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https://www.pcbway.com - PCB fabrication, assembly, 3D printing, CNC machining & more!Latest Main Channel Release (Family Athlon 650): https://youtu.be/3ivGSh-PShcIn this episode I talk about Nostalgia Nerd's fresh start, Windows 95's 30th anniversary, the new He-Man game, an Amiga CD32 Mini, floppy disks in jail, an updated driver for an ancient GPU, Quake from memory & more!Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesramblesThe official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltreesSubscribe to Rees Rambles on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reesramblesJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/5k922pd8PWEpisode Links:Nostalgia Nerd Is Starting Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8a3JAXMlpIWindows 95 30th Anniversary: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsofts-windows-95-release-was-30-years-ago-today-the-first-time-software-was-a-pop-culture-smashWindows 95 Browser Emulator: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/windows/win95/4.00.950My Windows 95 Beta Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgq7LcvRFA4He-Man Game: https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-and-limited-run-games-announce-he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-dragon-pearl-of-destructionCDex32 / CD32 Mini: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/commodores-ill-fated-amiga-cd32-is-getting-another-chance-to-shine-via-this-plug-and-play-mini-consoleFloppy Disks In New Jersey Jail: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-jersey-prisoner-laments-reliance-on-floppy-disks-for-appeals-documents-which-limits-file-size-to-1-44-mb-prisoners-allowed-20-floppy-disks-in-cell-but-usb-flash-sticks-are-bannedATI R300 Driver: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Radeon-R300-Mem-Info-GLNew Amiga AmiBrowser: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/amiga_web_browser_amibrowserAnandTech Archive: https://www.techspot.com/news/108967-anandtech-27-year-archive-has-vanished-but-someone.htmlDOOM On Alarm Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutpZBTJRDYQuake From Memory: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wily-fps-modders-remake-the-original-quake-from-memory-alone-imagine-if-triple-a-remasters-worked-this-wayVideo Of The Week 1 (RaZZor Poolrooms E1M1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbhhdOyUC1gVideo Of The Week 2 (Budget-Builds GeForce 2 MX): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p70LAHVvw2AVideo Of The Week 3 (RobSmithDev Alien Scanner): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpUjXUSlkbUChapters:00:00 Nostalgia Nerd Starts Again07:58 PCBWay08:57 Windows 95 30th Anniversary17:05 New He-Man Game!23:31 Amiga CD32 Mini29:14 Floppy Disks In Jail33:49 Teaching Old GPUs New Tricks37:52 Briefs: Amiga Browser / AnandTech Archived / DOOM Alarm Clock / Quake From Memory46:46 Videos Of The Week
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In this episode I talk about Chords, a cyberpunk visual novel coming to the Mega Drive, EA shutting down BioWare, the Atari VCS store closing with a positive twist, a Doom engine for the NES, DOOM on a clamp meter and a vape, using AI to make smart TVs less annoying, a plug-and-play PS1 optical drive emulator, USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt for Windows 98, a 6502 laptop, a new Dizzy collection for the Mega Drive, AI slop flooding Steam Next Fest, cloning fears delaying an indie playtest, an unusual CPU swap for the original Xbox & more!Listen on your favourite podcast platform: https://anchor.fm/reesramblesThe official podcast of ctrl-alt-rees: https://youtube.com/ctrlaltreesSubscribe to Rees Rambles on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/reesramblesJoin the Discord: https://discord.gg/5k922pd8PWEpisode Links:Chords On Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4909120/Chords/Chords Official Site: https://www.pixelpushergames.co.uk/chords/Matteusbeus On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MatteusBeusRetroDevMatteusbeus' Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroSegaDev2Matteusbeus On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/matteubeus?welcomeModal=showEA Shuts Down BioWare: https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/ea-officially-shuts-down-bioware-and-cuts-400-jobs-mass-effect-5-has-been-cancelledMy Atari VCS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqlFPpd7u20Atari Ends VCS Support: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/atari-is-ending-support-for-its-2021-vcs-console-will-release-a-homebrew-app-to-let-players-keep-making-and-adding-games/Doom NES: https://nancygold.itch.io/doom-nesDOOM On A Clamp Meter: https://github.com/ArturBieniek4/DMC100-DoomDOOM On A Vape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNx4T7kC93wUsing AI To Make Smart TVs Dumb Again: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/people-are-using-ai-to-make-their-smart-tvs-dumb-again/Plug & Play PS1 ODE: https://x.com/krikzz/status/2110718308844744934USB 3.0 & Thunderbolt For Windows 98: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/18/thunderbolt-strikes-windows98/LT6502b Laptop: https://www.maddox.pro/?p=448Codeberg Of The Above: https://codeberg.org/TechPaula/LT6502bCrankfruit Game Player: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN6j7aCtP2INew Dizzy Collection: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/the-oliver-twins-mark-40-years-of-dizzy-with-new-sega-genesis-mega-drive-collectionSteam Next Fest AI Slop: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/thin-end-of-the-wedge-steam-next-fest-under-fire-as-demo-festival-drowns-in-a-flood-of-ai-slopCloning Fears Delay Playtest: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/10/too-big-a-risk-indie-dev-digital-sun-delays-revamp-public-playtest-over-ai-cloning-fearsC3 1.2GHz CPU In An Original Xbox: https://www.reddit.com/r/originalxbox/comments/1xa63l7/i_had_to_know_if_it_would_work_via_c3_12ghz_cpu/Video Of The Week 1 (Jenovi 32X Audio Limits): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRYMxTwz7FkVideo Of The Week 2 (Windows 2000 On An Original Xbox): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1LQpWCVnAMVideo Of The Week 3 (Gamers Nexus DDR3 Rides Again): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4c2FSSaCswVideo Of The Week 4 (TNMoC Tony Sale Award 2026): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmUtew0NaTQChapters:00:00:00 Good News For Cyberpunk Graphic Novel Fans!00:08:21 RIP BioWare00:15:27 RIP Atari VCS (With A Positive Twist)00:26:32 The DOOM Shrine00:35:43 Making Your Smart TV Less Annoying... With AI00:43:29 Definitely NOT Rees's Pieces00:55:37 Videos Of The Week01:06:06 ...And Finally
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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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https://www.pcbway.com - PCB fabrication, assembly, 3D printing, CNC machining & more!