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By Scott Johnson

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PLAY RETRO 70: Metal Gear

05.24.2023

A series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid ...

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05.24.2023 PLAY RETRO 70: Metal Gear A series of techno-thriller stealth games created by Hideo Kojima. Developed and published by Konami, the first game, Metal Gear, was released in 1987 for MSX home computers. The player often takes control of a special forces operative (usually Solid ...
05.20.2023 PLAY RETRO 69: Frogger In Frogger, the player controls a frog and must guide it across a busy road and a hazardous river, avoiding various obstacles along the way. The goal is to safely maneuver the frog to its home at the top of ...
05.11.2023 PLAY RETRO 68: Twisted Metal In concept, Twisted Metal is a demolition derby that emphasizes the usage of ballistic projectiles, machine guns, mines, and other types of weapons (up to and including satellite-based weapons and nuclear weapons). Players choose a vehicle, and an arena—or a ...
05.03.2023 PLAY RETRO 67: MDK 1 & 2 A series of third-person shooters with light platforming and puzzle-solving elements. The series' main protagonist is the exosuit-equipped sniping janitor Kurt Hectic, who, together with his colleagues, the genius scientist Dr. Fluke Hawkins and the six-legged wonder robot-dog Max, has ...
04.29.2023 PLAY RETRO 66: The Out of Towners Episode We are out of town, which means we STILL wanted to do a show for you this week! Give it a listen! Lots to talk about! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
04.18.2023 PLAY RETRO 65: Populous The player is a god, and as such, has world-altering powers that can be used for the betterment of one's own devotees or the detriment of all unbelievers. From an isometric perspective, the player uses both direct control of the ...
04.12.2023 PLAY RETRO 64: Ristar Ristar is a 2D sidescrolling platform game, similar to games in the Super Mario or Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games, but focusing less on jumping and speed, and more on the use of Ristar's stretchable arms, which can ...
04.05.2023 PLAY RETRO 63: River City Ransom The Kunio-kun series (typically localized as River City) is a video game series started by Technōs Japan. The series is now handled by Arc System Works who purchased all of the intellectual property rights from Technōs' successor, Million Corp. The ...
03.29.2023 PLAY RETRO 62: Moon Patrol Moon Patrol is a 1982 arcade video game developed and released by Irem. It was licensed to Williams for distribution in North America. The player controls a moon buggy which can jump over and shoot obstacles on a horizontally scrolling ...
03.22.2023 PLAY RETRO 61: Ape Escape A series of video games developed primarily by Japan Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, starting with Ape Escape for PlayStation in 1999. The series incorporates ape-related humour, unique gameplay, and a wide variety of pop culture references. The ...
03.15.2023 PLAY RETRO 60: Conker's Bad Fur Day Conker is a series of platform video games created and produced by Rare. It chronicles the events of Conker the Squirrel, an anthropomorphic red squirrel that made his debut as a playable character in Diddy Kong Racing. Learn more about ...
03.08.2023 PLAY RETRO 59: Myst The first game in the series, Myst, was released in 1993 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and their video game company Cyan, Inc. The first sequel to Myst, Riven, was released in 1997 and was followed by three more ...
03.01.2023 PLAY RETRO 58: Star Fox at 30 As the leader of an elite squad of anthropomorphic animal pilots, fly throughout the Lylat star system in the prototype Arwing spacecraft to prevent the galactic conquest of a mad scientist in this 3D shooter for the SNES (with real-time ...
02.22.2023 PLAY RETRO 56: Defender Defender is a scrolling shooter video game developed by Williams Electronics in 1980 and released for arcades in 1981. A side-scrolling shooter, the game is set on either an unnamed planet or city where the player must defeat waves of ...
02.16.2023 PLAY RETRO 56: Game Gear's Best The Game Gear is an 8-bit fourth generation handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990, in Japan, in April 1991 throughout North America and Europe, and during 1992 in Australia. The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's ...
02.09.2023 PLAY RETRO 55: Wing Commander A space combat sim set in the 27th century, the games tell the story of humanity's war against the Kilrathi, an alien species of large human like felines. The player represents the Terran Confederation, the primary human government in the ...
02.02.2023 PLAY RETRO 54: R-Rated Childhood on NES R-Rated Action Star Power on the NES, including all the big movie to video game adaptations, and why some worked and why some were TERRIBLE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.25.2023 PLAY RETRO 53: Earthworm Jim! Earthworm Jim is a 1994 run and gun platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment, featuring an earthworm named Jim, who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. The game was released for the Sega Genesis and Super ...
01.18.2023 PLAY RETRO 52: Fixed Screen Top Down Arcade Racers We LOVE these old racers, and we wanted to talk all about em! So we did! Sprint, Super Sprint, Super Off-Road, Indy Heat, Badlands, etc! Tune in and enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.11.2023 PLAY RETRO 51: Sega Seeks Zeldas 4 Times Sega Tried to take on Zelda and almost Won. From Golden Axe Warrior to Crusader of Centy and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
01.04.2023 PLAY RETRO 50: Alien Trilogy Games All the the games made around the original trilogy of films, and why some are great, and some are TERRIBLE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.29.2022 PLAY RETRO 49: Barbie Video Games...yes really The original Barbie Video games. An 8 bit strategy game for the Commodore 64 started it, and we go all the way up to the Genesis and beyond to see where it went. Did you know this game outsold DOOM ...
12.22.2022 PLAY RETRO 48: Gauntlet I-IV and Legends The original top down 4 player Dungeon Crawl / D&D inspired Arcade hit from Atari that started it all. Choose a class (Warrior, Valkyrie, Elf or Wizard) and fight your way through 100 levels of Ghosts, Demons, Thieves, Sorcerers and ...
12.14.2022 PLAY RETRO 47: Old Christmas Games! All the Christmas games! At least the retro ones we think are worth discussion! Because, you know, CHRISTMAS! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
12.08.2022 PLAY RETRO 46: Dragon Warrior/Quest (nes) The original inspired by Wizardy and Ultima. Solo game play. Story Telling over Stats for the user. Everything is manual. Want to walk up/down stairs? There's a command for that. Want to open a door. Ok! Command! Did you buy ...
