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PLAY RETRO 183: Bubsy!
Bubsy the Bobcat debuted in Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind (1993) on the SNES and Genesis, a colorful platformer built around speed and Bubsy’s …
4 months ago
Play Retro Co-op: The Making of the Great Game Soundtracks
Today’s Play Retro is a special episode! Scott and Brian talking about the making of great soundtracks in games, retro or otherwise, and why it might…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 182: The Metal Slug Series
Metal Slug debuted in 1996 on SNK’s Neo Geo hardware, developed by Nazca Corporation. It quickly became known for its fluid hand-drawn animation, cha…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 181: Joe & Mac!
The Data East side-scrolling action-platformer where two cavemen battle rival tribes, dinosaurs, and prehistoric beasts to rescue kidnapped cavewomen…
4 months, 4 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 180: Shadowrun
This week we discuss 90s era Shadowrunl; The SNES version (1993, Beam Software/Data East) presents an isometric action-adventure with a strong narrat…
5 months ago
PLAY RETRO 179 : It Came from the Desert
A pulp-inspired action-adventure game paying homage to 1950s sci-fi horror, especially the film Them!. You play geologist Greg Bradley, investigating…
5 months, 1 week ago
PLAY RETRO 178: The Incredible Machine
The Incredible Machine, a series that turned complex cause-and-effect chain reactions into one of the most oddly satisfying puzzle experiences of the…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 177: Heroes of Might & Magic III
HoMM3 by New World Computing. The third entry in the series and the most beloved. A turn-based strategy game where you control heroes, build up towns…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
PLAY RETRO 176: No One Lives Forever
Monolith's The Operative: No One Lives Forever and its sequel. A pair of first-person shooters from the early 2000s. Combining stealth mechanics, inn…
6 months ago
PLAY RETRO 175: Monster Truck Madness
Microsoft’s monster truck racing series that became a surprise hit on Windows in the late ’90s and spawned console and handheld versions. From early …
6 months, 1 week ago