The Legend of Retro

From the Legend of Retro stage comes the performance of Super Mario Bros 3! Starring: As Bowser, Craig W.K., Green Mario played by Xander, the Glitch as Princess Peach, and Chops in the role of Mario! Make sure to silence your cell phone and grab your snacks as we dive into this classic Nintendo game. As always, the performers will take a brief intermission to discuss this weeks Mega Man Music bra...

After one night of intense Tabletop Roleplaying, Chops finds a strange red gem on the ground and soon becomes the Legend of Retro Dragoon! Together with fellow Dragoon Craig W.K., they now fight crime as protectors of Earth while still recording podcasts and talking only about Mega Man music for the foreseeable future.

Welcome to The Legend of Retro, the podcast where we don’t think this whole audio thing is going to pan out, so we’re just going to sit in silence for an hour! …If we change our minds and decide sound is where it’s at, will it be too late for Craig_WK and the Glitch? After, the duo goes back in time for a Retro Rewind for a subject near and dear to the host’s hearts: grocery prices? To finish off...

Shreddin!!!! This week, Glitch invites Craig_WK to the snowy mountain top to check out Cool Boarders 2 for the PlayStation. Whether it’s the gnarly music, killer trick sets, or wicked board creator, they cover it all. Next, they don’t have to travel far to “wreck” themselves in the retro relapse, and things get chilly as they count themselves to sleep in the Mega Man Robot Music Bracket. Will the...

After receiving a letter from the King, Craig_WK and the Glitch unite to recover a copy of the rare game that is Little Samson on the NES. The guys discuss how a team of ex-Capcom employees put together a game that looks and sounds awfully familiar. Also, what makes this game so rare? For the Retro Relapse, we try our best to keep our hats on, and things get cold and solid in the Mega Man Robot Mu...

In this week’s episode, Chops and Craig_WK present the incredible history of Japanese manga! What about the game you ask? That’s not as important as the works of Osamu Tezuka! Prepare for a long-winded history lesson from Craig_WK, which leads us to… another history lesson? Yes! After history class comes more of the past, with Retro Rewind! To conclude the episode, we have a music bracket that sta...

When Craig_WK infects Chops’ computer with a virus, a battle unfolds within cyberspace, and what a hideous battle it is! Will Chops wear rose tinted glasses for this old PlayStation game? Is there any music for Craig_WK to find? After using some anti-virus software, Chops and Craig_WK take a trip to the past with a Retro Rewind, and then for the music bracket we look at two robot masters who are i...

In this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, the whole gang chats about our recent community playthrough of Star Ocean. What worked, what didn't work, how many times can we dunk this basketball? Tune in to find out! More importantly, check out the GameZilla Media discord to see how you can get in on the next one!

Indiana Chops must team up with his Psychic friend Craig W.K. in the search of the lost city of Atlantis before Hovercraft Joe and LPJ discover its hidden secrets! During their search, they’ll uncover this weeks Music Bracket as well as their Retro Rewind.

Chops, Craig W.K., Hovercraft Joe and LPJ have only 24 hours to collect 5 keys to stop a nuclear bomb from destroying the Legend of Retro. Will our heroes find them in time or will they be erased from the face of world? You’ll have to listen to find out if they survive long enough to talk about this weeks Music Bracket and their Retro Rewind!

In this week’s episode, Chops and the Glitch meet a new friend who comes from the stars named Xander, but with that new pal comes an eldritch horror that Craig_WK seeks to harness for himself! Will the insane robot thief be able to control it? For the Retro Rewind, is more bad news coming everyone’s way, or will the crew have glad tidings? For the music bracket, we go on a journey under the sea!

With the ringing of the final bell of class, Chops, Craig_WK, and the Glitch head to their afterschool dodgeball club, only to find themselves getting roped into an international soccer tournament? This isn’t just another sports game on the Nintendo, and I can’t help but feel like those players look awfully familiar…Later, it wouldn’t be a Retro Rewind without Craig talking about the history of Ea...

