The Retro Blast Podcast (Retro Gaming Podcast)
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Retro Gaming Podcast about the best of gaming from the 80s, 90s, and 00s 🎮 Each episode covers a single retro video game. Not a review show, but a celebration of why these games deserve your attention, with some nostalgia and personal memories thrown in! Patrick Brickhouse hosts as special guests from all over the gaming community join in on the cosy conversation. If you're a fan of gaming on platforms such as NES, SNES, Sega Genesis or Mega Drive, PlayStation, N64, Saturn, GameCube, XBOX and more, you're in the right place! Join Patreon for shout-outs, polls, and more! patreon.com/retroblastpodcast
Location:
United States
Description:
Retro Gaming Podcast about the best of gaming from the 80s, 90s, and 00s 🎮 Each episode covers a single retro video game. Not a review show, but a celebration of why these games deserve your attention, with some nostalgia and personal memories thrown in! Patrick Brickhouse hosts as special guests from all over the gaming community join in on the cosy conversation. If you're a fan of gaming on platforms such as NES, SNES, Sega Genesis or Mega Drive, PlayStation, N64, Saturn, GameCube, XBOX and more, you're in the right place! Join Patreon for shout-outs, polls, and more! patreon.com/retroblastpodcast
Language:
English
Episodes
Daytona USA
4/28/2024
It's time for a ROLLING STAAAAART!!!!
Join us as we discuss why SEGA's Arcade Smash Hit Daytona USA was so special, its home console ports, and how it somehow still maintains a spot at almost any Arcade you can go to.
Special Guest Host: Andy from @LoveRetroBTW
Support us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/retroblastpodcast
Follow us on Twitter (X): @RetroBlastUS
Duration:01:26:35
Retro Blast Memories: A Kid and his N64
3/28/2024
After way too long, it's finally time for another Retro Blast Memories episode.
This one was difficult for me to write. It's very personal, but I think it will resonate with anyone who was ever a kid that grew up loving video games, especially in the 90s.
I hope you'll enjoy it. - Patrick
*The musical arrangement was sampled from Delice Musical
Support us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/retroblastpodcast
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Duration:00:43:03
Tenchu Stealth Assassins
2/4/2024
Tenchu Stealth Assassins for the Sony PlayStation is not only one of the best stealth video games ever made, it's the first game that made you actually feel like a ninja...
Join us as we discuss what makes the first Tenchu game so special.
Special Guest Host: The Gamersician
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Duration:01:50:43
Ghosts 'N Goblins 'N Ghouls
12/25/2023
Ghosts 'N Goblins might just be one of the most difficult games ever made. It'd be enough for us to just talk about that if we wanted to torture ourselves, but instead we're talking about THREE! Help us...
Join us as we discuss Ghosts 'N Goblins for NES, Ghouls 'N Ghosts for SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive, and Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts for SNES.
Special Guest Host: @DavyPGH from The Finer Things stream on Twitch (@GarbageRetro)
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Duration:01:37:02
Clock Tower
11/5/2023
Clock Tower might be one of the best point-and-click horror games from the 16 bit era on the Super Famicom. It's also a game that many gamers have never even heard of...
Join us as we discuss a game that we never got in the west, but somehow it still managed to hunt us down and make us cower in fear...
Special Guest Host: @RetroGameBrews
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Duration:01:22:56
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis
9/22/2023
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis blasted its way onto the Sony Playstation in 1999 and gave us one of the series most iconic villains. Jill Valentine has herself a stalker, and it's going to take everyhing she's got to make her desperate escape...
STAAAARRSSSSS!
Special Guest Host: Tony from Residence of Evil
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Duration:01:53:32
MediEvil
8/23/2023
Grab your sword, your shield, and don't forget to make sure your skull is still attached, as we take a trip down to Gallowmere to talk about one of the best action/horror games for the Sony PlayStation.
Spooky Season is here early. It's time to talk about MediEvil!
Special Guest Host: Alonna Lee from The Retro Nook
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Duration:01:07:40
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
7/12/2023
Join us as we dive into one of the more controversial entries in the Legend of Zelda series
Majora's Mask...
