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Retronauts Micro 19: Super Castlevania IV

Hi everyone, this week's early access episode is live!

By now, your spring backer goodies should have arrived, or will be arriving imminently — Fangamer shipped them last week, and we've seen photos and posts popping up on social media. Sorry about the delay in those rewards... it was due to a backed-up shirt production pipeline and was unfortunately out of our hands. We'll time our next round of goods with this hangup in mind for smoother sailing in the future.

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Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 45: The Monkey Island Series with Special Guest Ron Gilbert

Hey! It's this week's full-length advance episode, two days ahead of schedule! You know what to do.

Retronauts Micro 018: Echo Night

Thanks for bearing with the slight delay! And expect the next advance episode to hit soon—I'll be attending Summer Games Done Quick this weekend, so I'll need to post it before I leave.

- Bob

Brief Delay on this Week's Advance Micro

Hey folks,

Bob here with an incredibly short message. I came down with what seemed to be a minor cold Friday night, but my illness quickly transformed into some Death Virus that still has me couchbound. Expect the next Micro to hit Patreon before the weekend, and, as always, thanks for your patience!

- Bob

A change from the usual

Hi everyone, we're taking bit of a different approach this week. The early access episode we had originally planned for this week (Monkey Island, feat. Ron Gilbert) kind of fell to the side when Nintendo President Satoru Iwata died. As it happens, we were in the middle of recording a PlayStation 20th anniversary episode for September when the press release announcing Mr. Iwata's passing hit, and we've decided to release that episode (our raw reactions included) ahead of its intended schedule and...

Psst, have an early episode even earlier

Hi everyone, there have been a few times this year that work or life circumstances have caused our early access episodes to go up a few days late, which is something I really want to avoid. Sometimes we just can't help it, though. So, by way of averaging out injustices through numbers, here's the next episode of Retronauts Micro a day early. It's our little secret, OK?

This week, I muse over the history and greatness of Treasure. We could probably do a full episode on the company, and I'm sure...

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Retronauts Episode 43 early access

Hello friends, and welcome to another early access episode. This one takes us waaaay back. It's (1) a Kickstarter campaign request episode (one of the last in the queue, coming to us courtesy of Sean Clements); it's (2) from a January recording session (hence the muffled audio quality — it's from that session where our equipment was having some issues); and (3) it takes us back to our very first Kickstarted episode (which we published almost two years ago to the day!) with the return of Vol. I...

Retronauts Micro 016: EarthBound Beginnings/Mother

Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 42: Listener Mail

This week's episode, direct to you

As I mentioned a few days ago, this week's episode breaks the rules a little bit by going live directly to the public rather than coming to Patreon first. There's a reason for that, though! We reached out to some folks at Capcom to ask if they wanted to join us to talk about classic Mega Man and they said, "Oh, well, actually we'll be announcing something soon..." So we agreed to hold on to this episode until they made their announcement. It's not often a podcast about long-forgotten games is su...

Early access: Retronauts Micro 15

Kept you waiti—no, never mind. Anyway. Sorry for the tardiness. Here is episode 15 of Retronauts Micro. I experimented with the format a little with this one. I hope you like it, and if not, um, apologies in advance. This week's episode is about Tengen, as a sort of flip side to my previous Micro on Ultra Games. The two companies represented two very different solutions to the common problem of NES licensing.

If you're wondering why there are two Micros in a row, well, that has to...

Quick update on this week's post

Hello, backers, and welcome to June! Jeremy here. I wanted to offer a quick update on this week's early access episode — as you may have guessed, it's going to be a little late. That's not something I want to make a habit of, but it was unavoidable. I spent the weekend on the road, traveling to help out in the wake of an unexpected death in the family. I haven't had a chance to put this week's episode together. I'm working on it, though! I hope to have it up by Wednesday.

Also, as...

May 2015 Patreon supported

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Retronauts Micro 014: Konami 8-Bit B-Sides Mixtape

Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 40: Why We Love Japanese Games

Thanks again for your patience, everyone! My MacBook is finally in working order, so you shouldn't have to deal with any more significant delays. Enjoy the episode!

Update on Today's Advance Episode...

Hey friends, Unfortunately, this week's advance episode is going to be a tad late once again--my MacBook is back in the shop, and they're replacing the one thing they didn't replace the first time (the hard drive), so I should be sitting pretty soon. I do have some GOOD news, though: This Thursday, I sent Fangamer their payment for the production and distribution of our Patreon rewards, which should be headed your way somewhat soon. Thanks again for your patience! I'm really looking forward t...

Retronauts Micro 13 - early access

Greetings, friends! The latest Retronauts Micro is here. This week, it's a look at Ultra Games, that curious subsidiary of Konami. Have you spotted the theme in the Micro episode I've produced? Also, do you remember Konami? They used to make video games! — Jeremy

IMPORTANT: Check Your E-Mail!

Hey friends, Just a quick announcement: Fangamer just sent out their surveys for our first round backer rewards, so make sure you respond promptly! If you don't see it, please check your junk/spam filter to make sure this message didn't land there. - Bob

Retronauts Episode 39 - early access

Hello! Sorry this ran a little later than usual — the cover art took longer to create than I had anticipated. Anyway, here is the latest episode of Retronauts, direct to your ears. And the description:At the behest of Kickstarter backer Chase (yes, we're still fulfilling Kickstarter episodes), Jeremy, Bob, Ray, and Gary Butterfield assemble to talk about "slow life games." You know, the ones about nothing. The Seinfelds of games.

April 2015 Patreon supported

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Retronauts Micro 012: Interstate '76

Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 38: Bonk

Hey friends, sorry for the delay! My Mac is still suffering from the same issues that make podcast editing a complete pain, so the next advance episode might be a touch late as I wait for the Apple Store to work their magic. Apologies for the inconvenience, and be sure to follow our Twitter and Facebook accounts for updates! - Bob

Patreon Rewards Update!

Check out the latest info about our upcoming Patreon rewards via the official Retronauts blog.

Episode Micro 11: The original "Virtual" console

Hello again, everyone. Last week, we talked about the Game Boy Color's competitors, WonderSwan and Neo Geo Pocket Color. This latest Micro episode is a sort of spiritual companion in that it focuses on GBC's predecessor... kind of. Or the system whose troubles prompted the creation of Game Boy Color? In a sense? Anyway, it's about Virtual Boy. That's what I'm trying to say here.

Episode 37 early access: The Other Portables

Here's one that's been waiting in the wings for a while: Episode 37, wherein Shane Bettenhausen and Christian Nutt join us for a discussion of the Neo Geo Pocket Color and WonderSwan. As you might have guessed, we recorded this right after the Valis episode (hence the woefully dated Assassin's Creed Unity comments). But you know, since nothing whatsoever has happened on the NGPC/WS front, the conversation is as relevant today as it was when we recorded it last November. That's the magic of Retro...

March 2015 Patreon supported

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Retronauts Micro 010: Parodius

Retronauts Vol. IV Episode 36: Super Mario World

Super Mario World celebrates its 25th birthday this year, making all of us indescribably old. More importantly, though, this anniversary is the perfect time to discuss the finer points of this legendary Nintendo-developed platformer--one we may take for granted, seeing as most of us got it for free. On this episode, join Bob Mackey, Jeremy Parish, and guest Gary Butterfield as the crew dedicates an entire episode to Mario's first 16-bit adventure. Chocolate secrets will be revealed!