In this episode I talk about the apparent cancellation of the much-loved mt32-pi project due to online abuse, some official new Atari Jaguar releases courtesy of Songbird Productions, a Costa Rican supermarket's fight against Nintendo, YouTuber Bringus Studios' robbery, the passing of legendary videogame music composer Stéphane Picq & more!

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The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees

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Episode Links:

mt32-Pi Announcement: https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi/blob/075b52809e77420c6e80828825fe42430336b369/README.md

Songbird Jaguar Announcement: https://x.com/SongbirdPro/status/1883724150424158718

Atari Karts Preorder: https://songbird-productions.com/product/atari-karts/

SpideX Preorder: https://songbird-productions.com/product/spidex/

Wormhole 2000 Preorder: https://songbird-productions.com/product/wormhole-2000/

Prince of Persia VIC-20 Video: https://x.com/MuseumCommodore/status/1886346450201948596

Forum Announcement / Download For The Above: https://sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=10970

Super Mario Market: https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-loses-trademark-fight-against-super-mario-supermarket

Bringus Robbed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEgHKlIQGXI

Stéhane Picq Announcement / Obituary: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/02/dune-lost-eden-and-megarace-composer-stephane-picq-has-passed-away-aged-59

Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDOa2zIhlo

Downloads / More Info For The Above: https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server

Chapters:

00:00 What Happened Last Week? Why Do You Look Awful!?

02:28 No More mt32-Pi?

08:57 New Atari Games - Official Releases!

16:22 Prince of Persia On The VIC-20

21:30 Super Mario Supermarket Takes On Nintendo

26:58 Bringus Studios Robbed

30:00 Video Of The Week

34:24 RIP Stéphane Picq

In this episode I talk about the Videogame History Foundation's new digital library, Taki Udon's SuperStation the new AVGN game, the Raven Atari clone, H0ffman's port of Golden Axe to the Neo Geo, the new Tang $69 FPGA console & more!

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Episode Links:

VGHF Digital Library Announcement: https://bsky.app/profile/gamehistoryorg.bsky.social/post/3lggnduk3p227

Official Video Of The Above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUaUXAE1nTM

Taki Udon: https://bsky.app/profile/takiudon.bsky.social

AVGN Game: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/the-angry-video-game-nerd-is-getting-his-very-own-8-bit-mega-man-esque-adventure

Cinemassacre (AVGN's Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@JamesNintendoNerd

Raven Atari Computer Clone: https://github.com/agranlund/raven

H0ffman Golden Axe Neo Geo Port: https://x.com/therealh0ffman/status/1880044303663423876

Tang $69 FPGA Console: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/01/usd69-fpga-tang-console-can-double-as-a-retro-gaming-handheld

Official Homepage Of The Above: https://sipeed.com/tangconsole

Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2aQTJDJwd8

Latest Main Channel Release: https://youtu.be/Z0QsrqzwXII

Chapters:

00:00 Videogame History Foundation's Digital Library

04:28 Taki Udon's SuperStation PSOne Clone Price & Release Date

08:11 Another Angry Video Game Nerd Game

12:11 The "Raven" 68060 Atari Computer Clone

16:56 H0ffman Ports Golden Axe To The Neo Geo

18:48 A New $69 FPGA Console

24:25 Video Of The Week

26:53 Main Channel Update

In this episode I talk about the new MiSTer 3DO core, Taki Udon's interview, the Nintendo Switch 2, Doom running inside a PDF, the new PicoCPC Amstrad CPC upgrade from the maker of the PicoMEM, an amazing Voodoo 2 repair & more!

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The official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltrees

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Episode Links:

MiSTer 3DO Core: https://x.com/srg320_/status/1879611087701889034

Video Of The Above In Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEoBPgfd17M

Taki Udon Interview: https://www.timeextension.com/features/interview-taki-udon-explains-how-his-fpga-ps1-aims-to-remove-barriers-to-fpga-gaming

Switch 2 Announcement: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg9z5wz80ko

PDF Doom: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/this-pdf-contains-a-playable-copy-of-doom/

Video Of The Above In Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6ygXHmtHzs

PicoCPC Announcement: https://x.com/FreddyVETELE/status/1879953439549190596

Video Of The Above In Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfOszwaVW7w&t=1s

Video Of The Week: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJUvUX2fX6w

Latest Main Channel Release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MjnLKEz_dg

Chapters:

00:00 MiSTer 3DO Core Announced

07:08 Taki Udon Interviewed

08:36 Switch 2 Revealed

11:39 PDF Doom

15:00 A New Amstrad CPC Upgrade From The Maker Of PicoMEM

18:05 Video Of The Week

20:10 Main Channel Update