Retrovaniacs

This week, Jeremy P ruins what would be an otherwise great episode by forcing everyone to play The Adventures of Bayou Billy, in honor of it's recent re-release on the Wii U eShop.   How can a game that offers 3 different gaming modes go so horribly wrong?  We dive into the swamp of disappointment this week to discuss this Konami misfire. We also take a look back at our favorite mispronunciations...

We dive into the late Sega Master System library and unearth quite the diamond, Golden Axe Warrior.  Well, it's more like Cubic Zirconia.  It looks nice, it might impress someone who has no idea about what they are looking at, and it's clearly a copy of something far more impressive.  Honestly, it has a lot more in common with a Nintendo classic than anything else with the Golden Axe name on it. W...

We're back from our long one-week unplanned absence to kick off 2016 with a bang! We're going back to the TG-16 for JJ and Jeff this week-- will this be the game that convinces Jeremy and Billy that they missed out on the Turbografx during the 16 bit era? Additionally, we look back at 2015 to discuss our favorite hits and misses of the year, and what we're looking forward to in 2016.

 Here's a game I'm certain most of you haven't played -- Mansion of Hidden Souls for the Sega CD add-on for the Genesis.   This is a classic point-and-click adventure title, like Myst, but about butterflies and poorly placed keys.  A selection by one Billy Holiday, and an episode not to be missed! We also answer a listener question : What are our favorite / least favorite snow levels in classic ga...

It's almost Thanksgiving, and at Retrovaniacs, we didn't want you to think we'd miss out on this opportunity to... ok, this game has nothing to do with Thanksgiving.  It's Blast Corps, the first RARE created game for the Nintendo 64, and it's this week's amazing choice for our look back through the annals of gaming. In honor of Thanksgiving (and the start of the Christmas season), we tell some Bla...

This week, we take a look at the NES 1990 classic, Little Nemo the Dream Master.  This might be the only game where you feed candy to a bee, but we made no research to back that claim up. We also answer a listener question about regrettable game sales.  Billy uses this time to get teary-eyed about an MC Hammer game.

It's the second part of our Halloween extravaganza, and this week we look at not one... but THREE classic video games.  First up, we revisit the Turbografx-16 and the original Splatterhouse, in which Rick and Jennifer make the mistake of getting out of the rain at an abandoned mansion.  Then we switch to the Sega Genesis for Splatterhouse 2, where Rick returns to save Jennifer (again) with the hel...

It's the start of our first Halloween, and so we focus our eyes on a spoooooooky Genesis classic, Haunting starring Polterguy, the only game I'm aware of where you can possess a couch. We also have our regular (terrifying!) updates on what we're all playing, and this week's (bloodcurdling?) listener question : "What system did you never have (when it was current) that you really wanted and didn't...

It's our 10th episode spectacular, and this week we have chosen to slip slightly out of our own guidelines to cover not a true classic game, but a modern game that should appeal to any classic NES fan, Super Mario Maker for the Wii U!   It's got all the classic 2D Mario action that you could ever want or imagine, and as such we get to talk about staples of a series we have been playing for 30 year...

Football season is here, and so we celebrate it the only way we know how -- by reviewing Mutant League Football for the Genesis. We also discuss one of our favorite systems of all time, the Sega Dreamcast, on it's 16th anniversary (of the US release).

We visit the original Nintendo handheld with a forgotten Capcom gem, Gargoyle's Quest. We also answer a listener question, "What is your gaming 'White Whale'?"  We also discuss Jeremy Gregory's Witcher 3 problem, whine about Wind Waker, and promo Hotline Miami, years after everyone else already agreed it was great.

We delve into the oft-overlooked 16-bit console, the TurboGrafx-16 this time, appropriately by looking at the original pack-in title, Keith Courage in Alpha Zones. Also discussed, what were our most regrettable classic console purchases, and how did we ever know what was good or not in the pre-internet days?   Really, how do we even know that now? For more coverage of this weeks game, check us out...

Better late than never (somewhat appropriate anyway for a retro gaming show), we cover the first Blizzard release (as Blizzard), Blackthorne.  We mostly focus on the SNES version, but also cover the PC and 32X releases.  32X?  Really? We also ramble for a while about achievements / trophies, and how much or how little we care about them. Please check out our website http://www.retrovania.net

We delve into the Sega Genesis classic, Toe Jam and Earl this week, including discussion of the lesser well received sequels and the Kickstarter-funded sequel in development now. Also covered, Persona 4 and other games with "bad" endings, a listener question about Emulator Console Systems, and we beg for more positive iTunes reviews.

We're not just Nintendo fanboys, and this week we delve for the first time into the library of the Sega Genesis for cult hit, General Chaos. Why would someone make a real-time strategy combat game on the Genesis? We aren't sure, but the resulting game was definitely unforgettable. Also discussed this week were Batman: Arkham Knight, random JRPGs that Jeremy P is wasting his time with, and we cover...

This week get in the ring for 30-ish minutes with one of the classics of the early NES library, Pro Wrestling!   Billy and the Jeremys discuss what made this game such a standout, and compare it to other wrestling games of the day, and revisit it again now to see how it stands up. Also this week : A hard hitting look at our favorite E3 retro announcements, and we go toe-to-toe with our backlogs an...

For our second show, we take a look at forgotten (?) classic (???) Low G Man, for the NES. We also answer our first listener question : Why is ET (Atari 2600) considered the worst game ever made?  Is it? Audio quality improves, while game selection does not!

For our first attempt at this, we took a look at the 1992 SNES classic, Axelay. As this was our first show, there are some minor audio issues, but rest assured we are working the kinks out and the next show should sound a lot better.