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Retro Ridoctopus

Retro Ridoctopus

Come aboard as your 3 wacky octo-hosts dive deep into the 70s, 80s, 90s and beyond to discuss things like classic gaming, movies, tv shows, cartoons, music and even toys!

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S4E19 - Ep 086: Curses and Urban Legends of Cinema

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2022/10/11

Mysterious fires! Untimely deaths!! Bolts of lighting hitting Italian churches!!! Can a movie production truly be cursed? We present the evidence for 6 famously maligned films and leave it up to you (The Retroids) to decide! And later on, after a particularly creepy Octoponder This, the one called Parasite will bellyache about a random video game boss in another edition of DIE MONSTER! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)•

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S4E18 - Ep 085: Cheat Day!

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2022/09/27

For this episode, Nintenjoe leads us on a journey to dust off some classic video game cheats! We split the discussion in to imputable codes (button sequences you have to press at a certain time) and typable cheats (secrets accessible only by password or by inputting a certain name for your quest). We cover some great ones! Later on, we'll tackle this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question as well as get another edition of 8-Bit Alchemy's COMPOSE YO'SELF, which does NOT go as

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01:57:40

The Brig: What's In The Box (with filmmaker James...

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2022/09/20

Check out James Lamond's film work on the official It Came From The 508 website and follow them on Facebook! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)• Nintenjoe (subscribe)----------------------------------------All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network, the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee!

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S4E17 - Ep 084: Free Toy Inside / The Bygone Age of...

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2022/09/13

This episode is definitely part of a balanced breakfast. Ignoring the dirty looks from mom, this week, we jam our grubby mitts into some cereal boxes to pull out the free toy packed inside! Remember those Wacky Wall Walkers? How about the Nabisco Spoonmen? Listen as we chronicle some of the weirdest and most memorable free prizes from the 50s to the mid aughts! Later on, we'll tackle this week's Octoponder This and hear which cereal mascot our Retroids think would take the belt in a massive Royal

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S4E16 - Ep 083: Playing Cards and Building Decks...

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2022/08/30

When we decided to do an episode on card games, we immediately thought of our good friend Dani! She was a professional casino dealer for over 12 years and possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of not just Magic The Gathering but just about any card game you could mention. So roll up your sleeves and prep those poker faces, because we cover everything from Go Fish and Solitaire to Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy

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S4E15 - Ep 082: Themes From A Memory 4 (Anime Edition)

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2022/08/16

It's music time again, folks! Nintenjoe's popular recurring Themes From a Memory is BACK. This time, the mission was to choose cartoon shows from the land of the rising sun, Japan! That's right, we play some killer theme songs from anime old and new, some in English, some in Japanese. As always, we hope you'll have plenty to be nostalgic about while finding one or two new things you'll want to check out! Also lurking in this episode, we announce the three winners to our 900 Retroids Facebook

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01:09:39

Crow's Nest 24 - Knock, Knock... Anyone Sweet Home?

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2022/08/09

----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)• Nintenjoe (subscribe)----------------------------------------All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network, the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee!

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S4E14 - Ep 081: Predator and Prey / No Time To Bleed

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2022/08/02

There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man... In honor of the new period Comanche vs Predator show "PREY", we power up our plasma cannons and set our triangular sites on the every movie and darn nearly every video game to feature a member of the Yautja race! All that plus we'll read the answers to this week's Octoponder This question before Nintenjoe gets us to the CHOPPA with his first edition of Retro Nouveau!! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:•

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00:59:52

Nintenjoe's Jukebox: The Second Coming

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2022/07/26

Track listing: Block 1 Duke’s Theme – Battle Arena Toshinden The Windmill Peak – A Hat in Time Strife and Ruin – Blasphemous Counter Attack – Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Venus – Contra Shattered Soldier Block 2 - Arcade Freeway – TMNT Arcade In A Tight Squeeze – Super Contra Shadow Elf in the Harsh Fight – D&D Shadow Over Mysteria Kombat Tomb – Mortal Kombat 2 Arcade Gargos Theme – KI2 Arcade Block 3 - Chiptune Goodness King Fish – Thunder Force 3 Genesis Highway Theme – Rollergames NES Special Stage

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Crow's Nest 23 - Batmobiles In The Belfry

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2022/07/13

ZOOM! PLOWIE! Out of the shadows speeds this supplemental Crow's Nest! Since we just talked about 8 awesome vehicles on our last mainline episode (080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us) we wanted to take the time to spotlight one we purposely swerved around. The Batmobile debuted in 1938 in Detective Comics #27 and has been cleaning up the streets of Gotham ever since! For this episode, we cover and rate every film version of Batman's iconic wheels and even a few you might not be

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S4E13 - Ep 080: Vehicles / Characters That Drive Us

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2022/07/05

Ready for some ships, quips and automobiles? When iconic hero vehicles come to mind, you probably think of things like the Batmobile, The DeLorean and of course KITT. Funny thing is, we are going to dive a little deeper than that. For this episode, we'll shine the headlights on 8 vehicles from movies, tv and cartoons that really feel like characters in their own right. And later on, we've got a BIG THINK Octoponder that requires a bit of creativity, and Parasite Steve will deliver his latest new

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01:47:43

Crow's Nest 22 - How To Geek In Iceland (with...