This week, Chops, Craig_WK, and the Glitch dive into the Yoshi game that never was! Will the charming visuals and wonderful soundtrack make up for the clumsy controls that feel like they were ripped out of a Resident Evil game of the era? For the Retro Relapse in this week, the crew put on their ninja suits and grab their kusarigama to celebrate the New Year! To finish off our episode with the mus...

Happy Holidays from The Legend of Retro! Yeah, you got invited to a Christmas episode by mistake. Who knew? After we finish covering this X-mas themed action classic with hardly a single bad word put in, we’re visited by the ghost of Christmas past, as we delve into August of 1996. We also have our music bracket, but, all things being equal, we’d rather be in Philadelphia.

In this week’s episode, Chops shows off a fancy video game to Craig_WK and the Glitch, only to be defeated by a powerful monster in the game, and end up in a coma in real life! It’s up to these newbies to solve the mystery! Later, the team sets their clocks back to February of 2003, and in our music bracket we take a look at two especially odd robot masters.

By dark fate, every seven days The Legend of Retro rises from the grave, destined to usher in a new age of bloodshed and utterly amazing music! After delving into the Castlevania that America never got to play when it released, Craig_WK tries to keep the peace, but Chops and Glitch just aren’t having it! Finally, during the music bracket, we see what happens when you throw a slinky into a whirlwin...

In this week’s episode, what we have for you aren’t heroes in the half shell: what we have is another band of lean, green characters on your video game screen. After smashing our controllers in sheer rage, BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID TURBO TUNNEL, we try to relax with a trip to the past, in June of ‘91. To wrap up the episode we consider a philosophical question: what’s stronger? A flash of light in th...

Happy Thanksgiving! It’s time for the great American tradition of stuffing our faces with food, and watching horrifying mutants pummel each other into oblivion on the gridiron! After covering this classic but eccentric sports game, we look back at an even more retro football game for our relapse. Then, with the start of our new season, the music bracket begins again, as we deal with spatial and ch...

It’s the finale of The Legend of Retro’s 6th season and we’re sending it out the way we always do- with a fan bracket! Who will be the knew people’s champ? You’ll have to listen to find out!

Welcome to The Legend of Retro Theater! Join Chops, Craig_WK, Glitch, and Xander (as well as other all-stars from the community) as they present to you the story of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past. In the magical land of Hyrule, calamity has befallen the land. A mysterious wizard has been performing strange rituals in the castle tower, and rumors circulate that he’s even deposed the good k...

On this week’s episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander and Craig wait patiently for the results of the Stage Theme bracket by sitting down with Johnny Riot and MatrikOnStage to talk about their favorite Final Fantasy Songs for a very special Rhythm of Retro. Enjoy!

On this week’s episode of The Legend of Retro Xander, Chops, Craig_WK, and theGlitch take a look at IGN ‘s Top 100 PS2 Games of All Time. Hear the heartbreak and confusion as the guys question the integrity of the list and give you their individual top 10 PS2 games as well as their predictions of this list’s top 5. This episode is only the first half; you’ll hear #100-51. The top 50 portion is exc...

On this weeks episode, Chops and Craig_WK talk about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and how its based on the time Chops turned into a wolf and Craig…well he just reverted back to his shadow form and started riding Chops like a horse. They also dive into the Retro Rewind when this game was released and prepare yourselves as we have reached the FINALS of our Stage Theme Music Bracket.

On this week’s episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander, Chops, and TheGlitch discuss the second game in the Mega Man X series. Does this game have the worst soundtrack of the SNES MMX games? Who doesn’t have a head tattoo? Doctuh Why-wee? Retro Relapse has no logic, and the boys wait for stage theme bracket results.

On this week’s episode of The Legend of Retro, Craig WK and Xander finally bring you the follow up to the EarthBound part 1 episode released all those years ago. What? This isn’t that? It’s another EarthBound game? A Mother from another mother? Man, things are getting wackier than Willy around here. Let’s rewind to July of ‘89, hear the 2nd half of the final four in the stage theme bracket and get...