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Retronauts
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The original classic gaming podcast continues its endless quest to explore the history of video games, one game at a time. Join hosts Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey each week as they team up with a host of expert guests to chronicle the creations that have paved the way for today's hits. From forgotten black-and-white arcade machines to modern-day remakes, Retronauts spans more than four decades of vintage gaming greatness!

Episodes
  • 2024 / 9 / 16
    638: Dreamcast Turns 25

    Jeremy Parish and Diamond Feit look back a quarter of a century to the launch of Sega Dreamcast in America and contemplate where the system sits as a part of video game history, Sega's legacy, and the......

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  • 2024 / 9 / 13
    637: Episode 637 Preview: Zelda

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 637: Zelda. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 9
    636: The 8-Bit Mascot Ranking Hootenanny

    Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, Nadia Oxford, and an entire room full of people take stock of the mascot characters of the 8-bit era and (loudly) rank the value of their existence. Who comes out on...

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  • 2024 / 9 / 2
    635: Five Nights at Freddy's

    Nadia and guest Mat Bradley-Tschirgi talk about the 10th anniversary of the animatronic animal horror game phenomenon Five Nights at Freddy's. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon!...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 26
    633: Donald Duck

    Quacking the case! Throwing an apoplectic tantrum about that most Disneyest of ducks with host Stuart Gipp and guests Thomas Nickel and John Linneman. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 19
    632: BitSummit '24

    Blatherin’ BitSummit! Diamond Feit reports on the latest retro-esque games from Kyoto’s annual indie event and raps with Chris Kohler, Shane Bettenhausen, and Tina Carter. Retronauts is made possible by...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 16
    631: Episode 631 Preview: Ganon

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 631: Ganon. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 13
    630: Battle of the Master System Mascots

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, Kurt Kalata, and Nicole (of Nicole Express!) dare ask the burning question that no one else has had the courage to approach until this point: Which Sega Master System mascot was...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 5
    629: Darius

    WARNING: A huge podcast “Retronauts” is approaching fast! Join host Kevin Bunch, Brian Clark and Christa Lee as they discuss Taito’s long-running shooting game franchise Darius. Retronauts is made possible...

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  • 2024 / 8 / 3
    628: Episode 628 Preview: Megami Tensei I & II

    Shin who? Jeremy Parish, Kurt Kalata, and Dia Lacina boot up their homebrew app and summon some demons to thrash Tokyo as part of their discussion of the first two entries in the Megami Tensei...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 29
    627: Mortal Kombat 4

    Digitized no more, Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and David L. Craddock enter a new dimension as they podcast about Mortal Kombat 4. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 22
    626: Asterix, Part I

    These Retronauts are crazy! Stuart Gipp, Audi Sorlie, John Linneman, and Thomas Nickel begin their Gaul-ing journey through the Astérix franchise. PAF! Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 19
    625: Episode 625 Preview: Nicktoons Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 625: Nicktoons Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 15
    624: The Metal Gear Storyline, Part I

    Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, and Tomm Hulett inject their daily dose of nano machines and attempt to tap into the mind-bending matrix of unreality that is the Metal Gear saga storyline—a web so tangled...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 8
    623: The Wario Land Ranking Hootenanny

    Jeremy Parish, Kevin Bunch, Stuart Gipp, and the Retronauts community gobble garlic, punch a wall for coins, and let rip a big ol'... hootenanny! This time, we rank the Wario Land games. Perhaps the most...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 8
    622: Episode 622 Preview: Retronauts Radio Summer 2024

    PREVIEW: Jeremy Parish spins up the turntable to explore some recent video game soundtrack reissues (mostly from Konami). Plus: YMO, Cotton, NiGHTS, some Momoku Kikuchi city pop, and more! Retronauts is...

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  • 2024 / 7 / 1
    621: Mad Max

    When an Australian emergency room doctor set out to make a humble little car chase movie in the late '70s, he had no idea it would turn into an incredibly long-lived franchise that would light our minds on...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 24
    620: Micro Machines

    What if a car was small? Stuart Gipp, Lewis Clark, and Guy Kelly shrink themselves down, dive into a teeny-weeny jalopy and race to Retronauts Studios! Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 21
    619: Episode 619 Preview: Dune

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 619: Dune. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 17
    618: The World Ends With You

    Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, and Stuart Gipp put on their trendiest threads and rub Hachiko's nose for good luck as they work their way through the Shibuya-shaped maze that is Square Enix's iconoclastic DS...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 10
    617: N.A.R.C.

    Just say "yes" to Diamond Feit, Jeremy Parish, and David Oxford as they D.A.R.E. to remember NARC, a classic ’80s arcade game that took the War on Drugs literally. Retronauts is made possible by listener...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 7
    616: Episode 616 Preview: Video Game House Bands

    Kevin Bunch, Diamond Feit and Brian Clark take an aural voyage into that moment in time when Japanese game companies formed their own bands to record and perform game music. Retronauts is made possible by...

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  • 2024 / 6 / 3
    615: Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

    Head to https://www.squarespace.com/RETRO to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code RETRO. It's taken nearly four years, but it's finally here: part two of Square-Enix's ambitious...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 27
    614: Video Games and the Nuclear Apocalypse

    Nadia Oxford, Jaz Rignall, and Jeremy Parish look back at gaming's best (and scariest) depictions of nuclear apocalypse. ...is it 'Into this station" or "onto this station?" Retronauts is made possible by...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 24
    613: Episode 613 Preview: Final Fantasy VI (Live From Midwest Gaming Classic 2024)

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 613: Final Fantasy VI (Live From Midwest Gaming Classic 2024). To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 19
    612: Documenting Game History from Virtual Boy to J-Pop

    Jeremy Parish speaks to Benj Edwards, Jose Zagat, Mark Flitman, and Brian Clark about their efforts to publish books about a wide swath of game history: A platform analysis of Virtual Boy, a history of games...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 13
    611: The Contra: Operation Galuga Wail

    Wrapping up Contra series with a look at WayForward's Contra: Operation Galuga, with Stuart Gipp, Thomas Nickel and John Linneman. Bandanas on! Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2024 / 5 / 6
    609: The State of Emulation

    Head to https://www.squarespace.com/RETRO to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code RETRO. While it started exclusively as an activity enjoyed by a small demographic of...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 29
    620: The Capcom Marvel Universe

    Before there was an MCU, video game arcades played host to the CMU. Join Diamond Feit, Kevin Bunch, and John Learned as they recount the early 90s giant-sized collaboration between Capcom and...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 26
    607: Episode 607 Preview: Final Fantasy VI Character Ranking Hootenanny

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 607: Final Fantasy VI Character Ranking Hootenanny. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 22
    607: Farewell, Akira Toriyama

    Diamond Feit, Kevin Bunch, Bob Mackey, and special guest Matt Alt bid farewell to a legendary artist, cartoonist, and cultural force for good in a podcast dedicated to the memory of Akira...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 15
    605: Dragon Quest VIII

    Nadia Oxford forms a party with GvG's Derrick Bitner to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dragon Quest 8, one of the PlayStation 2's best RPGs. Art by Nick Wanserski, edits by Greg Leahy. This episode is...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 12
    604: Episode 604 Preview: The Hunt for Red October

    Retrogaming buckeroos Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Ray Barnholt put their faith in the power of Glasnost and dive into the deepest channels of video game and media history to take part in The Hunt for Red...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 8
    603: King's Quest

    In the 18 years we've been putting out this little podcast, we've never produced a single episode wholly devoted to classic Sierra games. Well, that sin against listenerkind ends TODAY as we peer back 40...

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  • 2024 / 4 / 2
    602: Evercade

    New hardware is always nice, especially when it’s focused on physical media. Stuart Gipp speaks to Blaze Entertainment about Evercade’s remarkable (and exclusive) Duke Nukem Remastered, their upcoming carts,...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 29
    See Us LIVE at Midwest Gaming Classic 2024!

    WHAT: Our "Final Fantasy VI: 30 Years of the Greatest* RPG of All Time" panel, live at MGC 2024 WHERE: The Panels and Presentations Room at Midwest Gaming Classic 2024 WHEN: Saturday, April 6th at...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 29
    601: Episode 601 Preview: Final Fantasy XVI

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 601: Final Fantasy XVI. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 25
    600: Toe Jam & Earl

    Patron Scott Rothman presses Start to join a bunch of weenies (Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Kevin Bunch) in their randomly generated conversation about Sega's most jammin' Genesis franchise, Toe Jam &...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 18
    599: Resident Evil 5 & 6

    Remember when Capcom pursued complete global saturation? Diamond Feit, Richard Eisenbeis, and Alex Aniel team up to recount the ultimate horror entertainment of Resident Evil 5 & 6. Retronauts is made...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 11
    597: Bowser, Part 2

    Back in December, we thrilled you with the first 20 years of Bowser's history. And, given that he's nearly at the "lordy, lordy" stage of his life, we still have a few more decades to discuss. On this episode...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 4
    596: Retro Game Lyrics

    Nadia Oxford, Bob Mackey, and Diamond Feit revisit early examples of lyrics in game music: The Good, the Bad, and the Discordant. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the...

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  • 2024 / 3 / 1
    595: Episode 595 Preview: Modern Remakes

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 595: Modern Remakes. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 26
    594: Ys Books I, II, & III

    Jeremy Parish, Kurt Kalata, and patron Scott Rothman wash ashore and dive into the daily bump-and-grind as they recount the origins of Nihon Falcom's Ys series. Retronauts is made possible by listener...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 19
    593: The Contra Ranking Hootenanny

    Let’s argue aggressively! No, wait, that sounds unpleasant. Let’s have a lovely time nicely. Stuart Gipp, John Linneman, Thomas Nickel, and Audi Sorlie Probotect and serve up the definitive ranking of...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 12
    591: Gaming's Cruelest Challenges

    Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Stuart Gipp, and Jess O'Brien crowd onto a therapist's couch as they work through the trauma of playing the cruelest video games ever made. From poison mushrooms to broken puzzle...

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  • 2024 / 2 / 5
    590: Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime & Slime Morimori

    Big Stretch! Diamond Feit, Jeremy Parish, and Alex Fraioli squirm their way through Square Enix's forgotten works to remember the Slime Morimori Dragon Quest trilogy (aka Rocket Slime). Art by Greg Melo....

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  • 2024 / 2 / 2
    589: Episode 589 Preview: Super Mario Bros. Wonder

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 589: Super Mario Bros. Wonder. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 29
    588: Videopac Insiders

    A rarely-heard European perspective on the Odyssey2 (or Videopac) is revealed as former Philips staffers Oscar Groosman and Ton Kemmere join host Kevin Bunch to discuss their insider perspectives on marketing...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 22
    587: Sonic 3 + Knuckles Pt. 3

    The gleesome threesome of Stuart Gipp, Dave Bulmer, and Shoogles return for even more gushing over the best game ever made. Yes, it is. It IS. Do not argue with me, I’m just a podcast description. I can say...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 19
    586: Episode 586 Preview: Zelda II and the Action RPG

    Jeremy Parish raises the Triforce of Podcasting to summon Kevin Bunch, Nadia Oxford, and WayForward's Tomm Hulett to talk about Zelda II vis-a-vis its place in the evolution of the action RPG—both its...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 15
    585: The Years-In-Review Revue: 1994

    Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, Kevin Bunch, AND Jared Petty all somehow manage to cram into a single podcast to finish up out conversation about the year 1984 before leaping through time a decade...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 8
    584: Contra: Operation Galuga & Toxic Crusaders

    It’s clean-up time! Let’s attack aggressively! Stuart Gipp offers up twinterviews with Tomm Hulett (WayForward) about the upcoming Contra: Operation Galuga, and Sam Beddoes (Freakzone) about the also-...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 5
    583: Episode 583 Preview: Gaming in the Year 2004

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 583: Gaming in the Year 2004. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2024 / 1 / 1
    582: 1974 & ’84: The Years in Review Revue

    As we move into 2024, Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, and Kevin Bunch look back in time to the years 1974 and ’84 to explore the gaming events taking place 40 and 50 ago. History! Events! Happenings! Bad jokes!...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 25
    581: Holiday Special 2023 - Pac-Man Christmas Album

    The holidays are here once again, which means its time for all you listeners to take your thirteenth trip to Parts Unknown for yet another exploration of a Yuletide-related video game creation. And this time...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 18
    579: Writing About Video Game History

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, Stuart Gipp, and Kevin Bunch have one thing in common: They've published books about video game history. In this episode, they break down the work involved in making...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 11
    578: Mega Man Comics

    Nadia talks about Archie's late Mega Man comic series with her husband and fellow author David Oxford, as well as former series writer (and current Sonic Comic writer) Ian Flynn. Archie Megaman was gone too...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 8
    577: Episode 577 Preview: Bowser

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 577: Bowser. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 4
    576: Pitfall! [The Later Years]

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Kevin Bunch dig in the underbrush to find the games in the Pitfall! series that its original creator had no involvement with. From the infamous Super Pitfall to the...

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  • 2023 / 12 / 1
    574: Episode 574 Preview: Pitfall! [The David Crane Years]

    Jeremy Parish, Kevin Bunch, and Stuart Gipp swing on vines and leap across a succession of crocodile heads in order to unearth the treasure that is the history of Activision's first true masterpiece: Pitfall!...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 27
    575: The Making of The Making of Karateka / Double Dragon Gaiden

    Double main event! Stuart chats with Chris Kohler about The Making of Karateka, then speaks to Raymond Teo about the recent Double Dragon Gaiden. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 20
    573: DOOM Clones

    Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and David L. Craddock resurrect and re-examine the term "DOOMclone" as they recount their favorite examples of other first-person shooters from the 1990s. Edits by Greg Leahy and...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 13
    572: The Revenge of Listener Comments Catch-Up

    We at Retronauts are pleased to report it's once again time for our listeners to do most of the work. Hey now; fair is fair. And since it's been a good two years since we've done one of these episodes, our...

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  • 2023 / 11 / 6
    570: Gex

    It is, at last, Tail Time for Stuart Gipp and lizard-loving pals John Linneman and Thomas Nickel as they enter YOUR Media Dimension (brain and ears)! Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 30
    569: The Odyssey2

    This episode of Retronauts is Voice-enhanced with sync-sound action, as Kevin Bunch, Jared Petty and Earl Green delve into the topic of Magnavox's Odyssey2! Join us for a chat about the only game console to...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 27
    568: Episode 568 Preview: The Best and Worst of NES Horror

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 568: The Best and Worst of 8-Bit Horror. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 23
    567: Night of the Living Dead

    Diamond Feit, Bill Mudron, and James Eldred are coming to get YOU with this podcast all about George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead and its legacy as patient zero for modern zombie fiction. Retronauts...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 16
    566: Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

    Nadia Oxford joins Stuart Gipp and David Oxford as they talk about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door's charm and wit. There's a reason this game is still folded tightly in the hearts of GameCube owners. Art...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 13
    565: Episode 565 Preview: The Wonder of Mario

    Jeremy Parish, Kevin Bunch, Stuart Gipp, and Diamond Feit marvel at the wonder of games and series like Super Mario Bros., whose popularity and influence refuses to fade many years later. What makes these...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 9
    564: Grim Fandango

    In 1998, Tim Schafer decided to leave LucasArts on a high note with Grim Fandango: the Day of the Dead-themed adventure game that leaves pointing-and-clicking in the past—for better or worse. This...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 8
    541: Episode 541 Preview: OutRun

    Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, and Jaz Rignall put the top down, crank up the car stereo, and take a thrilling cruise through the history of Sega's OutRun series. From the Super Scaler to sequels (both...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 3
    See Us LIVE at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2023!

    WHAT: Our "Many Adaptations of Mario" panel, live at PRGE 2023 WHERE: Panel Room 2 at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo WHEN: Saturday, October 14th at 5:00pm WHO: Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Gary Butterfield,...

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  • 2023 / 10 / 2
    563: Fist of the North Star

    YOU WA SHOCK! Diamond Feit, Kurt Kalata, & Brian Clark combine their strength for an overview of the manga/anime/game franchise Fist of the North Star. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 29
    562: Episode 562 Preview: Portal

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 562: Portal. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 25
    561: Blade Runner

    Ridley Scott's 1982 cyberpunk classic came into being as a total flop, yet managed to claw its way into our collective psyches as the definitive portrayal of a dark future that would shape all sci-fi (and...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 18
    560: Metroidvania's First Decade & A History Of Epoch

    Another live presentation from Long Island! Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Diamond Feit, Kat Bailey, and Jared Petty mull the prehistory of the metroidvania genre. Then, Jeremy Parish and Kevin Bunch dive into...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 11
    558: Disney's Illusion Games

    A real Mickey Mouse operation from Stuart Gipp, John Linneman and Thomas Nickel, covering Sega’s iconic “...of Illusion” series of Disney games!

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  • 2023 / 9 / 4
    557: What's So Great About Video Game History, Anyway?

    Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Nadia Oxford, and Kevin Bunch take a moment to answer the question in the title: Why is video game history worth celebrating and preserving at all? Plus: Jeremy takes the question...

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  • 2023 / 9 / 1
    556: Episode 556 Preview: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 556: Who Framed Roger Rabbit. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 29
    555: Street Fighter IV

    Kick! Punch! It's all in the minds of Diamond Feit, Shivam Bhatt, and John Learned as they Focus on Capcom's franchise-reviving Street Fighter IV. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 21
    554: Valiant's Nintendo Comics

    When the NES was born, so too were books based on Nintendo's characters. Nadia Oxford leads an essential conversation about the gilded age when Valiant Comics took a crack at putting Mario et al. on...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 19
    553: Episode 553 Preview: Retronauts Radio Summer 2023

    Jeremy Parish spins some analog tunes, sharing the highlights of recent classic game music releases including Gimmick!, Persona, Phantasy Star III, Virtua Fighter, Suikoden, and more. PLUS: Vintage tape...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 15
    529: Episode 529 Preview: Super Metroid and the Metroidvania

    This is a preview of a patron-exclusive episode! To enjoy the full podcast, go to patreon.com/retronauts and subscribe today—you'll also unlock access to years' worth of biweekly exclusives! Jeremy Parish,...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 14
    552: Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh

    Phantasmagoria 2! Jess O'Brien chats with two of its actors (Paul Stetler and Ragna Sigrunardottir) about this kinky and queer 1996 FMV disasterpiece. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through...

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  • 2023 / 8 / 7
    551: Retro Indies at BitSummit ’23

    Jeremy Parish and Diamond Feit emerge blinking into the Kyoto sunlight to discuss the most intriguing, the most entertaining, and above all the most authentically retro indie games they experienced only...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 31
    549: Video Pinball

    Clang! Blong!! Flenk!!! and other pinball noises. Stuart Gipp, Diamond Feit and Ralph Barbagallo (Demon’s Tilt, Xenotilt) bring their multi-balls to this fast-paced discussion of the fine sport of pinball on...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 25
    548: Mortal Kombat II & 3

    DUN DUN DUN…Podcast? Again? Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and author David L. Craddock return to Outworld—and the ’90s—for a bone-crunching conversation about Mortal Kombat II and Mortal Kombat 3.

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  • 2023 / 7 / 17
    546: Ace Attorney, Part 2

    After the initial trilogy, Ace Attorney took some find to find itself once the book was seemingly closed on Phoenix Wright. From spinoffs to crossovers to soft reboots featuring new characters, Capcom's...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 10
    545: Mass Effect

    Captain Jeremy Parish assembles a crack team of galactic heroes (Wes Fenton and Diamond Feit) to venture into territory never before explored by Retronauts: BioWare's sci-fi role-playing classic Mass Effect....

