Hi folks, Diamond here. With BitSummit going on this weekend I've been running all over Kyoto the last few days and haven't had enough time to pen, much less narrate, a column for you. I'll catch u...
2023-07-15 22:54:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Jeremy: Back when Retronauts relaunched (a startling 10 years ago this month), we led with an episode looking back three decades to the advent of the Nintendo Famicom and Sega SG-...
2023-07-14 13:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post
After the initial trilogy, Ace Attorney took some find to find itself once the book was seemingly closed on Phoenix Wright. From spinoffs to crossovers to soft reboots featuring new characters, Cap...
2023-07-10 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
July 7, 1993: いざ尋常に
by Diamond Feit
Jeremy: I had hoped to have this episode together and published in time for the 15th anniversary of the game under discussion this week: Mass Effect. That clearly didn't happen, t...
2023-07-03 11:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
June 1983: Going down?
by Diamond Feit
At the tail-end of the late '90s/early '00s prime-time cartoon boom, UPN launched Game Over, an animated series that dared to ask "Did you ever wonder what happens after the game ends?" Over the co...
2023-06-30 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Nadia: What's the only thing in the universe that's capable of destroying your mind faster than comic books? (At least according to fussy old people with no sense of fun?) Video games! And...
2023-06-26 11:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies in advance, dear listeners: I (Diamond Feit) came down with a summer cold this week and while my health has improved much in the days that followed, during the actual recording of our mon...
2023-06-25 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Stuart: I like Sonic 3 & Knuckles. I’m sure this is clear to you if your ears have experienced the first senses-shattering episode of this not-so-mini-series, in which mysel...
2023-06-19 11:23:05 +0000 UTC View Post
June 1983: Ah, Mancini—the spy's best friend
by Diamond Feit
Jeremy: I recently put together a video about the Master System version of OutRun (or as Sega called it on Mas...
2023-06-16 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We've covered every Kirby platformer to date over the course of four episodes, so what territory is left to trod when it comes to Nintendo's pink puffball? If you're a Retronauts listener, it may n...
2023-06-12 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
June 6, 1993: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams
by Diamond Feit
Jeremy: Books! As you may know, we here are Retronauts are what you might call "fans." Sure, we work in this newfangled podcast medium, but that's just because it's where the money...
2023-06-05 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
June 3, 1983: Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
by Diamond Feit
We've all heard the expression "history repeats itself" but as I approach t...
2023-06-04 13:21:37 +0000 UTC View Post
After leaving LucasArts in 1991, Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion creator put traditional adventure games behind him in favor of making point-and-click experiences for the younger set. But after th...
2023-06-02 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
The internet of the '90s was slower than molasses poured on a turtle. Worse, it was only accessible by making a pact with a screaming demon. (Our parents told us it was just the modem, but we knew ...
2023-05-29 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Salutations, patrons! Because you demanded it (and he insisted) Stuart returns to our community podcast after taking last month off. Besides reading your comments on recent Retronauts episodes and ...
2023-05-28 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
What's this, an episode about a home computer game from the early 1980s with nary a Brit in sight? Yes, this week Diamond Feit hos...
2023-05-22 10:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
May 21, 1998: If it ain't BAROQUE, don't fix it
by Diamond Feit
Imagine waking up in a desolate ruin you’ve never seen before, unable to remember...
2023-05-22 07:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Ah, the Retronauts Curse continues apace. This latest entry in our ongoing conversation (last touched on in episode 437) about ways to coax the best possible classic gaming experiences from modern ...
2023-05-19 11:50:33 +0000 UTC View Post
With 2008's Fallout 3 bringing the fabled RPG series to a new generation of players who couldn't—or didn't want to—play the first two games, Bethesda had an audience poised and ready for more p...
2023-05-15 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
May 1983: Zeke no Densetsu
by Diamond Feit
I think it's fair to describe the relationship between human beings and the remainder of the animal king...
2023-05-14 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, we grab a big ol' can opener and open a big ol' can of worms—namely, the chronology that underlies the Legend of Zelda series. Does the timeline matter? Does it make sense? Wa...
2023-05-08 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
May 6, 2003: Just let your soul glo
by Diamond Feit
At the dawn of the 21st century, Konami’s Castlevania series of video games had foun...
2023-05-07 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The recent Mario film has got us all in the movie mindset mood, so it's time to take a trip back to 1989 to revisit the first entry in the Nintendo Cinematic Universe, The Wizard! Critically panned...
2023-05-05 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick note from Jeremy: You'll notice a new lead voice this week, though you'll recognize her from several recent episodes: Jess O'Brien, aka VoidBurger. As part of our ongoing effort for Retro...
2023-05-01 11:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings everyone, we are back with our latest (and longest ever) community podcast! You may be surprised to learn that Stu was unavailable to record this one, but fear not, I reached out to newes...
2023-04-30 12:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Over the past year or so, I've been editing, laying out, and otherwise bringing into print a book by friend-of-Retronauts Kevin Bunch (who you will recognize from the roughly dozen episodes he's be...
2023-04-24 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post