This* Week in Retro: World Heroes Perfect [1995]
Sorry for the delayed post; my weekend was chaotic, to say the least. We'll be back on schedule starting with the next entry!—Jeremy
May 25, 1995: The ...
2020-06-03 11:42:50 +0000 UTC View Post
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Episode 303: Game Boy Color
Hello and happy June! Well, we hope it's happy.
At least it's starting well, with a fun and lively episode featuring myself, Bob, and Ray talking about a platform that honestly doesn't ...
2020-06-01 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 302: Star Trek & Mega Man Battle Network
You'll have to forgive the double intros on this one! As often happens these days, this episode consists of two unrelated segments. But both are good, and feature Retronauts mainstays, talking up c...
2020-05-25 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Perfect Dark [2000]
May 22, 2000: Rare's spiritual sequel to GoldenEye 007 lives up to its name
by Diamond Feit
2020-05-24 16:59:21 +0000 UTC
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Episode 301: Etrian Odyssey
Hey everyone, happy Friday! I know it's a happy Friday, because gosh darn it, there's a podcast about Etrian Odyssey in your feed. If that doesn't do the trick, I don't know what ...
2020-05-22 18:06:52 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 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...
2020-05-18 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Star Trek's Finale [2005]
May 13, 2005: Star Trek's 39-Year Mission Ends
by Diamond Feit
Episode 299: Worst of the Best
Folks, I think this episode may take the cake for longest time between recording and publication. It was put together waaaay back in December of 2018, and it's been sitting around on my ha...
2020-05-11 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Friday the 13th
May 9, 1980: Death comes to Camp Crystal Lake and horror is never the same
by Diamond Feit
Retronauts Episode 298: Final Fantasy VII Remake
We've dreamed of it for most of the 21st century, and now it's finally here: the long-awaited Final Fantasy VII remake! After the original 1997 release put Square on the map for a mainstream audien...
2020-05-08 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 297: Sega Saturn
One week from today marks the 25th anniversary of the U.S. launch of the Sega Saturn. Great system, great library... not the greatest launch. To mark the occasion, and to give the system its due de...
2020-05-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Smash TV
April 1990: Smash TV mines the past for BIG MONEY and BIG PRIZES
by Diamond Feit
2020-05-04 00:18:30 +0000 UTC
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Episode 296: Trackball Games & The Art of Atari
A little word of warning before you listen to this week's episode: The audio quality is not as clean as we normally aim for for the Trackball Games segment. I recorded it at PAX East a couple of mo...
2020-04-27 11:47:08 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: The Neo•Geo
April 26, 1990: SNK creates NEOGEO, the greatest console ever sold
by Diamond Feit
Episode 295: Trials & Legend of Mana
This week's patron-exclusive episode is exquisitely timed to drop on a highly relevant date! And for once I actually planned this coincidence instead of lucking into it.
Today ...
2020-04-24 11:48:20 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 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)...
2020-04-20 07:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Mortal Kombat 3
April 15, 1995: MK3 proves the Kombat Kraze is mortal
by Diamond Feit
Episode 293: Alex Kidd & Shadowgate
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the revised approach I'll be taking to podcast production while our ability to meet and record in person is diminished, and here's the first example of the (hopef...
2020-04-13 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Twin Peaks
"Diane, April 8th, 1990. Entering town of Twin Peaks."
by Diamond Feit
Episode 292: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
The long-awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake is finally available! To celebrate, we decided to look back on the last time Square-Enix decided to revisit their 1997 cash cow. 15 years ago, the publishe...
2020-04-10 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 291: The Media is the Message
PAX East was the last event we'll be able to attend for a while, it seems; in fact, we were supposed to have been at Midwest Gaming Classic this past weekend, but that obviously didn't happen. Howe...
2020-04-06 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Kenji Eno's D
April 1, 1995: Kenji Eno makes us all hungry for D
by Diamond Feit
Episode 290: New Super Mario Bros.
Here's a little jolt of normality from a very long time ago. We've teased this episode a few times, but I've been holding on to it until we had published the Super Mario Land episode—and...
2020-03-30 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostSome necessary changes are afoot for Retronauts
Hi all, Jeremy here to let you know about some changes in the cards for the show—including a new patron tier.
This isn't going to be a huge change, but it's a necessary response to the real...
2020-03-29 18:48:40 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Metal Slug 3 Pulls Up a Rocket Lawn Chair
March 23, 2000: SNK Invites Us On a Third Close Encounter (Bring Your Shotgun)
by Diamond Feit
Retronauts Episode 289: Miscellaneous Handhelds
Sorry about the slightly belated post today! I ran afoul of a technical error. But here we are, with this week's patron-exclusive podcast—and it's a fun one. We dive into the handheld consoles no...
2020-03-27 22:15:49 +0000 UTC View PostLAST Week in Retro: The Outfoxies
Note from Jeremy: Sorry this didn't go up on schedule Sunday! The past week has been a little chaotic, as you may have noticed, but we'll be back on track this coming weekend. Thanks for your p...
2020-03-24 23:38:51 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 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 Luca...
2020-03-23 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 287: TurboGrafx-16
Well. This episode was meant to be a tie-in to this week's release of the TurboGrafx-16 mini. But then that whole "end times" thing started happening, and now the system is delayed until later this...
2020-03-16 13:12:14 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: The Nintendo World Championships
March 8, 1990: Nintendo Writes Itself into eSports History with the Nintendo World Championships
by Diamond Feit
In a lot of ways, I do not envy the children o...
2020-03-15 13:33:38 +0000 UTC View Post