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111 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 11 years ago - ★★★★★ - 600 ratings1UP's retro blog -- editors discuss classic games and classic systems, and how they relate to the current gaming scene. Reader participation via Skype is encouraged! Check out the site for information on upcoming podcasts.
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Episodes
Retronauts Live Episode 15
June 16, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBIt's an E3 two-fer as Jeremy Parish hits the studio with Sharkey/Scooter/Kohler for a pre-show chat, followed by an on-the-spot session with Bob Mackey, Nadia Oxford, and JC Fletcher. Old things! They're awesome.
Retronauts Live Episode 14
June 03, 2011 20:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBJeremy Parish and Marty Sliva take to the phone lines to discuss the 25th anniversary of Dragon Quest. But alas! The phone lines don't work, meaning that this episode is but the first half of a larger, eventual Dragon Quest chat.
Retronauts Live Episode 13
May 25, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 38.4 MBChrono Trigger arrived on Virtual Console last week, and that's pretty much all the excuse Jeremy Parish, Jose Otero, and Scott Sharkey needed to open the phone lines and talk about the game. Featuring the voice of Lavos!
Retronauts Live Episode 12
May 19, 2011 20:00 - 57 minutes - 26.6 MBTo commemorate the long-awaited return of director Yotsui "Isuke" Koucihi (courtesy of Moon Diver), Jeremy Parish, Sam Kennedy, and Scott Sharkey talk about his 1989 arcade classic Strider (and Strider's other, less classic iterations, too).
Retronauts Live Episode 11
May 09, 2011 20:00 - 55 minutes - 25.6 MBWe celebrate both the existence of Colecovision and the merger of 1UP and IGN by dragging Scott Bromley and Sam Claiborn into the studio to talk all things Coleco with Jeremy Parish and Scott Sharkey. It's collaborative!
Retronauts Live Episode 10
May 02, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBJeremy Parish, Christian Nutt, and Scott Sharkey take to the phone lines and the world of Justin.tv to discuss Capcom's Mega Man X series with and in front of a live audience. Whatever we're fighting for, it appears to be a totally sweet cause.
Retronauts Live Episode 9
April 25, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 30.2 MBChristian Nutt, Thierry Nguyen, and Chris Kohler join Jeremy Parish and a myriad host of callers to discuss the Super NES Final Fantasy games. Well, we say "discuss." Mostly we mean "argue."
Retronauts Live Episode 8
April 06, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBEveryone loves arcade games! At least, everyone who calls in to talk this episode. As long as you're referring to classic arcade games. With these caveats in mind, quarter up and listen to Jeremy Parish, Frank Cifaldi, Scott Sharkey, and Brandon Sheffield.
Retronauts Live Episode 7
March 30, 2011 20:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBRetronauts Live goes aggro and jumps its schedule a few days to hadouken facts about Street Fighter II's 20th anniversary right in your face. (Please do not throw up.) Featuring J. Parish, F. Cifaldi, M. Nelson, J. Otero, and a call-in cast of thousands.
Retronauts Live Episode 6
March 28, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBThe Game Boy Advance's 10th anniversary is all the excuse we need to open the phone lines and force our GBA opinions down your throat. Live the adventure with Jeremy Parish, Frank Cifaldi, Chris Kohler, and Christian Nutt! Be sure to bring a light source!
Retronauts Live Episode 5
March 19, 2011 20:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBWe couldn't think of a topic, so the onus was on you caller folks. So, now you can listen to Jeremy Parish, Frank Cifaldi, and Sam Kennedy talk about River City Ransom 2, Famicom Disc System (FREAKIN' FINALLY), Demon's Crest, and other random stuff.
Retronauts Live Episode 4
March 12, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 27.5 MBThe semi-annual tradition of us talking in front of a bunch of people continues with this overview of the 16-bit era. Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 joins Frank Cilfaldi, Chris Kohler, and a very under-the-weather Jeremy Parish for this PAX East talkstravaganza!
Retronauts Live Episode 3
March 06, 2011 20:00 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBJeremy Parish is joined by resident pokemaniacs Justin Haywald and Kat Bailey to discuss the history and mystery of Pokémon (though mostly they just shout at each other about a children's game while strangers listen in awkward silence).
Retronauts Live Episode 2
February 28, 2011 20:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBYou demanded it and we complied: more call-in discussion of Zelda. And Famicom Disc System, in theory. Join Jeremy Parish, Frank Cifaldi, Chris Kohler, and strangers on the phone as they deal with bleeping call-in lines and echoing audio feedback. Sweet.
Retronauts Live Episode 1: Zelda's 25 Birthday
February 20, 2011 20:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBSo maybe we can't do Retronauts on our own... but we can do it with your help! Jeremy Parish, Frank Cifaldi, and Shane Bettenhausen open the phone lines to take your calls on The Legend of Zelda's 25th anniversary, and a good time is had by all.
