Gremlin Graphics Is Back - This Week In Retro 280

Explore one of cinema's most iconic get-rich-quick schemes courtesy of an Atari Portfolio handheld computer. Or celebrate the return of the Gremlin Graphics label and its collection of alliterative and rhyming characters. Or join the discussion: is "hardware specs don't matter" just tired Nintendo messaging, or is it the truth of the next generation of home entertainment? Then take the "pricey prop floppies" challenge: say it three times fast and see what happens. Plus news on Gotek enhancements, a retro memorial, a new interview with a Commodore engineering legend, and much more.

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00:00 - Show Opening

03:34 - Moles and Springs
Story Link: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/07/we-didnt-want-to-simply-revisit-the-past-for-nostalgias-sake-gremlin-graphics-is-being-revived-as-a-heritage-label

22:12 - Easy Money
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDItCLecx3k

33:11 - Housekeeping - News links found below

39:01 - The Hardware Doesn’t Matter?
Story Link: https://kotaku.com/shigeru-miyamoto-believes-gamers-have-grown-disinterested-in-hardware-specs-as-if-they-had-a-choice-2000719415

48:10 - Community Question of the Week

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News In Brief Links

DOOM prop floppy disk: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8212065

Sayaka interviews Bil Herd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3jbIH6wuWc

DJ Kavinsky passes: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260729-french-dj-kavinsky-found-dead-in-paris-home

Commodore 64 DOOM: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/proving-doom-can-actually-run-on-anything-one-programmer-has-made-a-working-build-for-commodore-64/

Physical game release caveats: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/the-disc-is-not-the-game-physical-releases-increasingly-require-extra-downloads/

Wireless Gotek screen: https://youtu.be/59ChkzRcMRw