RetroXP

You wake up one morning and decide to start spending your disposable income on retro video games. Where do you start? How do you start? I talk about askiong yourself what are you collecting for (keep or resell), how much storage space you have and if you want to display, and ultimately what console do you want to start with; your first console, or your most memorable one? Stay tuned for more Begin...

So I FINALLY got to play and beat Kingdom Hearts for the PS2 for the first time in my life, and boy, what a ride. From trying to understand the lore and motivations, to realizing how well the game holds up to this day, I gotta say I thoroughly enjoyed my time spent in Traverse Town, Wonderland, Agrabah, and Atlantica with friends Donald Duck (still an a#$hole) and Goofy. Stay tuned for Kingdom Hea...

Collecting for the TurboGrafx 16? I got you covered to let you know what games to pick up, and how much it'll all cost. Games like Legendary Axe, Bonk's Adventure, Devil's Crush, Bloody Wolf, and SO many more make the list.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow my Spotify playlist at RetroXP Gaming M...

Stoy and Fil jump back in to the world of Gaia once again to finish off the grand finale and defeat the humanity-ending comet barreling toward earth. Will the team save Seth? Does the pig survive!? I hope Neil's parents are ok...and what about that slave trade that's going on, anyone gonna do anything about that!? Thanks again fil for the episode suggestion! This episode was suggested by a member...

I just hit record and started talking in this episode, no real big plan so I hope you enjoy this episode. I talk about my experiences at PAX West, Heritage Auctions and grading games, the Evercade, and my disdain for modern gaming and making me long for falling into the retro space full time.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at  patreon.com/hairofthedogcas...

Part of a special series I do on Retro XP where I talk about my Top 10 favorite games of all time, this time I brought on Brad and Cute Bomb Patreon supporter and friend of ours Phil to talk about Illusion of Gaia for the SNES. We wax nostalgia about how much we loved this game, and set up the premise for the world, setting, the references to real world historical sites, slave labor and human traf...

This episode is all about the TurboGrafx 16, or the PC Engine in Japan. I go over how it got started by Hudson Soft and NEC, its hardware components and power, its release and who it was up against, those HuCards, and some hardware peripherals and system refreshes. We also go over some of the big games for the system as we throw an F in the chat for a system that just couldn't compete well enough...

In this episode I talk about some pick ups and playing Parasite Eve for the first time, and share a community discussion from Reddit about video game remasters, if they were announced, we would buy on DAY ONE. Some common ones in here, as well as some deeper cuts and I share my opinions on each one on whether they'd work or not, and if they would benefit from a remaster, remake, or just a port.  N...

We start our journey into video games from as early as 1947 with a cathode ray tube, and end with the first official home video game console the Magnavox Odyssey. History is not always defined by the winners, but the ones who tinkered, and there were plenty of people tinkering with the ideas of video games that led to some iconic brands that hit the ground running. Games like Spacewar!, Tennis for...

Old school news for you in this episode, where I talk about Germany's fight for video game preservation falling short, the Video Game History Foundation's take on physical media, new copies of Sonic the Hedgehog for the Sega Genesis, and more! You also will be able to play some retro remasters coming up soon in the next month or so. We end things with the Launch Box, a front end emulator for PC an...

With the recent news of Sony abandoning physical media by January 2028, I reflect on what physical games mean to me, and the broader scope of how this could potentially harm the video game industry, whether you buy all your games digitally or not. Video games are more than a product; they are so much more than that.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patr...

Collecting for the Master System? I am too! I go over some of the best Master System games to get, and maybe some hidden gems you or I might have missed. Games like Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd, Mickey Mouse, and Sonic the Hedgehog all make the list, and more. Be sure to check out my previous episode of the Master System history and legacy too.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out mo...

The short lived Sega Master system undeniably left its mark on the video game console market in the late 80s, albeit not a major one. Plagued with poor marketing and a small library of third party games, Sega nonetheless gave us one of the best places to play video games in the late 80s with arguably more powerful hardware compared to the NES, and a small library of great games with great graphics...