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  • 2023 / 7 / 7
    544: Episode 544 Preview: Game Over

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 544: Game Over. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access...

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  • 2023 / 7 / 3
    543: Nintendo Power Comics

    We tackle the finest form of pop culture hybridization: Video game comics that showed up in Nintendo Power! Nadia, Anthony John Agnello, and Peter Malamud Smith talk about Star Fox, Super Metroid, Zelda: A...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 26
    542: Sonic 3 & Knuckles Pt. 2

    The deepest dive ever undertaken into this prickly masterpiece continues with Stuart Gipp, Dave Bulmer, and Seumidh MacDonald. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 19
    540: Kirby, Part 5

    We've covered every Kirby platformer to date over the course of four episodes, so what territory is left to trod when it comes to Nintendo's pink puffball? If you're a Retronauts listener, it may not surprise...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 12
    539: Minesweeper + Shareware

    Book editors Jeremy Parish and Jared Petty talk to book authors Kyle Orland and Richard Moss about their books about the history of landmark computer games: "Minesweeper" by Boss Fight Books and "Shareware...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 9
    538: Episode 538 Preview: Thimbleweed Park

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 538: Thimbleweed Park. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2023 / 6 / 5
    537: Final Fantasy ROM Hacks

    Nadia Oxford talks with special guests Andrew Vestal and Steve Tramer about Final Fantasy fan games. Some are built from the ground-up, some alter the original adventure via ROM patches, and some add hours of...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 30
    536: Below the Root

    Diamond Feit and Jared Petty open their shubas and set sail for the early 1980s in this look at edutainment pioneer Spinnaker Software and their adventure game adaptation of Below the Root. Retronauts is...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 22
    534: Fallout: New Vegas

    With 2008's Fallout 3 bringing the fabled RPG series to a new generation of players who couldn't—or didn't want to—play the first two games, Bethesda had an audience poised and ready for more post-apocalyptic...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 15
    533: The Zelda Timeline

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, Diamond Feit, and Nadia Oxford join together like a Triforce of knowledge (with a bonus piece) to explore the absolute mind-boggling inanity of The Legend of Zelda's chronology....

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  • 2023 / 5 / 12
    532: Episode 532 Preview: The Wizard (1989) Commentary

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 532: The Wizard (1989) Commentary. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 8
    531: Toonstruck

    Christopher Lloyd and Toons, together again! New contributing host Jess O'Brien, Cohen Edenfield, and KC Green unpack Toonstruck, the 1996 cult point-and-click that makes us wonder "Who is this for?" and "Why...

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  • 2023 / 5 / 1
    530: Atari Archive and the 2600 Launch

    Jeremy Parish and Jared Petty chat with author Kevin Bunch about the launch of his book, Atari Archive Vol. I, and dig into the lessons he learned about the creation and launch of the groundbreaking VCS...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 24
    528: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

    Mama mia! The Super Mario Bros. Movie is here, and currently dominating the box office with the biggest global opening weekend ever for an animated film. It's clearly won the popular vote at this point, but...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 17
    527: South Park Games

    Oh my god! They recorded a podcast about South Park! Stuart Gipp, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert unite as What A Cartoon! meets Retronauts in sweary effect. All together now! Weeeelllll… Kyle's mom's a...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 14
    526: Episode 526 Preview: The Many Adaptations of Mario

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 526: The Many Adaptations of Mario. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 10
    525: Worlds of Power

    Nadia talks to special guest Gary Butterfield about the Worlds of Power books that were the jewels of '80s book fairs. These short game novelizations have their quirks, but they're still teaching us a lot...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 3
    524: Sonic 3 + Knuckles, Pt. 1

    Stuart Gipp begins his threatened deep dive into the Sonic the Hedgehog series, joined by stalwart hogmaniac Seumidh MacDonald and just regular maniac Dave Bulmer. You ain't ready for this. This episode is...

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  • 2023 / 4 / 3
    523: Episode 523 preview: Super Metroid + The Metroidvania, Pt. I

    Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Stuart Gipp touch down on the doomed planet Zebes to give Super Metroid a proper in-depth retrospective while looking at its place in the history of metroidvania and...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 27
    522: Kirby, Part 4

    After an uneven 2000s, the Kirby series found itself in a real sweet spot during the following decade. Yes, the 2010s signaled a brand new era of Kirby, one that saw HAL returning to their beloved brand to be...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 20
    521: Taito, Pt. IV

    Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Brandon Sheffield do a deep dive into the amazing mid-’90s output of Japanese developer Taito, from shooters like Raystorm to role-playing adventures like Lucia. And lots of...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 17
    520: Episode 520 Preview: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 520: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 13
    519: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chapter 2

    ZA WARUDO could wait no longer, so Diamond Feit, Jeremy Parish, Voidburger, and Chris Person team up again to tackle JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, this time focusing their mental energies on the franchise's...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 6
    518: Mega Man Feature Phone Games

    How do you archive Japan's unique feature phone games when so many—like Capcom's many Mega Man titles—are bound to dead overseas networks? Preservationists RockmanCosmo and Naoya Shinota talk all about...

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  • 2023 / 3 / 4
    517: Episode 517 Preview: Great Games That Never Clicked For Us

    A free-for-all outpouring as Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Stuart Gipp, Henry Gilbert, and Kat Bailey confess the undisputed video game masterpieces and fan favorites that they've never enjoyed. Will they learn...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 27
    516: Willow

    In 1988, as the Star Wars fields lay fallow, George Lucas gave us a fantasy epic he assured us he'd been dreaming up for years: Willow. This tale of magic and mystery spun the story of a humble hobb—er,...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 20
    515: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Chapter 1

    Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, Voidburger, and Chris Person summon their Stands to talk about the history, themes, and video game connections of one of the most influential manga series of all time: Hirohiko...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 17
    514: Episode 514 Preview: Mortal Kombat (1995) Kommentary

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 514: Mortal Kombat (1995) Kommentary. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 13
    513: Popeye

    His hairline is fading, he talks about gaming, he's Stuart the podcast man! Let's dive into the mostly-forgotten world of Popeye games, once again accompanied by the hilarious and thoroughly wise Dave Bulmer.

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  • 2023 / 2 / 10
    511: Episode 511 Preview: Listener Mailbag - Winter 2023

    A PREVIEW OF THE FULL PATRON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE: Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor multiple COVID scares could stay these commenters from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. Jeremy Parish,...

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  • 2023 / 2 / 6
    512: Oddworld, Part 1

    It's impossible to talk about Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and its bigger, bulkier sequel Abe's Exoddus without talking about farting. Okay, that's not true, but we do talk about farting in this episode, because...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 31
    510: Sonic Frontiers

    Chaos Emerald novice Diamond Feit seeks the counsel of enlightened echidna experts Stuart Gipp and Dave Bulmer to discuss the recent Sonic Frontiers and its place amongst the hyper hedgehog’s history

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  • 2023 / 1 / 23
    509: Stephen King's Influence on Games

    Nadia Oxford chants the names Andrew Vestal and Shane Bettenhausen three times in reverse to summon them into an episode recording circle dedicated to exploring the influence of acclaimed horror author...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 20
    508: Episode 508 Preview: Gaming in the Year 2003

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 508: Gaming in the Year 2003. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 16
    507: A History of LGBTQ Representation in Video Games

    For the LBGTQ+ community, video games have always been a way to break barriers, find community, and make friends. Nadia buddies up with her friends Len and Larch to talk about how games have influenced and...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 9
    506: Retro Compilations

    Double feature! A ramble about retro compilations with Lewis Clark of SegaDriven.com, and an interview with Mike Mika and Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse about their masterpiece compilation, Atari...

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  • 2023 / 1 / 2
    504: Donkey Kong Country

    As the console wars heated up, Nintendo needed something big that wouldn't necessarily involve investing in new hardware that could potentially wreck the company. And that "something" arrived in the form of...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 26
    503: The Years in Review Revue - 1983 & ’93

    Jeremy Parish, Jared Petty, Benj Edwards, and Kevin Bunch continue their conversation from four episodes ago, wrapping up the highlights of 1983 before diving into the best and most earthshaking games and...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 23
    502: Episode 502 Preview: Holiday Special 2022 - Home Alone

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 502: Holiday Special 2022 - Home Alone. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 19
    501: Retronauts Episode 501: Cho Aniki

    It's raining men (and mechs and bombs and protein) on the podcast this week as host Diamond Feit welcomes Retro Pals Danny & Alex to recap a one-of-a-kind franchise, Cho Aniki. Retronauts is made possible by...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 12
    500: Retronauts Host Roundtable

    Here's a shocking fact for you: Since we started this crazy ride back in 2013, we've released 500 full-length podcasts. (And a whole bunch of other stuff on top of that.) It's been quite a wild ride since we...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 9
    499: Episode 499 Preview: The Years in Review Revue - 1973 & ’83

    Three is the magic number! So say this week's four ’casters: Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Kevin Bunch, and Jared Petty get ready for 2023 by traveling 40 and 50 years into the past to discuss the biggest...

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  • 2022 / 12 / 5
    498: Taito, Pt. III

    Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Brandon Sheffield reconvene for what was meant to be the third and final chapter of our Taito deep dive but ends up being a middle chapter, if that. It's not our fault!...

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  • 2022 / 11 / 28
    497: The Metal Gear Ranking Hootenanny

    Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, and Shane Bettenhausen connect via Codec to debate the ultimate truth of the entire Metal Gear saga: Which Metal Gear was best? Spanning the full history of the franchise, the...

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  • 2022 / 11 / 25
    496: Retronauts Episode 496 Preview: Wii U

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 496: Wii U. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2022 / 11 / 21
    495: The Lemmings Series

    Join Stuart Gipp and master of remembering Dave Bulmer as they cling to their respective parasols and float down the Lemmings gameography, taking in classics, missteps, and weird choices that pay off.

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  • 2022 / 11 / 14
    494: The Resident Evil Ranking Hootenanny

    Wow, what a hootenanny! Host Diamond Feit recruits Stuart Gipp and SuperGreatFriend to enter the world of survival horror and rank every canonical game in the Resident Evil series. Retronauts is made...

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  • 2022 / 11 / 12
    493: Dragons in Games & Sega's 8-Bit Journey preview

    Coming to you live (or formerly live) once again! Nadia Oxford kicks things off at Retro World Expo with a look at the grandest dragons in video game history, and Jeremy Parish follows up with a look into...

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  • 2022 / 11 / 7
    492: Retronauts Episode 492: Star Fox, Part Two

    Throughout the '90s, Star Fox transitioned from technical showpiece to extremely reliable rail shooter; but in the following decade, Fox McCloud and the gang didn't fare nearly as well. The 2000s saw the Star...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 31
    491: Blaster Master

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Todd Ciolek talk about BMs. But no! This is not a scatological episode. Well, no more than usual, anyway. These BMs are Blaster Masters, the frog-savin' franchise that Sunsoft...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 28
    490: Retronauts Episode 490 Preview: Star Fox, Part One

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 490: Star Fox, Part One. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 24
    489: Inside Star Control with Pistol Shrimp

    Nadia Oxford, Shivam Bhatt, and Scott Sharkey are joined by legendary developers Paul Riche and Fred Ford in a discussion about Star Control. What makes this RPG-adventure pioneer so compelling and popular?...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 17
    488: Retronauts Episode 488: Jak & Daxter

    Join Stuart Gipp with guests John Linneman and Thomas Nickel for a hop, skip, and headshot through this fantasy future world. Jak's gonna kill Praxis, and we here at Retronauts are gonna kill...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 14
    487: Retronauts Episode 487: Misunderstood Games preview

    Jeremy Parish, Kurt Kalata, Jared Petty, and Joe Modzeleski collectively make amends to all the great games that we and many others failed to appreciate. They were good games! We were simply bad players,...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 10
    486: Retronauts Episode 486: Return to Monkey Island

    It's been 11 years since the last proper Monkey Island entry, and more than three decades since series creator Ron Gilbert left Guybrush and company in the hands of others. So it goes without saying fans were...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 8
    Come See Us LIVE at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2022!

    What: Our "History of Food Mascot Games" panel, live at PRGE 2022 When: Saturday, October 15th at 11:00 AM Where: Auditorium A (E141-E144) Who: Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Gary Butterfield Please check out...

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  • 2022 / 10 / 3
    485: Final Fantasy IV - The After Years

    Oh no! Final Fantasy IV: The After Years! Square Enix's belated sequel isn't exactly well-loved, but it casts a weird spell over anyone who has the patience for it. Nadia, Victor Hunter, and Ash Paulsen talk...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 30
    484: Retronauts Episode 484 Preview: Live from PAX West 2022

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 478: Live from PAX West 2022. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 26
    483: Retronauts Episode 483: The Warriors

    197! Boppers of the world, unite! Diamond Feit, James Eldred, Diana Goodman, and Mikel Reparaz gang up to talk about The Warriors, the landmark 1979 Walter Hill film and the video game(s) based upon it.

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  • 2022 / 9 / 19
    482: Retronauts Episode 482: Retronauts Radio Summer 2022

    Jeremy Parish spins up the ol' turntable and activates Public Radio DJ mode to look at some of the best new old game music releases for 2022, including Metal Gear, Mega Man, Scott Pilgrim, Bomberman, Breath...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 17
    481: Retronauts Episode 481: The Localization Gap & Sega SG-1000 preview

    Live from the East Coast! First, Jeremy Parish and Nadia Oxford explore the different game experiences ’80s kids had growing up in the U.S. vs. Japan. Then, Jeremy flies solo to relay his findings from a...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 12
    480: Retronauts Episode 480: Breakout

    Jeremy Parish and Kevin Bunch spin back into the 1970s to talk about one of gaming's most important and influential foundational works and where it fits into the grand scheme of the medium's evolution:...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 5
    479: Retronauts Episode 479: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is finally here, meaning we now have the chance to officially play over a dozen TMNT games from the eight and 16-bit era—most of which never saw a...

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  • 2022 / 9 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 478 Preview: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 478: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 29
    477: Retronauts Episode 477: Back 2 School

    It’s about time to go back to school with stern taskmaster Stuart Gipp and mischievous but likeable head boy, Dave Bulmer, as they explore the ridiculously esoteric world of edu-tainment software. Retronauts...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 22
    476: Retronauts Episode 476: Darkstalkers

    Recorded under the light of a full moon and surrounded by hordes of otherworldly creatures, Diamond Feit and Ant from GamingHell.co.uk brave the night to celebrate the DarkStalkers series. Retronauts is made...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 20
    475: Retronauts Episode 475: Jumping Flash! and Exact preview

    By patron request: Jeremy Parish, Todd Ciolek, and patron Scott Rothman triple-jump into history, their eyes unerringly fixed upon their collective destination: The history of Jumping Flash! creators Exact,...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 20
    Come See Us LIVE at PAX West 2022!

    What: Our "Video Games Based on TV Shows" panel, live at PAX West 2022 When: Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 2:00 PM Where: Sphinx Theatre (Sheraton, Level 3) Who: Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Mike Drucker Please...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 474: Evil Dead 2

    The '00s Spider-Man movies might have put Sam Raimi on the map for most filmgoers, but the previous 20 years saw him experimenting in just about every genre. And most Raimi fans agree his greatest work to...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 8
    473: Retronauts Episode 473: Star Wars Episode I

    A Retronauts crew from far, far away (Retronauts East) gets together to revisit the topic of Star Wars for first time since a long time ago (99 episodes ago!) to talk about the first prequel—1999's The...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 472 Preview: Street Fighter: The Movie Commentary

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 472: Street Fighter: The Movie Commentary. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2022 / 8 / 1
    471: Retronauts Episode 471: Star Control

    By the fetid breath of Dogar and Kazon! Nadia Oxford, Shivam Bhatt, and Scott Sharkey have traveled to this insignificant quadrant of the galaxy to evangelize about two games that changed space adventure...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 470: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Shredder's Revenge

    Two halves of the same shell, as Stuart Gipp speaks to Limited Run's Joe Modzeleski about TMNT: Shredder's Revenge. Afterwards, an interview with the game's lead designer Frédéric Gémus! Turtle power!...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 469: The Zelda 2D Ranking Hootenanny preview

    The Triforce of Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Diamond Feit Courageously commune to share their deep Wisdom of the 2D-style Legend of Zelda games by ranking a dozen games according to the Power of their...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 468: Text Adventures

    Text adventures: what are they, and where did they hide all the graphics? Until now, these questions have gone unanswered. But this week, we'll be looking at the world of games that existed before any kind of...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 467: Boktai

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Shane Bettenhausen emerge from their caves, blinking and frightened, to face the ferocious fury of the sun as they lift their GBA solar sensors skyward and discuss the Metal...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 466 Preview: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 466: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2022 / 7 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 465: Metal Slug

    MISSION START! By patron request, three brave soldiers (Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and arcade expert Lord BBH) battle their way through the history of the NEO GEO's premier run-and-gun series, METAL SLUG....

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  • 2022 / 6 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 464: Mega Man Zero

    The early aughts were all about 3D games on consoles, but the humble 2D platformer didn't vanish: it merely migrated, and 2002 gave us Mega Man Zero. Stuart Gipp and Brian "Protodude" Austrian dissect this...

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  • 2022 / 6 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 463 Preview: Taito, Pt. II

    Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Brandon Sheffield explore the second era of Taito's history: The late 1980s. From arcade all-timers like Bubble Bobble and Arkanoid to a major push to home consoles, it's two...

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  • 2022 / 6 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 462: Kirby, Part 3

    After taking off during the go-go '90s, Kirby had a bit of an identity crisis in the 2000s. With HAL hard at work on the resource-intensive Smash Bros. games, they barely had time to work on their...

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  • 2022 / 6 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 461: LIVE ~ The Games That Shaped Japan / Documenting Video Game History

    Live from MGC! Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Kevin Bunch, and Brian Clark explore the 8-bit games that shaped Japanese design tastes. Plus: Kelsey Lewin and Norman Caruso share their thoughts on documenting...

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  • 2022 / 6 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 460 Preview: Beavis and Butt-Head Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 460: Beavis and Butt-Head Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2022 / 6 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 459: Sonic the Hedgehog Comics

    You know Sonic from his video games, but did you know he has also appeared in the most debased medium known to mankind: Comic books? In the interest of science, Stuart Gipp assembles a crack team of Sonic...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 458: Street Fighter III

    We awaited your return, warrior! Continuing our series on Capcom's famous fighting franchise, Diamond Feit, Shivam Bhatt, and John Learned parry an innumerable amount of blows in order to cover the entire...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 457: Mini Console Madness Preview

    Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Kevin Bunch, and Brian Clark shrink to visit an arcade for ants and discuss the highs, lows, and history of the mini-console trend: From the early days of Jakks Pacific to the NES...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 456: Kirby, Part 2

    Thanks to the generous patronage of Andrew Oliveira, we're continuing our Kirby journey right where we left off in episode 401. This time around, we see the passing of the torch, as series creator Masahiro...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 455: Bad Games We Love

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, Jared Petty, and Kat Bailey look deep inside their hearts and find that there is indeed room enough for love, even for crummy games that don't deserve it. This week, we discuss the...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 454 Preview: Jurassic Park Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 454: Jurassic Park Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 453: Fan Fiction

    Fanfiction has long been associated with theft, creative bankruptcy, poor writing, and Cloud and Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7 entangled in a forever-embrace. Join Nadia Oxford and authors Laura Mauro and...