Special Guest Host: @DucksInDisguise from The Finer Things podcast
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Duration:02:12:28
Silent Hill 2
6/3/2023
Welcome to the official first episode of Season 2!
Join us as we make our way deeper into the fog laden town, you may have heard of it...
Warning: This episode does contain conversations about heavy subject matter, so if you are sensitive to that, please use caution.
Special Guest Host: Donnie G Retro from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:02:12:43
Retro Blast Memories: The Arcade at the Beach
5/17/2023
Welcome to the first episode of the new mini-series, Retro Blast Memories.
We did a Twitter poll, and fans said they wanted us to include stories here and there, so here you go!
This one is special to me. This is a very personal story from my childhood. I genuinely hope you all enjoy it.
I hope it hits you in the feels as much as it did for me when I wrote it. - Patrick
The gorgeous musical arrangement was provided by @PabloEnver over at Final Fantasy Piano Music. Please check him out on YouTube or on Twitter @EnverPablo.
Support us on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/retroblastpodcast
Join us on Twitter: @RetroBlastUS
Duration:00:21:55
Castlevania Bloodlines
4/13/2023
Castlevania Bloodlines is one of the few titles in the series released on a SEGA console, and it's also in contention for one of the best in the action-platformer side of that series.
Join us as we take up our whips, stakes, lances, crosses, holy water, and cowboy hats in the quest to destroy Dracula all over again.
Special Guest: RetroGameBrews from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:01:36:36
Resident Evil 4
3/21/2023
Resident Evil 4 is the game that very likely saved the series from certain death.
It's also regarded as one of the very best video games ever made...
Join us as we follow Leon Kennedy as he suplexes and roundhouse kicks every Ganado in his way as he races to find the President's daughter.
Special Guest: Blue Williams from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:01:32:59
Shenmue
2/13/2023
Shenmue was one of the most ambitious (and most expensive) video games ever made, and while it retains a massive cult following, it still receives plenty of harsh criticism.
Join us as we discuss what made Shenmue not just revolutionary, but downright special.
Special Guest: Andy @LoveRetroBTW from the CafeBTW podcast
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Duration:01:30:44
Dead Space
1/17/2023
Dead Space was released in 2008 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest survival horror games ever made.
Join us as we spread the good word of Altman, start the convergence, and fight off otherworldy horrors with Isaac Clarke as we revisit this horror classic.
Let's see how good this game really is...
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Duration:01:45:13
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
11/7/2022
In 1997, Konami revived the Castlevania series, but with a... slight change of pace and direction. Did we say slight? We meant HUGE.
Widely considered to have the most bite out of the entire Castlevania series, join to see just how memorable the son of Dracula's debut game turned out to be.
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Duration:01:14:41
Episode 25: SoulCalibur
9/1/2022
SoulCalibur was a graphical powerhouse on the SEGA Dreamcast, and widely considered to be one of the most influential 3D fighting games of all time.
Join us as we take a look into what made this game so special back in 1999
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Duration:00:58:28
Metal Gear Solid
7/31/2022
Metal Gear Solid wasn't the first game in Hideo Kojima's popular Metal Gear series, but it was arguably the most important. Join us under our cardboard box as we infiltrate Shadow Moses and find out just why this game matters so much.
Special Guest: Donnie G Retro from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:01:39:04
Twisted Metal 2
6/4/2022
Twisted Metal 2 is often regarded as the BEST game in the popular car combat series, so let's grab some ice cream and a mounted machine gun, and see what all the fuss is about.
Special Guest: Ryan aka RetroGameBrews from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:01:27:29
Donkey Kong Country
4/15/2022
In 1994, Nintendo and Rare released the modern reboot of Donkey Kong. Widely hailed as one of the most grapically advanced games ever made for the SNES, it's time to discuss what makes it a platforming classic from the 16-bit era. Special Guest: Blue Williams from Gamers Week Podcast
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Duration:01:23:50
Resident Evil REmake
3/31/2022
It's time to go back where it all began...again. Join us in 2002 this time as we take a look at what's considered one of the greatest remakes of all time. Resident Evil REmake (2002)
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Duration:01:12:06