The Pi500+ Looks Yummy - This Week In Retro 238

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The Raspberry Pi 500 returns upgraded! Jordan Mechner posts about the many Prince Of Persia ports. All of Infocom all in one place.

All of this plus more retro computing news along with your answers to the Community Question Of the Week.

00:00 - Show Opening

01:29 - Pies In My Eyes Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LRs3a-wv4

19:48 - The Prince Of Persia Speaks! Story Link: https://www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-news/#a-platform-jumping-prince Commodre Plus/4 Port: https://www.indieretronews.com/2024/06/hot-news-as-prince-of-persia-has-been.html CPC Longplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCDu3hHbChI

39:40 - Housekeeping - News links found below

43:10 - Gruedness Me

54:07 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Tech Pinup: https://old.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1nsqtqs/what_tech_is_your_pinup/

Atari 2600 Golden Axe: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/golden-axe-is-being-unofficially-ported-to-the-atari-2600

PicoGUS Improved: https://youtu.be/AkzHC6B1bKY?si=wPzagwrh5DyhsmiF

Sir Clive Sinclair Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyXnhJWsa24

EA Bought: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/26/electronic-arts-buyout.html

3DFX Voodoo Upgrade: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/3dfx-voodoo-modded-with-12-mb-of-ram-and-two-texture-mappers-reveals-how-revolutionary-gpu-was-way-ahead-of-its-time