11.30.2022 PLAY RETRO 45: Mario Kart & More The OG Kart game (thanks RC Pro-Am/Rare) - Race in 5 course cup or Battle your friends one on one. Mode 7 sprite based for that 3d look! Split screen is 2nd player or more information if you are playing ...
11.23.2022 PLAY RETRO 44: Baldur's Gate 1&2 Baldur's Gate is a series of role-playing video games set in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The game has spawned two series, known as the Bhaalspawn Saga and the Dark Alliance, both taking place mostly within the ...
11.11.2022 SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen: I really think you’ll all enjoy this interview. A lot has happened since we last had this opportunity, and we talk about it all. And yes, even the Blizzard stuff you have questions about. ...
11.09.2022 PLAY RETRO 43: Top Five 8bit-16bit Wrestling Games Wrestling games on the NES/SNES, Sega Master System and Genesis Consoles as the gaming gods intended. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
11.01.2022 PLAY RETRO 42: Space Invaders to Galaga and MORE! Space Invaders is a 1978 shoot 'em up arcade game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado. It was manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and licensed to the Midway division of Bally for overseas distribution. Space Invaders was the first fixed ...
10.26.2022 PLAY RETRO 41: Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, and Code Veronica Resident Evil is a 1996 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation. It is the first title in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Players control Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, members of the elite task ...
10.19.2022 PLAY RETRO 40: Splatterhouse in Retro Two college students, Rick Taylor and Jennifer Willis, take refuge from a storm in West Mansion, a local landmark known as "Splatterhouse" for the rumors of hideous experiments purportedly conducted there by Dr. West, a renowned and missing parapsychologist. At ...
10.11.2022 PLAY RETRO 39: Alone in the Dark! Jeremy Hartwood has committed suicide in his Louisiana mansion, Derceto. You take the role of either Edward Carnby, a private investigator, or Emily Hartwood, Jeremy's niece, and investigate the suspicious death. The three-floor mansion is reputed to be haunted by ...
10.06.2022 PLAY RETRO 38: Trackball Games at the Arcade A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down ball mouse with an exposed protruding ball. And guess what? We used ...
09.27.2022 PLAY RETRO 37: The Retro Monkey Islands The Secret of Monkey Island is a 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game developed and published by Lucasfilm Games. It takes place in a fictional version of the Caribbean during the age of piracy. The player assumes the role of Guybrush ...
09.20.2022 PLAY RETRO 36: Batman Movie Tie-Ins of the 90s Hi, and welcome to Play Retro. I'm your host Scott Johnson, and my parents never died in a theater alley way, but they did let me be batman for halloween 3 years in a row. And I am your other ...
09.13.2022 PLAY RETRO 35: Zelda 1 and 2 The series centers on the various incarnations of Link, a courageous young Hylian man, with pointy, elf-like ears; and Princess Zelda, a magical princess that is the mortal reincarnation of the goddess Hylia; as they fight to save the magical ...
09.06.2022 PLAY RETRO 34: The Age of Empires Age of Empires requires the player to develop a civilization from a handful of hunter-gatherers to an expansive Iron Age empire. To ensure victory, the player must gather resources in order to pay for new units, buildings and more advanced ...
08.23.2022 Play Retro 33: The Sega Racers Yep! Those amazing AM2/Yu Suzuki days of OutRun, HangOn, Daytona, etc. We dive deep so hang on tight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
08.17.2022 PLAY RETRO 32: Commodore 64 Top 5 Staff Picks The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International. And we talk about the best games that ever hit the system! Learn more about your ...
08.09.2022 PLAY RETRO 31: Beavis and Butt-Head Do 90s Gaming Three tie-in video games based on the animated television series of the same name that were released by Viacom New Media in 1994 for the Super NES, Genesis/Mega Drive and Game Gear. The three versions differ from each other, sharing ...
08.02.2022 PLAY RETRO 30: The Strike Series Strike is a series of video games created by Mike Posehn, John Patrick Manley and Tony Barnes released between 1991 and 1997 by Electronic Arts for a number of video game systems. The games are multi-directional shooters viewed from an ...
07.26.2022 PLAY RETRO 29: Kirby Kirby is the main protagonist of Nintendo's Kirby series of video games. He made his debut appearance in 1992, starring in Kirby's Dream Land. The series has been running for three decades, and over thirty titles have been released under ...
07.20.2022 PLAY RETRO 28: The Legacy of Kain series Originally created by Silicon Knights in association with Crystal Dynamics, Legacy of Kain is an action-adventure series known for its outstanding narrative and involving puzzle-based gameplay. The series broke new ground with its high quality of voice-acting and engaging storyline ...
07.12.2022 PLAY RETRO 27: Mega Man Yep, we are all about the Mega Man this week. Mega Man, known as Rockman in Japan, is a Japanese science fiction video game franchise created by Capcom, starring a series of robot characters each known by the moniker "Mega ...
07.05.2022 PLAY RETRO 26: Pitfall Pitfall! is a platform video game designed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision in 1982. The player controls Pitfall Harry and is tasked with collecting all the treasures in a jungle within 20 minutes. The ...
06.28.2022 PLAY RETRO 25: F-Zero to WipEout Life F-ZERO for the SNES? Like Wipeout for Playstation? Oh man, then are you in for some fun today. We are all about the futuristic hover racers of yore on this episode of Play Retro! Learn more about your ad ...
06.21.2022 PLAY RETRO 24: The Dreamcast The Dreamcast is a home video game console released by Sega on November 27, 1998, in Japan, September 9, 1999, in North America, and October 14, 1999, in Europe. It was the first in the sixth generation of video game ...
06.14.2022 PLAY RETRO 23: The Mini Revolution The good, the bad and the ugliest! NES, SNES, C64, GENESIS/MD, PS1, Amiga and the just announced Mini Mega Drive, now with CD games. All the retro minis plus a whole lot more today! Learn more about your ad choices. ...
06.08.2022 PLAY RETRO 22: Activate Pac-Man It's time. Time to take on one of the BIGGEST game franchises of all time. It's a big deal, and we have all the deets of the last 42 years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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PLAY RETRO 70: Metal Gear

