Cancelled Perfect Dark Footage Emerges, AI Slop Vs Adobe, DOOM On VHS & More - Ramble 173

In this episode I talk about Heretic and Hexen, ArtCraft's AI-coded clones of Adobe's apps and Microsoft Office, DOOM on the Vectrex, in a Microsoft developer tool, on a pen plotter and on a PlayStation memory card, video games on VHS, newly surfaced footage from Xbox's cancelled Perfect Dark reboot, a warning for Playdate owners, Max Toy's short tenure at Commodore, modern Nvidia GPUs on Windows XP, an Atari 2600 handheld with a CRT, open source replacement boards for the SNES, Famicom and Sega CD, a tribute to Apollo software pioneer Margaret Hamilton & more!

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Episode Links: Heretic Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Xklmh0dz2I Hexen Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZOWDbU1voE ArtCraft: https://getartcraft.com/pricing ArtCraft's Clean-Room Claims: https://bsky.app/profile/matthodges.bsky.social/post/3mxbzlzahok2u ArtCraft Takes On Microsoft Office: https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/08/rust-upstart-reveals-reimplementation-of-microsoft-office-with-claude-on-coding-duty/5301952 DOOM On The Vectrex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDJuGPmYWis DOOM In Microsoft's Aspire Dashboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXPj2DK6CPk&t=345s DOOM On A Pen Plotter: https://www.reddit.com/r/PlotterArt/comments/1wz4k5o/playing_doom_at_000881057_fps/ DOOM On VHS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgEQVsysYM DOOM On A PlayStation Memory Card: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/superstation-ones-usd20-memory-card-goes-on-sale-today-and-yes-it-plays-doom Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Footage: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-footage-from-xboxs-cancelled-perfect-dark-reboot-surfaces-online Video Of The Above: https://x.com/IdleSloth84_/status/2107577138140586402 Playdate Certificate Expiry Warning: https://www.siliconera.com/psa-panic-recommends-update-as-older-playdate-os-secure-certificates-about-to-expire/ ZX Spectrum Book Smashes Kickstarter Goal: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/new-book-celebrating-45-years-of-the-zx-spectrum-smashes-its-kickstarter-goal-day-one In-Flight Nintendo Console: https://www.facebook.com/groups/retrocomputers/posts/29405041699098998/?hpir=1&_rdr Max Toy's Short Tenure At Commodore: https://dfarq.homeip.net/max-toy-embattled-commodore-president/ Nvidia Pascal GPUs On Windows XP: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/modder-brings-nvidia-pascal-gpu-support-to-windows-xp-32-bit-modded-drivers-unlock-better-displayport-and-hdmi-support-for-modern-monitors Atari 2600 Handheld With A CRT: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/07/handheld-atari-2600-packs-a-crt/ Starlight Retro Open Source Boards: https://bsky.app/profile/starlightk7.bsky.social/post/3mxbxeuagbc2n Buy Page For The Above: https://starlight-retro.com/buy/ Margaret Hamilton Obituary: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5yn46j41zpo

Video Of The Week 1 (GlassTTY Newbury Newbear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBDzNDR9Bic Video Of The Week 2 (Throaty Mumbo Games on VHS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcgEQVsysYM Video Of The Week 2 (RetroBytes History Of Cray): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSgnDD83m-U Video Of The Week 3 (Talos Principle 3 Gameplay Reveal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB-btaymgEY

Chapters: 00:00:00 This Week I Have Been Mostly Playing 00:07:47 AI Slop Takes On Adobe... And Microsoft? 00:20:34 The DOOM Shrine 00:32:04 Cancelled Perfect Dark Reboot Footage Found! 00:42:12 Not Rees's Pieces 00:56:58 Videos Of The Week 01:06:06 ...And Finally