Retro Hangover

The episode is coming to you a bit later than usual, but we'll just blame that on the post-Christmas dinner coma. Speaking of the Yuletide, today we discuss NiGHTS Into Dreams, which enjoyed a short spinoff entitled Christmas NiGHTS, with our favorite Nintendhost LPTyger! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: LP Tyger Bio: Nintendo Gamer. Amazon Reseller. Pun Enthusiast. Twitter: @LPTyger on...

Surprisingly, this is the first time we've ever done a Game of the Year episode. Who knows, maybe we'll make it a thing from now on. Anyway, with so many games played this year, which ones will garner our coveted top slots? Barbie's Dream House? Garfield Kart? The competition is fierce. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the...

As is Yuletide tradition around these parts, we kick off December with a holiday-themed title. Sort of. OK, the first movie involved Christmas, so this is close enough. Holster your humbug, Scrooge, 'cause we think you're in for a treat with this one. ---------- Music Attributions Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---------- Me...

The phrase "lost in translation" is well known for a reason, and boy do these games sure embody it well. Shane pushes through a nasty head cold to bring this one to you because, much like spice (and his nose), the content must flow. What are our picks for most confusingly curated content? Listen to find out! ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDevi...

Y'all appreciate that deep cut subtitle reference to a Sonic 2 promo banner from 30 years ago? Yeah, well, you're welcome. That's right, the Blue Blur's sophomore outing is now three decades old, and we're here to commemorate that most tubular Tuesday with our thoughts on the game that so many consider to be one of the best of all time. ---------- Music Attributions Intro / outro excerpts from Str...

It's not something your average gamer thinks about too often, but we really ought to be glad Smell-O-Vision isn't a thing. A lot of the environs we traverse in our digital adventures would undoubtedly be an assault on our olfactory senses, which is to say: they sure would stink. We count down our top picks for video game levels that most definitely have their own unique funk. ---------- Music Attr...

Editor Extraordinaire Ashton Ruby joins us to review what might be considered one of the first true action RPGs: Crystalis for the NES! Known as God Slayer: Sonata of the Distant Heavens in Japan (which is an objectively cooler name), we follow our post-apocalyptic hero in his quest to save what remains of the world from the evil Draygon! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Ashton Ruby Bio:...

Just because a game is based on a licensed property doesn't always mean it's a lazy cash grab. We mean... A lot of the time it totally is, but there is a surprisingly high number of decent efforts out there, so join us as we count down our favorites! ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike...

A picture is worth a thousand words. In this case, each of those words is just "AAAAAAAAAAAH". We are joined by long-time friend of the show Lynnsey and Patron extraordinaire MaskedKeaton to wrap up Spooptoberfest with the OG photographical fear factory, Fatal Frame! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Lynnsey Norris Bio: Long time gamer and horror theme enthusiast. Prefers walks in the for...

Suddenly, all is calm. You notice an unusually high number of healing items, weapons, and ammunition lying about. It's right about that time when the music kicks in and your suspicions are confirmed: it's boss battle time, baby. Patch up, reload, make sure to quick save, then join us as we count down our picks for the best boss themes in gaming! ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from...

Spooptoberfest continues with Bill Barber of the Gaming & Collecting Podcast joining us to discuss the grandpappy of survival horror: Alone in the Dark! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Bill Barber Bio: Host of The Gaming And Collecting Podcast, Instagram blogger, longtime retro collector and RPG enthusiast. Twitter: @gandc_podcast on X Instagram: @gaming_and_collecting_podcast on In...

Puppers. Doggos. Heckin' good bois. We're talkin' dogs! This episode of The Flight has us counting down our picks for the very best canines in gaming! ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---------- Mentioned in this episode: Shoutout to Our Patrons! Retro Hangover is supported...

The annual Spooptoberfest celebration is here, and we're kicking things off with an absolute legend: Silent Hill 2! We are joined by friend of the show Kade Call, of the Gaming Memories podcast, to leap into the deep dark hole of James Sunderland's psyche and unearth the unsettling truth revealed by a sleepy lakeside town. ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Kade Call Bio: Miyamoto the Fath...

Just a big yikes all around. Get some eye bleach ready, because we're here to count down our personal picks for the most horrendous video game covers of all time. For those that want to follow along at home, we've linked to each of our picks below: Shane: #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Chris: #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDevir...

We make it a 4-player event this time around, with Nintendhost LPTyger and esteemed Patron Raging Demon jumping into the fray to discuss the bane of soccer moms the world over: Mortal Kombat! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: LP Tyger Bio: Nintendo Gamer. Amazon Reseller. Pun Enthusiast. Twitter: @LPTyger on X Name: Raging Demon Bio: Fighting game sommelier and retro and modern gaming ent...

More is not always better. Our top picks this time around certainly exemplify this, as we run down our lists of video game sequels the world would have probably been better off without. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---------- Mentioned in this episode: Shoutout to Our P...

If the chaotic ambience of an early 90s-era arcade could be distilled into one game, it would most likely be Metal Slug. Today we join the boys of the Peregrine Falcon Strike Force, just over 25 years after their first outing, to swap war stories and reminisce about taking down the Rebel Army in a state-of-the-art Supervehicle-001. ---------- Music Attributions Intro / outro excerpts from Stream b...

Today we share our personal lists of the most underrated video game consoles of all time, and boy does it take a left turn towards the end. Let the geek debate begin! ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---------- Mentioned in this episode: Shoutout to Our Patrons! Retro Hango...

A mainstay of mid-to-late 90s sleepovers and pizza parties everywhere, today we adjust our cufflinks and enter Her Majesty's Secret Service to talk GoldenEye 007 for the Nintendo 64 with none other than Keith Gasper of the Main Quest podcast! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Keith Gasper Bio: The host of the #1 retro-gaming podcast. Instagram: @the_main_quest on Instagram Twitter: @_main...

Congratulations, you did the thing! Here's some celebratory music to mark the occasion. There sure are a lot of takes on the "level complete" tune, but only 5 could rise to the top and make it onto our personal lists for this latest Patron-selected episode topic. Come on in and do a little catjam.gif as we discuss the best of the best. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fant...

The quarterly Patron-selected topic is upon us once again! It would seem they have deigned to grace us with a game that is not only not a complete trash fire, but we daresay is... Fun? Good? We don't know what to make of it either. Who better, then, to join us on this auspicious occasion than one of our most stalwart Patrons, Randall Quiggle! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Randall Quig...

You've got a fever (or a "fever", you lil' fibber) and your mom tells you you need to stay home from school. Which games are you most likely to fire up to help forget about your health woes? Here are our personal top 5 games we were most likely to reach for while under the weather. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attri...

Since the turtle boys what cut 'em no slack are back in the news with the recent release of Shredder's Revenge, we thought we ought to go back and take a look at Konami's NES port of their smash hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade brawler. Let's... Just say that we're both real glad Turtles in Time exists. ---------- Music Attributions Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the...

Grab your shovel and old-timey lamplight, 'cause we're a-goin' grave digging to unearth game series we think deserve better than an untimely and premature end. At least one of you need to stand watch and keep an eye out for the fuzz, OK? ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License . ---...

It's about to get delightfully pungent in here, because we're joined by the man behind the 3DS tactical RPG Fragrant Story: William Kage! Will was gracious enough to sit down with us and share the tale of Squire Games, his journey from corporate software engineer to indie game developer, and much more! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: William Kage Bio: Creator of Squire Games, developer...