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Scott Johnson and Brian Dunaway talk about retro video games!

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PLAY RETRO 16: The 3D Transition Mascots Apr 20, 2022

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Console Mascots Race to 3D Action Platforming : What was right, what was wrong.

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PLAY RETRO 15: Early 90s Konami 4+ Player Arcade Licensed Beat 'em Ups Apr 12, 2022

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TMNT (1989), The Simpsons (1991), TMNT - Turtles in Time (1991), X-MEN (1992), and more! Plus all the usual fun this week!

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PLAY RETRO 14: King's Quest I - VII Apr 06, 2022

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King's Quest is a graphic adventure game series, released between 1980 and 2016 and created by the American software company Sierra Entertainment. It is widely considered a classic series from the golden era of adventure games. Following the success of its first installments, the series was primarily responsible for building the reputation of Sierra. Roberta Williams, co-founder and former co-owner of Sierra, designed all of the King's Quest games until the series' reboot in 2015.

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PLAY RETRO 13: Ducktales Mar 29, 2022

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Duck Tales for NES is a traditional platform game in which the player takes the role of greedy Scrooge McDuck in search of treasures around the globe. He counts on his three nephews and on other Duck Tales characters to help him in his quest through inhospitable places such as the Amazon rainforest, the African mines, the Himalayas, Transylvania (where he meets Dracula Duck) and even the Moon.

Each one of them reserves the old duck lots of adventure, different enemies and hidden rooms.

The game features a 2D side-scrolling platform gameplay very similar to Mega Man. Graphics are colorful and cartoonish, music is reminiscent of the TV series, and controls are very simple.

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PLAY RETRO 12: Castlevania Mar 22, 2022

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NES, Genesis, SNES, PS1...this is the heyday for all things Castlevania! And we are here for it!

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PLAY RETRO 11: Metroid Mar 15, 2022

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Metroid is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo. The first installment in the Metroid series, it was originally released in Japan for the Family Computer Disk System peripheral in August 1986. North America received a release in August 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment System in the Game Pak ROM cartridge format, with the European release following in January 1988.

Set on the planet Zebes, the story follows Samus Aran as she attempts to retrieve the parasitic Metroid organisms that were stolen by Space Pirates, who plan to replicate the Metroids by exposing them to beta rays and then use them as biological weapons to destroy Samus and all who oppose them.

We cover it ALL! Metroid to Prime, and everything in-between!

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PLAY RETRO 10: Grand Theft Auto Top Down Mar 09, 2022

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Today's episode is all about the impact of the early top down GTA games. Why they matter, and why almost every game you play today has some of that DNA in it. Also, the ichi.io sale for Ukraine. Fireman on SNES. Brian's new GameCube controller. Guess My Game! Emails and more!

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PLAY RETRO 09: Bomberman! Mar 02, 2022

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Most games in the Bomberman franchise largely revolve around two modes of play; single player campaigns where the player must defeat enemies and reach an exit to progress through levels, and multiplayer modes where players must attempt to eliminate each other and be the last one standing. There have been nearly 100 of these, and we are ready to answer the question: Why is Bomberman is awesome.

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PLAY RETRO 08: NHL '94 Feb 22, 2022

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It’s time to talk about the one game that somehow transcends all others for some reason, and you don’t even need to be a sports fan to understand why. Our take on why NHL 94 is still king nearly 30 years on.

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PLAY RETRO 07: Hexen: Beyond Heretic Feb 17, 2022

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You may have heard of Hexen, or maybe Raven Software, but you might not know just how rad the Heretic thru Hexen II era was, until now! Jump in and enjoy!

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