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- 1 weeks ago1h 28m
PLAY RETRO 239: The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King (Game Boy Advance, 2005) is a 2D action-adventure set before the film, following Jack Skellington’s first conflict with Oogie Boogie. Oogie’s Revenge (PlayStation 2 and Xbox, 2005) continues the story after the film, combining 3D combat with musical boss battles. This episode also covers Tiger Electronics’ 1993 LCD handheld game.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SbcRliyZ-Rk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 11m
PLAY RETRO 238: Chakan: The Forever Man
Immortality sounds like a good deal until you read Death's fine print. This week we take on Chakan, covering the Sega Genesis and Game Gear games as separate entries. Two swords, potion mixing, supernatural monsters and a hero who would really like this whole thing to be over.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/77op2wVrTSQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 3 weeks ago1h 8m
PLAY RETRO 237: Eternal Darkness
Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem is a 2002 GameCube psychological horror game from Silicon Knights and Nintendo. Told across 2,000 years and twelve playable characters, it mixes exploration, combat, magic, and its famous Sanity System, which uses hallucinations and fourth-wall tricks to make players question what is actually happening.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9eFU69EG-7M Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Oct 1, 20261h 1m
PLAY RETRO 236: The Last Ninja Series
System 3's The Last Ninja turned Commodore 64 martial-arts fantasy into an isometric action-adventure showcase in 1987. We follow Armakuni from Lin Fen to 1988 Manhattan in Last Ninja 2, look at how Activision carried the series to U.S. computer owners, and give the Europe-only Last Ninja 3 a brief 'Just A Mention.'VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tUmSGYe2b9o Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 24, 20261h 20m
PLAY RETRO 235: X-Men: Legends
Raven Software turned Marvel's mutant super-team into a four-character action RPG in 2004, combining real-time brawling, character progression, destructible environments and couch co-op. We dig into X-Men Legends, then follow the formula into X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the strange handheld versions that squeezed the mutant RPG onto N-Gage and PSP.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/C9bdCIYGjqY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 17, 20261h 6m
PLAY RETRO 234: Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Pirates! began on the Commodore 64 in 1987 as an open-ended pirate career game mixing sailing, trading, ship battles, sword fights, treasure hunting, politics and retirement. Brian plays the original C64 release while Scott tackles Firaxis' 2004 remake to see how much of the same pirate life survived nearly two decades later.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/v_LC6vVZu3U Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 10, 20261h 4m
PLAY RETRO 233: Freedom Force
Freedom Force (2002) is a squad-based superhero RPG from Irrational Games that mixes real-time tactical combat with comic-book style character progression, recruitment, and destructible environments. Set in a colorful 1960s-inspired superhero world, it lets you command a team of wildly different heroes, develop their powers, and even create your own custom characters while battling increasingly bizarre villains.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/umQfWxq-Tz4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Sep 3, 20261h 13m
PLAY RETRO 232: Alien Breed - The Amiga Years
Alien Breed is Team17’s sci-fi action series that began on the Amiga in 1991, mixing top-down shooting, maze-like exploration, limited resources, computer terminals, and relentless alien attacks. The series gradually expanded the formula through Special Edition 92, Alien Breed II, and Tower Assault before making a dramatic shift into first-person shooters with Alien Breed 3D and Alien Breed 3D II.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/zA17Smnf3zs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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