Play Retro Show

Scott Johnson
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May 24, 2022 • 1h 41min

PLAY RETRO 20: Punch-Out!

Punch-Out! is a Japanese video game series of boxing created by Nintendo's general manager Genyo Takeda, and his partner Makoto Wada. The first game was Punch-Out!! made in 1984 as an arcade unit, which was followed by a sequel Super Punch-Out!! (1984). The series was released on home consoles soon after, starting with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! on the NES in 1987 and Super Punch-Out!! on the Super NES in 1994. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 19, 2022 • 1h 52min

PLAY RETRO 19: GoldenEye 007 N64

GoldenEye 007 is a 1997 first-person shooter developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. Based on the 1995 James Bond film GoldenEye, it changed shooters forever. And we go deep on all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 11, 2022 • 1h 47min

PLAY RETRO 18: Dragon's Lair

Dragon's Lair is a video game franchise created by Rick Dyer and Don Bluth. The series is famous for its Western animation-style graphics and convoluted decades-long history of being ported to many platforms and being remade into television and comic book series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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May 3, 2022 • 1h 39min

PLAY RETRO 17: The Cheater's Code

Cheaters Always Win...Game Genie, Gameshark, Pro Action Replay and other ways to win. Turbo Buttons and other analog cheats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 1h 37min

PLAY RETRO 16: The 3D Transition Mascots

Console Mascots Race to 3D Action Platforming : What was right, what was wrong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 12, 2022 • 1h 44min

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

TMNT (1989), The Simpsons (1991), TMNT - Turtles in Time (1991), X-MEN (1992), and more! Plus all the usual fun this week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Apr 6, 2022 • 1h 24min

PLAY RETRO 14: King's Quest I - VII

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 29, 2022 • 1h 31min

PLAY RETRO 13: Ducktales

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 22, 2022 • 1h 33min

PLAY RETRO 12: Castlevania

NES, Genesis, SNES, PS1...this is the heyday for all things Castlevania! And we are here for it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mar 15, 2022 • 1h 46min

PLAY RETRO 11: Metroid

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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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