R.I.P. Uriel Septim VII - This Week In Retro 293

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Spooky leftovers and a tribute to departed multimedia legend Patrick Stewart anchor our coverage this week. The hosts also discuss ZX Spectrum Next shipping announcements in real-time while bouncing between promising new unofficial cores for the Commodore 64 Ultimate and the impact of a quarter-century of Windows XP. Count the lights and settle in!

00:00 - Show Opening

01:27 - Star Power
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAfQ387XReg

16:10 - Ultimate Commodore 64 Unlocked
Story Link: https://trex64-dev.github.io/
Demonstration video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqa0KDOW9Fo

30:38 - Housekeeping - News links found below

40:41 - The Best Windows Ever?
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAv1EwoRnec

50:52 - 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

Halloween Havoc: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR9xDHtXapX8

SCUMMVM Trick or Treat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBbWqA_81dU

Waxworks Survival Horror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4u6ZgSJttY

Addams Family Values: https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-making-of-addams-family-values-ocean-softwares-attempt-to-mix-hollywood-and-the-legend-of-zelda

Ghostbusters II Revamp: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/ghostbusters-ii-fans-unite-this-new-mod-brings-its-commodore-amiga-tie-in-closer-to-the-original-film 

Top 11 Amstrad Horror Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNlJ0FNQ2Es 

Top 10 Spooky games to play at Halloween: https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/top-ten-spooky-halloween/ 

2009 Ghostbusters the Video Game goes VR: 
https://ghostbustersnews.com/2026/10/24/fan-made-mod-brings-ghostbusters-the-video-game-into-first-person-vr/ 

Commodore 16 and Plus/4 book: https://commodore16.com/

Atari VCS shutdown: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/atari-is-officially-pulling-support-for-the-atari-vcs

Xbox CEO on recomps: https://www.purexbox.com/news/2026/10/xbox-knows-its-games-are-getting-recompiled-for-pc-and-its-impacting-their-future

Martin Webb on The Retro Hour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D54w__YUNbg

PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 explored: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JjaAFiDvIk

FujiNet for NES update: https://fujinet.online/nes/

GOG Mulls Big Boxes: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/physical-pc-games-could-make-a-comeback-thanks-to-gog-i-really-hope-that-well-be-able-to-do-it/

Episode Credits

Housekeeping Tune: https://www.epidemicsound.com/music/tracks/673cb497-b1b0-3580-827f-dbf8e9cd3cf8/

By Anders Krusberg / Peabody Awards - Patrick Stewart, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19595183