Retronauts

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A podcast about old video games. 10 years = retro, we don't make the rules. Support us on Patreon for exclusive episodes, Discord access, and more! patreon.com/retronauts

action from Black Tiger (1987, arcade): the hero slashes with a whip while throwing multiple knives at one lone enemy.
cover art by Amanda Neipris: a kid with a bat smacks a floating pair of eyes while a chicken man with a 4 on its chest cheers on. The sky and sea are visible; both are pink/purplish
Leona's introduction from the attract mode of KOF '96: she draws a knife from behind her as Ralf and Clark appear by her side
cover art by Nick Wanserski: a warrior sits on a throne adorned with the letter C and video games dot his room full of treasures.
an early moment of Bullet Witch where three decaying gunmen wearing skin like clothes threaten to shoot a woman who is clearly the main character. Gross guy: "Do you wanna say your prayers?" [points gun at her] Lady: "Witches don't need...prayers."
cover art: a still image taken from footage of Jimothy on the move in Seattle
cover art by Nick Daniel: an underground monster looks at a spiked pit with human bones inside along with a sausage. There's also a crane game claw above.
footage of Speedway, a racing game for the RCA Studio II made by teenage Joyce Weisbecker in 1976
cover art by John Pading: a close-up of Enoch facing away from the camera, giving us a GOOD look at his Edwin blue jeans.
Buckner & Garcia perform Pac-Man Fever on stage
cover art: a photo of the RCA dog statue atop the Maryland Center for History and Culture in Baltimore
cover art by Leeann Hamilton: an assortment of classic game heroes in front of a large stack of magazines
cover art by Nick Daniel: Pac-Man tickles the ivories and wails into a microphone.
cover art by Irene Koh: Jam Kuradoberi poses in front of a long dragon.
cover art: THIS MONTH IN RETRONAUTS written in a Knicks logo with June 2026 on top
cover art by Greg Melo: an assortment of video game characters (including Rikuo from Dark Stalkers, a Ninja Turtle, and Frog from Chrono Trigger) listen to a boom box.
cover art: Chip & Dale from Rescue Rangers frolic on a giant C from the Capcom logo
an animation of a man summoning a drone with fists which punches the screen revealing the BitSummit logo
cover art by Nick Daniel: a closeup of a pinball playfield featuring the usual accoutrements such as flippers, spinners, bumpers, and of course pinballs.
cover art by Greg Melo: a Mega Man select-your-stage screen except the robot masters have been replaced by the stars of classic Capcom platformers: Radd Spencer, Son Son, Scrooge McDuck, Strider Hiryu, Firebrand, Arthur, and more!
Takashi Tezuka lifting one leg and sticking out his arm for some reason
cover art by John Pading: a frog mascot delivers a punch SO HARD to silkworm cocoon mascot Mayumaro that the silk is flying everywhere
in-game footage of Asterix & Obelix: Paf! Par Toutatis! for the Game Boy Advance
cover art by Greg Melo; Takashi Tezuka jumps for joy surrounded by recognizable Nintendo characters/items that he either created or helped shepherd into existence.
cover art featuring GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen and an unidentified dog
cover art by Nick Daniel: Chun-li holds a sofa over her head and Vega (Claw) looks appropriately freaked out
cover art by Salem Sloane: Astérix & Obélix sit together playing a video game OR they're holding small rocks. Who can say how they amused themselves all those millennia ago?
an animated GIF that resembles the GBA startup sequence except it says "THIS FORMAT IS 25 YEARS OLD" because the GBA came out in 2001
cover art by John Pading: a lady bends over backwards like Neo in The Matrix dodging dozens of bullets
cover art by Greg Melo: the hero is set upon from all sides by many adorable monsters as the Dragon Lord looms large above the horizon
cover art by Nick Daniel: a boy in a striped shirt standing in a field of flowers spies something in the distance
cover art by Tracey Yardley: Link sails the stormy seas and battles a tentacle protruding from the water
cover art by Nick Wanserski: Jill Valentine (Resident Evil), Geno (Super Mario RPG) and Igor (Revelations: Persona) all sit for a panel discussion about 1996
cover art: Diamond peeks out from inside a TARDIS in a photo taken at Midwest Gaming Classic last weekend
cover art by Nick Wanserski: Mother Brain puts on her reading monocle to peruse the print works of all four featured speakers on this podcast
cover art by Nick Daniel: Mario looks up at Rosalina & StarFox on the big screen and WEEPS
clip from the beginning of Messiah where a cherub falls to Earth through the clouds
cover art by KC Green: Douglas loses his digits in Silent Hill Revelation 3D and the fingertips resemble the three speakers on this podcast!
cover art by Nick Daniel: a winged cherub with a halo & a bit of blood on their cheek
a young Kishimoto seen in a Japanese magazine dressed for street brawling
a jet prepares for takeoff in Top Gun (NES)
title screen for Dark Castle on Macintosh (black & white)
a Japanese commercial introducing Odama for the GameCube. A modern man demonstrates attaching a microphone to the controller which suddenly transforms his outfit from a suit into armor.
cover art by Nick Wanserski: a robotic man in a cowboy hat attempts to shoot a winged dragon with love bullets
cover art: a Resident Evil Requiem screenshot featuring a wrecked subway train stretched across a chasm like a bridge. You just know Leon's going to walk through the train and then something will go wrong and the train will fall down.
title screen from Sonic Triple Trouble
cover art by Leeann Hamilton: a man in a green tunic holds aloft a very round dog as mushroom people, a jack o-lantern, and a flaming eyeball look on.
cover art by Nick Daniel: Mario chows down on Mario-branded food powder, Luigi mines for gold, while Peach waits impatiently to be rescued from King Koopa's clutches.
cover art by Tracy Yardley: Sonic leaps into the air to grab a striped gem (perhaps a Chaos Emerald?)
a lady and a monster listen to the soothing sounds of a Game Boy Advance
still from a Family Feud game: "Name an 8-bit game based on a brand that was better than people realized" their answer: "Convoy no Nazo" Created via https://deathgenerator.com/#familyfeud
cover art by Greg Melo: Bucky O'Hare and Batman play an NES as a shark (from Jaws, surely) pops out of the television. Also note a Rambo poster on the wall, a Ghostbusters proton pack on the table, and a small box that says "Willow"
A short clip of Dave Needle describing the homemade Star Trek arcade machine he developed alongside Bob Ewell and Stan Shepherd. Also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuxoDTwPmU
cover art by Nick Wanserski: Rashid (right) decks F.A.N.G. (left) in the F.A.C.E.
Interviewer Ben Hanson: "Are [Pokémon] sentient?" Shigeru Ohmori (in Japanese, subtitled in English): "普通に生きている。普通に生きているなと思います。[They're just getting by. They're just living.]"
cover art by Enerjax: Captain Kirk struggles inside a rotating arcade cabinet while Spock looks on with absolutely no emotion.
Duke Nukem kicks an alien eyeball through the goalposts and raises his arms in celebration.
[over a map of France] "The year is 50BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans...well, not entirely. One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders."
cover art: Nobuo Uematsu's dubious tacos with "Did Sephiroth do this?" on top