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Episode 675: Shinobi - Mission 1

SMOKE BOMB! That's right, Diamond Feit is in the room with you and you had no idea until this very second. That's the power of the Ni...

This Week In Retro: Resident Evil Revelations 2

February 24, 2015: More fun than a moist barrel of fucks

by Diamond Feit

2025-03-02 12:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Episide 674: The Years-in-Review Revue (1975 & ’85)

Jeremy: Well, you know how we do. It's a new year (well, new-ish at this point), and that means we take the time to look back across the decades to 30, 40, perhaps even 50 years ago t...

This Month In Retronauts: February 2025 edition

Ahoy hoy, listeners! Even if February is the shortest month we refuse to deliver anything less than a full-sized community episode for you, our generous supporters. And look who's visiting the club...

Episode 673: SimCity 2000

At the dawn of the '90s, Maxis had a certified hit on its hands with SimCity: a game that invented a genre, and saw ports to 25 different platforms. So a generation of newly elected mayors-for-life...

Episode 672: Attack & Dethrone God, Book 1:1

Jeremy: Not long ago—six episodes, if my math serves me correctly—we delved into the history of the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and its impact on video games and pop culture. This ...

This Week In Retro: TwinBee

February 1985: Cinnamon v. Spice

by Diamond Feit

A recent ( 2025-02-16 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 671: Golden Axe, Second Swing

Stuart: Stay with me here. We did the first part of the Golden Axe coverage, right. Then we did the second and final part. And that’s this. Not literally this. The...

This Week In Retro: BioShock 2

February 9, 2010: Welcome Back, Delta

by Diamond Feit

I went thro...

Episode 670: Trends & Influences - Bikini Warriors

Jeremy: This is one of those tricky topics where there's a conversion worth having, but it needs to be navigated carefully to avoid a misstep. In this case, the topic is the trend of ...

Episode 669: Silent Hill 2 Remake

Dear Retronauts listeners, I hope this letter finds you well.

In recent years I've done my best to explore the horror genre more in all its forms, and whenever possible I've channeled that en...

This Week In Retro: Ice Climber

January 30, 1985: There is crying in ice climbing

by Diamond Feit

Episode 668: Sonic 3 & Knuckles, Pt. 5

Stuart: We did it, gang. By which I mean, all of us. Collectively. We enabled this. We enabled ten hours or so of pure, full-fat Sonic 3 & Knuckles chat. It is, quite frankly, eve...

This Month In Retronauts: January 2025 edition

I hope you're ready to kick off Year Three of our monthly community podcast because here's our first celebratory catch-all conversation about what Stuart and I have been playing, what's new, and wh...

Episode 667: Gaming in the Year 2005

2005: A year many say happened two decades ago, this very night. But can the rumors be true? Can the advent of the HD era really be so far in the past? This week on Retronauts, listen in as 2025-01-24 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 666: The ’80s Satanic Panic

Jeremy: I mean, it's episode 666. What did you expect?

But even if something devil-themed was inevitable for this particular episode of the show, I hope that you will be pleasan...

This Week In Retro: BoxBoy!

January 15, 2015: He's a box! My boy's a box!

by Diamond Feit 

Episode 665: Fatal Fury

Kevin: You’re Weak, Get Hungry! A conversation about SNK’s storied Fatal Fury fighting game series (or Garou Densetsu in Japan) is howling its way onto your podcast player of choi...

This Week In Retro: Resident Evil 4 (2005)

January 11, 2005: ¡Un Forastero!

by Diamond Feit 

Humanity ...

Episode 664: Buying Games

Jeremy: When patron Jeff Vlasek requested we cover the topic of shopping for video games back in the Before Times*, my ears perked up and I knew that I needed to head up this topic. F...

Episode 663: Golden Axe, first swing

Stuart: Happy new year, my friends! Who among us cannot say that they have not experienced the phenomenon captured by Sega’s beef-tastic Golden Axe? I refer of course to sl...

This Week In Retro: Battle Arena Toshinden

January 1, 1995: "Sofia Says get on your knees and bark like a dog."

by Diamond Feit 

2025-01-05 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post

This Week In Retro: 2024

2024: High Hopes

by Diamond Feit

Forgive me for lumping two very ...

Episode 662: The Metal Gear Storyline, Pt. II

Jeremy: Good things are worth waiting for! I like to tell myself. And hope that this episode is indeed good, and that it qualifies for "worth waiting for" status. Tomm, Shane, and I d...

Episode 661: Nintendo Museum

This past October, Nintendo cut the ribbon on a museum dedicated to their 135-year history of making amusing, well-designed distractions. It sounds like good news, but if you're a fan of the compan...

Episode 660: Gaming's Chillest Snowscapes

Nadia: Ahhh, snow. Soft. Fluffy. Scenic. Smothering. Silencing. Humankind has been at odds with the freezing elements since the beginning of time. There's no escaping winter, not even...

This Month In Retronauts: December 2024 edition

DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK, I've been here for years—and by "I" I mean me, Diamond Feit, having fully recovered from last month's voice affliction. Don't be surprised if you hear a bit of cracking ...

Episode 659: Holiday Special 2024 - Captain N: The Game Master

It's the most mega-ful time of the year-icus! That's right, we've somehow stumbled into the holiday season, which means it's time for the regular trip to the Retronauts Holiday Cabin in Parts Unkno...

This Week In Retro: Cave Story

December 2004: Huzzah!

by Diamond Feit

Much like two New Yorkers ...

Episode 658: YouTube & Retrogaming (Feat. AVGN)

Stuart: If you’d like to hear me starstruck and nervous, here’s your chance. Talking to the terrifying Jeremy Parish is scary enough, but I have been a fan of James Rolfe since th...