Play Retro Show

It's time. Time to take on one of the BIGGEST game franchises of all time. It's a big deal, and we have all the deets of the last 42 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The PlayStation launched in Japan on December 3, 1994. Sony sold 102 million consoles and numerous versions of the PS1 before ceasing production in 2004. But how did that initial launch lineup hold up? We have the answers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Punch-Out! is a Japanese video game series of boxing created by Nintendo's general manager Genyo Takeda, and his partner Makoto Wada. The first game was Punch-Out!! made in 1984 as an arcade unit, which was followed by a sequel Super Punch-Out!! (1984). The series was released on home consoles soon after, starting with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES in 1987 and Super Punch-Out!! on the Super NES in 1994. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, it changed shooters forever. And we go deep on all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dragon's Lair is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and convoluted decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cheaters Always Win...Game Genie, Gameshark, Pro Action Replay and other ways to win. Turbo Buttons and other analog cheats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Console Mascots Race to 3D Action Platforming : What was right, what was wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

TMNT (1989), The Simpsons (1991), TMNT - Turtles in Time (1991), X-MEN (1992), and more! Plus all the usual fun this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

King's Quest is a graphic adventure game series, released between 1980 and 2016 and created by the American software company Sierra Entertainment. It is widely considered a classic series from the golden era of adventure games. Following the success of its first installments, the series was primarily responsible for building the reputation of Sierra. Roberta Williams, co-founder and former co-owner of Sierra, designed all of the King's Quest games until the series' reboot in 2015. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Duck Tales for NES is a traditional platform game in which the player takes the role of greedy Scrooge McDuck in search of treasures around the globe. He counts on his three nephews and on other Duck Tales characters to help him in his quest through inhospitable places such as the Amazon rainforest, the African mines, the Himalayas, Transylvania (where he meets Dracula Duck) and even the Moon.Each one of them reserves the old duck lots of adventure, different enemies and hidden rooms.The game features a 2D side-scrolling platform gameplay very similar to Mega Man. Graphics are colorful and cartoonish, music is reminiscent of the TV series, and controls are very simple. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NES, Genesis, SNES, PS1...this is the heyday for all things Castlevania! And we are here for it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Metroid is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The first installment in the Metroid series, it was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System peripheral in August 1986. North America received a release in August 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System in the Game Pak ROM cartridge format, with the European release following in January 1988. Set on the planet Zebes, the story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve the parasitic Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates, who plan to replicate the Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and then use them as biological weapons to destroy Samus and all who oppose them.We cover it ALL! Metroid to Prime, and everything in-between! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's episode is all about the impact of the early top down GTA games. Why they matter, and why almost every game you play today has some of that DNA in it. Also, the ichi.io sale for Ukraine. Fireman on SNES. Brian's new GameCube controller. Guess My Game! Emails and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Most games in the Bomberman franchise largely revolve around two modes of play; single player campaigns where the player must defeat enemies and reach an exit to progress through levels, and multiplayer modes where players must attempt to eliminate each other and be the last one standing. There have been nearly 100 of these, and we are ready to answer the question: Why is Bomberman is awesome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time to talk about the one game that somehow transcends all others for some reason, and you don’t even need to be a sports fan to understand why. Our take on why NHL 94 is still king nearly 30 years on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You may have heard of Hexen, or maybe Raven Software, but you might not know just how rad the Heretic thru Hexen II era was, until now! Jump in and enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some quick thoughts on Yoshi and his island, and how to get a CRT tv for 20 bucks in 2022. Then it's off to the main topic of Contra, and ALL the games that came after and before it in the Run n' Gun genre of classic gaming. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Berzerk is a very old game, but man, it sure did have an influence moving forward, to this very day! That's right, this week we take a look at the 1980 smash arcade hit and why it has more to do with the games you play now than you might think! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We wanted to take a look at 'aver-games' of the early 90's, and what it took back then, and now, to make a game with brands and have it actually be good. Enter, Cool Spot, for the Genesis and SNES. Among others. A lot in here today so get to listening! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today, it's all about a monkey named Donkey, and a little guy named Jump Man, and how the biggest shift in character-based gaming was about take a HUGE leap right under our noses. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium is a role-playing video game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released in Japan in 1993 and Europe and North America in 1995. It is the fourth and final game in the original Phantasy Star series, concluding the story of the Algol Star System. And we are here for it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first episode is here! And there's a lot in here, including a deep loving look at Joust, and why it might be the greatest arcade game of all time. We also talk about playing retro games in VR, how Scott grew up with arcades in his basement, Guess Our Game remains, and MORE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Play Retro 00: Coming January 2022! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.