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  • 2022 / 5 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 452: The Amiga

    Stuart Gipp and Dave Bulmer unite to discuss that most esoteric and exciting of computers, the Amiga. History is revealed, many excellent and emotionally powerful games are discussed, and Gilbert Gottfried...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 451: Taito, Pt. I Preview

    Jeremy Parish "chacks'n" with Brandon Sheffield and Ray Barnholt on the "front lines" of history to learn more about how Taito "invaded" gaming's "space" back in the late 1970s and early ’80s, with "action"...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 450: Super Mario Bros. (The 1993 Movie)

    In 1993, Hollywood did the seemingly impossible by releasing the first true video game adaptation: Super Mario Bros. And to put it simply, things didn't exactly go as planned. Thanks to studio meddling, fired...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 449: 3DS and Wii U Deathbed Recommendations

    Jeremy Parish, Chris Kohler, and Tiny Cartridge's Eric Caoili circle like vultures over the warm corpses of Nintendo's last-generation systems, Wii U and 3D, sharing their recommendations for the games...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 448 Preview: Super Mario Bros. (The 1993 Movie) Commentary

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 448: Super Mario Bros. (The 1993 Movie) Commentary. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 447: Mortal Kombat

    Wanna feel mortal? Midway's infamous blood-soaked fighting game turns 30 this year, so Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and author David L. Craddock crank the techno and tell tales of Mortal Kombat. Edits this...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 446: Secret of Evermore

    Nadia Oxford time-skips through the history of gaming with Jeremy Parish, Jared Petty, and Ash Paulsen to discuss one of Squaresoft's most curious experiments: Secret of Evermore, their attempt to create a...

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  • 2022 / 4 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 445: The Mario 2D Ranking Hootenanny preview

    Diamond Feit, Nadia Oxford, and Stuart Gipp band together to debate the relative merits of Mario games (the 2D ones, that is) with former professional game-ranker and universally reviled Mario-opinion heretic...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 444: Advance Wars

    Unfortunately, Nintendo just delayed Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp indefinitely due to real-life circumstances. But this week, in the spirit of American sticktoitiveness (and because we didn't want to change...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 443: Years in Review Revue - 1982 & ’92

    The Retronauts East team finally finishes what they started at the beginning of the year by talking about the rest of 1982's gaming milestones before moving ahead a decade and very nearly not finishing a...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 442 Preview: Jurassic Park

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 442: Jurassic Park. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 441: Dizzy

    The time for yolking is over. Or, more accurately, has just begun. Stuart Gipp and Dave Bulmer reconvene to discuss the immortal Dizzy series. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon!...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 440: Resident Evil vs. Resident Evil vs. Resident Evil

    Diamond Feit, Stuart Gipp, and Alex Fraioli break out the ink ribbons and travel back to 1998 to investigate bizarre murders outside Raccoon City in this episode about Resident Evil (1996, 2002, and 2002...

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  • 2022 / 3 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 439: Q*Bert (With Warren Davis) preview

    Jeremy Parish and Kevin Bunch of Atari Archive unleash a cascade of questions to bounce down an isometric pyramid of conversation as they chat with developer Warren Davis about the making of his iconic arcade...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 438: X-Men Games

    Despite existing for nearly 30 years beforehand, it took until nearly the '90s for the X-Men to find their way into video games. And it should come as no surprise that the IP's Renaissance during that decade...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 437: High-Fidelity Classic Gaming Redux

    Jeremy Parish, Joe Modzeleski of Limited Run Games, and Porkchop Express of MisterAddOns.com revisit a topic from long ago (episode 62!): The many evolving options for experiencing classic games in top...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 18
    Retronauts Episode Episode 436 Preview: GameCube - Game Boy Advance Link Cable Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 436: GameCube - Game Boy Advance Link Cable Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 435: Street Fighter Alpha

    It's a dramatic battle of conversation as Diamond Feit squares off against Jeremy Parish and Brandon Sheffield to look back at the time Street Fighter counted from II to Zero with 1995's slick (and literally...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 434: Squaresoft on PS1 - Beyond RPGs

    Noted ancients Nadia Oxford, Jeremy Parish, and Andrew Vestal recall the many non-RPG titles Square Enix (as the trimmer, bolder Squaresoft) piled onto the 32-bit PlayStation. Fighters! Racers! Bird stuff!...

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  • 2022 / 2 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 433: Pokémon Generation 1, Pt. 1 preview

    Jeremy Parish wanders into the tall grass and randomly encounters Kat Bailey, Shivam Bhatt, and Casey DeFrietas for the first episode of a deep dive into Generation 1 of Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 432: Escape from New York

    At the dawn of the '80s, director John Carpenter released Escape from New York, an action thriller that went on to be a modest hit. Sometime after this, and halfway around the globe, a man named Hideo Kojima...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 24
    431: Retronauts Episode 431: Retrogaming in Print

    Jeremy Parish chats with retrogaming book authors Richard Moss (The Secret History of Macintosh Gaming) and Evan Amos (The Game Console 2.0) about the processes, predicaments, and perils of producing print...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 430 Preview: Twin Peaks

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 430: Twin Peaks. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 429: Zool

    What is a Zool? Why is there so much fruit? And why do you tilt "up" to jump? All these questions and more answered in a double-feature podcast featuring a chat with Dave Bulmer and a backup interview with...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 428: 1080 Snowboarding & Vitei with Giles Goddard

    Senior Japan correspondent Diamond Feit goes inside Vitei in Kyoto to speak to studio founder Giles Goddard and Chuhai Labs producer Mark Lentz about 1080 Snowboarding, Giles' history with Nintendo, and indie...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 427: PlayStation Vita preview

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Sandeep Rai celebrate 10 years of Sony getting a life. Because that's what Vita means: Life. The history and highs (OK, and lows) of one of the greatest pieces of handheld...

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  • 2022 / 1 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 426: Gaming in the Year 2002

    Let's be honest: things weren't too hot in the year 2002. In between two pointless wars, and in the midst of a huge economic downturn, Americans couldn't even turn to their friend the television for...

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  • 2021 / 12 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 425: Years in Review Revue - 1972 & ’82

    Jeremy Parish, Ben Elgin, Jared Petty, and Benj Edwards greet 2022 by looking back to the major events of gaming 40 and 50 years ago. (Naturally, this episode only covers about half the planned content as we...

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  • 2021 / 12 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 424 Preview: Holiday Special 2021 - Totally Pokemon

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 424 Preview: Holiday Special 2021 - Totally Pokemon. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous...

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  • 2021 / 12 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 423: Street Fighter II - Beyond the Game

    When is a game not just a game? Continuing our series on the fighting game franchise that changed the world, host Diamond Feit and returning guests Shivam Bhatt & Matt McMuscles explore the world of Street...

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  • 2021 / 12 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 422: Radiant Historia

    Like dust in the wind, Nadia Oxford leads Jeremy Parish, Anthony John Agnello, and topic-requesting patron Lorenzo Hulzebos across the sands of time to explore (and re-explore) Atlus' cult-classic time-travel...

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  • 2021 / 12 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 421: Golgo 13 preview

    Jeremy Parish places a secret message in the classifieds to summon conversational assassins Diamond Feit and Matt Alt to discuss the legacy, history, and video games of the perfect machine of snipe: Golgo-13....

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  • 2021 / 12 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 420: Retronauts 15th Anniversary Mailbag

    Can you believe it? Our little podcast has now been around for 15 years! (That's the crystal anniversary for all of you out shopping for gifts.) So instead of reflecting on classic games this week, we've...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 419: Pikmin

    Henry Gilbert, Bryan Auer, and Wesley Fenlon heed the call of Jeremy Parish's whistle and race to gather as much information about Nintendo's Pikmin franchise as possible, then return it to the Onion before...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 418 Preview: Batman: The Animated Series Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 418: Batman: The Animated Series Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 417: Halo - Combat Evolved

    Stuart Gipp, Jeremy Parish, and John Linneman of Digital Foundry crash-land on the bizarre structure known as the 20th anniversary of Bungie's Halo: Combat Evolved and immediately set about blowing things to...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 416: The Xbox Launch and Legacy

    Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Ray Barnholt, and Stuart Gipp turn back the hands of time two decades once again, this time with a too-huge-to-hold-comfortably episode commemorating Microsoft's entrance into the...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 415: Metal Gear Solid 2 preview

    Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, Aaron Littleton, and John Hurst gather together in a top-secret offshore oil reclamation facility to investigate the secrets, the history, and the alarmingly prescient plot...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 414: The Addams Family Games

    Video games were but the fevered dream of a madman when Charles Addams invented his creepy, kooky cartoon family 85 years ago, but in the futuristic year of 2021, Gomez and his clan of freaks have quite the...

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  • 2021 / 11 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 413: Green Mario Gaiden

    Having explored the legacies and games of the rest of the primary Super Mario franchise cast, Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Stuart Gipp gather together to wrap it up by talking about, uhh,...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 412 Preview: Dark Souls

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 412: Dark Souls. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 411: Skyrim

    10 years ago, Bethesda's open-world role-playing adventure Skyrim took the world by storm. A winter storm. Because… winter is coming? Anyway, Jeremy Parish, Jeff Green, Kat Bailey, and Ray Barnholt look back...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 410: Castlevania Ranking Hootenanny

    Show regular Nadia Oxford power-ups to co-host status to challenge Jeremy Parish and Kurt Kalata to a battle of wits (or at least opinions) about the Castlevania series: Which games are best, which are worst,...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 409: Game Manuals preview

    By request of patron Jeff Vlasek, Jeremy Parish gathers together with Frank Cifaldi, Jason Wilson, and Nadia Oxford to discuss the mysteries and magic of game manuals. They're a lost art! But are we better...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 408: Tales of Series

    When the plucky developer Wolf Team set out to make a Super Famicom RPG on a grand scale in the mid-90s, the resulting production nearly destroyed the group, but resulted in Tales of Phantasia. Now, nearly 26...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 407: LEGO Games

    Stuart Gipp makes his hosting debut as he intrepidly leads the charge to discuss the history of LEGO games with Jeremy Parish and Jeff Vlasek (by patron request!). This episode is guaranteed to be more...

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  • 2021 / 10 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 406 Preview: Crazy 'Bout Chocobos

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  • 2021 / 9 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 405: Grand Theft Auto III

    This Week in Retro host Diamond Feit carjacks the main mic from Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey this week to steer the crew into a wild and possibly illegal look back at the first truly pivotal game of the 21st...

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  • 2021 / 9 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 404: Gravity Rush & Replicade

    Todd Ciolek and patron Bill Nielsen join Jeremy Parish to tackle a request to slip loose the surly bonds of Earth and explore Sony's Vita masterpiece Gravity Rush. Also, New Wave Toy's Shilo Prychak recounts...

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  • 2021 / 9 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 403 Preview: The Metroid Legacy

    Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Shivam Bhatt, and Shane Bettenhausen convene to celebrate Metroid's 35th anniversary AND the finale (?) of the series with Metroid Dread by looking back at all that Samus Aran...

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  • 2021 / 9 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 402: Kid Icarus

    35 years ago, a tiny team at Nintendo R&D1 crunched their way through a the development of a weird little game called Kid Icarus: a quirky, slightly alienating action-RPG starring a chubby angel who can't...

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  • 2021 / 9 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 401: Kirby, Pt. 1

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Henry Gilbert join forces with patron Andrew Olivera to handle a topic request: The Kirby games. It's kind of a big topic! Unlike Kirby, you could say we bit off more than we...

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  • 2021 / 9 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 400 Preview: Garfield Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 400: Garfield Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 399: Formative Gaming Experiences

    The Retronauts East crew gets together again for the first (and last?!) time since last year's lockdown to talk about the only topic that truly matters: The games that got us hooked on the hobby. It's a...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 398: The Super NES Launch

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Chris Kohler, and Stephan Reese muster all their Nintendo knowledge and an alarming amount of fuzzy nostalgia to talk about the 30th anniversary of the Nintendo Entertainment System...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 397: Wario Land 4 and Shake It! Preview

    Jeremy Parish, Henry Gilbert, Ray Barnholt, and Stuart Gipp waaaaaaind down their in-depth survey of the Wario Land series with this look at the frog-bombin', level-escapin' entries on GBA and Wii, and...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 396: Battletoads

    When Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles struck gold at the start of the '90s, everyone wanted the piece of the action. That included British developer Rare, who created a similar group of green heroes to capitalize...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 395: Breath of Fire III & IV

    By request of Andrew Duff, we jump back into the Breath of Fire series to look at other two traditional entries in the series: Breath of Fire III & IV for PS1. Splice some dragon genes with Jeremy Parish, Bob...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 394 Preview: Ace Attorney

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 394: Ace Attorney. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 8 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 393: Perils of Peach

    We finish our series of Mario series character deep-dives with a look at the Mushroom Kingdom's loyal, royal leader, Princess Peach. Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Nadia Oxford all agree: Peach...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 392: The History of Koei, the Koei of History

    By patron request of Christopher Hansen, Jeremy Parish sets the Wayback Machine to sengoku-era Japan, sangoku-era China, and, uh, the airline business to discuss Koei's legacy of historic sim games with Aaron...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 391: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Podcast Preview

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, Aaron Littleton, and JP Swartlander finally pay their late fees and catch up with the 10th anniversary of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game by taking an all-inclusive look at...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 390: Tales of Monkey Island

    Nearly a decade after the last entry, Telltale Games launched Tales of Monkey Island, an episodic take on the classic adventure series—and the first installment in nearly 20 years with input from creator Ron...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 389: Aliens

    Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Jonathan Dunn pay a visit to a little up-and-coming colony on LV-426 only to find themselves suddenly under attack by the history and legacy (and video game adaptations!) of...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 388 Preview: Silent Hill 3

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 388: Silent Hill 3. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 7 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 387: The Atari 8-Bit Legacy

    Retronauts East returns as Benj Edwards and Ben Elgin school Jeremy Parish about the history and greatness of Atari's 8-bit computer line, as well as its unloved console counterpart, the 5200. Art by John...

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  • 2021 / 6 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 386: Street Fighter II Redux

    Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Shivam Bhatt, and Sam revisit the World Warrior circuit to talk even more about Street Fighter II—or rather, the MANY iterations and permutations it undertook between 1992-2017....

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  • 2021 / 6 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 385: Godzilla - The Games Preview

    Forces of chaos collide! Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, Matt Alt, and Bill Mudron look in horror as the topic of Godzilla reemerges from the sea to wreak havoc! Humanity's only hope: To finally talk about all...

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  • 2021 / 6 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 384: Pokemon 2.B.A. Master

    If you enjoyed our look at the Pokemon Christmas Bash album (and who didn't?) back in late 2019, then get ready for a thorough examination of where the English-language Pokemon albums began. 1999's 2.B.A....

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  • 2021 / 6 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 383: Delisted Games

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and delistedgames.com curator Shawn Sackenheim convene to discuss... well, delisted games. Inspired by Sony's recent PSN delisting fakeout, we look at multiple digital platforms...

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  • 2021 / 6 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 382 Preview: Left 4 Dead

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 382: Left 4 Dead. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 6 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 381: Ratchet & Clank

    By patron request, Jeremy Parish and Stuart Gipp talk about the full span of Ratchet & Clank's storied history alongside said patron (Bill Nielsen). Thrill to intergalactic escapades! Marvel at sequels!...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 380: Breath of Fire I & II

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, and patron Alex Meyers activate their podcast genes and fuse into a super-form conversation about Capcom's first serious attempt to enter the role-playing fray with...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 379: Retronauts Radio Summer Preview

    Jeremy puts on his "public radio symphony host" voice for a trip through five recent and upcoming classic game (and game-adjacent) soundtracks: Actraiser, Blaster Master Zero, Cowboy Bebop, Halo Remastered,...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 378: Moogle Madness

    While chocobos have become the dominant Final Fantasy mascot over the past three decades, moogles don't receive quite as much attention as Square's feathered friends. In some games, they're simply part of the...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 377: Final Fight

    Jeremy "Punchy" Parish, Diamond "Final" Feit, and Kurt "K.O." Kalata are your three selectable player-character options in this roaming belt-scroll brawl through the history of Final Fight, a burly side story...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 376 Preview: The Dig

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 376: The Dig. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 375: Phantasy Star

    Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, and Alex Fraioli venture across the span of a solar system (or at least a few continents) to look back at Sega's first proper entry in the role-playing genre: The phenomenal...

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  • 2021 / 5 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 374: Return of the Jedi

    Long, long ago, Retronauts East began a trip through the original Star Wars trilogy (and its games). At last, the circle is complete as Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin blow this thing...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 373 Preview: Final Fantasy X

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Chris Kohler Want To Tell You Everything, so they head To Zanarkand to talk about the next entry in our ongoing pilgrimage through the Final Fantasy series: Final...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 372: Back to the Future Part III

    The summer of 1990 brought about the end of Back to the Future with Part III, which traded the frantic, high-concept time travel adventures of the second movie for a more grounded finale rooted in the Old...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 371: Wario Land II & 3

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, & Stuart Gipp return to definitely-not-the-Mushroom-Kingdom for the innovative further adventures of definitely-not-Mario. What happens when you play a game where your...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 370 Preview: Live A Live and Square's Episodic RPGs

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 370: Live A Live and Square's Episodic RPGs. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 369: Godzilla, Pt. 1

    Jeremy Parish summons Diamond Feit, Matt Alt,and Bill Mudron to help destroy (or maybe just commemorate) destroy all monsters with a look back at the cultural origins of the king of kaiju, Godzilla—a beast...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 368: Gundam Universal Century

    Jeremy Parish, Austin Walker, and Kat Bailey hop aboard the White Base to travel across the span of the profoundly influential Gundam franchise (or at least the U.C. timeline) with a look at the anime and its...

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  • 2021 / 4 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 367 Preview: Street Fighter II (The World Warrior)

    Kat Bailey, Kurt Kalata, and Diamond Feit face off against Jeremy Parish in a free-for-all throw down of video game history to celebrate the 30th anniversary of one of the most influential pop culture...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 366: Sam & Max Save the World

    It's finally happened: a game once covered as a new release by this very podcast is now officially retro! And that game is Sam & Max Save the World, the 2006-2007 episodic release that brought about the grand...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 365: The Mega Man Ranking Hootenanny

    Jeremy Parish, Nadia Oxford, Diamond Feit, and Stuart Gipp all go to the mats to decide once and for all which Mega Man game is the greatest—definitively!—in the lowest-stakes knock-down drag-out opinion...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 364 Preview: Kunio-kun Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 364: Kunio-kun Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 363: Game Boy Advance - 20 Years of Dim Memories

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Adam Pawlus turn back the hands of time 20 years to the dawn of the GBA, Nintendo's tiny portable powerhouse. The soaring highs! The eye-straining lows! The many, many hardware...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 362: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    The Retronauts East crew concludes their journey through the Indiana Jones films with a look back at the final entry in the saga: 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Plus the games! (Except the...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 361 Preview: Street Fighter I (and 2010)

    Jeremy Parish, Kurt Kalata, Kevin Bunch, and John Hurst put on their red slippers and punch arcade machines to pay tribute to the game that launched the most important fighting series ever: 1987's Street...