A retrospective on the original DOOM title from 1993 and how it revolutionized video games still to this day. From the original development of the title to where it went afterwards, it's all here. ( Editor Note: The episode prematurely cuts at the end, for some reason it stopped recording, so much of the post DOOM history is left out, and much of my final thoughts on the game sadly...) Now part of...

With the upcoming release of StarFox for the Nintendo Switch 2, I thought it'd be great to revist all the past StarFox games, and some of the hits and misses in the sparce franchise. Despite that, we got some iconic games that still stand the test of time today!  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon.com/hairofthedogcast and join the community Follow...

This style of episode's a little different; a diary entry of sorts. I've been collecting video games for well over 15 years and I've got  some thoughts and feelings on the topic, and some new ventures I want to take this expensive hobby into. I kinda bounce all over the place from market values, collecting to play versus collecting to resell, and of course what I'm going to be collecting for in th...

Based on a listener request, a deep dive into the Polymega, a modern retro system that can play cartridge based games as well as CD based games, as well as discussion around the Playmaji company making the hardware, and the future plans of the system (with a bonus update at the end of the episode!). I talk about the company history, the Base Unit and all the Modules, the interface, the game collec...

I kick things off with a few pick ups and my immediate impressions of the Time Breaker Light Gun, a light gun you can use on your PS1 and PS2 connected to your 4K HDTV! Besdies that, we say farewell to the Gaming Historian as he embarks on new adventures, new tools to use to find fake games, and why the hell retro handhelds are getting to be expensive. Hey, remember memory cards, manual saves, gam...

We all know about Resident Evil coining the term"survival horror", but what were some other titles that were influential in the genre, and paved the way for some of the great games during the "Golden Era" like Fatal Frame , Silent Hill , Clock Tower and some other smaller ones like Galerians , Parasite Eve , Dino Crisis , and a few duds too. Games like Sweet Home , Project Firestart , and Alone in...

Continuing on my previous episode about the NES, this should be a good guide as to what games are worth picking up, and for how much in today's market. The highest rated, the most sold, the most expensive (and the cheapest!), and my personal top games I feel you should add to your collection. Let me know what your favorite NES games are in the comments! Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network!...

On this episode I go through the legacy that the NES left, with the humble beginnings of the Nintendo company in the 1800s to the powerhouse it became to be in the late 1980s with its hardware. From the hardware specs, the challenges it faced in the aftermath of the video game crash of 1983, to the pettiness in the chase of perfection and quality control Nintendo is very well known for, and also t...

I share a bit of insight into my Retro January, on top of news stories like Dance Pads and Unreal Tournament 2004 coming back, the passing of Castlevania icon Shutaro Iira, and a whole slew of remasters and remakes coming out in March like Fatal Frame 2 , Raiden , and the Disney Afternoon Collection . I cap off the episode with discussion (with myself, ha!) on exclusivity in video games, and how i...

Another game in my Top 10 Games of all time, Silent Hill 2for the PlayStation 2. One of the most iconic horror games of all time, and a game that many psychological horror games to this day try to emulate. From iconic scenery and monster design, to one of the most melancholic and psychologically disturbing narratives in video games to date, Silent Hill 2 stands pretty high on my Top 10.  Now part...

What's more fun than games where you can just drop in and shoot/slash/punch/blow up to your heart's content without much context? There was an era in video games where game mechanics were built first, and story and narratives were distant seconds. Games like Max Payne , Doom , Devil May Cry , Dead to Rights , Urban Reign , and so many others are in discussion here.  Now part of the Hair of the Dog...

This year in 2026 the video game space celebrates important milestones in many of our favorite franchises, from The Legend of Zelda , Castlevania , Tomb Raider , Halo , and Resident Evil , among many more. I'll go over the first games in the franchises' catalogues, and of any of them are still around to this day.  Now part of the Hair of the Dogcast Network! Find out more on our Patreon at patreon...