Retronauts Episode 2011-A
January 13, 2011 20:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBDabbling in a brief bout of necromancy, Jeremy Parish grabs Frank Cifaldi, Scott Sharkey, and Chris Kohler to do a year-end roundup for 1971, '76, '81, '86 (and so forth) before letting the show return once again to the grave.
Retronauts Episode 99
October 14, 2010 20:00 - 2 hours - 59.8 MBWe put the wraps on the Retronauts podcast the only way we know how: with a disorganized discussion of video game endings riddled with failed jokes, platform bias, and gross factual inaccuracies.
Retronauts Episode 98
September 10, 2010 20:00 - 2 hours - 78 MBRetronauts' penultimate episode sees Parish, Cifaldi, Kohler, and Maragos chatting about the NES's silver anniversary at PAX. Then Sharkey and Barnholt join the lovefest in the studio. After 170 minutes of this nonsense, you'll be glad to see us go away!
Retronauts Episode 97
August 11, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 31.5 MBClassic Gaming Expo and Scott Pilgrim provide grist for the retrogaming love mill. Jeremy Parish and Chris Kohler rap with Alice Liang and Alan Johnson. (Disclaimer: This episode contains no rap music, and definitely not a Kohler/Parish rap battle.)
Retronauts Episode 96
July 17, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBParish, Barnholt, Cifaldi, and Kohler look back at the halcyon days of June 2010 by recapping the classic franchises that received a renewal at E3. Tech issues and lost recordings can't keep this crew from jawing on at length about old games, nosirree.
Retronauts Episode 95
June 24, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBWhen podcasts collide you get a downright erratic episode of Retronauts. Ray Barnholt talks to fellow podcasters Jordan Morris and Jesse Thorn, and explores the duo's own histories with videogames. But just what do they talk about? Virtually everything, including the Atari Lynx, Nintendo's E3 lineup, all sorts of sports games, R.O.B., and Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden. Let's go!
Retronauts Episode 94
June 10, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 46.7 MB1985 was a banner day for nostalgia, and Jeremy, Ray, Frank, and Sharkey look back on the glorious pop-culture bounty of that year with quarter-century tributes to Back to the Future, The Goonies, and Gradius. Add it up and you have 75 years of nerdiness.
Retronauts Episode 93
May 27, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBParish, Sharkey, Barnholt, and Cifaldi muse on the history and trickery of 3D visuals in gaming. Not the stupid gimmicky 3D tech the kids like these days, oh no. REAL fake 3D, with vector lines and scaling sprites and Gouraud shading.
Retronauts Episode 92
May 13, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBJeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Frank Cifaldi, and Chris Kohler discuss news of old things, contemplate the mysteries of spring 1990, question the parallels between Virtual Boy and 3DS, and make entirely too many dumb jokes. You know you love it.
Retronauts Episode 91
April 16, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBFrank Cifaldi plays host to a Tengen reunion as former programmers Steve Woita, Franz Lanzinger, and Mark Morris share tales of life at the greatest unlicensed Nintendo publisher ever.
Retronauts Episode 90
April 01, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBJeremy Parish, Shane Bettenhausen, Kurt Kalata, and Chris Kohler take to the mean streets of Boston's Hynes Center to explain the mysteries of game collecting to a capacity crowd!
Retronauts Episode 89
March 18, 2010 20:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBJeremy Parish, Scott Sharkey, and Ray Barnholt congregate briefly around a malfunctioning studio setup to talk about the recent spate of worthwhile retro downloads, GDC talks, C-SPAN archives, and more.
Retronauts Episode 88
March 05, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBRay Barnholt takes the mic as Game Developer's Brandon Sheffield joins the crew to talk about the arcade legacy of Data East...nd Data West!?
Retronauts Episode 87
February 18, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBWhen plans to talk about Data East go awry (again!), Jeremy, Ray, Sharkey, and Kohler improvise and babble about vaguely game-related things for almost 90 minutes. It's very free-form! But is it art?
Retronauts Episode 86
February 04, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 33.8 MBJeremy, Ray, Chris, and a strangely transient Justin Haywald sleepily revisit the Lunar series and the overarching Game Arts ouevre. All through the niiiiight, keep marchiiiiing oooooon!
Retronauts Episode 85
January 21, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 45 MBFrank Cifaldi joins Jeremy, Ray, and Chris again to discuss the potential of Microsoft's Game Room, the fake history of Dark Void Zero, and the mysterious history of Sunsoft.
Retronauts Episode 84
January 07, 2010 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.2 MBWe kick off 2010 with our annual look-back to bygone years. Jeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Frank Cifaldi, and Chris Kohler explore the mysteries of 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, and 1995 in this entirely too lengthy episode!
Retronauts Episode 83
December 22, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MBWe've checked out for the year, so Sharkey, Tina, and Mike join Jeremy for an aimless, rambling discussion of random holiday gaming memories. Then Sharkey sticks around to talk about Habitat before Justin and Jade hop in to talk about FFVIII's on PSN.
Retronauts Episode 82
December 10, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBParish, Barnholt, Haywald, and Kohler discuss the strange resuscitation of Virtual Console, the overlooked legacy of Zelda's portable entries, and the 15th anniversary of PlayStation.
