I don't know if any publication has had quite so much impact on Retronauts over the years as Wikipedia. It's not that Wikipedia is some comprehensive repository of human knowledge (though it does m...
2022-03-14 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
March 6, 1992: Jobe 3:16 says "I AM GOD HERE"
by Diamond Feit
Jurassic Park is frightening in the dark, and one of the most important movies of the 1990s. So, in our continued mission to discuss movies that influenced and spawned video games, it only...
2022-03-11 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Dizzy the Egg. For as long as Stuart Gipp has been involved with Retronauts, he has taken every opportunity to raise awareness of and appreciation for the shell-cased superhero. And now—...
2022-03-07 12:32:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Previously on This Week In Retro: Japanese video game publisher Sega releases a big-budget science-fiction shooter, 2022-03-07 01:09:09 +0000 UTC View Post
We have once again entered the world of survival horror. Yes, Retronauts has been here before, but our last dedicated Resident Evil episode was 2022-02-28 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
February 16, 2012: Do Hollow Children dream of electric sheep?
by Diamond Feit
You can tick off a handful of video game characters that even people who are indifferent to the medium know through sheer exposure, at least if they're older than 30. Pac-Man. Donkey Kong. Mario. S...
2022-02-25 13:13:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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 t...
2022-02-21 08:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
February 1997: Talkin’ ‘bout New Generation
by Diamond Feit
This week brings us simultaneously an informative public service episode and a call back to the podcast's past. Back in 2016, nearly six full years ago, we hashed out a rundown of the many differen...
2022-02-14 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
January 26, 2012: How does CAPCOM spell portable survival horror? R-E-V-E-L-A-I-T-O-N-S
by Diamond Feit
In the early '00s, Nintendo wasn't doing particularly well. With the GameCube and the Game Boy Advance (outside of Pokemon) failing to light the world on fire, the company had no chance but to work...
2022-02-11 08:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
It's official: After three full-length ...
2022-02-07 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
January 31, 1997: Square hits the PlayStation with a meteor
by Diamond Feit
When you think about "32-bit era Squaresoft," what comes to mind? If you're a normal human being, you automatically think of Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Cross, or Xenogears...
2022-01-31 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostDiamond here! I got sick this week (not COVID) and was unable to file my usual column this week. The subject was decided and I started writing, but it just won't be ready at this time. I'll share i...
2022-01-30 14:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes, the presence of the words "part one" in an episode title can seem like a goof where a topic got away from us. Or maybe sometimes it even sounds like a threat. In this case, it's an inevi...
2022-01-28 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Hi...
2022-01-24 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
January 18, 1947: こんなゲームにまじになっちゃってどうするの？
by Diamond Feit
This week's episode is one of those slightly recursive "documenting the process of documenting game history" episodes, but, hey... stick with what you know, right? I've been wanting to get Richard ...
2022-01-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
January 14, 1987: No errors detected
by Diamond Feit
"What if David Lynch made a TV show?" Shockingly, it happened in the early '90s, and the American public couldn't help but gawk at the surreal antics of Agent Dale Cooper and the quirky citizens of...
2022-01-14 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Zool! Those four fearsome letters that strike such terror into the heart of the Americas.
What is Zool? Why is there so much fruit? Why do you press "up" to jump? All ...
2022-01-10 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
January 1982: Take off every 'ZAXX'!!
by Diamond Feit
Happy New Year! Some months ago, I went to Kyoto to the not-so-secret headquarters of Vitei, an independent game studio that will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2022. Vitei was founded by Giles ...
2022-01-03 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
January 1982: Women be hoppin'
by Diamond Feit
So, it's come to this, has it? The Sony PlayStation has hit the alarming milestone that is its 10-year anniversary. Well, OK, we missed it by a couple of weeks if we're going by the Japanese launch...
2021-12-31 13:02:05 +0000 UTC View Post
2021: An Unexpected Journey
by Diamond Feit
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 fo...
2021-12-27 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post