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Epic Adventures In 64K - This Week in Retro 258
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:56:24
Publish Date: 2026-03-07 10:00:00
Description:

All the fun you can squeeze into 64k or less as we look at the international sensation that was Jet Set Willy and the explosion of open-world adventure gaming in 1984. There's even a fully-realised Quake-style FPS available for modern PCs that fits into just 64 kilobytes, or you can code up your own retro memory-resident marvels with the aid of the new Kwyll system or dozens of other open-source development environments. 

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00:00 - Show Opening

01:59 - Let’s Compare Our (Jet Set) Willys
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDsa-fTNPU

19:22 - Retro Coding Roundup
Story Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9hpGu1fKHM
Additional links: https://indigobeetle.itch.io/santas-lost-and-found

Tprrt's Blog: https://tprrt.tupi.fr/retro-console-game-engines.html

36:06 - Housekeeping - News links found below

42:00 - QUOD Damage!
Story Link: https://hackaday.com/2026/02/23/quod-is-a-quake-like-in-only-64kb/
Additional links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qht68vFaa1M

QUOD Download: https://daivuk.itch.io/quod

Quake Brutalist Jam III: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r7pz1p/quake_brutalist_jam_iii_released_jan_3rd/

Free Unreal: https://www.reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro/comments/1r44enm/unreal_tournament_2004_is_now_free/

Chris' Unreal Maps: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oaBzMgV9oFHFpuTDnk4cytHOSdw0vII3?usp=sharing

51:22 - Community Question of the Week
Total Play: 0