Retronauts Episode 149: Tetris
Steve Lin and Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation join Jeremy and Bob to comb through the convoluted story of one of the most popular and addictive video games of all time: Tetris!
30 Apr 20181h 31min
Retronauts Episode 148: Namco's Arcade History
Jeremy, Chris, and Benj take a comprehensive journey through the catalog of an arcade legend: Namco. From their humble beginnings through mega-hits like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, and Galaga, it's wall-to-wall...
23 Apr 20181h 58min
Retronauts Micro 85: 3D Sonic Mailbag
Thanks to the magic of planning, I (Bob) have scheduled three episodes in a row about 3D Sonic games. Earlier this week, we talked about Sonic Adventure, and next month we'll talk about Sonic Adventur...
20 Apr 201844min
Retronauts Episode 147: Sonic Adventure
Sonic the Hedgehog essentially sat out the 32-bit generation, which dealt a serious blow to Sega's financial situation. But by the time the company was ready to launch their new hardware, Sega finally...
16 Apr 20181h 29min
Retronauts Episode 146: The Metroid sisterhood - Scurge Hive and Iconoclasts
Nintendo never created a follow-up to 2002's Metroid Fusion, but this week Jeremy interviews the developers who did: Dan Kratt and Graham Scott, who put together DS/GBA cult classic Scurge Hive, and J...
9 Apr 20181h 51min
Retronauts Micro 84: The trials of vintage computing
Benj Edwards has long dreamed of curating a museum of vintage PC history, and he's amassed hundreds of classic computers to make it happen. We talk about the unique challenges of preserving so many ag...
6 Apr 201839min
Retronauts Episode 145: Super Mario Odyssey's classic roots
Jeremy and Bob convene with Chris Kohler and Henry Gilbert to take another look at the ways a recent hit release draws on the heritage of a long-running game franchise. It's Super Mario Odyssey, and i...
2 Apr 20181h 44min
Retronauts Episode 144: Broderbund
By request of patron Jeff Vlasek, we circle back around to go deep on Brøderbund, a company whose catalog we've touched on numerous times over the past year under the aegis of other subjects. This epi...
26 Mar 20181h 59min
