Retronauts

Hello and welcome! We are Retronauts, a video game podcast born in 2006 and still running thanks to fan support. Join our patreon for early access to regular episodes & hours of exclusive material every month. patreon.com/retronauts

I want to taste that crisp ps2 water

30 years of raiding tombs, happy 30th Tomb Raider.

✨NEWS✨ I can finally announce the book is dropping this Friday. It contains every mansion comic I've painted over the last 3 years in chronological order (to the game's timeline).

Anyone else going as Pumpkin Hill from Sonic Adventure 2 for Halloween this year or just me? 🎃⛰️ The costume has a treasure hunting minigame where you can move Knuckles across the “level” and the radar necklace will blink as you get closer to the hidden emerald in the pockets 💎 I love Halloween!!

One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @bobservo.bsky.social @feitclub.bsky.social @drewgmackie.bsky.social & @garybutterfield.bsky.social present a seasonal podcast all about Video Game Draculas Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

Happy 25th anniversary to Nintendo's hyper-realistic gardening simulator, Pikmin!

This Month In Retronauts: @feitclub.bsky.social & @voidburger.com talk zombies, werewolves, vampires, and the horrors of executive-talk—all that PLUS reading and responding to your comments Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

while you port and emulate games, I ported Jira to my PSP

Sony: fuck you Microsoft: fuck you Nintendo: stick

Foodtober 24: Bread and water soup #pixelart #foodtober2026

So when I convert video files in Handbrake, my "conversion complete" sound is the Tekken 3 announcer. I'm sitting here watching Tree House of Horror when suddenly the conversion ended with perfect timing

This Month In Retronauts: @feitclub.bsky.social & @voidburger.com talk zombies, werewolves, vampires, and the horrors of executive-talk—all that PLUS reading and responding to your comments Available to backers at the $5 level & up: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

Now updated! A new version of CORPSE-PARTY Rebuilt+ is now available for your enjoyment! CORPSE-PARTY Rebuilt is a fan port of the contest-winning PC-98 RPG Maker title CORPSE-PARTY for the PC-9801, and you can play it now with modern configuration and classic graphics! saralene.tv/games/#corps...

ABBOTT: Japanese developers today have unique names, like FromSoftware COSTELLO: From what ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: I thought you said it was from Japan ABBOTT: It is COSTELLO: But what's the name of the developer ABBOTT: FromSoftware COSTELLO: The Software's From Japan, though ABBOTT: Yes

the most important decoration is now up — @marlowedobbe.com's WAL-OUIJA BOARD

Just posted! "How Game Collecting’s Past Can Predict Its Future." How does a video game become a collectible? What's going to happen to all those limited editions? Where's the line between Sophisticated Physical Media Owner and Weirdo? WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkIv...

if one were to excavate an ancient video game store thought lost in 1996, one might discover an original copy of Tomb Raider—originally released 30 years ago today.

In 2016, we published potentially the largest single feature to ever appear in Game Informer magazine with a full oral history of the legendary studio, BioWare. We've made that feature available online following reports of the studio's impending closure. gameinformer.com/feature/2026...

I mentioned it in the announcement post but LSD:R is older now than LSD:DE was when the project first started in 2011. I was 14 when I started and I'm 29 now 👴

An amazing image from Twin Peaks, Dune, and Fallout star Kyle MacLachlan's memoir "Fictional Selves" that just shows how awesome Patrick Stuart is.

I've realized there's another level to this, which is the music in the clocktower has ticking - 5000/10

Live on the free feed: @bobservo.bsky.social @jparish.bsky.social & @onemillionpower.com revisit a 20-year-old conversation regarding a 36-year-old game, Final Fantasy III retronauts.com/article/2571...

In the Japanese PC-88 port of Ultima 3: Exodus by Pony Canyon, if you try to Talk/Transact (T key) to an enemy monster, they literally say "FUCK YOU!!" in English. Hilarious, and apparently nobody has discovered or posted about this before online in English or Japanese

Just announced: Shigeru Miyamoto has been awarded the prestigious “Order of Culture” award from the Japanese government, for his “contribution to Japanese culture”. The Emperor will present Miyamoto the award on the Japanese national holiday “Culture Day” (11/3). news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/ca2...

Morrigan Darkstalkers

Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy are here to put a stop to the Evil Residents. It's Something About #ResidentEvil Requiem! youtu.be/JyTKDk-rNr0?... Special thanks to funymony & Lollergator for helping with this, ColonelCheru for her voicework and TheLegendOfRenegade for music! #gaming #animation

RAM OK ROM OK Happy 25th anniversary, Grand Theft Auto III! Released in North America on 22/10/01 and then a few days later in Europe when I picked it with a 'Huh, I remember GTA on PS1; wonder if this is any good?'. This is a pretty special game to me for being absolutely floored within minutes.

#SpookyMonth64

I wrote about why we had so many urban legends trying to explain who Justin Bailey was. At first, I wondered if it was the wrong town for the week before Halloween, but as I got philosophical, I realized this is one of the scariest things I've ever written.

just finished a Retronauts recording and I present to you this impossibly cryptic hint regarding the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdd0...

One week early for our Patreon subscribers: @feitclub.bsky.social @jparish.bsky.social & @kohler.bsky.social gab about this year's TGS and the overall Tokyo experience Sign up & listen here: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

obsessed with the description for the witch in aria of sorrow's bestiary

METAL GEAR SOLID - 👻📸 www.vgcartography.com?game=group--...

GAMING THINGS WE THINK ARE COOL!! - If you try to delete your Clock Tower 3 save in the PS2 Memory Card browser, Alyssa will get scared.

Oh wow... Half an hour of truly old-school machinima. So much effort put into this, all in the service of very silly jokes.

Part of my literal job is to fly out to physical game studios to rescue and recover historical materials that might be endangered and put them in a permanent archive. @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social is a 501(c)3 publicly funded to do that, my DMs are open, and I'm free for the next couple weeks...

Live on the free feed: @bobservo.bsky.social @jparish.bsky.social & @onemillionpower.com revisit a 20-year-old conversation regarding a 36-year-old game, Final Fantasy III retronauts.com/article/2571...

AN ANNIVERSARY IS YOU: Happy 40th to Nintendo's Pro Wrestling!

Continuing in the Halloween spirit, this week we have a big spooky collection of developer interviews for Parasite Eve! shmuplations.com/parasiteeve/

there’s gotta be one super contrarian guy out there who disavows Final Fantasies 2, 3, and 5 and still calls 4 and 6 by their original western titles

This Week In Retro: let the evidence show that the original Ace Attorney is 25 years old. Any objections? Sign up to read/listen here: www.patreon.com/retronauts/p...

the nerve

Hey gamers! I'm thinking of creating a women-led luxury gaming magazine or book. I have a quick 4 question survey to gauge interest in it. Please fill it out even if it's a "not for me" it would be hugely helpful. Also please share so I can get more data! forms.gle/ZD9Gen7C4foe...