Stuart: Wahey! No sooner have I put out one collection of dual interviews in Making of Karateka / Double Dragon Gaiden, I’m straight back in with another double feature, and this one’s a doozy. As well as chatting with the returning Tomm Hulett about his career and the upcoming Contra: Operation Galuga (of which he is the director), I’ve also got a lovely in-depth chinwag with Freakzone Games’ head honcho, Sam Beddoes, the multi-talented director, designer a...
2024-01-01 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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2023: To the Unforseen
by Diamond Feit
I've been writing things on the internet for a long time now, and I don't just mean as a professional freelancer. I started my own blog in 2004 and while feitclub.com no longer exists, I've kept up the habit on on...
2024-01-01 11:30:01 +0000 UTC
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2004: Absolutely a year that happened. And 20 whole years ago! Check your calendars if you don't believe us. On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt (of No More Whoppers), Diamond Feit, and Stuart Gipp as they travel back in time to examine gaming in the year 2004.
2023-12-29 08:00:06 +0000 UTC
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It looks like Patreon choked on this week's episode and duplicated an older episode during the upload, but hopefully this time the proper episode will come through. The audio preview checks out! Cross those fingers....
2023-12-26 03:23:33 +0000 UTC
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Diamond Feit here, happy holidays everyone! Here it is listeners, our last community podcast of 2023. It's also our longest (by far) and it's our first to feature not one but TWO guests: regular cohort Stuart Gipp and, for the first time, Retronauts' longtime editor Greg Leahy! We've been thanking Greg in text form for years at the bottom of these posts but t...
2023-12-24 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The holidays are here once again, which means it's time for all you listeners to take your thirteenth trip to Parts Unknown for yet another exploration of a Yuletide-related video game creation. And this time around, we're examining the Pac-Man Christmas Album: a collection of holiday songs and sketches that very little to do with Pac-Man, but everything to do with hurting. So remember who you are right now, because the following 90 minutes will change you as Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Di...
2023-12-18 08:00:07 +0000 UTC
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December 17, 1993: X, the Everything Robot
by Diamond Feit
Stating "video games are for everyone" shouldn't come across as controversial given the breadth of the modern gaming industry, but for those of us who grew up alongside the rise of consoles in ...
2023-12-17 12:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: You asked for it... well, actually, maybe you didn't. But we did it anyway. We have followed up at long last on Episode 445, the Mario 2D Ranking Hootenanny, in a new dimension. The third dimension! Now, this is not about Mario games with 3D graphics; it is about Mario games that actually incorporate the third dimension in a meaningful way. Which is to say, they add an extra axis of movement to the action. So Mario Wonder, not even a consideration. New Super Mari...
2023-12-15 12:00:10 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: I hope this episode doesn't come off as too self-indulgent, but at some point we realized that Retronauts speaks to authors about their books on video game history pretty often... and here we are, with a whole bunch of published authors who show up weekly on this very podcast. So we thought, hey, why not talk about the processes involved in creating a book about game history? For anyone who enjoys reading (and anyone who wants to create a book of their own), this will hopeful...
2023-12-11 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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December 10, 1993: *racks shotgun* "Moon's haunted"
by Diamond Feit
Mars. The Red Planet. The God of War. Ol' Crimson Cheeseface. Save for our own sun and moon, no celestial body has held greater sway over the imagination of human beings. Ancient cultu...
2023-12-10 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Nadia: This month on Retronauts, Nadia still can't shut up about comic books. Doesn't she know those things are full of violence and filth?! Just look at the Mega Man comic series Archie ran through the '10s!
We jest, we jest. Not about Mega Man and comics, though. We're very serious about that. Which is why Nadia dragged two specific guests onto this show. We have Ian Flynn, author of the aforementioned non-filthy Mega Man comic series and Image's current
2023-12-04 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: Belatedly, I've finally uploaded last week's cover illustration for the second Pitfall! episode. At last... the prophecy is fulfilled.
2023-12-04 01:47:34 +0000 UTC
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December 2, 2013: Wubba lubba dub dub!!
by Diamond Feit
As virtues go, I hold intelligence in high regard. Not in video games, stat-wise, I'm talking about real life; I respect witty, clever people and I aspire to become such a person myself one day. C...
2023-12-03 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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So far, we've given many Mushroom Kingdom residents their own episodes. And while Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad have all received Retronauts representation, we've somehow neglected the surly, shelled, series antagonist, Bowser. Since his inception nearly 40 years ago, he's gone through several forms, a name change, and has even become a playable character—and yet, he's still without a game to call his own. On this episode of Retronauts, join 2023-12-01 08:00:09 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: Hello! Hope you Americans survived your holiday weekend, and that the rest of you survived America's exported "holiday" Black Friday. Sorry about that, by the way.
This morning's episode brings us the second part of a podcast you may or may not have heard depending on your subscription status here at the Retronauts zaibatsu. Part one of this conversation between myself, Stuart, and Kevin went up a week and a half ago as episode 574, a Friday patron-exclusive bonus episo...
