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The Retro Breakdown

Every week, Dean (twitch.tv/timewanderer) and Tom discuss current gaming news, and then check out some old (or sometimes new) piece of gaming history to see how it holds up, and test the strength of nostalgia.

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All Episodes

01:55:35

Shinobi 3 (Genesis) and the Consumable Double Jump

The Retro Breakdown ·

2022/01/25

This week, Tom sends TW a handheld Jaleco sports game player, we finally start reading your emails again, and TW comes up with the absolute most disrespectful way possible to refer to a Yoshi. It is cold-blooded. Shinobi 3, meanwhile, MIGHT be the best Genesis game we've played? There's a strong claim to be made for it. Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer TW on YouTube:

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01:44:17

Altered Beast (Genesis) and the Steam Roulette Recap

The Retro Breakdown ·

2022/01/18

TW started playing random games off his Steam backlog, and had a sorta okay time? Let's talk about it because WOOF Shadow Warrior is more juvenile than I expected. We also talk the future of Lost Judgment, and how likely it is that they keep the series going with a new main character. And SPEAKING of sorta okay times, we played Altered Beast this week, which is a BIZARRE game to play shortly after playing Zadette. Reminder that Zadette is a good video game. This one... ehhhh, it's not BAD. Send us

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01:54:50

MUSHA (Genesis) and the Sonic Boom Bait

The Retro Breakdown ·

2022/01/11

Sorry everyone, I didn't feel like tracking down an MP3 of Sonic Boom, so you're just getting game music. But if Jessi and I actually do a Sonic CD episode, we'll get it in there! In the meantime, you can just listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnVboYhEe5Q Anyway, Tom is back this week, and we dig into our first game from the Switch Online's Genesis collection, *checks notes* "Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor," or MUSHA. It's a scrolling shooter with mechs and stuff. So that's

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02:01:59

Sonic 3 & Knuckles (Genesis) and the 2022 Game...

The Retro Breakdown ·

2022/01/04

TW's wife Jessi (@lavieclarinette) guest-hosts on the first podcast of 2022, as we tackle Sonic 3 & Knuckles (kinda) for the first time! We didn't really have to ask each other how our holidays were, since we were actually there for it. So instead, we look ahead to upcoming 2022 releases and talk about what we're excited for! More guest hosts are scheduled for the future, but Tom should be back next week! Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord:

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02:43:34

The 2021 Retro Breakdown Tier List

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/12/28

IT IS TIME! Our year-end episode where we take every game we did for the podcast in 2021, and rank them on a tier list. From Startropics to Home Alone, every game goes into one of five categories based on how strongly we would recommend someone actually play them yourself. Also, look for the video version on YouTube! Thanks for a great 2021, we'll see you again next year! Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games

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01:47:03

Home Alone (SNES) and the New Holiday Tradition

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2021/12/21

Well, we have now played a Home Alone game in consecutive Decembers, and that now means that it is a set-in-stone tradition that nobody can ever disrespect or refuse to acknowledge because that's how traditions work. You do something more than once and then everyone has to do it forever, right? We also discuss the weirdest games we can recommend, and Tom's dreams of the destructible environment future. Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord:

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01:52:31

Actraiser (SNES) and the Rabi-Ribi Recap

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/12/14

TW recaps the end of Rabi-Ribi, the YouTube-exclusive series he's been playing, and begs the developers to give those girls some pants, while Tom is playing through Dragon Quest 11 in the 2D demake mode. Actraiser, meanwhile, is the third Quintet game we've played on the podcast, and also the first for that studio! It is a bizarre combination of Castlevania platforming and city-building simulator, and it's definitely greater than the sum of its parts. Which is to say the parts are kinda bad, but the

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01:57:07

Ecco the Dolphin (Genesis) and the Horrors of John C....

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/12/07

This week, everyone learns way more than they ever wanted to about a neuroscientist who took a bunch of LSD and tried to get dolphins to communicate with aliens. Which is somehow less weird than the ACTUAL plot of Ecco the Dolphin, a game everyone thought was about swimming around with your dolphin buddies, but is actually a horror story about aliens harvesting all life on Earth to turn it into a meat milkshake. Also, I guess there's a Chrono Cross remake in the works, so that's pretty cool

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01:40:19

Yoshi's Story (N64) and the Shanghai Airport

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/11/30

Stories of awful travel experiences, games we liked but didn't expect to, and of course, me intentionally mispronouncing my wife's username feature today. Yoshi's Story is both a good game and also a bad game, with a structure that is unique, interesting, ambitious, and pretty much terrible. I don't know, it's hard to say it's bad, but it's just... I dunno, just listen to the episode, you'll see. Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord:

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01:34:47

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (PC Engine) and the New...

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/11/23

Why is there a new Popeye game? Why is it like that? Why does it cost TWELVE DOLLARS? We may never know the answer, except that we already do, because it's "money." Anyway, here's a classic Castlevania game that bridges the gap between the classic stage-based platformers and the later titles that made "Metroidvania" into a term. No, I will not call it Search Action. If you play this game, do yourself a favor and play as Maria. Girl is OP. Send us an email to read on the show

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02:15:57

Super Metroid/A Link to the Past Crossover Randomizer...