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  • 2021 / 3 / 1
    Episode 360: Gaming in the Year 2001

    Certain conditions have made time mostly meaningless, so it may shock and alarm you that 2001 happened 20 years ago. Yes, it's true. And while it was a monumental year in terms of events that shook the world,...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 359: Famicom Disk System

    Jeremy Parish sloooowly loads input from Chris Kohler and Kurt Kalata to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Nintendo's Famicom Disk System, the most important console expansion never to have made its way to...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 358 Preview: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 358: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 357: 10 Years of Nintendo 3DS

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Diamond Feit look back at the Nintendo 3DS on the occasion of its 10th birthday. The li'l fella may have had a rough early childhood, but we explore how it eventually grew into...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 356: 1991 - The Years in Review Revue

    The Retronauts East team gets together to continue their conversation about the games of a few decades ago. This time, Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin focus specifically on the year...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 355 Preview: Xenogears Revisited

    Jeremy Parish and patron Matthew Salisbury band together with Andrew Vestal to bare their fangs at God by reconsidering Squaresoft's epic Xenogears. Listen to the full episode (and dozens more!) at...

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  • 2021 / 2 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 354: Pandemic Mailbag

    This week on Retronauts, we're easing off on the heavy-duty research for the sake of responding to your questions and comments from our recent round of episodes. And because a little thing called "the...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 353: Metroid Prime

    By patron request, Jeremy Parish sends an emergency broadcast to Nadia Oxford and Mohammed Taher to discuss the Space Pirate activities taking place on Tallon IV and what ace bounty hunter Samus Aran is doing...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 352 Preview: Looney Tunes Games

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 352: Looney Tunes Games. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 351: Gunpei Yokoi (Pt. 2)

    Jeremy Parish, Matt Alt, and Bill Mudron conclude their discussion of the life and times of Gunpei Yokoi (and the larger history of video games) by looking back at the inventions he helped spearhead, from...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 350: Crash Bandicoot

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and John Linneman of Digital Foundry smash, bash, dash, and splash their way through the jungles of video game history to excavate the history behind Sony's most beloved mascot...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 349 Preview: Retronauts Radio | January 2021

    By patron request, Jeremy Parish rings in 2021 with the best physical releases for classic game music of the year gone by. Selections include Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, a whole lot of Mega Man X, Vib...

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  • 2021 / 1 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 348: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

    With the movie series (seemingly) finished, LucasArts capitalized on the public's slowly fading love for Indiana Jones with a brand-new adventure game. And instead of adapting one of his previous adventures,...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 347: Years In Review Revue | 1971 & ’81

    Because you demanded it! The Retronauts East team reconvenes (virtually) after a long time apart for the New Year's tradition of looking back across the decades. Despite our best-laid plans, we only get...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 346: Holiday Special 2020 - Earthworm Jim's "For Whom the Jingle Bell Tolls"

    Happy holidays! As a special Christmas treat, we're giving you one of this month's Patreon-exclusive extra episodes! To hear two full-length bonus episodes like this every month, please visit the official...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 345: Doctor Who

    True to the spirit of the franchise, it's a Doctor Who Christmas Special for Retronauts as Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Diamond Feit touch on the impact and influence of the long-running sci-fi series—and...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 344: Die Hard

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert celebrate the ho-ho-holidays at Nakatomi Plaza—a machine gun in hand, feet clenched into fists—by looking back at the film and video game legacy of John...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 343 Preview: Wario Land Pt. 1

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Kyle Orland take advantage of social distancing, devouring tons of garlic—just like this week's subject: Anti-Mario antihero Wario, and his monochrome adventures...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 342: Escape from Monkey Island

    Our non-chronological exploration of LucasArts adventure games continues with an episode all about the legendary developer's final entry in the genre: Escape from Monkey Island. Unfortunately, EMI ended this...

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  • 2020 / 12 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 337 Preview: Lunar

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 337: Lunar. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early access to...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 341: Gunpei Yokoi (Pt. 1)

    Jeremy Parish speaks to Bill Mudron and Matt Alt about the work of Nintendo legend Gunpei Yokoi and how his innovative pre-video game creations reflect the post-war culture and industrial boom Japan...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 340 Preview: Final Fantasy IX

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 340: Final Fantasy IX. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 339: The Trials of Mana remake

    Earlier this year, we discussed the original 16-bit version of Trials of Mana (aka Seiken Densetsu 3). Now, Jeremy Parish, Chris Kohler, and Nadia Oxford dig into the 3D remake: What it does right, where it...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 338: The Video Game History Foundation

    From the live archive: Jeremy Parish chats with Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin of the Video Game History Foundation about the evolution of their organization and how it's working to preserve the medium's...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 336: Back to the Future Part II

    We're going back to the Back to the Future trilogy for a podcast discussion about what could be the most interesting sequel of all time! When Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale put together the original Back to the...

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  • 2020 / 11 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 335: Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII

    A double-request topic as we follow up our Final Fantasy VII coverage by looking back at its PSP-exclusive prequel Crisis Core. Bill Nielsen joins Jeremy Parish & Nadia Oxford as they fire up the Digital Mind...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 334 Preview: Cowboy Games Part 2

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts 334: Cowboy Games Part 2. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 333: Tron & Spy Hunter with George Gomez

    Jeremy Parish chats one-on-one with an arcade gaming legend: George Gomez, who discusses the critical creative role he played in bringing classic arcade works like Spy Hunter and Tron to market and designing...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 332: Akira

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert grab a laser rifle and angrily scream each other's names in celebration of one of the all-time great animated movies—Akira—as well as the manga it was based on,...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 331 Preview: The Art of Nintendo Power

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Art of Nintendo Power (twitter.com/artofnp) curator Stephan Reese take a trip back through gaming's greatest propaganda rag: Nintendo Power. For the full episode, subscribe to...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 330: No More Heroes

    After more than a decade in game development, enigmatic creator Suda 51 had his American debut with Killer 7, but 2007 would bring about his first mainstream splash with No More Heroes. This series launched...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 329: ’90s Video Game Websites

    Jeremy Parish takes a trip back 20-odd years to the early days of the World Wide Web to revisit the era's online culture with two pioneers of the games internet: Andrew Vestal (The Unofficial Squaresoft...

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  • 2020 / 10 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 328 Preview: Batman: Arkham Asylum

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 328: Batman: Arkham Asylum. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 327: Numskull & Fire Pro Wrestling

    Jeremy connects with the minds behind Numskull's ever-expanding collection of classic arcade mini-cabinets, then tags in Chris Sims to discuss the history and wonders of Spike Chun Soft's Fire Pro Wrestling...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 326: Streets of Rage

    Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Digital Foundry's John Linneman master the art of counting to four as they deliver a video game history beatdown in the form of a comprehensive retrospective on Sega's Streets...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 325 Preview: Colecovision

    Our final "Before Times" recording! Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, and Jared Petty convene in (mostly) the same physical space to discuss the history and highlights of Coleco's almost-successful bid...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 324: The Jennifer Hale Interview

    Whether or not you know her name, you've definitely heard Jennifer Hale's voice if you played a video game in the past 25 years. Named "the most prolific video game voice actor" by The Guinness Book of World...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 323: Bill & Ted / Spectrum Next

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Stuart Gipp hop in their telephone booths to discuss the classic Bill & Ted films and their not-so-classic game tie-ins. Then Jeremy chats with Henrique Olifiers...

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  • 2020 / 9 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 322 Preview: Dragon Quest: Your Story

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 322: Dragon Quest: Your Story. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 321: Pure Invention—Video Games & 20th Century Japan

    Matt Alt, author of Pure Invention, joins Jeremy to discuss his research into the impact of technological innovation on the growth of Japanese society in the 20th century, and how it shaped video gaming....

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  • 2020 / 8 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 320: A Castlevania Deep Dive

    Jeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, and Nadia Oxford break quarantine to return to Transylvania for an in-depth look at the original Castlevania for NES and its many, many alternate versions and remakes...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 319 Preview: Super Mario Galaxy

    Come sail away with Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert as we turn back the hands of time more than a decade, somehow, to revisit Mario's most cosmic journey of all time: Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 for...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 318: Cowboy Games

    Believe it or not, there are topics we've never covered in the past 14 years of Retronauts, so it's always a treat to shine the podcasting spotlight on a subject that's gone untouched. And this week, we're...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 317: Chrono Cross

    Jeremy Parish crosses realities to recruit Nadia Oxford and Jared Petty for an in-depth discussion of controversial Squaresoft RPG classic Chrono Cross on the occasion of its 20th anniversary in the U.S. (No...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 316 Preview: Nintendo Leaks

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 316: Nintendo Leaks. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2020 / 8 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 315: Samurai Shodown

    Jeremy Parish and Diamond Feit set the wayback machine for feudal Japan to learn about the secrets of the Samurai Shodown series from Brandon Sheffield, who trawled the SNK archives to research and write the...

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  • 2020 / 7 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 314: Ape Escape & The History of Game History

    A diverse double-header this week as Jeremy Parish fields a patron request from Joseph Wawzonek to discuss Sony's Ape Escape before a chat with game archivist Leonard Herman about the history of chronicling...

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  • 2020 / 7 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 313 Preview: Weird Controllers, Pt. 2

    The exciting conclusion to the saga we began back in... episode 283?! We talk about—yes—more really bizarre and nonsensical gaming input devices. For the full episode, go to patreon.com/retronauts

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  • 2020 / 7 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 312: Deadly Premonition

    We're just a few days out from the release of Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise, so it's about time we take a look back at the first game that just happened to turn ten years old earlier this year....

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  • 2020 / 7 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 311: Tales of Toad

    Just in time for another Toadstravaganza in the form of Paper Mario: The Origami King, Jeremy Parish joins Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert to talk about the history of Nintendo's pluckiest little demi-mascot,...

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  • 2020 / 7 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 310 Preview: Silent Hill 2

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 310: Silent Hill 2. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2020 / 7 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 309: Assassin's Creed & Virtual On

    USgamer's Mike Williams joins Jeremy to discuss the early days of Ubisoft's virtual history sim Assassin's Creed, then patron Andrew Oliveira steps in to walk us through the history of Sega's mech-powered...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 308: Civilization and Magic: The Gathering

    Friend of the show Shivam Bhatt features this week as we talk about two gaming topics dear to his heart: Sid Meier's Civilization and (by patron request of segment guest Bill Nielsen) Magic: The Gathering.

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  • 2020 / 6 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 307 Preview: Sega Forever & Captain Tsubasa

    The days of remote access segments continue as Jeremy chats with Danny Russell from Sega UK about the evolution of Sega Forever, then connects with patron Mohammed Taher about hard-rockin' Famicom anime...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 306: Monkey Island Mailbag

    We've got a mighty haul of listener comments and questions from our last three Monkey Island episodes, so this week we've brought on series expert Nina Matsumoto (Thimbleweed Park cover artist and designer at...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 305: Years in Review Revue - 2010

    The Retronauts East crew reunites (virtually) to complete their journey through the 2020 Years in Review Revue, wrapping up with a look at 2010—a year overflowing with greatness! Jeremy Parish, Chris Sims,...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 304 Preview: Back to the Future

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 304: Back to the Future. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 303: Game Boy Color

    The original power trio (Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Ray Barnholt) talk about the system that isn't a Game Boy. It's the Game Boy Color! A completely distinct platform! One that often gets overlooked. In...

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  • 2020 / 6 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 302: Star Trek The Motion Picture & Mega Man Battle Network

    Star Trek! Mega Man! These topics have nothing in common! Please enjoy two unrelated segments as Jeremy speaks to Diamond Feit about the very first Star Trek movie and its games before chatting with Nadia...

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  • 2020 / 5 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 301 Preview: Etrian Odyssey

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Jason Wilson form up a guild and venture into the verdant history of Atlus's Etrian Odyssey series. Subscribe at http://www.patreon.com/retronauts for access to this...

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  • 2020 / 5 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 300: The Curse of Monkey Island

    Our LucasArts adventure miniseries continues this week as we explore the developer's first (relatively) high-res adventure: 1997's The Curse of Monkey Island. This late-'90s release had a lot going against...

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  • 2020 / 5 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 299: Worst of the Best

    In this blast from the past, Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Steve Lin, and Jason Wilson get together to talk about the worst games ever created by our favorite developers—and do our best to find a glimmer of...

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  • 2020 / 5 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 298 Preview: Final Fantasy VII Remake

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 298: Final Fantasy VII Remake. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, access to our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2020 / 5 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 297: Sega Saturn

    On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its launch, Sega Saturn is paid tribute by Jeremy Parish, Diamond Feit, and Stuart Gipp. The good (its games!), the bad (executive infighting!), and the ugly (umm......

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  • 2020 / 5 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 296: Trackball Games & The Art of Atari

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Neal, and Benj Edwards sneak in a conversation about trackball games in a hidden cranny of PAX East, and Tim Lapetino talks about his work chronicling the artwork of the Atari 2600 for print.

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  • 2020 / 5 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 295 Preview: Trials & Legend of Mana

    A clip from our latest Patron-exclusive episode! Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and USgamer's Kat Bailey look at the original version of the newly remade Trials of Mana, then dive into a discussion of Legend of...

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  • 2020 / 4 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 294: Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders

    It's time once again for another installment of our LucasArts adventure game series with what could be the only podcast episode ever created about the developer's least beloved (outside of Germany) game. Zak...

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  • 2020 / 4 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 293: Alex Kidd and Shadowgate

    Jeremy Parish chats with Retronauts contributor Stuart Gipp about the mysterious appeal of Sega's Alex Kidd franchise, then talks to Shadowgate creator Dave Marsh about the history of the game and the...

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  • 2020 / 4 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 292 Preview: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 292: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes,...

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  • 2020 / 4 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 291: The Media is the Message - PAX East

    Live from PAX East, Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, and RetroRGB's Bob Neal discuss the evolution of physical media in video gaming and its impact on the tech and design of the medium.

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  • 2020 / 4 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 290: New Super Mario Bros.

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Cole Jones bop in time to the music as they revisit Mario's ugliest (but arguably best!!) adventures in the New Super Mario Bros. series. Cover illustration: Step...

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  • 2020 / 4 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 289 Preview: Miscellaneous Handhelds

    We talk about the handheld consoles that don't deserve their own episodes, from the criminally bad (R-Zone) to the just plain criminal (Gizmondo). For the full episode, subscribe to the show at...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 288: Full Throttle

    It's time for another entry in our ongoing LucasArts mini-series! This time around, we'll be looking at 1995's Full Throttle: Tim Schafer's first project as a solo director, and also the first LucasArts game...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 287: TurboGrafx-16

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Shane Bettenhausen convene to discuss the legacy of the ultimate NEC and Hudson collaboration: the TurboGrafx-16. Just in time for the launch of the TG16 mini (in...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 286 Preview: Sam & Max Hit the Road

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 286: Sam & Max Hit the Road. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month, our previous Patreon-exclusive episodes, and early...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 285: Animal Crossing

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Mike Choi, and USgamer's Caty McCarthy chill out for an hour and a half to discuss the low-key world of Animal Crossing, from its primal Nintendo 64 version through its modern-day...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 284: Parasite Eve

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Shane Bettenhausen continue the journey through the Final Fantasy saga with this side excursion into an abandoned Manhattan and 1998's Cinematic RPG Parasite Eve. (Cover art:...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 283 Preview: Weird Controllers, Pt. I

    Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin embark upon a comprehensive (maybe) historic overview of weird video game controllers, from punching bags to chainsaws to... butt-poking fingers!? Cover...

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  • 2020 / 3 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 282: Gaming in the Year 2000

    In the not-too-distant past, the year 2000 used to signify the far-off future. But time makes fools of us all, and this mythical date has transformed into a distant memory, just as all years are destined to...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 281: Mario Goes Portable

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Chris Kohler abandon color and extra lines of screen resolution to take a deep dive into the 2D portable Super Mario games, from Super Mario Land to Super Mario...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 280 Preview: Yakuza

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 280: Yakuza. To hear the rest, and get two exclusive extra episodes every month plus early access to ad-free episodes, please visit the official...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 279: RoboCop

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert continue to take stock of the havoc wrought upon pop culture by Hollywood of the late ’80s with an in-depth survey of RoboCop: The movie, the games, the wholly...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 278: Paperboy (With John Salwitz)

    The Retronauts East crew (Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, Ben Elgin) offer a quick overview of the gameplay and culture behind Atari's Paperboy; then designer John Salwitz shares his memories of its...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 277 Preview: The Games of Nintendo Switch Online

    We may not have Virtual Console to dunk on anymore, but gosh darn it if Nintendo Switch Online doesn't fill that same unsatisfying void in our lives. Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Ben Elgin, & Chris Sims...

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  • 2020 / 2 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 276: Atari Lynx

    We've got a real blast from the past for you this week—which is kinda the point of Retronauts, but our newest episode is a blast from the past in an entirely different way. We originally recorded this one on...

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  • 2020 / 1 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 275: Pre-Atari Consoles

    Jeremy Parish and vintage gaming expert Kevin Bunch turn back the hands of time to an era when the idea of the Atari 2600 was just a twinkle in someone's eyes, putting the focus on two pioneering consoles:...

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  • 2020 / 1 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 274 Preview: Super Mario RPG

    You're listening to a free preview of Retronauts Episode 274: Super Mario RPG. To hear the rest, and get two extra episodes every month plus early access, please visit the official Retronauts Patreon.

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  • 2020 / 1 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 273: Years in Revue: 1980/1990

    The Retronauts East crew (Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Ben Elgin, Chris Sims) attempts to explore the highlights and disasters of gaming history in 1980/1990/2000/2010 in our annual by-the-decade recap... but...

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  • 2020 / 1 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 272: The Matrix

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Shane Bettenhausen revisit the themes, legacy, making of, and (of course) video games based on the Wachowski siblings' mind-bending 1999 sci-fi classic: The Matrix.

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  • 2020 / 1 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 271 Preview: List Inventory/The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Session 1

    The Retronauts East crew (Jeremy Parish, Ben Elgin, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims) don their peril-sensitive sunglasses and attempt to escape the planet before the Vogons arrive in this real-time playthrough of...

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  • 2020 / 1 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 270: Video Game Apparel

    Since the dawn of the medium, humans across the globe dreamed of wearing video game representation on their bodies—a practice that's only become commonplace in recent years. We've come a long way since the...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 269: Command & Conquer with Louis Castle

    The Retronauts East crew offers a (very) loose overview of Westwood Studios' Command & Conquer series as a lead-in to Jeremy Parish's interview with Woodwest founder Louis Castle on the creation of the...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 268: Holiday Special 2019 - Pokemon Christmas Bash

    It's time once again to head to the Retronauts cabin in Parts Unknown for yet another look at a video-game-adjacent Christmas thing! We've worked our way through quite a few video game cartoon Christmas...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 267: The Holy Grails of Collecting

    Hide your wallets: Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Chris Kohler, and Steve Lin discuss the pricing perils, pitfalls, and occasional perfidy surrounding the rarest/costliest/most non-existent video game...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 266: The Empire Strikes Back

    Just in time for the "conclusion" of the Star Wars saga (sure, whatever), take a look back at the franchise's cinematic high point (and all the related games) with Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Ben Elgin, and...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 265: The Messenger

    Take a look into the genesis, classic inspirations, and development of Sabotage Games' double-retro indie hit The Messenger as Jeremy Parish speaks to creators Thierry Boulanger and Martin Brouard.

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  • 2019 / 12 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 264: PAX West 2019 - The Dreamcast 20th Anniversary Necromancy Jam

    Two decades ago, Sega summoned into the world the mightiest of its consoles: The Dreamcast. And then, almost as quickly, it took the poor thing into the woods out back and ran it through proverbial the wood...