2023-11-27 13:19:15 +0000 UTC
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Happy Thanksgiving everybody! Whether you live in the United States or not, I (Diamond Feit) hope you ate well this weekend. Our latest community podcast is ready to serve as background listening as you do dishes, reheat leftovers, or begin your holiday shopping.
Joining me this month is Jess O'Brien to talk about the latest retro news and releases, sha...
2023-11-26 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Stuart:Kick, punch, it’s all in the mind. No, obviously that’s a different thing, though kicks and punches to the head could obscurely be described as a blow to the mind. And speaking of mindblowing, this episode of (checks notes)Retronauts packs in two interviews about two very different fighting games. First, there’s a chat with Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse about the tremendous The Making of Karateka, then an interview with Raymond Teo of Secret Base, dir...
2023-11-20 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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November 19, 1998: Why I can't forget about Freeman
by Diamond Feit
I know this may sound ridiculous, but I believe every video game tells a story. Yes, every video game. Always has, always will. Even when a game lacks traditional narrative elements li...
2023-11-19 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: Greetings from myself and Stuart and Kevin and Pitfall Harry. Or is that "Pitfall! Harry"? I'm never sure how to parse these things. But I am positive that I will never be able to record a podcast episode that entirely covers the intended roster of content we lay out in advance. This one should have been easy! There are only, what, like half a dozen Pitfall! games? And yet, here we are. This episode only covers Pitfall! and its first sequel, Pitfall II: ...
2023-11-17 12:00:08 +0000 UTC
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Good morning, Diamond Feit here. We're fast approaching the 30th anniversary of DOOM, id Software's infinitely replayable & reshapable first-person shooter. And as much as I'd love to spend two hours of my life talking to fellow DOOM-heads about why that game absolutely rules, the truth is Retronauts already has ...
2023-11-13 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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November 12, 1998: Hail to the king, baby
by Diamond Feit
"Are you tired of being nice? Don't you just want to go ape shitt" [sic]
When an anonymous user posted this (rhetorical?) 2023-11-12 12:00:03 +0000 UTC
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As promised, here's the video companion to our PAX Panel, ripped directly from PAX's Twitch channel. Exciting!
2023-11-07 13:35:41 +0000 UTC
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We at Retronauts are pleased to report it's once again time for our listeners to do most of the work. Hey now; fair is fair. And since it's been a good two years since we've done one of these episodes, our fans have generated a wealth of questions and comments worthy of response. (Thanks for that.) So this week, join Bob Mackey and Henry Gilbert as the crew...
2023-11-06 08:00:04 +0000 UTC
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November 1998: Suffer, like G did?
by Diamond Feit
I believe my political leanings have drifted further and further to the left as I get older and realize how much damage decades of far-right rule has done to the United States, but one opinion of mine ...
2023-11-05 12:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Jeremy: I have one final 2023 live event recording for you this week, but honestly it's probably the best I've ever hosted. Between the sound quality, the structure, and the developer insights, it's a damn good listen!
But it's too short to comprise a full episode, so I have also included a half-length Retronauts Radio segment to help pad, er, add value.
As usual for Retronauts Radio, this episode has been uploaded in stereo at a high bitrate quality. It's pretty...
2023-11-03 11:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Stuart: Gex!
Now that I’ve got your attention, listen to this podcast about the computer game character “Gex the Gecko”. Thanks.
Look, you all knew this was coming, regardless of whether or not Limited Run were putting the entire trilogy out on contemporary consoles. Thankfully, they are, so I (Stuart Gipp, hullo) have a reasonably decent excuse for getting the Euronauts gang back together for a jolly old chinwag about this much-maligned and morosely-mis...
2023-10-30 12:32:18 +0000 UTC
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Listeners, I (Diamond Feit) must apologize upfront for a major gaffe in this episode. Whether I was possessed by a fiendish jackal or exhausted from too much podcasting, I couldn't say, but for some reason I described the iconic one-off powerup from Super Mario Bros 3 as Lakitu's Shoe. Latiku has no shoes; I'm not even sure if he has legs!
Otherwise I'm quite proud of our latest community episode wherein
2023-10-29 12:00:06 +0000 UTC
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Kevin: Retronauts finally features sync-sound action as we delve into the fascinating history of the Odyssey2! Joining me for this Voice-enhanced podcast recording are fellow Odyssey2 enthusiasts Jared Petty (of Limited Run Games) and Earl Green (of thelogbook.com), as we have a far-ranging discussion about Magnavox's silver beast = touching on the origins of the console, its weird, innovative, and frequently fascinating contributions to game design, and even its never-released successors! Th...
2023-10-23 12:00:07 +0000 UTC
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October 21, 2003: Thank you Leon, but our Dracula is in other castle
by Diamond Feit
Few things angry up the blood of hardcore fans more than debates surrounding canon. The longer a story stretches, the more complicated it becomes for the creative mind...
2023-10-22 12:00:05 +0000 UTC
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As the past decade of Five Nights at Freddy's has taught us, kids love horror. But before all the kiddos out there had the opportunity to look up the most stomach-churning images and videos in creation just by picking up mommy's cell phone, one question arose: How do you sell highly inappropriate media to children? On this episode of Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, 2023-10-20 07:00:03 +0000 UTC
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