This Week in Retro: Pit-Fighter [1990]
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August 1990: Pit-Fighter Beats Mortal Kombat to the Punch
by Diamond Feit
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Episode 320: A Castlevania Deep Dive
Yes, we've talked about the original Castlevania before, but the last time was as part of a general survey back in the Kickstarter era, which was—brace for it—seven years ago. It's almost retro itself at this point.
I was motivated to create this episode once I learned...
2020-08-17 14:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: SNK Vs. Capcom [2000]
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August 13, 2000: Capcom & SNK! Fighting Together! Mass Hysteria!
by Diamond Feit
Episode 319: Super Mario Galaxy
We keep hearing rumors that Nintendo's going to remaster its 3D Mario games for Switch—an enticing prospect, although the tendency of these rumors to group them all into a single collection makes them a little suspect. These are big, meaty games that would require a fair amount of tinkering, wh...
2020-08-14 12:09:11 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 318: Cowboy Games
Believe it or not, there are topics we've never covered in the past 14 years of Retronauts, so it's always a treat to shine the podcasting spotlight on a subject that's gone untouched. And this week, we're talking all about cowboy games: the genre that traces its roots back to the very b...
2020-08-10 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Castlevania Harmony of Despair [2010]
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August 4, 2010: Konami Shrugs the Final 2D Castlevania Game Into Existence
by Diamond Feit
Episode 317: Chrono Cross
Here's an episode near and dear to my heart. I could explain why, but then this episode (wherein a rave about Chrono Cross for an hour and a half, and Nadia Oxford and Jared Petty listen with bemusement) would be redundant. So, instead, please buckle in and enjoy the show. I'm sure there...
2020-08-03 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Dr. Mario [1990]
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July 27, 1990: Nintendo Invents The Only Good DRM
by Diamond Feit
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2020-08-02 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 316: Nintendo Leaks
In just the past week, the world of retro games has been rocked and shocked by a data breach that's revealed some tantalizing Nintendo information to the general public. But what are the ethics of talking about illegally stolen data? Do we have the right to pore over historically important inform...
2020-07-31 16:31:42 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 315: Samurai Shodown
To tie in with the recent launch of SNK's comprehensive Samurai Shodown Collection, this week sees myself and Diamond Feit (Neo•Geo fan supreme) connect with friend of the show Brandon Sheffield to discuss the series' history. Brandon, who worked extensively on the Collection,...
2020-07-27 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: The King of Fighters ’95/2000 [1995/2000] (with audio bonus)
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This week's patron-exclusive column contains an audio element—let us know what you think in the comments! Is this something you'd like to see (or, uhh, hear) more of?—Jeremy
July 25/26, 1995/2000: The King of Fighters Dabbles in Fire and Ice
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2020-07-26 14:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 314: Ape & Escape & The History of History
The pandemic has had quite an impact on Retronauts—there's only one podcast recording remaining from The Before Times, when we could all sit in the same studio!—but it's not all bad. This week's episode is a case-in-point example. I interviewed game historian Leonard Herman (author of the gro...
2020-07-20 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: X-Men [2000]
July 14, 2000: X-Men heralds the coming of the modern comic book film industry
by Diamond Feit
Episode 313: Weird Controllers, Pt. II
Well, this is it (...maybe). The final journey of the Retronauts East crew (...probably).
This follow-up to the first "Weird Controllers" conversation (from 30 episodes ago!) is a blast from the past that sees the East ensemble banding together, unknowingly meeting for the last time b...
2020-07-17 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 312: Deadly Premonition
We're just a few days out from the release of Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise, so it's about time we take a look back at the first game that just happened to turn ten years old earlier this year. Back when it launched in 2010, Deadly Premonition stood as a budget oddity, at first onl...
2020-07-13 07:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Suzuki Bakuhatsu [2000]
July 6, 2000: Enix welcomes us to the new millennium with a bang
by Diamond Feit
Episode 311: Tales of Toad
I have had a note jotted down in the columns of our Retronauts planning docs to put together some episodes focusing on Mario spinoffs focused on minor characters for several years, but they always get pushed aside in favor of bigger topics. With the surprise announcement of a new Paper Mario<...
2020-07-06 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Jet Grind Radio [2000]
June 29, 2000: Sega Releases, Does Not Condone Jet Set Radio
by Diamond Feit
Episode 310: Silent Hill 2
It's been nearly nine years since we touched upon Silent Hill, so it's high time we revisited Konami's beloved series by focusing on its finest moment. Way back in the fall of 2001, Silent Hill 2 was truly ahead of its time in both storytelling and production values, giving the world an unforgett...
2020-07-03 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 309: Assassin's Creed & Virtual On
Once again, we're squeezing lemonade from the pandemic lemon with another episode in which the remote segment format opens up an opportunity to tackle a couple of topics that might be much harder to arrange with the traditional in-person recording process. First, I finally get my former ...
2020-06-29 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: Missile Command [1980]
June 1980: Sky Rockets in Flight, Arcade's Delight.
by Diamond Feit
On...
2020-06-28 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 308: Sid Meier's Civilization & Magic: The Gathering
The topics covered in this week's two segments may not seem too closely related, but in point of fact there is a common thread linking them: Specifically, long-time friend of the show and regular guest Shivam Bhatt has made both topics into a life-long passion. In our first hour, he schools me in...
2020-06-22 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostA Quick Note About Future Patreon Goals...
Hey folks,
As of today, we're very close to hitting our next Patreon goal of $13000 a month! We set this seemingly pie-in-the-sky goal back when we announced the Patreon revamp in November of 2019, with the idea that we likely wouldn't hit that number until some point in the distant 2020-06-22 00:12:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This Week in Retro: Street Fighter Alpha [1995]
June 27, 1995 Street Fighter Counts Backwards Into Anime
by Diamond Feit
Episode 307: Sega Forever & Captain Tsubasa
You know, I wasn't really sure how things would work out for us in the Pandemic Times—I still don't have a clear sense of when I'll be able to record with Bob in person again—but much to my surprise the need to podcast remotely at all times has actually been somewhat liberating. I've been abl...
2020-06-19 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostEpisode 306: Monkey Island Mailbag
We've got a mighty haul of listener comments and questions from our last three Monkey Island episodes, so this week we've brought on series expert Nina Matsumoto (2020-06-15 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This Week in Retro: Killer 7 [2005]
June 9, 2005: Master! We're in a Tight Spot! Our Game is 15 Years Old!
by Diamond Feit
Episode 305: The Years in Review Revue (2010)
Our Years In Review Revue series for 2020 was derailed somewhat (well, OK, a lot) by the pandemic, but I'm happy to have put a bow on it before we get halfway through the year. Chris Sims and Ben Elgin and I convene virtually for the first time ever, so this is both a series wrap-up and a bit of ...
2020-06-08 13:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis Week in Retro: ESWAT [1990]
June 1 1990: Sega's 16-Bit Cyber Police Outrank Their Arcade Brethren
by Diamond Feit
Episode 304: Back to the Future
Great Scott! It's time to go back in time 35 years to revisit a classic movie that went back in time 30 years and forever changed the way we think about time travel throughout all forms of media. On our latest Patreon-exclusive episode, we shine the Retronauts spotlight on Back to the Future, a s...
2020-06-05 07:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post