen in the movie Jaws?

All this and more retro computing news along with the Community Question Of The Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

06:32 - Jonesing For Indiana Jones Story Link: https://youtu.be/VGgshWvrH2g?si=ycTRmQVP2urBDcuy Additional Link: https://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/Indiana-Jones-and-the-Iron-Phoenix-The-Lost-Sequel-to-Fate-of-Atlantis/1

26:36 - Du Du , Du Du , Du Du Du Du (Shark) Story Link: https://www.remindmagazine.com/article/15694/jaws-arcade-video-game-killer-shark-atari-sega-electromechanical/

40:52 - Dave's Housekeeping Links to stories mentioned found at the end of this text.

58:18 - Clean That Dirty Floppy! Story Link: https://youtu.be/mqdionqLqqs?si=7DZ--gzpHuuiWIHM

01:07:33 - Community Question of the Week

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Episode Credits

"What is this Crazy Contraption!?" Courtesy of RobSmithDev Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqdionqLqqs

Dave's Briefs Links

Pete Davison Blog: https://angryjedi.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/oneaday-day-16-the-youth-of-yesterday/

Mark Fixes Stuff: https://youtu.be/6H4BY21mjxg?si=tbZvmrzu-RE2aT3n

Count Binface: https://youtu.be/F7LVGRQltFo?si=cXZa9ZG6GEu6kcbo

Psion: https://www.abortretry.fail/p/of-psion-and-symbian

Dune II Amiga Remaster: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2024/06/the-amiga-is-getting-a-dune-ii-remaster-from-one-of-the-original-developers

Bruce Gordon Passes Away: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F4g703tylb67d1.png

Pocket386: https://liliputing.com/pocket-386-is-a-mini-laptop-for-retro-computing-with-support-for-dos-and-windows-95/

Lunar Lander Bug: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/06/retired-engineer-discovers-55-year-old-bug-in-lunar-lander-computer-game-code/

Lynn Conway Passes Away: https://hackaday.com/2024/06/14/rip-lynn-conway-whose-work-gave-us-vlsi-and-much-more/

Archive.org: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1diaea8/archiveorgs_massive_collection_of_pirated/

Nintendo Sheet Music: https://en.softonic.com/articles/nintendo-against-sheet-music-their-war-against-piracy-has-reached-the-point-where-even-arrangements-of-their-songs-cannot-be-made?ex=RAMP-2046.2

The Captain Blood Story: https://www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of-captain-blood-the-atari-st-classic-in-which-you-track-down-and-murder-your-clones-five-times