Retrovaniacs

Episode 18 : The Adventures of Bayou Billy (NES)

This week, Jeremy P ruins what would be an otherwise great episode by forcing everyone to play The Adventures of Bayou Billy, in honor of it's recent re-release on the Wii U eShop.   How can a game that offers 3 different gaming modes go so horribly wrong?  We dive into the swamp of disappointment this week to discuss this Konami misfire.We also take a look back at our favorite mispronunciations of gaming titles and names, and discuss our favorite codes and secrets with some listener questions!Next week game : Skullmonkeys (PS)

Episode 17 : Golden Axe Warrior (Sega Master System)

We dive into the late Sega Master System library and unearth quite the diamond, Golden Axe Warrior.  Well, it's more like Cubic Zirconia.  It looks nice, it might impress someone who has no idea about what they are looking at, and it's clearly a copy of something far more impressive.  Honestly, it has a lot more in common with a Nintendo classic than anything else with the Golden Axe name on it.We also take a listener question this week: What game can you play over and over due to nostalgia that you also can admit is a pretty terrible game?Next week, put on your swamp hat, and dust off the NES -- we're heading to the Bayou...

Episode 16 : JJ and Jeff (Turbografx-16)

We're back from our long one-week unplanned absence to kick off 2016 with a bang!We're going back to the TG-16 for JJ and Jeff this week-- will this be the game that convinces Jeremy and Billy that they missed out on the Turbografx during the 16 bit era?Additionally, we look back at 2015 to discuss our favorite hits and misses of the year, and what we're looking forward to in 2016.

Episode 15 : Mansion of Hidden Souls (Sega CD)

 Here's a game I'm certain most of you haven't played -- Mansion of Hidden Souls for the Sega CD add-on for the Genesis.   This is a classic point-and-click adventure title, like Myst, but about butterflies and poorly placed keys.  A selection by one Billy Holiday, and an episode not to be missed!We also answer a listener question : What are our favorite / least favorite snow levels in classic gaming?Also, like every show, we reveal next show's topic.  Our next show will be around Christmas, so what game do you think we picked?

Episode 14 : Blast Corps (N64)

It's almost Thanksgiving, and at Retrovaniacs, we didn't want you to think we'd miss out on this opportunity to... ok, this game has nothing to do with Thanksgiving.  It's Blast Corps, the first RARE created game for the Nintendo 64, and it's this week's amazing choice for our look back through the annals of gaming.In honor of Thanksgiving (and the start of the Christmas season), we tell some Black Friday stories and generally feel smug that thanks to the internet, we can all sit in our house on Black Friday eating stuffing and cranberry sandwiches while we buy gifts for relatives we rarely enjoy spending time with.

Episode 13 - Little Nemo the Dream Master (NES)

This week, we take a look at the NES 1990 classic, Little Nemo the Dream Master.  This might be the only game where you feed candy to a bee, but we made no research to back that claim up.We also answer a listener question about regrettable game sales.  Billy uses this time to get teary-eyed about an MC Hammer game.

Episode 12 : The Splatterhouse Series (Turbografx 16 and Genesis)

It's the second part of our Halloween extravaganza, and this week we look at not one... but THREE classic video games.  First up, we revisit the Turbografx-16 and the original Splatterhouse, in which Rick and Jennifer make the mistake of getting out of the rain at an abandoned mansion.  Then we switch to the Sega Genesis for Splatterhouse 2, where Rick returns to save Jennifer (again) with the help of the demon mask.  Finally, we dig up the bones of Splatterhouse 3, in which the series tries to do some new things, and the results are less than stellar.Our listener question for this week is two-fold : What game gave you your first real jump-scare?  What game has scared you the most ever?  Shockingly, Billy and Jeremy P didn't say General Chaos.For more Halloween gaming excitement, don't forget to check out Retrovania.net for the rest of the month!

Episode 11 - Haunting starring Polterguy (Genesis)

It's the start of our first Halloween, and so we focus our eyes on a spoooooooky Genesis classic, Haunting starring Polterguy, the only game I'm aware of where you can possess a couch.We also have our regular (terrifying!) updates on what we're all playing, and this week's (bloodcurdling?) listener question : "What system did you never have (when it was current) that you really wanted and didn't get?"Next week, prepare yourselves for a future Halloween classic episode, where we take on all things Splatterhouse!

Episode 10 - Super Mario Maker (Wii U)

It's our 10th episode spectacular, and this week we have chosen to slip slightly out of our own guidelines to cover not a true classic game, but a modern game that should appeal to any classic NES fan, Super Mario Maker for the Wii U!   It's got all the classic 2D Mario action that you could ever want or imagine, and as such we get to talk about staples of a series we have been playing for 30 years.Also this week, Jeremy G has an electronic doomsday of sorts, and that leads him down a path that thankfully leads to the Rare Replay collection for the Xbox One!

Episode 9 - Mutant League Football (Genesis)

Football season is here, and so we celebrate it the only way we know how -- by reviewing Mutant League Football for the Genesis.We also discuss one of our favorite systems of all time, the Sega Dreamcast, on it's 16th anniversary (of the US release).