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2022/06/28

Returning guest Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn) hops back on the mic as promised, to deliver a bit of a biography on, well, himself! We discuss some American conceptions of Iceland and which Disney character is so prevalent there, Leik grew up thinking he was an Iceland original! All that an lots more in this fun and educational episode of THE CROW'S NEST!! Follow Leik on Twitter @Leikjarinn and watch out for his new YouTube channel when it drops! ----------------------------------------Retro

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S4E12 - Ep 079: Beast Wars Transformers (with GwenNinja)

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2022/06/21

With the help of Transformers super fan, GwenNinja we cover THE Transformers cartoon of the 90s! First, we each spotlight a favorite episode before blasting into a bunch more fun like coming up with our own characters for this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question and finally rating every Maximal and Predacon who had multiple bodies! It's a cybernetic celebration that'll have you shouting Retro Ridoctopus MAXIMIZE!!! Follow Gwen on Instagram @gwenninja or on

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S4E11 - Ep 078: Primetime RULES, Bedtime DROOLS (with...

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2022/06/07

A fun round table discussion chosen by this week's guest, Phil Conti! Phil is an old friend and one of our most active Retroids in the Facebook group. It was great finally getting to sit down and chat about TV shows we stayed way past our bedtime to watch as kids. Shows that in some cases, we WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO SEE! Later on, we'll tackle an Octoponder question which deals more with bedtime than Primetime... and before we sail off into the sunset, Nintenjoe will deliver the goods with another

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The Crow's Nest: Over the Moon Knight (with Old Man...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2022/05/31

Check out the Old Man Wade Show wherever you get your podcasts and read his stuff on BAM! SMACK! POW! ----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)• Nintenjoe (subscribe)----------------------------------------All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network, the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee! Find out more at

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S4E10 - Ep 077: Iceland Goes Back To The Future (with...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2022/05/24

With the help of our favorite Icelandic pal, Birkir Fannar (AKA Leikjarinn, AKA Leik) we travel BACK to 1985 to gush over the classic movie trilogy BACK TO THE FUTURE. We discuss the films themselves and what they've meant to us over the years. Leik (who stayed up really late to record with us due to the time difference) goes into how huge the movies were in Iceland, providing a unique cultural perspective as well as plenty of laughs. Later we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS and read the answers

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01:10:40

The Crow's Nest: Nintenjoe's Jukebox / Boss Battle...

Retro Ridoctopus ·

2022/05/17

----------------------------------------Retro Ridoctopus is:• Parasite Steve (read)• 8-Bit Alchemy (listen)• Nintenjoe (subscribe)----------------------------------------All original heavy metal music by Enchanted Exile Retro Ridoctopus is part of the Dorkening Podcast Network , the Inebri-Art Podcast Network and is brought to you by Deadly Grounds Coffee ! Find out more at https://retro-ridoctopus.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

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S4E9 - Ep 076: Battlin' Like a Boss (with 8BitGlitch79)

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2022/05/10

We welcome our buddy Shaun (8BitGlitch79) back to the show to talk about one of the most memorable aspects of any video game, the BOSSES!! Whether they're in charge of a single stage or are the final challenge waiting at the end, these characters are sure to make an impact. We'll tackle the more iconic "last guys" first, spotlighting iconic final bosses who come back again and again over multiple entries of a given series. Later on, we each choose 3 (possibly more obscure) battles that were really

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S4E8 - Ep 075: Board Game Movie Pitch Session (with...

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2022/04/26

Call this episode a palate cleanser! As big fans of the film version of CLUE, we thought it would be fun to come up with our own movie pitches for films based on classic board games. For this very special episode of Retro Ridoctopus, our pals Jeff Holland and Scott Clevenger (from the Slumgullion podcast) stopped by to help out. We play classic commercials for each game and really got into the theme! Our Retroids really came out in force this week to weigh in on the main theme, calling out a ton of

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02:59:59

S4E7 - Ep 074: Blue Streak / Sonic Through The Ages...

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2022/04/12

A Blue Streak speeds by and wouldn't you know... it's SONIC THE HEDGEHOG!! The video game icon raced onto the scene in 1991 and has been doing loop-de-loops and bopping badniks ever since! For this extra long episode, we welcome SEGA aficionado, Aldo Araujo to chat about more Sonic games than you can shake a leg at. We cover such classic systems as the Genesis, Game Gear, SEGA CD, Dreamcast and beyond! Just try to keep pace! Later on, we'll ask this week's OCTOPONDER THIS question before Parasite

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