Episode 645: The Best and Worst of 16-Bit Horror
Added 2024-10-14 07:00:07 +0000 UTCLast year, we explored the NES era's few horror games and ranked them on their general spookiness levels—given the standards of the time. And now we're back to do the exact same thing for a whole new generation of consoles! This week on Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Kole Ross (of Duckfeed.tv), Diamond Feit, and Drew Mackie (of Gayest Episode Ever and Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games) as the crew unites to discuss a magical time when horror games could have evocative titles like "Decap Attack" and "Zombies Ate My Neighbors."
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Howie Scream > Wilhelm Scream
James Ryall
2024-11-01 22:28:57 +0000 UTCApparently in Zombi 2 they just.... drugged a shark and that's how they kept it from killing the zombie actor. It was a different time lol
Michael Castleberry
2024-10-23 17:24:57 +0000 UTCI can guess Nosferatu got its name because all the Castlevania games are named after Dracula in Japan.
Faux Macho
2024-10-22 00:13:40 +0000 UTCFun Zombi 2 tidbit that Bob will probably appreciate: One of the actresses who meets a particularly unpleasant end was the wife of Arthur Rankin of Rankin/Bass fame
Drew Mackie
2024-10-20 16:07:32 +0000 UTCAstute observation
Drew Mackie
2024-10-20 16:04:54 +0000 UTCShould we, would we, could we consider Super Metroid a spooky Halloween game? I mean, that atmosphere, the loneliness, our sweet melty boy, Crocomire.
Nuno Amaral
2024-10-18 14:09:26 +0000 UTCCastle decorating sim. Must be.
Nuno Amaral
2024-10-18 13:55:38 +0000 UTCRight, you over seas people would know it as, Akumajō Dracula "Vampire Killer" Kawaii desu.
Jordan Vickers
2024-10-17 23:49:26 +0000 UTCWhat's "Castlevania"?
Stuart Gipp
2024-10-17 22:53:35 +0000 UTCCan confirm.
Stuart Gipp
2024-10-17 22:53:08 +0000 UTCStu is the man screaming every 8-13 minutes
Bob Mackey
2024-10-17 15:10:10 +0000 UTCBetween creating a Decap Attack comic and the Amiga classic It Came from the Desert, not having Stu present was a slight bummer.
Andrew O.
2024-10-15 23:01:52 +0000 UTCI'd never heard of this game before y'all had talked about it today, so I appreciate the new recc to try on my SNES. Love that K-A ESRB rating. Lol
Joseph
2024-10-15 01:44:38 +0000 UTCthe music is from Nosferatu on SNES, for the record (DF)
Retronauts
2024-10-15 01:36:21 +0000 UTCZombi 2 talk always welcomed. Also, it looks like the zombie is doing capoeira when it’s fighting the shark.
Rasheen Jordan
2024-10-15 01:22:55 +0000 UTCIt’s bound to happen someday
Diamond Feit
2024-10-14 21:47:31 +0000 UTCI was just about to post how the screaming score guy got me every time right before Drew made the same comment.
littleterr0r
2024-10-14 21:18:06 +0000 UTCTop notch crew!
shea dewar
2024-10-14 19:45:17 +0000 UTCI love the transition at 1:09:50 from Bob's Super Mario esque upbeatness, to screaming death and industrial existential dread track "And the score for this iiiissss 21! 😃" *dread*
Joseph
2024-10-14 15:01:04 +0000 UTCI would love to talk about castlevania on here.
Jordan Vickers
2024-10-14 12:50:33 +0000 UTC
