The Retro Pals Podcast

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The Retro Pals Podcast explores gaming's deepest niches for buried treasures and cursed artifacts. Hosts Danny and Alex are games preservationists who seek out historical context for the unexpected triumphs and hilarious failures of the '80s and '90s. Let's enjoy weird video games together!

Episodes

  1. 11/18/2019

    Episode 4 - Camp California EXPOSED: The Beach Boys' Failed Mascots

    This investigative episode of the Retro Pals Podcast uncovers the truth behind Camp California, a failed multimedia property, video game series, and apparel line promoting the '60s rock band The Beach Boys.    Correction: Camp California actually uses tracks from two different production music albums, not one as stated during the episode. Magazine scans courtesy UT library, Archive.org, and https://www.americanradiohistory.com/

    1h 2m

  2. 08/19/2019

    Episode 3 - Our Projects

    We're doing it live! This episode of the Retro Pals Podcast discusses our current stream and video projects, including PlayStation Year One, N64 Chronicles, Mascot Friday, Sega CD Monday, and more. Why do we do the things we do? Which projects have we put on the backburner? And what's in store for the future at Retro Pals Industries? All your questions will be answered...mostly, until about the hour mark when Danny starts to get a little loopy. Music credits: Technic Beat OST (various)

    1h 25m

  3. 06/24/2019

    Episode 2 - Games Without Frontiers

    We're back with an in-depth look at the Sega MegaNet, a pre-Internet downloadable games service for the Sega Mega Drive in Japan. We also cover other digital game services from the '80s and '90s, including Atari's GameLine, the Broadcast Satellaview, and Sega Channel. AD MUSIC: Funin and Sunin by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

    48 min

  4. 05/24/2019

    Episode 1 - All About Us

    In this episode we formally introduce ourselves and talk about who we are, where we've been, what we've done, and when we're going to pay for our crimes. Topics include making content for the internet, becoming a Twitch partner, and being blessed by the YouTube algorithm. Plus, patron Q&A! You don't have to be a huge nerd to listen to us...BUT IT HELPS! Credit: "Fretless" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

    44 min
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The Retro Pals Podcast explores gaming's deepest niches for buried treasures and cursed artifacts. Hosts Danny and Alex are games preservationists who seek out historical context for the unexpected triumphs and hilarious failures of the '80s and '90s. Let's enjoy weird video games together!

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