Retronauts Episode 81
November 19, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 37.6 MBJeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, and Chris Kohler use the launch of the retro-tastic New Super Mario Bros. Wii an excuse to wax nostalgic about Mario's SNES episodes.
Retronauts Episode 80
November 11, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBDr. Greg Zeschuk joins Jeremy Parish, Bitmob's Jason Wilson, and at1UP's Travis Williams to talk about the history of his company: A plucky little start-up called BioWare.
Retronauts Episode 79
October 22, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 38.7 MBBeautiful 2D is alive and kicking on Wii. WayForward's Marc Gomez and Sean Velasco talk about remaking NES classic A Boy and His Blob, while Shane Bettenhausen shares the secret history of Muramasa. Also: Yoko Shimomura, the return of news, and more!
Retronauts Episode 78
October 08, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBWe go on the road again (with all the rough audio quality that entails) to talk to Konami producer Tomm Hulett about his role in recent remakes and revivals of Rocket Knight, Contra, and Silent Hill. Other participants in this triple-segment show include: 1UP's Matt Leone, Konami's Pearl Lu and Simon Lai, and Nich Maragos from Atlus. 573 x 3 = Retronauts!
Retronauts Episode 77
September 17, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 33.4 MBEpisode 77 description: Also live from PAX! A guerilla-style episode featuring random conversations with the Earthbound fans behind fangamer. com, 1UP readers who love Bethesda and Super Mario, and the programmer for abortive Trek game The Secret of Vulcan Fury. It's a grab bag of randomness.
Retronauts Episode 76
September 10, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 29.7 MBLive from Penny Arcade Expo 2009! Jeremy Parish, Justin Haywald, Nich Maragos, Shane Bettenhausen and Chris Kohler talk about history via Penny Arcade.
Retronauts Episode 75
August 20, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 37.9 MBRay Barnholt steps (er, sits) into the host's chair to lead up a discussion of a topic near to his heart- the TurboGrafx-16's 20th anniversary. Gamasutra's Christian Nutt and Brandon Sheffield guest, while Jeremy Parish serves as ballast.
Retronauts Episode 74
August 06, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 40.1 MBParish, Barnholt, and Kohler mark the Game Boy's 20th anniversary in America by talking about... every portable system except Game Boy.
Retronauts One-Off The Grind (Pilot Test Episode)
July 16, 2009 20:00 - 48 minutes - 22 MBWith Dragon Quest IX a hit in Japan and Valkyria Chronicle getting a sequel, we take a short break from Retronauts for a test run of a podcast companion to our Japanese/Western/MMO RPG blog The Grind. (Don't fret, Retronauts will return to its regular irregular schedule next week... or maybe the week after that.)
Retronauts Podcast Episode 73
July 02, 2009 20:00 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MBThe show returns with its participants in a rush to quickly discuss the death of Michael Jackson, and E3's reboots of Monkey Island, Metroid, and Castlevania; and the 25th anniversary of Tetris. This episode is so brief that one might call it the very soul of wit.
Retronauts Podcast Episode 72
May 21, 2009 20:00 - 56 minutes - 26 MB1UP contributor and Majora's Mask superfan Bob Mackey calls in to discuss Ghostbusters games with Parish and Sharkey. And hey -- Majora's Mask came out on Virtual Console this week, so we talk about that, too.
Retronauts Podcast Episode 71
May 14, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 37.2 MBKohler and Sharkey drop by to talk about Nintendo's most racist game ever, Punch-Out!! But first, Ray and Kohler pick apart Parish's essential Game Boy selections. Surprisingly, no one impersonates Mike Tyson.
Retronauts Podcast Episode 70
May 07, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 34.9 MBWe discuss the three Rs: rereleases (Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram for XBLA), remakes (Klonoa for Wii), and reimaginings (Silent Hill: Shattered Memories). Featuring James Mielke, Kurtis Seid, Ray Barnholt, Jeremy Parish. Special thanks to Konami's Tomm Hulett and Climax's Sam Barstow.
Retronauts Podcast Episode 69
April 30, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBRetronauts hits episode 69 and we don't make a single joke about it. In fact, we talk about Star Trek, which is pretty much the opposite of sex. Also: Game Boy, Gunstar Heroes, and Virtual Console Arcade.
Retronauts Podcast Episode 68
April 23, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBJeremy Parish, Ray Barnholt, Kurtis Seid, Chris Kohler, and Jenn Frank break in a new program format. Enjoy an hour of highly-focused discussion on Game Boy's birthday, Vandal-Hearts' sequel, and Final Fantasy's remakes, plus 50 aimless minutes as well
Retronauts Podcast Episode 67
March 12, 2009 20:00 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBJeremy Parish, Andrew Fitch, and Shivam Bhatt join together with the other 105 Stars of Destiny to explore the history of Suikoden. Thrill as we obsess! Gasp as we alienate our listeners with opinions! It's suik-o-riffic.