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2021/11/16

TW recaps his Extra Life charity stream and attempts to explain why it has taken so absurdly long to finish Lost Judgment, and somehow we end up talking about Mario Odyssey? Thanks to Swoggles for this week's "Bait Mail" on how to introduce a new gamer to classic/retro games! Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at: twitch.tv/timewanderer TW on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/timewanderer ---

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02:26:21

Fire n' Ice (NES) and the EA NFT Dystopia

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/11/09

A change of gears into a bizarre-but-fun puzzle game that Nintendo decided to drop on its NES Online platform a few months ago. It's hard to really recommend it, but we try anyway. Oh, by the way, this game is Solomon's Key 2 (the prequel), but they didn't call it that in North America for reasons we don't entirely understand. Also, we talk about NFTs and establish that if you think you understand it but you're still confused, that actually means you understand it perfectly because it actually

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01:57:21

Brave Fencer Musashi (PlayStation) and the Altair...

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/11/02

This week, TW clumsily tries to explain his excitement for Altair, the streaming platform that is focused on mental health and equality, and we discuss our concerns and hopes for the platform. Check out Altair at https://altair.tv/ (this isn't sponsored, I just think they're cool, and I want to see them do well - I'll probably stream there after they launch). We also discuss mid-90s video game voice acting, because we're talking Brave Fencer Musashi this week, a game that DEFINITELY could benefit

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02:31:19

Metroid Dread (Switch) and the "Fastest Mario" Archetype

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/10/26

It's time to dig deep into the bag for one of the oldest and most obscure games we're covered so far! No but seriously, we didn't cover basically the entire Metroid series up to this point to NOT talk about the triumphant return of 2D Metroid. It may not be "retro," but that's okay, it's GOOD. Along the way, we talk about that one guy who decided to make himself the Main Character of Twitter by trying to make speedrunning a political battlefield. We laugh a lot about it, especially Tom, our

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02:06:32

Vectorman (Genesis) and the Smash Trash Talk

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/10/19

This week, the multi-media sensation that wasn't: Vectorman! A game with great animations that they want to make ABSOLUTELY sure you see! Apparently they wanted this to be a movie, and it basically was, but unfortunately it was many years later and it wasn't about Vectorman and also the movie was Wall-E. Also, we talk Sora in Smash (timely, I know) and discuss the difference between good-natured trash talk and outright bullying, and how easily there can be a lot of bleedover between the two. I

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01:47:42

Donkey Kong Country 3 (SNES) and the Background Layer...

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/10/12

We interrupt this month's Metroid chain combo because we're busy playing Metroid Dread for a soon-to-be-released episode. This week, we complete the Donkey Kong Country trilogy and our bad opinions about them. Along the way, there's more Kusogrande talk, and we reminisce about our first forays into emulation on old potato PCs in the 90s, including the weird graphical bug that made Chrono Trigger unplayable (for a while). By the way, yes, Kiddy Kong is terrible, but not in any way that actually

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02:27:13

Metroid Fusion (GBA) and the Best Game Bracket

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/10/05

We spend way too long talking about the IGN "Best Game of All Time" bracket, and how impossible something like that is to even quantify properly. Later, we try to justify the existence of Metroid: Other M, discuss what could have been with Samus' character development, and what comes next for the series after Dread. Also appearing in this podcast - the trouble with asking for work on social media, and Lost Judgment talks about bullying and then asks you to beat up kids. Send us an email to read on

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02:40:09

Metroid 2: Return of Samus (GB) and the Mario Movie Meh

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/09/28

Nintendo Direct! Bayonetta 3! 3D Kirby Game! Nintendo 64 and Sega Genesis games coming to Switch Online! And I guess there's a Mario movie being made or whatever, who even cares about that. We continue our run through of the mainline Metroid games this week by talking about the Game Boy sequel that nobody talks about but everybody should know about. Send us an email to read on the show! theretrobreakdown@gmail.com TW's Discord: https://discord.gg/dTrBruG Podcast games streamed live at:

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01:41:17

Metroid (NES) and the Franchise Fatigue Counter-Strategy

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/09/21

After several podcasts of teasing it, it's FINALLY time to talk about Metroid! Or, one of them, at least. The ORIGINAL one. The one everybody always tells us not to play. So, the question is: Should you actually bother playing the original NES Metroid? Or should you just start with Zero Mission, the remake for GBA? The answer is... complicated. Also, TW gives a reluctant credit to Nintendo's maddeningly frustrating method of handling their franchises. Because hey, at least none of them are

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02:19:43

Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals (SNES) and the...

The Retro Breakdown ·

2021/09/14

Perhaps the longest game we've made into a podcast (so far), Lufia 2 is a game with a bad translation but a good story, deep and interesting but also shallow mechanics, and an ENTIRE RANDOMLY-GENERATED ROGUELIKE DUNGEON AS A MINIGAME. Also, we talk about Hyrule Warriors, discuss the merits of a Metroid Musou game, weigh in on the surprisingly positive Apple/Epic court decision, reveal the depressingly dumb reason permadeath Pokemon runs are called "Nuzlocke," and Tom is forced to say

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