Retronauts #104 early access: Metroidvania origins
Added 2017-06-12 12:02:51 +0000 UTCGood morning and happy E3 week to you. In celebration of all the indie games likely to be demoed at the show over the next few days, we've put together a timely little episode on what inspired most of them in the first place: 8-bit metroidvania games.
Well, sort of. This is one of those cases where I had put together a ton of notes for the show, but we covered only about half of the material. This is perhaps the most digressive episode I've ever hosted. Everything is on-topic, but not necessarily on-track. We didn't actually make it to the overview of formative 8-bit metroidvania games! Instead, we discuss the term's origins (I didn't coin it, OK?), the roots of platforming and action RPGs, and the perils of linguistic prescriptivism. It's a pretty broad episode... but a good one, I think. And one due to be revisited before too long. After all, I need to make use of all those notes I put together. — Jeremy
Description: Benj Edwards and Chris Sims join Jeremy for what was intended to be a quick overview of 8-bit games that helped define non-linear platforming but ultimately gets bogged down in exploring side paths… as in any metroidvania worth its salt, really.
Comments
Glad you liked it!
2017-06-23 20:08:13 +0000 UTCReally liked the degree of researching and digging for those old magazine interviews (complete with PAPER printouts?! Wherever did you find that resource??). Great episode from all of you
Austin Cummings
2017-06-22 06:35:37 +0000 UTCWhat's the song at the 32 minute
2017-06-18 15:46:57 +0000 UTCThis is a great episode, but I put the constant sidetracks mostly on Ben's non sequiturs. I'd be curious to hear this conversation between Jeremy, Chris, and Bob.
Chris
2017-06-15 10:24:50 +0000 UTCThis was a great Retronauts East, I daresay the best so far. I could definitely feel more energy and a good flow. Now I'm really looking forward to part 2 of this!
Abrahm Simons
2017-06-15 01:55:25 +0000 UTCSharkey was right - Castleroid is the secret best name for this genre.
2017-06-14 14:53:02 +0000 UTCAkin to the "fishbulb" of homer simpson, the Yasichi was just a made up thing with no previous history--according to an interview on shmuplations.
Normallyretro
2017-06-14 02:12:17 +0000 UTC
