(That's Super Mario USA if you're nasty.)
Yes, this latest Retronauts episode marks a few special occasions. It's the fifth anniversary of the show's relaunch. Hooray! And yesterday was the...
2018-07-16 13:07:52 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a more laid-back episode than usual this week, since it's two very laid-back people chatting about video game history and experiences. Back in May, I stopped by the offices of developer 17-Bit (o...
2018-07-09 16:36:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-07-06 15:10:19 +0000 UTC View Post
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 previou...
2018-07-02 23:07:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh no, we've gone full anime!
Well, sort of. This episode features annual Midwest Gaming Classic guest Caitlin Oliver, who wanted to chat with us about Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma 1/2 manga/an...
2018-06-25 12:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, this has been a pretty interesting couple of weeks where this episode is concerned. We've been meaning to record it ever since competitive gamer Billy Mitchell's records were disqualified back i...
2018-06-22 11:46:26 +0000 UTC View Post
And here we are: The final entry in our tour through the history of the metroidvania genre. The metroidvania episode series was meant to be about two episodes, max, and I think this is our fifth. But ...
2018-06-18 11:45:22 +0000 UTC View Post
This episode is appearing slightly out of sequence. The normal routine, as you've probably noticed, is a "core" Retronauts episode (e.g. a Bob & Jeremy joint) every other week, with one Retronauts...
2018-06-11 21:47:47 +0000 UTC View Post
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 sp...
2018-06-09 00:06:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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 compat...
2018-06-05 02:04:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Kept you waiting, hu—no, wait, wrong publisher.
I swear, if anyone ever whines again about Retronauts being more like Nintendonauts amirite, I will end them. This has been, witho...
2018-05-29 21:10:33 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone, Jeremy here with a quick note to let you know this week's advance episode won't go up until Tuesday or Wednesday. I had the rare opportunity to interview veteran Sega developers Rieko Kod...
2018-05-28 13:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all, here is the first of quite a few podcasts I recorded (seven total, some of which Bob was able to join for!) while we were in Japan for BitSummit these past few weeks. This first episode comes ...
2018-05-25 13:08:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Shivam Bhatt and Shane Bettenhausen join us this week as we revisit a topic last tackled by Retronauts a good decade ago: The first two Suikoden games by Konami. Rather than cover the entire ...
2018-05-21 05:41:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks, I'm traveling at the moment, hence the lack of new artwork for this upload. But the important thing is that I managed to get this episode up with clockwork efficiency. Hooray!
This episod...
2018-05-14 11:08:36 +0000 UTC View Post
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 b...
2018-05-11 12:12:42 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2018-05-09 20:29:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Thanks to me being at the tail-end of a three-day-long recording marathon—and some back end...
2018-05-08 02:31:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This one is fresh from Midwest Gaming Classic, recorded two weeks ago — a two-parter focused on Atari. First, we have an overview of the Atari 7800 from one of its foremost enthusiasts, followed by ...
2018-04-30 13:32:10 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been looking for an opportunity to post this live panel from last fall's Super Famicon convention in Greensboro for a while. The time to strike is now! Mainly because we have a pretty interesting...
2018-04-27 13:33:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Today has been kinda nuts for me, so I'm just gonna leave this here. I think the topic really speaks for itself, honestly. I mean… Tetris. Yeah. And the fact that there's still a lot of unc...
2018-04-23 20:32:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Last year, we dug deep into SEGA's arcade history; this year, it's Namco's turn. Benj Edwards and Chris Sims and I begin a journey through the Namco library this week, which we'll revisit every few mo...
2018-04-16 14:06:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Adventur...
2018-04-13 07:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2018-04-10 00:01:23 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode made for kind of a tough edit, since both segments involved remote (international!) interviews via Skype with some significant audio issues to overcome… but here we are. Both int...
2018-04-02 23:17:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Aaaand we wrap up March 2018 with one final Micro episode. This one's a little closer to home, at least for me — it consists of a conversation with Retronauts East regular Benj Edwards. Benj recentl...
2018-03-30 14:31:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi everyone, looks like this episode won't be late after all.
This show comes to you after we received nothing but positive responses after last year's examination of Breath of the Wild 2018-03-26 17:06:42 +0000 UTC View Post
By patron request! This episode covers a lot of ground we've explored already in our Apple II, Myst, and metroidvania episodes, but again: This is by request. Plus, Brøderbund deserves a dedicated ep...
2018-03-19 18:07:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2018-03-17 19:09:22 +0000 UTC View Post
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 be...
2018-03-13 01:45:05 +0000 UTC View Post