PLAY RETRO 69: Frogger

PLAY RETRO 68: Twisted Metal

PLAY RETRO 67: MDK 1 & 2

PLAY RETRO 66: The Out of Towners Episode

PLAY RETRO 65: Populous

PLAY RETRO 64: Ristar

PLAY RETRO 63: River City Ransom

PLAY RETRO 62: Moon Patrol

PLAY RETRO 61: Ape Escape

PLAY RETRO 60: Conker's Bad Fur Day

PLAY RETRO 59: Myst

PLAY RETRO 58: Star Fox at 30

PLAY RETRO 56: Defender

PLAY RETRO 56: Game Gear's Best

PLAY RETRO 55: Wing Commander

PLAY RETRO 54: R-Rated Childhood on NES

PLAY RETRO 53: Earthworm Jim!

PLAY RETRO 52: Fixed Screen Top Down Arcade Racers

PLAY RETRO 51: Sega Seeks Zeldas

PLAY RETRO 50: Alien Trilogy Games

PLAY RETRO 49: Barbie Video Games...yes really

PLAY RETRO 48: Gauntlet I-IV and Legends

PLAY RETRO 47: Old Christmas Games!

PLAY RETRO 46: Dragon Warrior/Quest (nes)

PLAY RETRO 45: Mario Kart & More

PLAY RETRO 44: Baldur's Gate 1&2

SPECIAL: A conversation with Chris Metzen

PLAY RETRO 43: Top Five 8bit-16bit Wrestling Games

PLAY RETRO 42: Space Invaders to Galaga and MORE!

PLAY RETRO 41: Resident Evil 1, 2, 3, and Code Veronica

PLAY RETRO 40: Splatterhouse in Retro

PLAY RETRO 39: Alone in the Dark!

PLAY RETRO 38: Trackball Games at the Arcade

PLAY RETRO 37: The Retro Monkey Islands

PLAY RETRO 36: Batman Movie Tie-Ins of the 90s

PLAY RETRO 35: Zelda 1 and 2

PLAY RETRO 34: The Age of Empires

Play Retro 33: The Sega Racers

PLAY RETRO 32: Commodore 64 Top 5 Staff Picks

PLAY RETRO 31: Beavis and Butt-Head Do 90s Gaming

PLAY RETRO 30: The Strike Series

PLAY RETRO 29: Kirby

PLAY RETRO 28: The Legacy of Kain series

PLAY RETRO 27: Mega Man

PLAY RETRO 26: Pitfall

PLAY RETRO 25: F-Zero to WipEout

PLAY RETRO 24: The Dreamcast

PLAY RETRO 23: The Mini Revolution

PLAY RETRO 22: Activate Pac-Man