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This Month In Retronauts: September 2023 edition (Patreon)

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2023-10-01 03:59:01
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2026-06
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Oh hi, Diamond here. We're getting this one out just under the wire because I didn't want to release two monthly podcasts in a row in the following month, but this year September ends on a Saturday so I had to get creative with the scheduling. I hope you enjoy this conversation with Stu as a prelude to Spooky Season because we talk about ghosts, skeletons, and Smurfs.

Specific games mentioned in this episode include:

Castlevania: Rondo of Blood (aka Dracula X Chronicles on PSP or Requiem on PS4)

Tekken 7 & 8

Mortal Kombat 1 (2023)

Les Schtroumpfs

Um Jammer Lammy Now!

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Pictures at an Exhibition (not a game, an album by Isao Tomita)

Art (photo source) & edits by Diamond. Music heard in this episode:

13:36 "THE SINKING OLD SANCTUARY" (Castlevania: Bloodlines)

21:27 "Techno Syndrome 2021" (Mortal Kombat)

30:39 a 41-year-old Smurfs commercial

34:54 "Power Off! Power On!" (Um Jammer Lammy)

45:29 Tim Follin's title theme for the unreleased Time Trax

51:21 "Theme of Wesker" (Marvel vs Capcom 3)

1:00:08 "The Final Confrontation" (Black Rain)

1:05:53 "The Part Where He Kills You" (Portal 2)

1:18:07 "Sigma Palace Stage 2" (Mega Man Maverick Hunter X)

Finale: "Mercenaries: Wesker's Theme" (RE Resident Evil 4)

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John Simon

Regarding “Genesis/MD library is geared around quicker actiony arcade experiences like the NES” Rare’s RC Pro AM and Codemaster’s Micromachines are two NES games that had sequels on the MD but not the SNES, that’s just off the top of my head. These days, hardware designers want to be all things to all people, but in the 8 and 16 bit eras I guess they had a lot more of a specific idea of what they wanted their library to look like. Regarding - LOL at Stu's reaction to a podcast where you rank the Megaman X games. It's as if you're being asked to eat a rapidly cooling plate of eggs, four bites in and it's congealed and room temperature.

Langdon Alger

I think I'd like to take a bus trip from Tucson to Las Vegas just like hit video game desert bus

Grant Baxter

My IRL place to I'd like to visit from a game would be Yokosuka from Shenmue. A town by the bay sounds lovely and I loved the vibe of the place from the game. I had no idea Dobuita Street was real when I played it, and while the game and its Dobuita Street was already an 80's nostalgia piece when it originally came out, the modern day version looks lovely. I had seen sukajan jackets in Japanese media before and had no idea what they were called or where they originated from until Shenmue made me reasearch the place, but I've always thought they looked amazing and apparently they're all over the place as popular souvenirs, so my dream is to walk down the IRL Dobuita Street and get one.

GameBoyJames

Stu is absolutely correct. Kamurocho (aka Kabukicho) is the video game location I would like to visit. I have spent the last couple of years slowly playing through the Yakuza franchise. I'm up to 5 now, and while you would think it would become boring playing a series of open world games that all take place in the same sandbox, I find that familiarity with the locale only makes me feel more connected to the material. From game to game, you get to see what kind of development has been occurring in West Park, which businesses have come and gone, and you get to know the street names so well you eventually stop pausing the game to open up the map to orient yourself. Need to meet an NPC at Children's Park? That's just at the other end of Shichifuku Street, I'm practically there already. Now, I'm not sure how well that familiarity would translate to the real life location, but I'd love to see how much of it holds true!

Andrew O.

I would love a Mega Man X ranking just so I can see how high Nadia puts X7. Considering her bad taste in the Mega Man and Castlevania rankings, I'd suspect X7 would be higher than deserved and throw off the average.

Robert Williams

Wesker would absolutely be an enemy of the Yolkfolk. I can imagine him popping whole hard boiled eggs in his mouth. “You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few BILLION eggs.”

J.P. McD.

I played Yakuza Kiwami 1 before my first Japan trip. When I first walked into a convenience store I laughed because of how perfectly the game had modeled them. I stayed at the Hotel Gracery (the Godzilla Head Hotel, aka “Millennium Tower”) and that whole neighborhood is perfectly done, down to the subtle curves of the streets. Now I’m playing YK2 before another Japan trip which will include Osaka (the new city in that game). Other than that, the Sierra game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father for New Orleans, and the FMV sequel for Germany.

Jeff Peterson

The place that I really wanted to go to in real life because of a video game was Shibuya because of The World Ends With You. I say “was” because I actually fulfilled that dream when I was sent to Yokosuka while I was in the Navy on special duty for a month. It was awesome to see some of the landmarks from the game in the real world, such as the scramble, the Hachikō statue, and the shops of the 109 building. Oh and of course I went shopping at Tower Records!

BlueWeaselBreath

Ever since playing through (Colossal Cave) Adventure in college, I’ve wanted to visit Bedquilt Cave in Kentucky, part of the Mammoth Cave system. In the original text adventure versions, you’re expected to map out the rooms on paper, and it’s supposedly accurate to the real-life cave, so one could theoretically pick their way around in real life using their text adventure map. I have no idea if the recent graphical remake actually looks like the real corresponding rooms or if they just used their imaginations to make up the new visual design.

Tall Rob

I'd love to visit Greece as depicted in Castlevania: Bloodlines. Not just for the sweet soundtrack Stu mentioned, which I am sure simply emanates from every speaker in the area, but for the chance to challenge myself as I am forced to descend through ancient ruins on floating logs while dodging Medusa heads flying toward me in regular intervals.

Ryan Smith

I was able to make a trip to Tokyo years ago to complete the place I wanted to travel to most due to video games. I blame Mystical Ninja starting Goemon for the N64! The settings from the “Edo period” drew me in and captured my imagination like no other game before it. My wife and I visited Tokyo, but I still want to return and see more of the country side and visit Osaka. Sadly, we had another trip planned for March 2020… The disappointment of canceling the trip still makes it tough to play Yakuza! To be fair, attempting to get into Yakuza for the first time after canceling and being stuck at home wasn’t my best move. Running around virtual Tokyo just wasn’t the same. Stu, you’ve really got to go. Tokyo is amazing!

Guillermo Jiménez

I've only ever played a few minutes of Daytona USA but if I ever find myself around Florida I'll make sure to take a detour to Daytona Beach, if only to see if I can hear a loud "Daytonaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" while going around the streets.