RPG Backtrack

This year’s Atelier April finally brings us to the Mysterious Quadrilogy, with this week’s episode discussing Atelier Atelier Firis and Atelier Lydie & Suelle. The real mystery is if we will ever get sick of talking about magical girls and alchemy. Given this episode will have a part two, probably not.

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On RPG Backtrack, we strive to bring a positive message about video games to the world.  There are times when we play a game so terrible, we just have to complain about it.  After all, sometimes you have to play a bad game to appreciate the good ones.  At least that’s what we tell ourselves to lessen the suffering.

Featuring Guests: Ryan C, Ryan R, Jahwon, and Wheels

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What happens when you combine Vanillaware’s eye-catching art style with the tactical combat of the Ogre Battle series? You get Unicorn Overlord, the topic of this week’s episode. Here is the real question: where are the unicorns?

Featuring Guests: Ryan C., Ryan M., Cassandra, and Elena

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Many video game Kickstarter projects come, but most of them go up in smoke. One Kickstarter project in particular was the vision of producer Yoshitaka Murayama, famous for the Suikoden series. Does Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes live up to its spiritual predecessor? Find out on this week’s RPG Backtrack.

Featuring Guests: Ryan R., Robert A.

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It’s a double birthday bash on this week’s Backtrack.  We are celebrating Pokémon Gold/Silver‘s 25th birthday (a bit belated) and the entire franchise’s 30th birthday at the same time. This puts our podcast in the top percentage of all Pokémon podcasts!

Featuring Guests: Ryan C., Cassandra, and Elena

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Once upon a time, a strange man in a cave handed a boy a sword. One iconic line and 40 years later, we have Nintendo’s most popular franchise right next to the plumber himself. So how did this legendary series impact our RPG Backtrack guests? Tune in this week, as we celebrate 40 years of Zelda!  Oh, and that guy in the green too.  What is his name? Loink?

Featuring guests: Pascal, Cassandra, Ryan M, and Wheels.

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The Tale that started it all celebrated its 30th birthday last month.  While we are a little late to the party, we do have a round of guests, featuring Cassandra and Leogrim, to chat about Tales of Phantasia.

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The 2026 season of RPG Backtrack kicks off with a big, fat vacation in ancient Greece. Join us, with guests Sam, Pascal, and Josh, as we climb the butts of multiple statues in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey.

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As the year comes to a close, we wrap up with a round table of bite-sized independently developed RPGs for your playing pleasure.  After all, an indie game a day keeps the triple A trash away. Enjoy some passion projects with guests Sam and Ryan Costa.

Games covered: 8-bit Adventures 2, Cat Quest, Get in the Car, Loser!, Healer’s Quest, OFF, Rise of the Third Power, Sun Haven, Terra Memoria

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On this week’s backtrack, we go back to Dragon Quest with two recent entries in the Monsters sub-series. Technically, one of them isn’t a Monsters title, but started as one, so we counted it anyway. This time we feature a special guest from the Slime Time podcast, Bluestar, along with our regulars Robert and Wheels.

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