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  • 2019 / 12 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 263: Donkey Kong

    We put together a classic Retronauts lineup (Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Chris Kohler) to discuss the history of an all-time arcade classic: Donkey Kong. (And also its lesser ’80s sequels.)

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  • 2019 / 11 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 262: PAX West 2019 - Super Metroid Vs. Symphony of the Night

    It’s the ultimate metroidvania showdown as we settle once and for all which was truly the greatest, the most ambitious, the most influential work of the genre: Nintendo’s Super Metroid or Konami’s...

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  • 2019 / 11 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 261: The MiSTer Revolution

    Jeremy speaks to retrogaming curators Artemio and SmokeMonster about their efforts to help preserve and improve the state of classic gaming through projects like MDFourier and MiSTer.

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  • 2019 / 11 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 260: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge

    Our informal LucasArts miniseries rolls on with another episode exploring the developer's adventure game output! This time, we focus on 1991's Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the second entry in the...

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  • 2019 / 11 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 259: Limited Run Goes Retro

    Jeremy Parish talks to Josh Fairhurst and Douglas Bogart of Limited Run Games about the company's growing line of classic game reissues, and the behind-the-scenes details of selling new retro game releases.

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  • 2019 / 11 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 258: 2009 (It's Retro Now)

    Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin wrap up some unfinished business by tackling the year that got away: 2009. Yeah, 2009 is retro now. Sorry, we don't make the rules. Actually, wait... we...

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  • 2019 / 11 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 257: Metal Gear Solid

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Shane Bettenhausen celebrate Death Stranding by revisiting the game that allowed Hideo Kojima the luxury of spending millions of dollars on name-dropping...

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  • 2019 / 11 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 256: Link's Awakening Remake

    Over two years ago, we sat down to gush about The Legend of Zelda's underappreciated Game Boy installment, Link's Awakening. And once again, time has made fools of us all, as the Switch remake of this classic...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 255: Castlevania's Oddballs

    Jeremy Parish summons the eldritch forms of Castlevania experts Kurt Kalata, Rob Russo, and Kevin Bunch to discuss the enigma that is... Castlevania games that don't fit into any other specific grouping, like...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 254: Mega Man 11's Classic Roots

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Nadia Oxford get equipped with opinions about the latest entry in the Mega Man series and how it upholds the franchise's lengthy legacy. This one's been in the vaults so long...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 253: Loving Unloved Consoles and How to Play Old Games

    Live from Long Island Retro Expo! Jeremy chats with Rob Russo and Kurt Kalata from HG101 about loving unpopular game systems, then muses on the means and philosophy behind playing old games with VGHF's Frank...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 252: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night

    For a little over a decade, Castlevania keeper Koji Igarashi cut his own path with the famous side-scrolling series by backing away from its traditional hardcore action and platforming, and leaning more...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 10
    Come See Retronauts LIVE at Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2019!

    We're coming back to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this year for another live appearance! When: Saturday, October 19 at 9:00pm Where: Auditorium A at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo What: Our latest live...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 251: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

    Retronauts East (Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin) returns to the ’30s to evaluate the failings and successes (mostly failings) of Indiana Jones's most Problematic-with-a-capital-P...

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  • 2019 / 10 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 250: Loom

    As Lucasfilm Games began to refine their philosophy of fairness, designer Brian Moriarty doubled down on this concept with his idea of a video game expressly designed to be completed. This would eventually...

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  • 2019 / 9 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 249: Roguelikes—The Road to Spelunky

    Finishing out our patron request series on roguelike role-playing games, Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Jason Wilson, and John Harris explore latter-day roguelikes and how we got to the weird, wonderful world of...

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  • 2019 / 9 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 248: Contra

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Shane Bettenhausen use the Konami Code to tackle the challenge of recapping the Contra series, just in time for the latest entry in the franchise.

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  • 2019 / 9 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 247: Classic gaming in Germany

    We often talk about the U.S., Japan, and the U.K., but what about the rest of the world? Games journalist and historian Thomas Nickel takes time out of his Tokyo Game Show work to share some insights into the...

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  • 2019 / 9 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 246: Demon's Souls

    In the past decade, developer From Software went from making poorly reviewed oddities to being one of the most important developers in our modern era. And it all started with Demon's Souls, a humble, slightly...

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  • 2019 / 9 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 245: Lemmings (With Mike Dailly)

    Jeremy Parish teams up with the Retronauts East crew to discuss PC classic puzzle-action game Lemmings before jumping into a one-on-one interview with one of the game's designers, Mike Dailly of DMA Designs.

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  • 2019 / 9 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 244: The Secret of Monkey Island

    Now that Retronauts has transitioned to deep dives of single titles over the past few years, it's about time to focus on a genre we rarely touch: adventure games. That said, this marks the beginning of a...

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  • 2019 / 9 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 243: Final Fantasy VIII

    Continuing our journey through the Final Fantasy series, Kat Bailey joins Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey to talk about what makes Final Fantasy VIII such a weird and wonderful chapter in the series—just in time...

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  • 2019 / 8 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 242: Strider

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Shane Bettenhausen paraglide into Kazakh S.S.R. to profess the glory of a game that remains indelibly cool even 30 years later: Capcom's Strider.

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  • 2019 / 8 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 241: The Return of Listener Comments Catch-Up

    The curse of the podcaster means we usually have so much to say in our limited time that we often don't have space to let you get a word in edgewise. So, every six months, I (Bob) like to collect comments and...

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  • 2019 / 8 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 240: The Running Man

    Just as video game boss fights were becoming more sophisticated, Hollywood gave us 1987's The Running Man, a movie that—whether its writer knew it or not—exists as a 100-minute-long boss rush. Though other...

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  • 2019 / 8 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 239: Super Smash Bros.

    If you like Smash Bros., you'll be angry about this episode! Jeremy, Chris, Ben, and Benj gather to discuss the classic influences that define Smash Bros. Ultimate, but they get sidetracked and turn what was...

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  • 2019 / 8 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 238: Nathan McCree on Composing Tomb Raider Tunes

    Composer Nathan McCree reminisces about his groundbreaking work creating the soundtrack for Lara Croft's earliest adventures, the challenges in revisiting that material decades later, and... The Spice Girls?!

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  • 2019 / 8 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 237: X-Wing

    By patron request, Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey recruit Kat Bailey and Jason Wilson to scramble all fighters and mount an unrelenting assault of knowledge against the topic of LucasArts' classic Star Wars...

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  • 2019 / 8 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 235: Mailbag—New Super Mario, FF Tactics, Gaming Holy Grails

    The Retronauts East crew (Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Ben Elgin, and Chris Sims) responds to YOUR letters about episode topics that may or may not have already been published, including New Super Mario Bros....

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  • 2019 / 7 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 236: Super Mario Maker

    We're living in the era of the gig economy, and now our apartments are hotels, our cars are taxis, and we even have to make Marios ourselves. But that's okay, because Nintendo's Super Mario Maker series has...

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  • 2019 / 7 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 234: Spider-Man 2 with Jamie Fristrom

    The Retronauts East crew looks back at the legacy of beloved superhero classic Spider-Man 2 for PlayStation 2. Then, Jeremy Parish talks to designer/tech lead Jamie Fristrom about the game's creation.

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  • 2019 / 7 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 233: Final Fantasy Tactics

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Kat Bailey, and Shivam Bhatt equip their Dictionaries and set their Reaction Skills to "Podcast Debate" as they form up into a squad and take on Final Fantasy's all-time greatest...

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  • 2019 / 7 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 232: Nester

    Mario might be Nintendo's big-time mascot, but for six years of Nintendo Power, one banana-haired brat served a similar role. In what amounted to one of the first manga series snuck into the hands of American...

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  • 2019 / 7 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 231: Kemco-Seika

    Jeremy Parish and Anthony Schwader look back at the checkered history of publisher Kemco-Seika—from iffy original works to beloved conversions of computer classics. And lots of Crazy Castles.

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  • 2019 / 7 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 230: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1989

    Before the launch of the go-go '90s, a certain green foursome closed out the decade with a bang. Though the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles entered the comic book world in 1984 and debuted on television in 1987,...

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  • 2019 / 6 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 229: Retrotainment on Creating Modern NES Games

    Tim Hartman and Greg Caldwell from Retrotainment talk to Jeremy Parish about the art and science of creating brand-new NES games such as Full Quiet.

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  • 2019 / 6 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 228: Console Launch Lineups

    By patron request, Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey revisit the topic of classic console launch lineups from Atari 2600 to Super NES with Chris Kohler and Steve Lin. How did these first games speak to their...

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  • 2019 / 6 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 227: Console Roguelikes through Mystery Dungeon

    The second part of our journey into roguelike history sees experts Jason Wilson and John Harris join Bob Mackey and Jeremy Parish to explore the protoplasmic origins of the genre's console renditions through...

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  • 2019 / 6 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 226: Aladdin Games

    Now that Disney's live-action Aladdin movie is out, we finally have a great excuse to jump back in time 25 years to examine the animated version of that property—one that was oddly important to the 16-bit...

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  • 2019 / 6 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 225: Resident Evil 4

    Resident Evil 4 has quietly been one of the most influential games of the past 20 years, and now that a shiny new port is available on the Nintendo Switch, there's never been a better time to dig into the...

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  • 2019 / 6 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 224: Virtual Boy Revisited

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Caitlin Oliver, and Brian Clark convene to discuss Nintendo's least-successful console ever: The benighted Virtual Boy. And it's not as dire a discussion as you might expect—in...

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  • 2019 / 5 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 223: Epoch's Game Pocket Computer

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey consult with handheld connoisseur Alex "kraeman" Forsyth about the impressive portable system that beat Game Boy to the punch by five years: The Epoch Game Pocket Computer.

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  • 2019 / 5 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 222: Sonic Mania's Classic Roots

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Caty McCarthy look to the present to talk about a game that succeeds by looking to the past: Sega's 2017 hit Sonic Mania. See, we CAN say nice things about Sonic.

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  • 2019 / 5 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 221: Alien

    The last survivors of the Nostromo—Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and Ben Elgin—transmit from deep space to pay tribute to Ridley Scott's film Alien and its influence on pop culture and video games.

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  • 2019 / 5 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 220: A Podcast About Podcasting

    This time on Retronauts, we're talking about something that's rarely a featured topic on the show: ourselves! On this special Friday installment, Gary Butterfield and Kole Ross of the Duckfeed.tv network join...

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  • 2019 / 5 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 219: Classic console hardware design, Pt. 1

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Flip Grip design engineer Mike Choi talk about the most beautiful and memorable game console designs through the years. Even though podcasts, uh, aren't exactly a visual medium.

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  • 2019 / 5 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 218: Rental stores

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and James Eldred reminisce about the halcyon days before digital distribution and demo discs... back when we had bike over to the video store so we could rent games we wanted to try...

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  • 2019 / 5 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 217: Game Boy at Midwest Gaming Classic

    Live! Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Chris Kohler, and Caitlin Oliver discuss the Game Boy's 30-year legacy. Then Jeremy and Bob talk up the magic of Mindware's Heiankyo Alien in an impromptu chat recorded...

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  • 2019 / 4 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 216: Stardew Valley

    This time around, we're shining the spotlight on another newer game that, like Shovel Knight, feels like the platonic ideal of a specific retro experience. If you ever liked Harvest Moon, still like Harvest...

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  • 2019 / 4 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 215: Hayao Miyazaki's Nausicäa

    By patron request, Wes Fenlon and Henry Gilbert join Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey go a little buggy as they explore the history and influence of Hayao Miyazaki's manga and anime classic Nausicäa of the Valley...

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  • 2019 / 4 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 214: The Many Voices of Sonic the Hedgehog

    With the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movie just around the corner, there's never been a better time to look back on all the actors who once brought life to Sega's little blue speed rat. Though improv...

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  • 2019 / 4 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 213: Game Boy

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, and Jared Petty look back at 30 years of Game Boy. The memories! The classics! The music! The inevitable eyestrain from trying to play games in the dark in the...

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  • 2019 / 4 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 212: Namco's Arcade History, Pt. 3

    The Retronauts East crew continues their ongoing survey of Namco's legendary arcade output through the ’80s, tackling classics like Rolling Thunder and Pac-Mania as well as obscurities like Marchen Maze.

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  • 2019 / 4 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 211: A Conversation with Rebecca Heineman

    Legendary game programmer Rebecca Heineman discusses her journey to becoming a game developer, her most interesting projects through the years, and what comes next.

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  • 2019 / 4 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 210: Kingdom Hearts 3

    Have we really never done an episode on Kingdom Hearts? Well, it's surprisingly old, and now that the long-awaited third game finally exists, there's never been a better time. This long-running Square...

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  • 2019 / 3 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 209: Final Fantasy VII, Pt. 2

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey finally leave Midgar to explore the remainder of Final Fantasy VII with the help of their fellow party members, Chris Kohler and Kat Bailey.

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  • 2019 / 3 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 208: Goodbye, Reggie Fils-Aime

    On April 15, 2019, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime will step down from his role, bringing about an end to an era. But who was Reggie, and why was his tenure at Nintendo so unique? On this...

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  • 2019 / 3 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 207: Capcom's Disney Afternoon

    East meets West, and then some! Jeremy Parish and Chris Sims (east) meet with Bob Mackey and Nina M. (west) to talk about the franchise that brings people of all coasts together: Capcom's Disney games for NES.

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  • 2019 / 3 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 206: Final Fantasy VII, Pt. 1

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey once again meet with Chris Kohler and Kat Bailey to deep-dive their way through the history of Final Fantasy. This time they've hit the Big One: Final Fantasy VII, a game SO...

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  • 2019 / 3 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 205: Katamari Damacy

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey roll up Benj Edwards and Ben Elgin into an ever-growing ball of garba—errr, that is, an ever-growing podcast retrospective about Namco's delightful trash-gathering simulation...

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  • 2019 / 3 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 204: Spider-Man Games Part 2

    We left you hanging for over a year after our first exploration of Spider-Man games (episode 135), and now we're back to see what the world of polygons held for Marvel's arachnid hero. Spidey had quite a bit...

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  • 2019 / 3 / 1
    203: A Tale of Two Tribes

    Jeremy Parish talks to Martijn Reuvers and Collin van Ginckel about the history of their development studio, Two Tribes, a company that bluffed its way into existence in the sunset days of Game Boy and became...

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  • 2019 / 2 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 202: Listener Comments Catch-Up

    It's been six months since Bob's last listener comments episode, and plenty of feedback has built up since then, practically screaming to be read live on the air! And in this episode, Bob and guest Henry...

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  • 2019 / 2 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 201: First Encounters

    Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, and Kallie Plagge look back at some the greatest publishers of all time and the games that helped define them in our eyes. From Donkey Kong and Mario Bros. to The Sims...

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  • 2019 / 2 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 200: The 2019 Years-in-Review Revue, Pt. II

    Continued from episode 191! The whole Retronauts East gang gathers once again to complete their look back at the years that have come before—the most notable gaming (and pop culture) events of 1989 and 1999.

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  • 2019 / 2 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 199: Nintendo's Stairway to Rhythm Heaven

    Live from MAGfest 2019! Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Chris Sims explore the musical legacy of Nintendo R&D1 from Donkey Kong to the grand culmination of the studio's love for brilliant music and sound...

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  • 2019 / 2 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 198: Dragon Quest XI

    Every once in a while, we like to focus our attention on (gasp!) modern games to see how well they've stuck to tradition over the passing decades. And there's no series more traditional than Dragon Quest,...

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  • 2019 / 1 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 197: Konami on MSX

    Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo of Hardcore Gaming 101 join Jeremy Parish to explore the alternate reality version of Konami's legendary run of NES games: Their extensive MSX home computer library. From Metal Gear...

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  • 2019 / 1 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 196: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom

    You've heard of Hudson's Adventure Island, but how about Hudson's adventure games? Though the developer was mostly known for platforming and bomber men, in their pre-console-development years, Hudson cashed...

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  • 2019 / 1 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 195: A History of Game Piracy

    Chris Kohler joins Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey to tackle the topic of piracy. It's not the same thing as emulation! But it's closely related? And it's bad! But it's important, good, and essential to game...

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  • 2019 / 1 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 194: Brian Fargo on Wasteland, Fallout, and The Bard's Tale

    Interplay and InXile boss Brian Fargo offers fresh insights into his pioneering work with role-playing games like The Bard's Tale, Wasteland, and Fallout.

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  • 2019 / 1 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 193: Mark Turmell on NBA Jam & NEMO

    In an episode that's nearly retro itself, we go back to GDC 2018 for an interview with Zynga's Mark Turmell on his historic work, including NBA Jam, NFL Blitz, Hasbro's failed NEMO console, and the spiritual...

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  • 2019 / 1 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 192: WarioWare

    Wario started out as literally the anti-Mario, and his platforming series did a great job of playing with the tropes of the genre. But in 2003, Wario would have a much bigger task: subverting the ongoing...

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  • 2018 / 12 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 191: The 2019 Years-in-Review Revue, Pt. I

    The whole East gang's here: Ben, Benj, AND Chris join Jeremy for the traditional New Year's look back at 10/20/30/40 and even 50 (!) years ago. Naturally, the usual Retronauts East banter and digressions take...

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  • 2018 / 12 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 190: Holiday Special 2018 - Pokemon's "Holiday Hi-Jynx"

    It's that time of the year again: when listeners brave the harsh climates, territorial wolves, and malfunctioning home security devices for a chance to visit the Retronauts Holiday Cabin in parts unknown....

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  • 2018 / 12 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 189: Neon Genesis Evangelion

    You mustn't run away… from this episode! Classic sci-fi anime Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming to Netflix soon, and Wes Fenlon and Henry Gilbert join Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey to explore the show, its...

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  • 2018 / 12 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 188: Netflix's Castlevania with Adi Shankar & Zillion with Funimation

    An animated feature double feature! First, Funimation walks us through the decades-overdue English version of Sega tie-in anime Zillion. Then, Netflix's Castlevania creator Adi Shankar talks about indie games...

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  • 2018 / 12 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 187: Drill Dozer

    After Pokemon took off in a huge way, developer Game Freak didn't exactly have the time or incentive to dabble outside of their cash cow. But all that changed in 2006, when they created Drill Dozer: a fun,...

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  • 2018 / 12 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 186: Inside SNK's Archives

    SNK 40th Anniversary Collection producer Frank Cifaldi walks us through the process of creating a definitive playable historic record of SNK's decades-old pre-Neo•Geo catalog.

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  • 2018 / 12 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 185: The Music of PlayStation 1

    Shane Bettenhausen joins Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and a plethora of Retronauts listeners to enthuse about the games that took advantage of Sony PlayStation's groundbreaking audio capabilities by including...

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  • 2018 / 11 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 184: PC Roguelikes

    By patron request, we delve into the cryptic history of what might be the world's most complex genre: PC roguelikes. Genre aficionado Steve Tramer walks Bob and Jeremy through the unforeseen consequences of...

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  • 2018 / 11 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 183: SNK's 40th, Pt. 1

    Retronauts contributor and SNK ultra-fan D. Feit joins Jeremy Parish for a casual conversation about the games of SNK's 40th Anniversary Collection for Switch—the first in a two-part exploration of this...

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  • 2018 / 11 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 182: SEGA Genesis 30th - Expert Mode

    Ken Horowitz from Sega-16.com joins Jeremy to offer some perspective on SEGA's 30-year-old console from someone who's been on the front lines with it nearly from the beginning, in this side story to our...

