E142: Spelunky
Derek Yu’s Spelunky is, without a doubt, an all time indie classic. From its humble origins on PC in 2008, it exploded onto the indie scene as an xbox live arcade title, back when indie gaming felt n...
29 Sep 1h 29min
E141: Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos
Westwood Studios wasn’t always known for the command and conquer series. While 1992’s Dune 2 laid the foundation for the RTS genre as a whole, they were more famous for their dungeon crawling RPGS, u...
2 Sep 1h 32min
E140: Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow
Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow sits tucked away in the middle of 30 different Castlevania games. First released for the Gameboy Advance in 2003, it takes strong inspiration from Symphony of the Night - ...
2 Juli 1h 14min
E139: Catherine
Catherine is a game about relationships, infidelity and the shackles of love. It’s also a game about pushing blocks. Released in 2011 by Atlus, Catherine initially appears to be the odd duck in the Pe...
14 Apr 2h 6min
E138: Frostpunk
On the Retro Spectives Podcast we adore our survival games. Every year when we do a cheat episode we find ourselves drawn to the games that force you to live on the edge. Whether it's Pathologic, Ra...
5 Mars 1h 31min
E137: Mailbag 7
WIth the seventh year of the Retro Spectives Podcast officially done and dusted, it is once again time for our Mailbag Episode! Every year we take the time to answer questions from our listeners abou...
23 Jan 2h 27min
E136: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II is one of the most influential RTS games of all time. It brought the genre to the mainstream with insane sales, and set the standard for UI and tech trees for years to come. Blizzard had...
23 Dec 20251h 25min
E135: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus
Yu-Gi-Oh!, along with Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon, is one of the original big 3 trading card games. Starting its life as a Manga, then a tv series, the story about the card game eventually becam...
7 Nov 20252h 8min
