Retronauts Episode 137: How Symphony of the Night (almost) killed Metroidvania
Jeremy, Benj, and Chris explore the mid-’90s doldrums of the metroidvania genre, with a lengthy sidebar on the era's lone high point amidst industry-wide disinterest: Castlevania: Symphony of the Nigh...
5 Feb 20181h 42min
Retronauts Micro 80: Jim Henson's Labyrinth
Jeremy, Chris, and Benj have only 13 hours in which to discuss 1986's Jim Henson/George Lucas/David Bowie Muppet-style cult classic movie musical Labyrinth… oh, and also, the games based on it.
2 Feb 20181h 6min
Retronauts Episode 136: Shantae (in her creator's words)
As part of our ongoing developer interview series, Shantae creator Matt Bozon recounts the history and challenges involved in designing indie darling Shantae. From the game's Super NES prototype to th...
29 Jan 20181h 36min
Retronauts Episode 135: Spider-Man Games
Spider-Man has been starring in video games for 35 years, but outside of a few rare instances, his digital adventures didn't receive much praise before Neversoft brought him into the world of polygons...
22 Jan 20181h 44min
Retronauts Micro 79: Animaniacs Games
Hulu just announced a two-season reboot of the classic '90s 'toon Animaniacs, so there's never been a better time to look back at the many games starring the Warner Brothers and their Warner sister, D...
19 Jan 20181h 7min
Retronauts Episode 134: Mega Man X
USgamer's Kat Bailey and Capcom's Brett Elston join Bob and Jeremy to take a deep dive into what might be the single finest entry in the entire Mega Man series: Mega Man X for Super NES. A nonlinear p...
15 Jan 20181h 51min
Retronauts Episode 133: Steamworld & Chip Tanaka's "Django"
Jeremy takes to Skype this week for conversations with the men behind two of last year's best retro-inspired projects: Brjann Sigurgeirsson of Image & Form (Steamworld Dig 2), and legendary Metroid/Ea...
8 Jan 20181h 19min
Retronauts Micro 78: Square's PS1 fighting games
Ah, yes, Squaresoft… the company that only made RPGs. Right? Well. During the PlayStation era, the company's output was all over the place — and that includes the FIVE fighting games it published. All...
5 Jan 201855min