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  • 2018 / 11 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 181 - Dragon Ball/Sailor Moon Games

    Ah, Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon: The twin jewels of '90s anime. Though many series have surpassed these two in longevity and popularity, these anime titans hold sole responsibility for getting so many...

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  • 2018 / 11 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 180: SEGA Genesis Turns 30

    Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, Chris Sims, and a host of Retronauts listeners recount the best moments and memories of SEGA's 16-bit Genesis on the occasion of the console's 30th birthday.

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  • 2018 / 11 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 179: Luigi's Mansion

    Hey, this game really SUCKS! But only because it's supposed to. This week on Retronauts, we jump back to the ancient year of 2001 to dig deep into Luigi's Mansion: the GameCube launch title that underwhelmed...

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  • 2018 / 10 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 178: Remakes, Reboots, and Reinventions

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey talk to USgamer's Caty McCarthy and Polygon's Matt Leone about modern-day takes on classic series--their history, the best and worst of them, and whether or not they're even...

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  • 2018 / 10 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 177: Double Dragon

    Jeremy Parish teams up with HG101's Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo to take on the violent, deadly history of the Double Dragon franchise (and hopefully save Marion in the process).

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  • 2018 / 10 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 176: G.I. Joe

    America's daring, highly trained special podcasting force of Jeremy Parish, Benj Edwards, and Chris Sims take on G.I. Joe, the ruthless comics/toy/games franchise that ruled the world during the ’80s.

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  • 2018 / 10 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 175: Chrono Trigger

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey travel back (and forward) in time with Kat Bailey and Chris Kohler to revisit one of the greatest RPGs of all time: Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest mash-up Chrono Trigger.

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  • 2018 / 10 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 174: Dylan Cuthbert's Road to Star Fox

    Jeremy drops by the offices of Q-Games to speak to Dylan Cuthbert (and Mark Lentz) about the early days of gaming and how tinkering with Game Boy hardware led to the creation of the first true 3D game on...

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  • 2018 / 10 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 173: The Many Voices of Mario

    When Mario debuted in 1981's Donkey Kong, he entered a gaming landscape devoid of voice acting, so Nintendo never stopped to think, "Hey, what's this little guy supposed to sound like?" Over the years,...

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  • 2018 / 10 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 172: PlayStation 2

    We at Retronauts regret to inform you once again that something is very old. (Hey, we're just doing our job.) That's right: The PlayStation 2 turns 18 this month, and to celebrate its passage into adulthood...

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  • 2018 / 9 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 171: Namco's arcade history, part 2

    The Retronauts East survey of Namco's arcade legacy continues! Jeremy, Benj, and Chris tackle the coin-op doldrums of 1983-1985 while dreaming of more interesting days to come.

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  • 2018 / 9 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 170: Iron Man

    To mark the 10th anniversary of the movie that changed the face of modern cinema (for better or worse), Jeremy talks Iron Man—the character, the games, and the weird lack of games—with comics expert Chris...

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  • 2018 / 9 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 169: Dragon Quest I & II

    Jeremy and Bob go international to examine the origins of the world's most influential console RPG series. First, we stop in Nagoya to talk Dragon Quest with Alex Fraioli. Then, USgamer's Nadia Oxford beams...

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  • 2018 / 9 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 168: SEGA's Arcade History - The Finale

    The end is nigh! Sort of. Jeremy, Ben, and Benj return to look one last time at SEGA's classic arcade legacy, exploring their coin-on megabits of the late ’90s. From Virtua Fighter 3 to Crazy Taxi, it's like...

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  • 2018 / 9 / 7
    Retronauts Micro 95: Mailbag - Final Fantasy VII, Dragon Quest, and more

    Nadia Oxford dials in to swap listener mail submissions with Bob and Jeremy for episodes we've recorded but not yet published. Get a preview of things to come in the weeks ahead with community opinions on...

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  • 2018 / 9 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 167: Super Mario Oddities - Mario Bros., Wrecking Crew, Lost Levels

    Ray Barnholt and Henry Gilbert join Bob and Jeremy to talk about the OTHER Super Mario Bros. 2—plus, we fill in the 8-bit Mario gaps we've never touched on before. Call Foreman Spike, 'cause we're the...

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  • 2018 / 8 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 166: Chasm - Making a Modern Metroidvania

    Jeremy talks to Chasm's James Petruzzi about creating the best IGA-vania style exploratory platformer in a decade, along with the challenges of meeting modern player expectations with a game built so clearly...

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  • 2018 / 8 / 24
    Retronauts Micro 94: Tron

    Greetings, programs! Anthony Schwader of the Game & Movie podcast joins Jeremy to discuss games about a movie about games: Disney's Tron, and all its tie-in video game creations.

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  • 2018 / 8 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 165: The Bard's Tale

    It's a double dose of bardy delight! First, Jason Wilson and Rowan Kaiser join Jeremy and Bob in the studio to talk about the importance of Interplay's The Bard's Tale. Then, designer Michael Cranford regales...

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  • 2018 / 8 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 164: Online Pioneer Days & Mailbag

    A potpourri of topics this week as Ben Elgin and Benj Edwards talk Jeremy through the early days of dial-up gaming and BBS madness. Then, Shivam Bhatt and Bob help tackle a long-overdue listener mailbag.

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  • 2018 / 8 / 10
    Retronauts Micro 93: Sega Pico

    In 1994, Sega released the Pico: a cute little purple-and-teal suitcase that ran on Genesis hardware and promised to enhance young minds rather than rot them. While it was a neat little piece of tech at the...

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  • 2018 / 8 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 163: BioShock

    Back in 2007, Irrational Games wowed the world with BioShock, an FPS experience that bridged the gap between PC and console games with its role as the "thinking man's shooter." With 2013's Infinite closing...

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  • 2018 / 7 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 162: Wizardry - Podcast Chat of the Mad Overlord

    Jeremy talks to Wizardry programmer Robert Woodhead about the history and inspirations behind his influential all-time role-playing classic.

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  • 2018 / 7 / 27
    Retronauts Micro 92: Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Jeremy, Chris, and Benj take a wildly disorganized (one might say "postmodern") journey through the original adventure of Indiana Jones... and eventually remember to touch on the games based on the film, too.

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  • 2018 / 7 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 161: Super Mario Bros. 2

    We celebrate five years of rebooted Retronauts by getting the original band back together! Ray Barnholt and Dr. Sparkle return to discuss Mario Madness: The U.S. version of Super Mario Bros.

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  • 2018 / 7 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 160: Memoirs of a Game Counselor

    Jeremy chats with 17-Bit Studios boss Jake Kazdal about the road he traveled from working an NES-era Nintendo game counselor to collaborating on SEGA classics like Rez to running his own game development...

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  • 2018 / 7 / 13
    Retronauts Micro 91: Listener Comments Revue

    For this Retronauts Micro, we're going for a community-focused approach as we respond to YOUR comments about Bob's latest round of episodes! This week, join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Matthew Jay as the...

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  • 2018 / 7 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 159: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

    In 2004, Hideo Kojima restored his famous series' reputation with Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. This third entry in the Metal Gear Solid series eschewed the excessively meta approach of the previous sequel...

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  • 2018 / 7 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 158: Ranma 1/2

    Travel back in time to Midwest Gaming Classic, when Jeremy, Bob, and guest Caitlin Oliver (@sacaitlin) traveled even further back in time to the ’90s and the wild world of gender-bending anime Ranma 1/2......

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  • 2018 / 6 / 29
    Retronauts Micro 90: The King of Kong reconsidered

    With the recent news that former Donkey Kong champion Billy Mitchell has had his score records revoked, Jeremy, Chris, and Benj look back at King of Kong, the documentary that chronicled his attempt to defend...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 157: Metroidvania: The finale

    Jeremy, Benj, and Chris bring their multi-episode history of metroidvania games to a conclusion with a look at the genre's resurgence on Game Boy Advance and its new lease on life thanks to plucky indie...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 156: Ultima feat. Richard Garriott

    It's a double dose of Ultima! First, Jeremy and Bob chat with Jason Wilson and Rowan Kaiser from Gamesbeat to explore the RPG series' legacy, then Richard Garriott (Lord British himself) shares anecdotes...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 15
    Retronauts Micro 89: The History of Video Game Ads Part II

    We're back with our follow-up to Retronauts Micro 87, which dives even deeper into the history of video game advertising. This time around, we leap from the "Have you played Atari today?" era of TV spots to...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 155: Nintendo GameCube

    Nintendo followed up the modest success of the N64 with the GameCube: A small, sleek little system devoted solely to playing games. But in an era where the PlayStation 2's exclusives, backwards compatibility,...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 154: SEGA special - Phantasy Star Interview - After Burner II - Space Harrier - Streets of Rage 3

    All SEGA, all the time! First, a chat with Phantasy Star designers Rieko Kodama and Toru Yoshida. Then, an in-depth look at DataDiscs' releases of the classic OSTs for After Burner II, Space Harrier, and...

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  • 2018 / 6 / 1
    Retronauts Micro 88: Lumines (feat. Tetsuya Mizuguchi)

    Jeremy follows up on last year's interview with Enhance Games boss and all-around video game design savant Tetsuya Mizuguchi, this time exploring the origins of musical PSP puzzle masterpiece Lumines. Just in...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 153: Suikoden I & II

    Jeremy and Bob discuss the greatness of Konami's first two Suikoden RPGs, yet fail to acquire all 108 Stars of Destiny (all we recruited were Shane Bettenhausen and Shivam Bhatt). Plus: Remembering Retronauts...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 152: Star Wars

    Play this show before you go-go In case you're planning on seeing "Solo" Jeremy, Ben, and Chris talk about the original Star Wars and the games based on it. Just the original Star Wars. None of these...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 18
    Retronauts Micro 87: The History of Video Game Ads Part I

    Whether you like it or not, advertising is everywhere, and it's always been everywhere--which is why the jingle for some now-nonexistent product has likely obliterated some important memory in your brain. And...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 151: Sonic Adventure 2

    When Sega made their first true leap into polygonal gaming with the incredibly rushed Sonic Adventure, they delivered a fascinating and ambitious mess. Thankfully, the inevitable sequel saw Sonic Team working...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 150: Atari: The 7800 and the raw deal

    A two-parter from Midwest Gaming Classic 2018. First, Kevin Bunch and Brian Clark talk the history of Atari 7800 with Jeremy. Then, as a backup, Marty Goldberg (and Bob!) join Jeremy and Kevin to explain how...

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  • 2018 / 5 / 4
    Retronauts Micro 86: Night Trap

    Recorded live at Super Famicon in Greensboro NC! Jeremy Parish and Chris Sims chat with Josh Fairhurst from Limited Run Games about the mad adventure of bringing schlock-horror FMV classic Night Trap to...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 149: Tetris

    Steve Lin and Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation join Jeremy and Bob to comb through the convoluted story of one of the most popular and addictive video games of all time: Tetris!

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  • 2018 / 4 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 148: Namco's Arcade History

    Jeremy, Chris, and Benj take a comprehensive journey through the catalog of an arcade legend: Namco. From their humble beginnings through mega-hits like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, and Galaga, it's wall-to-wall coin-op...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 20
    Retronauts Micro 85: 3D Sonic Mailbag

    Thanks to the magic of planning, I (Bob) have scheduled three episodes in a row about 3D Sonic games. Earlier this week, we talked about Sonic Adventure, and next month we'll talk about Sonic Adventure 2. And...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 147: Sonic Adventure

    Sonic the Hedgehog essentially sat out the 32-bit generation, which dealt a serious blow to Sega's financial situation. But by the time the company was ready to launch their new hardware, Sega finally...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 146: The Metroid sisterhood - Scurge Hive and Iconoclasts

    Nintendo never created a follow-up to 2002's Metroid Fusion, but this week Jeremy interviews the developers who did: Dan Kratt and Graham Scott, who put together DS/GBA cult classic Scurge Hive, and Joakim...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 6
    Retronauts Micro 84: The trials of vintage computing

    Benj Edwards has long dreamed of curating a museum of vintage PC history, and he's amassed hundreds of classic computers to make it happen. We talk about the unique challenges of preserving so many aging...

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  • 2018 / 4 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 145: Super Mario Odyssey's classic roots

    Jeremy and Bob convene with Chris Kohler and Henry Gilbert to take another look at the ways a recent hit release draws on the heritage of a long-running game franchise. It's Super Mario Odyssey, and it...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 144: Broderbund

    By request of patron Jeff Vlasek, we circle back around to go deep on Brøderbund, a company whose catalog we've touched on numerous times over the past year under the aegis of other subjects. This episode,...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 23
    Retronauts Micro 83: Metal Gear Mailbag

    With Metal Gear Survive flopping and Hideo Kojima absent from Konami, the future of Metal Gear is fuzzy—or completely nonexistent. But, thankfully, Retronauts is a past-based operation, and there's plenty of...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 143: Doom

    Doom is back in the public consciousness thanks to the stellar 2016 reboot, but when was the last time you thought back to the 1993 original that changed the face of PC gaming? From the fascinating...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 142: The Mummy Demastered & Mega Cat Studios

    Jeremy visits WayForward's offices to speak to Austin Ivansmith and Tomm Hulett making a modern-day licensed "16-bit" platformer with The Mummy Demastered, then chats with Mega Cat's Zack Manko about his...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 9
    Retronauts Micro 82: The Goonies

    Continuing our exploration of media properties that inspired classic games (and, also, the games they inspired), Jeremy, Ben, and Chris climb down the Fratelli's fireplace to hunt for the ancient treasure...

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  • 2018 / 3 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 141: Preserving future classics with Limited Run Games

    Jeremy speaks to Josh Fairhurst and Douglas Bogart about the Limited Run Games mission of preserving classics (and future classics) through the safety of physical media.

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  • 2018 / 2 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 140: Final Fantasy VI

    Jeremy Parish and Bob Mackey convene with Kotaku's Chris Kohler and USgamer boss Kat Bailey once again to discuss in detail the next chapter of Squaresoft's biggest RPG series: The fan-favorite, operatic,...

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  • 2018 / 2 / 23
    Retronauts Micro 81: Virtual Bart

    For the fourth time, the Talking Simpsons crew takes over Retronauts to explore the long legacy of Simpsons games. This week, they shine the spotlight on Virtual Bart, which applied the then-burgeoning hype...

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  • 2018 / 2 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 139: Television Games

    Over the years, we've covered plenty of games based on animated TV shows, from The Simpsons to Tiny Toon Adventures to Animaniacs. But this week's episode of Retronauts focuses on a much rarer specimen: video...

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  • 2018 / 2 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 138: Ship to Shore's Konami jams & NES Maker

    Jeremy speaks to Aaron Hamel about Ship to Shore's efforts to bring classic video game soundtracks like Lagrange Point, Darius, and Bayou Billy to the U.S. Then, Joe Granato shares the inside track on his...

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  • 2018 / 2 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 137: How Symphony of the Night (almost) killed Metroidvania

    Jeremy, Benj, and Chris explore the mid-’90s doldrums of the metroidvania genre, with a lengthy sidebar on the era's lone high point amidst industry-wide disinterest: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.

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  • 2018 / 2 / 2
    Retronauts Micro 80: Jim Henson's Labyrinth

    Jeremy, Chris, and Benj have only 13 hours in which to discuss 1986's Jim Henson/George Lucas/David Bowie Muppet-style cult classic movie musical Labyrinth… oh, and also, the games based on it.

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  • 2018 / 1 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 136: Shantae (in her creator's words)

    As part of our ongoing developer interview series, Shantae creator Matt Bozon recounts the history and challenges involved in designing indie darling Shantae. From the game's Super NES prototype to the recent...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 135: Spider-Man Games

    Spider-Man has been starring in video games for 35 years, but outside of a few rare instances, his digital adventures didn't receive much praise before Neversoft brought him into the world of polygons. On...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 19
    Retronauts Micro 79: Animaniacs Games

    Hulu just announced a two-season reboot of the classic '90s 'toon Animaniacs, so there's never been a better time to look back at the many games starring the Warner Brothers and their Warner sister, Dot. On...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 134: Mega Man X

    USgamer's Kat Bailey and Capcom's Brett Elston join Bob and Jeremy to take a deep dive into what might be the single finest entry in the entire Mega Man series: Mega Man X for Super NES. A nonlinear podcast...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 133: Steamworld & Chip Tanaka's "Django"

    Jeremy takes to Skype this week for conversations with the men behind two of last year's best retro-inspired projects: Brjann Sigurgeirsson of Image & Form (Steamworld Dig 2), and legendary Metroid/EarthBound...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 5
    Retronauts Micro 78: Square's PS1 fighting games

    Ah, yes, Squaresoft… the company that only made RPGs. Right? Well. During the PlayStation era, the company's output was all over the place — and that includes the FIVE fighting games it published. All good,...

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  • 2018 / 1 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 132: New Year's revue: 1978 - 1988 - 1998 - 2008

    We dust off an ancient Retronauts tradition, kicking off a new year by looking 10, 20, 30, and even 40 years into the past to explore the evolution of video games through landmark events and releases of...

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  • 2017 / 12 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 131: SEGA's arcade history: Into the ’90s

    Jeremy Parish, Ben Elgin, and Benj Edwards convene to discuss SEGA's arcade legacy one last time. But they fail! SEGA created so many groundbreaking classics in the ’90s that this episode only covers about...

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  • 2017 / 12 / 22
    Retronauts Holiday Extravaganza 2017: Donkey Kong Country's "The Kongo Bongo Festival of Lights"

    As another year winds down, it's time to return once again to the Retronauts holiday cabin in Parts Unknown. And for 2017's celebration, we've dug up one of the few remaining video game cartoon Christmas...

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  • 2017 / 12 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 130: The Legend of Zelda - The Wind Waker

    In a generation where games strove to be gritty, photorealistic, and more "mature," The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker dared to be boldly cartoony, and suffered greatly at the hands of console warriors. Yet,...

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  • 2017 / 12 / 15
    Retronauts Micro 76: The Wizard feat. Luke Edwards

    Live from Super FamiCon, Jeremy Parish and Chris Sims talk about Nintendo's finest cinematic achievement, The Wizard, with the actor who played the film's title character: Luke Edwards.

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  • 2017 / 12 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 129: Inside Axiom Verge

    Jeremy chats with Axiom Verge creator Tom Happ and conspirator Dan Adelman to learn more about the origins and inspirations behind one of the greatest retro-inspired games of the past decade.

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  • 2017 / 12 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 128: The Collectors' Bubble

    High-grade game collectors Chris Kohler and Steve Lin drop by to discuss the wild ride that is the rapid inflation of classic games in the collector's aftermarket. Pine for the days when a Super Mario...

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  • 2017 / 12 / 1
    Retronauts Micro 75: Behind the Scenes of Metal Gear (Live from PRGE 2017)

    We've given you our semi-expert opinions on Metal Gear plenty of times over the years, so it's about time for all of you Retronauts listeners to hear some EXPERT ones. And who better to offer them than people...

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  • 2017 / 11 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 127: Listener Mail 2017

    Often, our episodes are packed so full of stunning facts and dangerous takes that we rarely have time to give you, the listener, a voice. Hence, our annual listener mail episode: your yearly chance to write...

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  • 2017 / 11 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 126: HyperCard and Myst

    Jeremy Parish and Ben Elgin take a deep dive into the history and concept behind Apple's HyperCard technology and how it became a surprising platform for game development -including the best-selling PC game...

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  • 2017 / 11 / 17
    Retronauts Micro 74: Metroid II & Samus Returns

    Words no longer have any meaning as Jeremy, Benj, and Chris record a so-called Micro episode that last more than an hour. But then, there's a lot to say about Metroid II and its remake, Samus Returns.

