EA Classics Return - This Week In Retro 294

Get up to speed on the return of both 20th century magazine stylings and Electronic Arts icons with  MeanMachineDean this week. We remember Sega's surprisingly deep run at the edutainment market, rate the prospects for the new publication from Julian Rignall and Paul Glancey, talk Ultima copyright, and keep Chris' Corner alive while he rests up for next week.

Visit https://www.simulant.media/ for your copy of Pixel Addict magazine.

00:00 - Show Opening

03:07 - EA Classics
Story Links: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/a-random-ea-employee-stumbled-on-nearly-20-000-classic-game-assets-in-a-storage-room-then-a-producer-spent-2-years-working-with-modders-on-7-new-remasters-that-just-hit-steam/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/11/ea-producer-tells-the-inside-story-behind-new-wing-commander-remasters/
https://www.ea.com/news/from-the-vault-to-your-library
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1996640/view/703284199845528351
https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/steam/road-rash-30th-anniversary-ea-steam-revival-upgrades-191282-20261106
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_s6JmwCf4

19:44 - Sega Pico
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2UPpBKTpFI
Special thanks to  @AlmostSomething  Retro Gaming channel for permission to re-use footage.

34:15 - Housekeeping - News links found below

44:18 - Jaz Mags
Story Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/26745780/golden-age-video-game-magazine

01:02:40 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Commodore 64 Ultimate goes retail: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/11/commodore-is-returning-to-shelves-soon-the-c64-ultimate-is-headed-to-physical-retail

THE800XL moves closer to production: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/11/next-stop-production-line-retro-games-ltd-offers-an-update-on-its-recreation-of-the-atari-800xl

Sega Technical Institute: https://hiddenpalace.org/News/Happy_Halloween_2026!_A_Journey_Through_STI%27s_Early_Years

Llamasoft remaster projects: https://github.com/jedeyesniv-art/Llamatron-PC-Recomp
https://github.com/jedeyesniv-art/MinotaurProjectRemastered

Retro Collective museum tools: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J32LFC1NbCA

FAA floppy phaseout: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/11/faa-to-finally-ditch-floppy-disks-in-what-it-calls-historic-tech-upgrade/

Game ports and remasters: https://www.andthemurder.com/diode/parsec
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/11/fan-preserves-namcos-2011-japan-only-mobile-game-pac-man-sp
https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/11/thief-the-dark-project-remastered-brings-its-sticky-fingers-to-pc-and-consoles-next-month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_0nCm4TrsY

RFON S-Video out for C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-X92QoeHiw

Amiga Outrun AGA: https://retrodnagames.itch.io/amiga-outrun-aga

Stunt Car Racer for Nintendo: https://cobbpg.itch.io/stunt-car-racer-nes