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Episode 640: How History Shaped the Games, Pt. I

Jeremy: Retronauts is about video game history, sure, but with this episode we finally take the "history" part seriously. If you watch my 2024-09-20 12:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 639: Building SimCity

Kevin: Since its debut in 1989, SimCity has become a cultural icon. This open-ended game that can best be described as Urban Planning Made Fun made Will Wright a fa...

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This Week In Retro: Voltron: Defender of the Universe (1984)

September 10, 1984: Activate interlock! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Mega thrusters are go! 

by Diamond Feit

2024-09-15 11:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 638: Dreamcast Turns 25

Jeremy: A different take on a console retrospective this week. Instead of giving the usual breakdown of the history and library of the Dreamcast on the occasion of its 25th anniversar...

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This Week In Retro: Impossible Mission

September 1984: "Stay awhile. Stay forever!"

by Diamond Feit

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Episode 637: Zelda

Have you heard about Princess Zelda? Apparently there's a legend of her... or something. While she started the series as kidnap-bait, she soon evolved to be a capable hero—and, at times, even a p...

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Episode 636: The 8-Bit Mascot Ranking Hootenanny

Jeremy: I regret to inform you that... our Retro World Expo panel a weekend was one of the best we've ever presented! Regret, because only a few dozen people got to experience it live...

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This Month In Retronauts: August 2024 edition

"August? Shouldn't you call it Last Month In Retronauts?" Silence! I, Diamond Feit, am your Community Manager and yo...

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Episode 634, Part 2: Gail Tilden on Nintendo Power

Jeremy: The second part of my live-from-Long-Island recordings comes to us with a major assist from Lucas M. Thomas, EIC of Nintendo Force/NF magazine. I tried not t...

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Episode 635: Five Nights at Freddy's

Nadia: This week, you WILL believe…that an antimatronic menagere containing a bear, a chicken, a rabbit, and a wily old fox is capable of making you pee your pants a little. Fiv...

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Episode 634 (Part I): Super Metroid at 30 with MLiG

Jeremy: Friends! Something a little different this week. I have a few segments to post from Long Island Retro Gaming Expo a couple of weeks back, but this time around I don't want to ...

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Episode 633: Donald Duck

Stuart: He’s angry, dresses in a sailor suit with no pants, and is best friends with a mouse. Yes, that’s right – it’s Stuart Gipp, and he’s back with an episode about Donal...

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Episode 632: Bitsummit ’24

Good morning, Diamond Feit here! I can say "good morning" because I'm typing this from the U.S. rather than Japan, hence it's no long...

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Episode 631: Ganon

Ganon's been the big boss of The Legend of Zelda franchise from the very beginning—even though he's taken a sabbatical from time to time. Whether he's a pig-man, or simply a dark wizard from some...

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Episode 630: Battle of the Master System Mascots

Jeremy: Well, it's the episode you've been asking for! It's finally here! Yes: We have, once and for all, presented the definitive word on one of society's most burning questions. Loo...

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Episode 629: Darius

Kevin: Perhaps unsurprisingly for an avowed arcade rat for myself, we’re heading back into the proverbial game center to discuss Taito’s seminal shooter franchise, Darius. Pro...

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This Month In Retronauts: July 2024 edition

runs into room Hey, Diamond Feit here. I'mma keep this brief, dear listeners: The summer temperatures in Japan are get...

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Episode 628: Megami Tensei I & II

Jeremy: This one has been in the works for a while, and now... it has finally happened. There's a lot to be said about the Shin Megami Tensei series and its spi...

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Episode 627: Mortal Kombat 4

ominous gong sound Welcome back, Patrons. Diamond Feit here, returning to the well (or "pit" if you prefer) with anothe...

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This Week In Retro: Silent Scope

July 1999: Position target in the center and pull the switch

by Diamond Feit

2024-07-21 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 626: Asterix, Pt. 1

Stuart: I don’t think anyone, least of all myself, expected this Astérix podcast to turn into the odyssey it would ultimately become. The fact is, Audi, Thomas, and John are just to...

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This Week In Retro: Darkstalkers

July 1994: Teratophiles, rejoice!

by Diamond Feit

2024-07-14 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post

625: Nicktoons Games

For a very long time, TV cartoons were bad. But in the early '90s, two cable TV executives posed the question "What if they were good?" And thus, Nicktoons was born. This brand of creator-driven an...

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Episode 624: The Metal Gear Storyline, Pt. I

Jeremy: I have a feeling that this will turn out to be one of those episodes that a lot of people really enjoy but a handful of super-fans will find deeply annoying. Metal Gear View Post

This Week In Retro: Dino Crisis

July 1, 1999: Jurassic Evil

by Diamond Feit

2024-07-07 11:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Episode 623: The Wario Land Ranking Hootenanny

Jeremy: Long, long ago (well, not that long), we recorded an episode in which we ranked the 2D Super Mario games. That conversation, while awesome...

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This Month In Retronauts: June 2024 edition

Hi folks, Diamond Feit here, bidding farewell to June and Pride and sensible weather with this, our latest community podcast. View Post

Episode 622: Retronauts Radio Summer ’24

Jeremy: It is time, once again, to pump up the jams. Here we are with a brand spankin' new Retronauts Radio episode—the longest of these to date! So much music!

I've tweaked ...

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Episode 621: Mad Max

When an Australian emergency room doctor set out to make a humble little car chase movie in the late '70s, he had no idea it would turn into an incredibly long-lived franchise that would light our ...

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This Week In Retro: Revolution X

June 1994: This arcade machine kills fascists

by Diamond Feit

2024-06-23 11:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post