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  • 2017 / 11 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 125: Final Fantasy Legend aka SaGa

    By patron request, we continue our Final Fantasy deep dive series by looking at a trilogy of RPGs that aren't part of the series? The Final Fantasy Legend spun off from Final Fantasy II, but they became their...

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  • 2017 / 11 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 124: Metroidvania Beyond the NES

    Chris Sims and Benj Edwards join Jeremy once again to survey the history of exploratory platformers. This time, it's Master System and Super NES games. (Or would be, if the discussion hadn't been sidetracked...

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  • 2017 / 11 / 3
    Retronauts Micro 73: Monster Party

    It might not have been a smash-hit back when it released in 1989, but Monster Party went on to be remembered by NES kids as one of the more memorableif inexplicable8-bit games. Though the (unreleased)...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 30
    Retronauts Episode 123: Breath of the Wild's Zelda heritage

    It's not an old game, but it has an old soul. Jeremy and Bob chat with Henry Gilbert and (former) IGN editor Jose Otero about the latest Legend of Zelda (Breath of the Wild) and how it connects the series'...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 122: Maniac Mansion

    30 years ago, Lucasfilm Games gave us Maniac Mansion: an unassuming little adventure created by people who never dabbled in the genre before. But this lack of conventional wisdom caused Maniac Mansion to be...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 20
    Retronauts Micro 72: Super Mario Sunshine mailbag

    Yeah, it's another Mario mailbag as our Sunshine episode received way too many listener letters to be contained in the main episode. Sam, Henry, Bob, and Jeremy offer equal time to some very different...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 121: King of Fighters/Lost Game Experiences

    Two Micro episodes combine powers to become a full episode! First, Kurt and Rob of Hardcore Gaming 101 join to discuss King of Fighters. Then, Ben and Benj follow up with a home gaming-focused counterpart to...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 9
    Retronauts Episode 120: Super Mario Sunshine

    Taking a break from our string of glowing Mario retrospectives, we have a not-so-glowing look at vintage Mario. Yeah, 2002 is vintage now. Henry Gilbert and Sam Claiborn join us to discuss what's great about...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 6
    Retronauts Micro 71: Iwata, The Switch, and NES Golf

    Thanks to some industrious hackers, we've recently learned that a digital version of Golf for the NES has been secretly implanted into the firmware of every Nintendo Switch as a tribute to Satoru Iwata. But...

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  • 2017 / 10 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 118: SEGA's arcade history, 1988-1990

    It's another dive into the classic arcade works of SEGA as Ben, Benj, and Jeremy visit the years 1988, 89, and 90 and all kinds of great and interesting games like Altered Beast, Gain Ground, Galaxy Force,...

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  • 2017 / 9 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 119: Yoshi's Island

    Yoshi's Island hasn't been re-released in its original, unadulterated form since its 1995 debut, but the upcoming launch of the SNES Classic promises to make this platforming legend slightly more available...

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  • 2017 / 9 / 22
    Retronauts Micro 70: The Apple II Breaks Out

    Jeremy speaks to game and computer historian David Craddock about his new book of Apple II game developer interviews, "Break Out," including David's most interesting experiences meeting the people who created...

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  • 2017 / 9 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 117: Zork

    Former Computer Gaming World boss Jeff Green joins Jeremy and Bob to explore the world of the Great Underground Empire, consider Zork's influence on gaming, and do their best not to be eaten by a Grue.

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  • 2017 / 9 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 116: Arcade memories feat. the Retronauts community

    Jeremy, Ben, and Benj reminisce about the experience of living through the golden age of arcades, with many additional memories coming in the form of an hour-long listener mailbag segment.

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  • 2017 / 9 / 8
    Retronauts Micro 69: Mario Series Listener Mail

    With the recent release of Mario + Raving Rabbids, and with Super Mario Odyssey's launch lurking just a few months away, we're currently undergoing a sort of Mario Madnessmuch like the same outbreak that...

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  • 2017 / 9 / 4
    Retronauts Episode 115: Food Mascot Games

    Not long ago, corporations employed colorful cartoon characters to lure hungry and impressionable children into their dens of corn-based products. And, since this time period happened to overlap with the rise...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 28
    Retronauts Episode 114: Gradius

    Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo join us from Hardcore Gaming 101 to delve into the history of Konami's legendary Gradius series. From its prequel (Scramble) to its most recent spinoff (Otomedius), we blast our way...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 25
    Retronauts Micro 68: Dragon Slayer

    Fresh from Long Island Retro Gaming Expo, Jeremy and Bob yield the floor to Kurt Kalata and Rob Russo from Hardcore Gaming 101 to explain the history of Falcom's Dragon Slayer series. Just in time for the PS4...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 21
    Retronauts Episode 113: Final Fantasy Adventure & Secret of Mana

    Jeremy, Bob, and Chris hunker down to discuss the entirety of Square Enix's Mana series but only make it through the first two games: Final Fantasy Adventure for Game Boy and Secret of Mana for SNES. (Whoops,...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 14
    Retronauts Episode 112: Tetsuya Mizuguchi on Rez and SC5 - Metal Gear's 30th - Fire Pro

    Jeremy speaks with legendary developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi on his start in games, the genesis of Space Channel 5 and Rez, and face-mounted Game Gears. Later, Kishi and Kim Justice join to discuss Metal Gear's...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 11
    Retronauts Micro 67: Little Nemo, the Dream Master

    We NES kids know Little Nemo best from his classic Capcom platformer, but what about the character's role in a revolutionary newspaper comic from the early 20th century? And what of Little Nemo's...

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  • 2017 / 8 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 111: Metroidvania II - The NES years

    Following up on the first Metroidvania episode from a few months back, we collect the jump boots and circle back around to take a look at the next stage of the genre's evolution: The NES era.

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  • 2017 / 7 / 31
    Retronauts Episode 110: Super Mario Bros. 3

    Ah, Super Mario Bros. 3. What more can be said about Nintendo R&D4's grand finale for the 8-bit era? Well, we managed to fill 90 minutes discussing this timeless game, so the answer is "a whole lot." On this...

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  • 2017 / 7 / 28
    Retronauts Micro 66: Batman's portable adventures

    Chris Sims and Benj Edwards help Jeremy field a patron request to explore the Game Gear version of Batman... along with a bunch of other handheld titles we gave short shrift in our recent classic Batman games...

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  • 2017 / 7 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 109: The Dig Dug-Mr. Driller Multiverse

    Ray Barnholt and Henry Gilbert join Bob and Jeremy to discuss gaming's original expanded universe: Namco's Dig Dug, which turns out to be a part of the same lineage (literally) as Mr. Driller and Baraduke.

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  • 2017 / 7 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 108: Marathon, Super NES Classic, Final Fantasy VIII

    Jeremy, Ben, and Benj talk about Bungie FPS classic Marathon in a Micro-sized conversation that balloons out of control into a full-length episode. Then, Retronauts bloggers Kishi and Kim Justice drop in to...

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  • 2017 / 7 / 14
    Retronauts Micro 65: Farewell, Genyo Takeda

    Chris Kohler and Jose Otero join Jeremy and Bob to mark the impending retirement of Nintendo veteran Genyo Takeda, one of the most tenured game creators still working. From EVR Racer to StarTropics to MMC...

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  • 2017 / 7 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 107: SEGA's arcade history, vol. 2

    Jeremy, Ben, and Benj convene again to continue their discussion of SEGA's chronology of arcade classics. This time, we take aim at the years 1986 & 87, with greats like Out Run, After Burner, Quartet, Alien...

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  • 2017 / 7 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 106: Final Fantasy V

    Our 30th anniversary deep-dive series continues with the fifth entry in the Final Fantasy franchise, the 16-bit cult obsession Final Fantasy V. Bob and Jeremy are joined by pop culture pundit Shivam Bhatt and...

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  • 2017 / 6 / 30
    Retronauts Micro 64: Kabuki Quantum Fighter

    Jeremy, Benj, and Chris convene again to discuss that all-time classic... no, wait. To discuss weirdo niche NES action game Kabuki Quantum Fighter. Aimless digressions, collective confusion, and unflattering...

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  • 2017 / 6 / 26
    Retronauts Episode 105: Cancelled games

    Not all games are lucky enough to see a release. Some stew for years in development, only to be cancelled and shoved into storage or, in most cases, discarded entirely. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob...

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  • 2017 / 6 / 19
    Retronauts Episode 104: Metroidvania origins, vol. 1

    Benj Edwards and Chris Sims join Jeremy for what was intended to be a quick overview of 8-bit games that helped define non-linear platforming but ultimately gets bogged down in exploring side paths as in any...

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  • 2017 / 6 / 16
    Retronauts Micro 63: The Simpsons Arcade

    On this very special episode synergistically (but not cynically) engineered to help launch the brand-new Talking Simpsons Patreon campaign, we take a look at what many people consider the best Simpsons game...

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  • 2017 / 6 / 12
    Retronauts Episode 103: A game music primer, plus Darius and Gunstar Heroes

    Game music expert James Eldred shares some helpful advice on finding and building a collection of classic soundtracks. Plus: In-depth with Ship To Shore's Darius and the DataDiscs Gunstar Heroes set.

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  • 2017 / 6 / 5
    Retronauts Episode 102: The Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening

    Jeremy and Bob wax rhapsodic with Henry Gilbert and Kat Bailey as they harmonize to sing the praises of the first portable Zelda: The iconoclastic and frequently surreal Link's Awakening.

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  • 2017 / 6 / 2
    Retronauts Micro 62: The TI-99 4A revisited

    We circle back to the original Retronauts Micro topic to do it proper justice. Ben, Benj, and Jeremy tackle the TI-99/4A: Its history, its games, and... well, that's about it.

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  • 2017 / 5 / 29
    Retronauts Episode 101: Mario Kart

    Racing series come and go, but, over the last 25 years, Mario Kart has remained the most popular and relevant one out there. But what keeps this wildly unrealistic take on competitive driving so many laps...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 100: The advent of CD-ROM gaming

    For our 100th full episode since our crowdfunded relaunch, we complete a long-overdue Kickstarter obligation by inviting backer Daniel Hawks to join us in a discussion of the early days and notable landmarks...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 19
    Retronauts Micro 61: Splatterhouse at MGC

    Live from a very noisy Milwaukee stage, Jeremy and Bob are joined by Splatterhouse experts and world record holders Caitlin Oliver and Kevin Bunch to contemplate the complete history of Namco's gross-out...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 15
    Retronauts Episode 99: Snatcher LP, Final Fantasy Brass de Bravo, and more

    The latest Retronauts Radio features an extended look at the new soundtrack release of Hideo Kojima's legendary SEGA CD adventure Snatcher, the latest Brass de Bravo Final Fantasy album, Taito on TG16, and...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 98: Mac Gaming in the 80s

    Retronauts East's journey through the history of Apple-based gaming continues with an in-depth look at the unique world of monochrome Mac gaming. Ben Elgin, Benj Edwards, and Jeremy Parish discuss the miracle...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 6
    Retronauts Micro 60: The Simpsons - Bart's Nightmare

    The Simpsons might have gotten off on the wrong foot with 8-bit consoles, but Our Favorite Family's 16-bit debut was... kinda better? On our latest Talking Simpsons crossover episode, join Bob Mackey, Henry...

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  • 2017 / 5 / 1
    Retronauts Episode 97: BRO-totypes

    Steve Lin joins Jeremy and Bob to discuss that most primal of video game forces: Manly video games about manly men. We explore the pop social forces behind the rise of rugged 8-bit heroes, and how those beefy...

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  • 2017 / 4 / 24
    Retronauts Episode 96: Ghostbusters

    '80s kids couldn't help but grow up with a Ghostbusters fixation, even if the games based on this popular property were often as fun as drowning in a river of slime. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob...

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  • 2017 / 4 / 21
    Retronauts Micro 59: Atari's SwordQuest

    Jeremy and Benj discuss the history of Atari's fascinating, extravagant, and incomplete SwordQuest series with (literally!) one of the authors of the game's new comeback: Comics scribe Chris Sims.

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  • 2017 / 4 / 17
    Retronauts Episode 95: The 8-bit adventures of Batman

    Renowned Batmanologist and comics scribe Chris Sims joins Jeremy Parish and Benj Edwards to explore the lore of early Batman games and how they fit into the evolution of the character's franchise.

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  • 2017 / 4 / 10
    Retronauts Episode 94: The music of Castlevania III, Shovel Knight, Galaxy Force II, and Contra III | Retronauts Radio

    Boss Key Studios audio expert Jack Menhorn joins Jeremy for an in-depth discussion of the latest new releases of retro- and retro-style game soundtracks: Mondo's Contra III and Castlevania III, Brave Wave's...

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  • 2017 / 4 / 8
    Retronauts Micro 58: The Zelda Treasure Jingle Quiz

    Since weve all got Breath of the Wild on the brain, why not celebrate The Legend of Zeldas most unsung musical moments? On this episode of Retronauts Micro, join Bob Mackey, Chris Antista, Henry Gilbert, and...

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  • 2017 / 4 / 3
    Retronauts Episode 93: Castlevania's portable legacy

    Castlevania superfan Shane Bettenhausen joins Bob and Jeremy to discuss the next set of vampire-slaying classics to go under the retrospective lens: The series' six "Igavania" entries for Game Boy Advance and...

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  • 2017 / 3 / 27
    Retronauts Episode 92: Celebrity games

    Though video games were considered the domain of nerds until fairly recently, this stigma certainly didn't stop celebrities from attaching their names to all manner of misguided interactive experiences. On...

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  • 2017 / 3 / 24
    Retronauts Micro 57: Blaster Master & Blaster Master Zero

    It's a different application for the Retronauts Micro format this week as Jeremy uses the show to present a review of the newly released Blaster Master Zero alongside a series retrospective.

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  • 2017 / 3 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 91: Retronauts East - SEGA's golden arcade era, pt. 1

    Ben Elgin and Benj Edwards reconvene with Jeremy to explore the first half of SEGA's arcade output. Like the games we're discussing, the episode starts off a bit shaky, but everything is awesome by 1985....

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  • 2017 / 3 / 13
    Retronauts Episode 90: Retronauts Radio 3 - Zelda 30th Anniversary Symphony & Nintendo incidental music

    Bob joins in for a slightly different episode of Retronauts Radio! We discuss the recent CD release of the 30th anniversary Zelda concert series and look at the history of incredible incidental music in...

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  • 2017 / 3 / 10
    Retronauts Micro 56: An audio-sampling sampler

    Retronauts Micro returns on a biweekly schedule! Jeremy kicks things off with a follow-up to last year's look at FM synthesis in games by exploring a flip side: A brief (and at all comprehensive) history of...

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  • 2017 / 3 / 6
    Retronauts Episode 89: Final Fantasy IV, redux

    We continue our Final Fantasy deep-dive series by doing like Square did back in the day and jumping ahead from FFI to FFIV. Chris Kohler and Kat Bailey join to share their thoughts on this most influential of...

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  • 2017 / 1 / 16
    Retronauts Episode 83: The Music of Panzer Dragoon, Final Fantasy, Dracula X and more

    It's an all-music episode of Retronauts as Jeremy looks at recent classic game soundtrack releases of note. Includes looks at Panzer Dragoon, symphonic Final Fantasy, Castlevania: Dracula X, Metroid, and...

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  • 2017 / 1 / 2
    Retronauts Episode 82: Bubble Bobble and Family

    The original Power Trio — Bob, Ray, and Jeremy — follow up their recent look at Wonder Boy to take on the next needlessly convoluted franchise: Taito's Bubble Bobble (et al.). Confusion guaranteed for all! Be...

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  • 2016 / 10 / 19
    Retronauts Reminder: Come See Us in Portland this Weekend!

    Hey folks, we'll be in Portland this coming weekend for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and a special afterparty at QuarterWorld! Here's all the info you need: Our panel: We'll be celebrating Retronauts' 10th...

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  • 2016 / 7 / 18
    Retronauts Episode 70: Final Fantasy I

    Chris Kohler and Sam Claiborne join up for another single-game exploratory session, this time centered around the original Final Fantasy. More like Final FantasTIC, right??? Be sure to visit our blog at...

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  • 2016 / 6 / 27
    Retronauts Micro 041: A Failed Game Boy Pilot

    It's not really a Micro episode, but that's OK — it's not really Retronauts, either. Jeremy digs up a pilot episode for a Game Boy-centered podcast (costarring Game Boy superfan Bryan Ochalla) that ultimately...

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  • 2016 / 6 / 20
    Retronauts Episode 68: Pac-Man

    Steven Lin and Jaz Rignall join up to talk about Namco's all-time classic Pac-Man, as well as its spinoffs, sequels, and merchandizing. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner...

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  • 2016 / 5 / 23
    Retronauts Episode 66: Zelda on NES

    Chris Kohler and Sam Claiborn join Jeremy and Bob to dive deep into a part of the Zelda series Retronauts has rarely touched on: The NES duo of The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II. Be sure to visit our blog at...

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  • 2016 / 5 / 16
    Retronauts Micro 038: Nick Arcade with Special Guests Laser Time

    These days, we have YouTube, Twitch, and a variety of platforms to bring us endless footage of just about every game ever made, but kids who grew up in the '90s weren't so lucky. Despite our prehistoric...

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  • 2016 / 4 / 25
    Retronauts Episode 64: Dracula X

    Dan Adelman joins Jeremy and Bob to discuss one of the true treasures of the '90s: The Castlevania series' transformative duology, Rondo of Blood and Symphony of the Night. Enough talk, have at you! Be sure...

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  • 2016 / 4 / 11
    Retronauts Micro 036: 16-Bit RPG Town Mixtape

    On this calm and soothing episode of Retronauts Micro, join host Bob Mackey for a sampling of the best 16-bit RPG town themes in all creation. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our...

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  • 2016 / 3 / 28
    Retronauts Micro Episode 035: Metal Storm

    IGN's Sam Claiborn stops by to discuss the merits, explosions, and alarming aftermarket price of Irem's NES classic, Metal Storm. Be sure to visit our blog at http://www.retronauts.com">Retronauts.com, and...

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  • 2016 / 3 / 7
    Retronauts Episode 61: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

    What is there left to say about The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time? A heck of a lot, actually. Back in the days of awkward polygonal gaming, Nintendo borrowed a bit of A Link to the Past's magic and...

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  • 2016 / 2 / 22
    Retronauts Episode 60: The Music of Nobuo Uematsu

    Jeremy and Bob spend a couple of hours musing about music with Chris Kohler and Kat Bailey. Specifically, the music of Nobuo Uematsu. Stay a while and listen! No, wait, wrong RPG series.

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  • 2016 / 1 / 11
    Retronauts Episode 57: Half-Life 2

    It's time to face facts: Half-Life 2 is officially old—and to make things even more tragic, we still don't have a Half-Life 3. But even if Valve's acclaimed FPS series leaves us hanging forever, their 2004...

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  • 2015 / 12 / 31
    Retronauts Special: State of the Podcast, 2016

    Our first Patreon-funded year has come to a close, and we'd like to thank everyone who made the past 57-or-so episodes possible. And since Retronauts will be continuing into 2016 for its tenth glorious year...

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  • 2015 / 12 / 14
    Retronauts Micro 028: Legends of Localization Interview with Clyde and Heidi Mandelin

    On this special interview episode of Retronauts Micro, Bob talks to Clyde and Heidi Mandelin, masterminds of the Legends of Localization project, and authors of a new book that tracks the many changes The...

