Retro Hangover

Greetings, true believers! This episode, Chris & Shane discuss the pre-MCU beat-’em-up action RPG Marvel: Ultimate Alliance! Excelsior! Important note: we at RHP are dedicated to the betterment of the gaming community. It has recently come to light that G2A, who we have had a brief affiliate relationship with, has been engaging in unsavory business...

A miserable pile of secrets, this is not! Celebrating the big four-oh, and just in time for the release of Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the RHP crew discusses one of gaming’s best: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night!

Happy Father’s Day to all our dad fans stateside! Fittingly, this week we discuss the granddaddy of all modern 3D consoles from the big N: the Nintendo 64! (There may also be a lot of gushing about recent E3 reveals… Sorry, we can’t help ourselves).

This week’s episode takes us into a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire for the Nintendo 64 and Windows platforms! Is the Battle for Hoth the only good part of the game? Do platforming sections belong in third-person 3D games? Listen in and find out!

We reticulate all the splines this week, to talk about the one and only SimCity franchise! Join your favorite podcast hosts as they chat about Wil Wright’s simulation legacy, with a spicy peppering of scuttlebutt about the recent indiscretions of a certain YouTuber.

Red Falcon is back in the Super Nintendo run-‘n’-gun masterpiece Contra III: The Alien Wars, and they’re bent on worldwide destruction! Get out those Plasma rifles, because it’s time to attack aggressively!

The Regginator. The Fils-A-Mech. The now-former Nintendo of America exec has a storied past, marked by ambition, success, and the adoration of gamers the world over. Get comfy and listen in as the RHP crew recounts the tale of Reggie Fils-Aimé.

Become masters of unlocking with the RHP crew, joined by Ryan Trainor of the Ultimate Nerd Podcast, as they discuss the Sony Playstation survival horror classic: Resident Evil!

Qweh? Qweh!? Qweh!!! Gather ’round, little chocobos, as we tell you a tale of warring empires, fragile alliances, dark magicks, and inter-dimensional invasion: Final Fantasy IX!

Strap yourselves in and don’t forget the Dramamine, this episode of RHP blasts its way into the classic 3D space shooter Descent!

Mega-fisting! Now that we’ve got your attention, tune in this episode as the boys have special guest Seamus P. Burke of Gray Man Games on to discuss the quintet of Mega Man titles for the OG monochrome handheld: the Nintendo Gameboy!

The last few episodes have been leading up to this, and here we are: the seminal Square Enix / Disney crossover action RPG, Kingdom Hearts! Not only that, your usual hosts are, for the first time, joined by a special guest: Brianna Wilson! Editor’s Note: we encountered some technical difficulties with the recording quality of...

With Chris out of the country on travel, Shane takes over the podcast to discuss his personal, subjective ranking of the current entries into the Kingdom Hearts series. Turns out: things aren’t as simple and clean as you’d think.

The undisputed kings of gravity-defying hair and impractically large bladed weapons, this episode’s discussion centers around RPG behemoth of yesteryear: Squaresoft!

For a brief moment in human history, there was a collaboration between corporations that brought us something we had only hoped for: licensed video games that weren’t complete dumpster fires. Join your hosts this week as they discuss the fruits of Capcom & Disney’s relationship during the 1980s and 90s.

This episode finds your hosts discussing the burgeoning game preservation movement, its triumphs and tribulations, and what we might expect for the future.

Stay awhile, and listen… To the newest episode of RHP! Chris & Shane discuss the grandpappy of Action RPGs: Diablo!

RHP’s latest episode covers one of the industry’s fallen titans: Konami. Listen along as your hosts Chris and Shane discuss the history and current state of gaming’s most recognizable publishers.

This week’s episode brings us to a little-known (in North America, at least) console from none other than Sega: the Master System! The boys run a bit longer than usual this week thanks to some extra spicy ranting about some recent developments post-Blizzcon.

Frustrating controls? A wonky camera? Skeletons riding motorcycles in the year 1852? It must be Castlevania 64! And just in time for the spoopiest of seasons!