RPGFan's Retro Encounter

For those who loved RPGs during the SNES era, there was a game that forever seemed out of reach: Final Fantasy V. This unlocalized title was so legendary that it inspired the very first fan translation of a video game. Though Squaresoft eventually localized FFV for PSX in 1999, many still think of it as the black sheep of the Final Fantasy family. In today’s Retro, our panel will talk about their history with the game, comb through the first half of the story, and examine how the expertly crafted job system impacted future titles in the series and beyond!

Featuring: Jonathan Logan, Audra Bowling, Cory Tischbein, Quinton O’Conner; Edited by Jonathan Logan

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.

Romance, drama, comedy, regret, and... rice? Impostor Factory is a visual novel of sorts that looks like a 16-bit RPG, the third game in Kan Gao's Sigmund Corp trilogy after To the Moon and Finding Paradise, and oh boy does it leave an impression. Our two Retro Encounter panelists love this entire trilogy and have a lot to say about its newest entry, from long cats to imagined weddings.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Zach Wilkerson; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Remember us. Remember that we once podcasted.

Emet-Selch, the principal antagonist of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, is a unique blend of a foppish eccentric, a world-erasing psychopath, and a grieving survivor. He's a complicated, entertaining foil to the Warrior of Light, and Retro Encounter is going to examine him under the RPG Villains microscope as a last hurrah for Shadowbringers before Endwalker captivates the Final Fantasy XIV community (and around 40% of RPGFan staff).

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Wes Iliff, Zach Wilkerson; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Hiya, Hugo! Hiya, stupid! Whatcha wanna go get demon energy for?  

Our two panelists navigate through Ys Origin's three protagonists in our second episode on the 2006 prequel!  Up for discussion is the Ys Origin endgame story, midgame boss battles, and family dynamic of the cursed Fact bloodline. 

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Retro Encounter travels between 1989 and 2006 in playing Ys Origin, the prequel to the original Ancient Ys Vanished, Nihon Falcom's influential action RPG. In today's Retro Encounter the panelists discuss co-protagonists Yunica Tovah and Hugo Fact, the layout of the mysterious tower they're climbing, and how Ys Origin references Ys titles past and future.

It rhymes with "Geese." Not with "Wise."

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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It wouldn't be Star Trek without an inevitable sequel! 

The crew of the USS Retro Encounter is back after last week's Star Trek-focused episode. This time, we're taking a look at the follow-up to 25th Anniversary, the 1993 point-and-click adventure game, Star Trek: Judgment Rites. With the cast of the original series again returning to voice their characters, Judgment Rites looks to deliver an authentic Star Trek experience. Will this sequel be the "The Wrath of Kahn" to 25th Anniversary's "The Motion Picture?" Or will it lead us "Into Darkness?"

Featuring: Jonathan Logan, Hilary Andreff, Quinton O'Connor, John Tucker; Edited by Jonathan Logan

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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It's time to explore strange old worlds with the crew of the USS Retro Encounter!

In this episode, our landing party of Trekkies beam into the 1992 point-and-click adventure game, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. Featuring the vocal talents of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and the rest of the Enterprise crew, will this adventure game live up to the quality of the first two seasons of TOS? Or will it descend into the murky depths of the third?

Featuring: Jonathan Logan, Quinton O'Connor, John Tucker, Michael Sollosi; Edited by Jonathan Logan

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Retro Encounter finished their star-studded journey across the cosmos this month, but does Cosmic Star Heroine live up to to Zeboyd's influences and fan expectations? The panel loves the visual design and battle designs of the game, but has issues in other places. But which boss was designed by the podcast host? Listen and learn! 

Brought to you by the founding members of the Psybe Appreciation Station. 

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Jonathan Logan; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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Retro Encounter is blasting off again with two episodes on Cosmic Star Heroine, a 2010s crowdfunding success heavily inspired by specific 16-bit RPGs. The panel loves the visual style and battle system of Cosmic Star Heroine, but isn't 100% sold on the story, characters, or soundtrack. How exactly do they feel about this science fiction Japanese-style RPG? Listen and find out!

So is CSH a worthy trek through the stars? Does it burn bright like fireflies? Listen to the episode!

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Audra Bowling, Jonathan Logan; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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The Church of Retro opens its confessional booth again, and three RPGFan panelists discuss the games and series for which they are the most embarrassed not to have played. So which RPGFan staffperson has never played a Suikoden title? Which Mega Man fan has never played Battle Network?  Listen and find out!

Retro Encounter encourages confession, but unlike Catholicism there is no shame in this podcast space.

Featuring: Michael Sollosi, Cory Tischbein, Zach Wilkerson; Edited by Michael Sollosi

Opening and ending music by Miles Morkri

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