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  • 2015 / 11 / 23
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 53: Williams' Arcade Classics

    Jaz Rignall joins Bob and Jeremy to look back at Williams, who became an arcade legend with a small but fantastic collection of coin-ops. The innovation of Defender! The brilliance of Robotron! How Sinistar...

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  • 2015 / 11 / 2
    Retronauts Micro Episode 25: Prince of Persia

    Jeremy takes a trip back to ancient Persia to recount the story of the boy who would be its prince, assuming he can get past all the skeletons and spike pits and stuff.

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  • 2015 / 10 / 12
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 50: Ico/Shadow of the Colossus

    Ten years ago, director Fumito Ueda released his second game, the phenomenal Shadow of the Colossus--little did we know, it'd be another decade before we saw his next project come into being. On this episode...

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  • 2015 / 9 / 12
    Retronauts Season IV Episode 48: Super Mario Bros.

    Wired's Chris Kohler and IGN's Jose Otero join us to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. There's also some Super Mario Maker discussion. Have a listen and get learned!

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  • 2015 / 8 / 31
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 47: The Final Word on Metal Gear

    As an era ends with the release of Metal Gear Solid V, Shane Bettenhausen and Jose Otero join us to wax rhapsodic about the unique history on gaming's longest-running saga. No haters or Hayters allowed!As an...

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  • 2015 / 8 / 24
    Retronauts Micro 020: The Sounds of SNES SimCity

    Soyo Oka might not be the most well-known Nintendo composer, but in her time with the company, she crafted some amazing soundtracks that helped define the distinct qualities of the SNES' sound chip. And while...

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  • 2015 / 7 / 14
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 44: PlayStation's 20 and a Moment of Silence

    Retronauts vet and Sony enthusiast/employee Shane Bettenhausen joins us to discuss the 20th anniversary of the PS1 launch in America. (This episode is running before its intended September time slot due to...

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  • 2015 / 7 / 6
    Retronauts Vol. IV episode 43: Chrongaming

    Can a podcast be self-indulgent if the topic was provided by someone else? The famous Dr. Sparkle joins us to fulfill Sean Clements' Kickstarter topic request: Chrongaming. Join us as we psychoanalyze our own...

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  • 2015 / 6 / 29
    Retronauts Micro 016: EarthBound Beginnings/Mother

    It's been a wild couple of weeks for The Unlikeliest Things Ever: A single conference at E3 brought us the return of The Last Guardian, news of the long-awaited Final Fantasy VII remake, and Shenmue's...

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  • 2015 / 6 / 22
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 42: Listener Mail 2015

    This week on Retronauts, we're resurrecting two features from our older seasons that normally don't fit into the show's refurbished format: going over the best retro rereleases, and responding to your...

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  • 2015 / 6 / 14
    Retronauts Micro Episode 15: A Tengen Tale

    Jeremy looks back at the dark counterpart to Konami spinoff Ultra Games: Atari spinoff Tengen, who didn't so much bend the rules of NES publishing as shatter them into a million tiny pieces.

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  • 2015 / 6 / 8
    Retronauts Episode 41: The Mega Man Legacy

    Jeremy and Bob are joined by Capcom's Brett Elston and Greg Moore to revisit a topic near to everyone's heart: the Mega Man legacy. (And also the Mega Man Legacy Collection, due later this year.)

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  • 2015 / 6 / 1
    Retronauts Micro 014: Konami 8-Bit B-Sides Mixtape

    Without a doubt, the music of Konami's NES catalog has a stellar reputation--if their stable of composers had only crafted the 8-bit Castlevania soundtracks, they'd still go down in history as some of the...

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  • 2015 / 5 / 26
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 40: Why We Love Japanese Games

    By this point, it shouldn't be a big surprise that we Retronauts are big fans of Japanese games. Each of us developed our love for the medium in a decade when Japan dominated the gaming landscape, after...

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  • 2015 / 5 / 4
    Retronauts Micro 012: Interstate '76

    Back in the '90s, '70s nostalgia reigned supreme. And few games took advantage of our rekindled love for all things groovy like Activision's Interstate '76. This car combat simulator didn't simply act as a...

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  • 2015 / 4 / 20
    Retronauts Micro 011: Virtual Boy

    Following our look at Game Boy's competitors in the late '90s, Jeremy explores the system's would-be successor: Nintendo's disastrous Virtual Boy. Aw, but it wasn't all bad.

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  • 2015 / 4 / 13
    Retronauts Vol. IV, Episode 37: Neo Geo Pocket & WonderSwan

    Old-timers Shane Bettenhausen and Christian Nutt join Jeremy and Bob to hash out the history and relative failures of the last great Game Boy challengers of the '90s: Neo Geo Pocket and WonderSwan.

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  • 2015 / 3 / 16
    Retronauts Episode Vol. IV Episode 35: Rare

    UK ex-pat Jaz Rignall joins Bob and Jeremy to discuss England's crown jewel: Rare. From their early era as Ultimate Play the Game to their N64 glory days, we cover the full history of this enigmatic...

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  • 2015 / 2 / 23
    Retronauts Micro 007: The Ups and Downs of Xenogears

    Jeremy explores his uncomfortable mixture of admiration for and frustration with Squaresoft's almost-classic RPG for PlayStation, Xenogears. It's a complicated episode for a complicated game. [This essay...

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  • 2015 / 2 / 16
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 33: What's the Deal with Relevance?

    Last time we talked about games that jumped the shark; here's the flip side of the conversation. IGN's Jose Otero joins us to discuss classic series that faded away not because of bad sequels but simply...

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  • 2015 / 2 / 9
    Retronauts Micro Episode 6: Retro Games We Want to Like

    Have you ever wanted to like a classic game, but something about it just didn't jive with you? Well, the Retronauts are no different. On this bite-sized episode, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Shane...

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  • 2015 / 2 / 2
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 32: When Games Jump the Shark

    Sometimes, good games can go bad. And when they do, they usually go REALLY bad. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, and Mikel Reparaz as the crew tries to pinpoint when...

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  • 2015 / 1 / 19
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 31: All Hail the DS

    What is "retro"? This week, we test the limits by talking about a 10-year-old system whose games you can still buy at retail. But in fairness, the Nintendo DS was pretty much retro from the moment of its...

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  • 2015 / 1 / 5
    Retronauts Micro Episode 3: Zillion

    This off-week, Jeremy looks back at one of the forgotten gems of a forgotten system: Zillion for Master System. While imperfect, it neatly demonstrated Sega's knack for going above an beyond the typical.

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  • 2014 / 12 / 29
    Retronauts Micro Episode 2: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

    Didn't play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask? You're not alone! With most of the world being wrapped up in PlayStation 2-mania during that memorable month of October 2000, this black sheep of the Zelda...

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  • 2014 / 12 / 22
    Retronauts Volume IV Episode 30: Telenet and Valis

    As a holiday treat for our listeners, we're putting out TWO full-length episodes in a row—and this one is the long-awaited Valis special. It's taken many years, but it's finally here. Sony's Shane...

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  • 2014 / 12 / 15
    Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 29: Street Fighter: The Legend Of Chun-Li

    The Retronauts holiday tradition continues with a fourth trip to our cabin in Parts Unknown, and, due to popular demand, this year's special marks a return to the Movie Month style of episodes we did a few...

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  • 2014 / 12 / 8
    Retronauts Micro Episode 1: The TI-99/4A

    It's our first off-week of the season, and we're going small with Retronauts Micro: Bite-sized chunklets of podcast, no more than 10 minutes in length. In this Micro episode, Jeremy flies solo and looks back...

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  • 2014 / 8 / 18
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 27: Games of Game Center CX

    In our season finale, we discuss four games that appeared on Game Center CX and drove its host to the brink.

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  • 2014 / 8 / 4
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 26: Planescape: Torment

    BioWare's Infinity Engine powered some of the greatest PC experiences the '90s had to offer, and one of its last games was unlike any other RPG we'd seen before -- or since, for that matter. On this episode...

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  • 2014 / 7 / 28
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 26: RPG Battle Systems

    RPG battle systems: What started as a way to simulate the rolling of dice on a Cheetos-stained card table has mutated over the past 30-plus years into something far different from its Dungeons and Dragons...

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  • 2014 / 7 / 21
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 25 - The Castlevania Trilogy

    Jeremy puts the wraps on his hosting duties for Retronauts Vol. III by returning to an old favorite topic (Castlevania) while Bob and Ray demonstrate patient indulgence.

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  • 2014 / 7 / 14
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 25: 8-Bit Anarchy in the U.K.

    It's taken nearly eight years, but we finally got a real live British person to join us so we can talk about the most egregious failure in Retronauts coverage: Britain's 8-bit micros. By request of Mike...

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  • 2014 / 7 / 7
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 24: Skyblazer

    A pleasant chat about one of the least-known, better-playing Super NES games of the day: Sony's Skyblazer.

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  • 2014 / 6 / 3
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 23: Policenauts

    Esteemed game designer Hideo Kojima has had his hands full with Metal Gear (exclusively) for the past 15 years, but once upon a time his games featured far fewer nanomachines. On this installment of...

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  • 2014 / 5 / 27
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 23: Speedruns

    The art of speedrunning is barely two decades old, but in that time we've seen our share of stupefying feats from game masters that would put Captain N himself to shame. Will this burgeoning subculture be the...

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  • 2014 / 5 / 20
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 22 - ColecoVision

    Chris Kohler joins us once again to revisit the ColecoVision and Coleco ADAM, 1982's most underappreciated console race contenders.

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  • 2014 / 4 / 7
    Retronauts Pocket 19 - Capcom's NES Games

    By our powers combined! (With the backing of Larry Froncek.) We delve into Capcom's NES years, also known as the point at which a fledgling arcade developer became a world-class console powerhouse.

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  • 2014 / 3 / 24
    Pocket Episode 18: Nintendo Merchandise

    Make room for a big bowl of Nintendo Cereal System as we take a quick look at the absurdity of classic Mario and friends merchandise from its kind-of-golden years.

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  • 2014 / 3 / 10
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 17: Another World/Out of this World

    Matsuba! Regardless of how you interpret this alien expression, Eric Chahi's Out of this World (or Another World to our European friends) wowed its early-'90s audience with its enigmatic atmosphere and lack...

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  • 2014 / 3 / 3
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 17: Parappa the Rapper Series

    In those oh-so optimistic '90s, Parappa the Rapper taught an entire generation there's no shame in playing a game about a paper-thin puppy who raps about pooping. But when the end of the decade saw a sequel...

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  • 2014 / 2 / 26
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 16: Ivalice

    By request of Jeff Tibayan, we follow up on last week's Yasumi Matsuno episode with an in-depth look at the lore and evolution of Matsuno's largest single body of work (plus some other games) to date: The...

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  • 2014 / 2 / 16
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 16: Yasumi Matsuno

    By request of supporter Hugh Franck, we delve into the complex (and often very earth-tone) world of Yasumi Matsuno, from the early Quest era all the way through the recent Unsung Story Kickstarter.

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  • 2014 / 2 / 10
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 15: Destiny of an Emperor

    Ancient Chinese novel meets 1980s Japanese manga meets 1990 video game. We discuss the finer points of Capcom's NES role-playing game Destiny of an Emperor.

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  • 2014 / 2 / 3
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 15: Retro Compilations

    Yes, even retro collections can be retro. We discuss the highlights and lowlights of classic game packs of the past 20 years, like Namco Museum, Sega Ages, and more.

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  • 2014 / 1 / 28
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 14: Baldur's Gate

    In 1998, Bioware changed the face of RPGs with Baldur's Gate, which did an amazing job of translating the complex mechanics of Dungeons and Dragons into video game form--and not just the dungeon crawly stuff....

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  • 2014 / 1 / 19
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 14 - Harvest Moon

    For over 15 years, the Harvest Moon series has been teaching sickly indoor kids the virtues of tilling the land, petting the chickens, and having low-wage serfs do most of the dirty work. Join Bob Mackey,...

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  • 2014 / 1 / 13
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 13: Pre-Video Arcade Gaming

    It's the most retro Retronauts ever as we look at the roots of video games in the form of pre-video arcade games. Ski-ball! Kinetoscopes! Electromechanical target galleries! Even WE aren't this old. Sam...

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  • 2014 / 1 / 6
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 13: The Golden Age of the Arcade

    We enter the new year by talking about -- what else? -- very old years. IGN's Sam Claiborn joins Jeremy, Bob, and Ray for a discussion of the golden era of the American arcade. Digressions abound!

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  • 2013 / 12 / 30
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 12: Quake

    We go over a brief history of id Software’s original release of the PC first-person shooter Quake, including the finer points of the game and the innovations it helped jumpstart. Or is that rocket-jumpstart?

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  • 2013 / 12 / 23
    Retronauts Holiday 2013 Extravaganza

    It doesn't matter whether you've been naughty or nice -- the Retronauts are back with another holiday spectacular to fill your sinful ears with delight. Join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and...

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  • 2013 / 12 / 16
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 12 - Wrestlenauts

    We discuss the surprisingly rich and legitimate history of wrestling games, with the best and worst games from the 8 to 32-bit eras and (hopefully) beyond, with guests Michael Donahoe, Henry Gilbert and Dave...

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  • 2013 / 12 / 9
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 11 - The Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation (MECC)

    If you're a child of the '80s, you may remember whiling away valuable school hours planted in front of an Apple IIe, playing one of the many games developed by the Minnesota Educational Computing Corporation....

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  • 2013 / 12 / 2
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 11 - The History of Video Game Voice Acting

    From Berzerk's creepy robot barks to Metal Gear Solid's overwrought death monologues, voice acting has been a major element of video games -- but just how did we get to where we are today? Join Bob Mackey,...

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  • 2013 / 11 / 25
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 10 - Gaming Roots - Star Wars

    IGN's Sam Claiborn joins Jeremy, Bob, and Ray to explore more of the roots of classic games by discussing the influence of Star Wars (if any!) on the medium.

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  • 2013 / 11 / 18
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 10 - Japan's Golden Age

    Live from Japan! Kickstarter backer Dan Feit joins Jeremy Parish, Kat Bailey, Shane Bettenhausen, Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, and Kyle McLain to answer the most important question: What was the golden era...

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  • 2013 / 11 / 11
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 9 - Super NES Accessories

    Not a lot of memorable accessories hit the Super NES back in the day, but the ones that do still have some stories behind them. We talk about the mice, guns, and bikes — yes, bikes — that were made for the...

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  • 2013 / 11 / 5
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 9: Konami Arcade Beat-Em-Ups

    We love the Ninja Turtles and Simpsons arcade games, but what other similar games did Konami make back then? Guest Matt Leone rejoins us for this backer-requested topic on Konami’s beat-em-up lineage.

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  • 2013 / 10 / 28
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 8 - Jaws & Friday the 13th

    In the late '80s, Lewis J. Norman had a dream: delivering children awful video game adaptations of movies way out of their age range. But are these 8-bit monsters really just misunderstood? Join Bob Mackey,...

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  • 2013 / 10 / 21
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 8: Fan Translations

    On this episode, we examine the achievements of gaming's true heroes: the selfless hackers who spend weeks, months, and years translating some of the most amazing games that never left Japan -- and for free!...

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  • 2013 / 10 / 14
    Retronauts Special 2 - Portland Retro Gaming Expo Live 2013

    Hold onto your beards and fashionable second-hand clothing -- the Retronauts are in Portland and ready to rock. And by "rock" we mean "talk about the Mega Drive/Sega Genesis' 25th birthday." Join Bob Mackey,...

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  • 2013 / 10 / 7
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 7 - Quintet & Illusion of Gaia

    By request of backer Daniel Worthington, Bob, Ray, and Jeremy delve into the history of 16-bit RPG masters Quintet… or at least as much history as we can dig up. Those guys were pretty mysterious.

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  • 2013 / 9 / 30
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 7 - Game Music Redux - 9.30.13

    Retronauts backer James Eldred of LostTurntable.com joins Jeremy, Bob, and Ray to talk about the highs and lows of the history of video game music in this nearly two-hour ramblefest.

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  • 2013 / 9 / 23
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 6: Genesis Accessories

    The history of Sega Genesis accessories went from mundane to insane in just a few short years. We touch on the modems, mice, Menacers and Activators of Sega's 16-bit powerhouse.

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  • 2013 / 9 / 16
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 6: Arcade Racing Games

    From jalopies to supercars (so to speak), we discuss 40 years of arcade-based driving games. Old friend and arcade game expert Matt Leone joins us to run through a pile of notable rubber-burning,...

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  • 2013 / 9 / 9
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 5: The Media vs. NintendoMania

    In what could be the most John Stossel-heavy Retronauts episode of all time (we hope), your favorite classic gaming buddies and special guest Henry Gilbert (of GamesRadar) take a look at how the media reacted...

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  • 2013 / 9 / 1
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 5 - The History of Video Game Violence

    Video games have been no stranger to scandal; even before the first splash of digital blood could be rendered on our TV screens, gaming threatened to warp minds, steal souls, and possibly, lead to rampant...

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  • 2013 / 8 / 26
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 4: Ultima IV

    Welcome to our very first backer-determined episode! At the behest of David Epp, Jeremy, Bob, Ray, and Sharkey talk about Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and how games have been influenced by (but never quite...

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  • 2013 / 8 / 19
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 4 - Atari

    Retronauts alumnus Scott Sharkey returns from his 40 weeks of wandering in the desert to join us for a look back at the history of Atari, from the early days of the American arcade through the glory times of...

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  • 2013 / 8 / 12
    Retronauts Special 1 - Seattle Retro Gaming Expo Live 2013

    Live from Seattle! Jeremy, Bob, and Ray went to this year's Seattle Retro Gaming Expo to talk about their favorite summer video game memories; then they open the floor to the crowd, which responds in kind.

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  • 2013 / 8 / 4
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 3: NES Accessories

    There's more to retro games than just games -- there's also buttons, sticks, gloves, and any other wacky thing that can be engineered. Ray, Bob and Jeremy have a brief round-up of just some of the peripherals...

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  • 2013 / 7 / 29
    Retronauts Vol. III Episode 3: Ninja Gaiden

    Dragon swords, demon birds, and Draconian action gameplay -- these are the pillars of Ninja Gaiden. The Retronauts crew offers a primer on Tecmo's celebrated action series, exploring the arcade, Nintendo, and...

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  • 2013 / 7 / 21
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 2: Captain N: The Game Master

    Nearly 25 years ago, one of Nintendo's most successful marketing tools infected millions of children with the help of broadcast television: Captain N: The Game Master. Join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and Ray...

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  • 2013 / 7 / 12
    Retronauts Vol. III Ep. 2: Wario Land

    Wario's been adventuring solo for nearly twenty years, though Nintendo's evil answer to Mario is mostly known for his micro-game legacy. Join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Kat Bailey as they...

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  • 2013 / 7 / 8
    Retronauts Pocket Episode 1: Progressive Rock

    We step outside the bounds of tradition to look at some of the influences that shape the games we love. This time, we talk about progressive rock (such as it was) and its impact on countless game composers....

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  • 2013 / 7 / 1
    Retronauts Vol. III Ep. 1: Launches

    We're back! By the power of crowdfunding! Retronauts launches a new season by marking the 30th anniversary of three crucial Japanese consoles: Famicom, SG-1000, and MSX. Featuring the voice of Chrontendo's...

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