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784: Episode 784 Preview: The Cave Jul 31, 2026

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783: El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Jul 27, 2026

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Diamond Feit, Chris Sims, Benito Cerino, and Shane Bettenhausen have no problem podcasting about 2011's biblically-adjacent El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron.

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782: RCA Home Computing Jul 20, 2026

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Watch out for VIPers! Kevin Bunch interviews gaming pioneer Joyce Weisbecker about her father Joe’s work on the 1802 microprocessor and its role in video gaming.

780: Pac-Man Fever Jul 13, 2026

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In the very early '80s, the world as a whole had come down with Pac-Man fever. But this condition wasn't formally diagnosed until budding musicians Buckner & Garcia released their hit album of the same name in 1982. Slapped together to address the then-recent fad known as "video games," this collection of songs took pop culture by storm—but the duo behind it failed to follow up on their tribute to arcade mania. This week on Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Henry Gilbert, and Drew Mackie (of Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games) as the crew digs into this novelty album and learns how to Do the Donkey Kong.

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779: Guilty Gear Jul 06, 2026

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Heaven or Hell! Kevin Bunch, Diamond Feit, Patrick Miller and Irene Koh talk Guilty Gear, a series known for rock references, anime aesthetics and aggressive action.

777: Capcom's Platformer Legacy {’90s} Jun 29, 2026

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Jeremy Parish, Stuart Gipp, and Patrick Kulikowski drop another quarter into the machine to continue talking about the platform action games that Capcom developed, this time in the 1990s. Only some of them are Mega Mans!

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776: The Golden Age of Pinball Jun 22, 2026

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Believe it or not, in nearly 20 years of Retronauts, we've never produced an episode dedicated to pinball. And the topic has barely been mentioned in passing! While pinball isn't necessarily a "video game," it shares the same spaces as arcade cabinets, and has incorporated screens with things happening on them for the past 35 years—so it's definitely within our wheelhouse. And, despite the supposed death of the silver ball, we're kind of in a mini-Renaissance right now?

This week on Retronauts, listen in and prepare to nudge the nearest machine gently as Bob Mackey and guest Andreas Bernard (author of Same Player Shoots Again: A Biography of the Pinball Machine) discuss 100 years of knockout holes, drop targets, and trying desperately not to tilt.

774: BitSummit PUNCH Jun 15, 2026

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Punch Punch PUNCH: Senior Japan correspondent Diamond Feit talks to developers and reports on xer favorite sights from this year's largest-ever BitSummit indie gaming festival in Kyoto.

773: Takashi Tezuka's Retirement Party Jun 08, 2026

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Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Diamond Feit grab some punch and cake as they celebrate the career of one of the most influential creators in gaming history: Nintendo's Takashi Tezuka, who retires this month after basically inventing entire genres.

772: Episode 772 Preview: Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie Jun 05, 2026

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