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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-…
8 years, 2 months ago
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 Lab…
8 years, 2 months ago
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…
8 years, 2 months ago
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 befo…
8 years, 2 months ago
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 star…
8 years, 2 months ago
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 …
8 years, 2 months ago
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 …
8 years, 2 months ago
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…
8 years, 3 months ago
Retronauts Episode 132: New Year's revue: 1978 - 1988 - 1998 - 2008
We dust off an ancient Retronauts tradition, kicking off a new year by looking 10, 20, 30, and even 40 years into the past to explore the evolution o…
8 years, 3 months ago
Retronauts Episode 131: SEGA's arcade history: Into the ’90s
Jeremy Parish, Ben Elgin, and Benj Edwards convene to discuss SEGA's arcade legacy one last time. But they fail! SEGA created so many groundbreaking …
8 years, 3 months ago