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Dave is very excited because there have been a number of new games for the Amstrad CPC recently. Jason has been watching a very large and heavy hard drive spinning up. Chris has spent the past week in a galaxy far far away with some old space based games.

00:00 - Show Opening

02:44 - New Amstrad Games Story Link: https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=105245 Sonic GX - https://norecess464.weebly.com/news/sonic-gx-is-now-available-for-download Bugs Quest 2 - https://yb-software.itch.io/bugs-quest-2 Amstrad Eterno X - https://capasoft.itch.io/amstrad-eterno-x Speed Racer - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19817 Svellas - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19816 Dia De Los Muertos - https://vitop69.itch.io/la-dias-dos-muertos Hexapucchu - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19300 Secret of Anubis - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=19174

21:29 - Macrocomputing Monsters! Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpC_9EmStAE Bendix G-15: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1opwtve/bendix_g15_the_oldest_working_computer_in_north/ Can This Be Fixed (Chaplet Halikan LA-30A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilLgXkR_Kw&t=1s

37:42 - Housekeeping - News links found below

44:03 - One Small Step, One Giant Video Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z46EJUAIdTM

56:57 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

Vectrex Mini: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1852390947/vectrex-mini

UK Gov Debates Games: https://www.eurogamer.net/concords-sudden-shutdown-is-such-a-big-deal-its-been-brought-up-during-uk-government-debates-on-video-game-consumer-laws

Unix V4 9 Track Tape: https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/unix_fourth_edition_tape_rediscovered/

C128 Stuntcar Racer: https://youtu.be/C7kgYlKhTgo?si=UpFFu0LBkihvv4VZ

Outrun Amiga Sprite Scaling: https://youtu.be/O_QP2qQJuXc?si=MgbF7lchxESx7UsW

Family Computing Interviews Jack Tramiel: https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/family-computing-interviews-jack