2D Is All Sega and Nintendo Need - This Week In Retro 131

Sega and Nintendo are taking Mario and Sonic back to their 2D roots, how do we feel about that? Do kids of today get what the likes of the ZX, CPC and C64 are? Is it possible to bring classic adventure/puzzler Myst to the Atari 2600?  All this and more plus the Community Question Of The Week. We are sponsored by Pixel Addict magazine and our little promos are regarded as some of the best on YouTube........but how do the people behind the mag itself do when they get the chance to promote it? See for yourself this week. Visit https://www.pixel.addict.media/ for details on issue 13!  00:00 - Show Opening 11:44 - 2D Or Not 2DStory Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/28/pushing-buttons-sonic-the-hedgehog-super-mario-bros-2d-sega-nintendo 30:49 - We Bought It To Help With Your HomeworkStory Link: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jun/30/zx-spectrum-1980s-home-computer-gamersAdditional Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T8isTzF3M4 40:40 - Myst-D MakeStory Link: http://deater.net/weave/vmwprod/myst_vcs/Additional Link: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/30-years-later-myst-demake-for-atari-2600-reminds-us-how-far-weve-come/ 50:40 - Community Question of the Week 🏆Your monthly support helps us keep the retro news flowing!https://www.patreon.com/thisweekinretro ☕Or just buy us a coffee!https://ko-fi.com/thisweekinretro 🕸 TWiR Sub Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/ Follow your hosts!Twitter:https://twitter.com/rmcretro Youtubehttps://youtube.com/rmcretrohttps://www.youtube.com/005agima Twitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/rmcretro Subscribe to the audio version of the show!📻 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-retro/id1526487568?uo=4📻 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2OPQ3cADaB92E9SpRdTe5y📻 Deezer: www.deezer.com📻 Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8yZjQ5ODlmOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw📻 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2f4989f8/podcast/rss📻 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFMx-JitepTttWc-ABHhu8A/📻 All other services: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro 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 Neil from RMC, Chris from 005 AGIMA and Dave. Edited by Duncan Styles. Episode Credits See the full song by BG Ollie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHoRDwkpujs "Atari 2600 Myst update: you can win" courtesy of deater78Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRxYdMVgwsw Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Link: https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-games/Super-Mario-Bros-Wonder-2404150.html Sonic SuperStars - Link: https://www.gamerbraves.com/sgf23-sonic-superstars-launches-this-fall-2023/