This Month In Retronauts: June 2024 edition (Patreon)
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Hi folks, Diamond Feit here, bidding farewell to June and Pride and sensible weather with this, our latest community podcast. Stuart Gipp joins me for an incredible amount of news items, Steam Next Fest demos, precious comments from you, and a surprise update on Hall & Oates. It'll all make sense once you press play, I promise. As always, we are grateful for your ongoing support and I hope this 2+ hour podcast finds you well (and properly hydrated, it's gettin' hot).
Specific items mentioned in this episode include:
Good Will Hunting, its sequel, and other Gus Van Sant motion pictures
Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection
The Frog For Whom The Bell Tolls
Metal Slug Attack Reloaded
Steam Next Fest demos!
Yars Rising by WayForward
Blade Chimera by Team Ladybug
Master Key (out now)
Tormenture
RIVEN (the sequel to Myst) remake (also out now)
Ready Player One (specifically the film)
Loonyland: Halloween Hill
Arseholevania, Stu's former podcast with Andi Hamilton
Diamond says the word "Saturday" many times instead of "Sunday"
Psi-Ops & Control & Pepsiman
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
this segues into Persona talk
Konami's "transparent 3D wall" patent
Atari bought Intellivision, did not buy the Amiico
Like a Dragon/Yakuza series coming to Amazon Prime in October
Diamond also recommends the Takashi Miike movie from 2007
which naturally leads us to chat about other RGG games like Lost Paradise
Nintendo Direct:
Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection!
includes all the games from episode #607, even Punisher!
somehow this chat ties to Jim Carrey's rich tapestry of characters
Ace Attorney Investigations Collection
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Dragon Quest 2.5D remakes
Fantasian NEO DIMENSION
JP only: Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 "Triple"
aka Banshee's Last Cry
Metroid Prime 4 coming 2025, allegedly
Metroid Zero Mission, available now on Switch Online
Turok Dinosaur Hunter & Perfect Dark, available now on Switch Online (Mature)
Summer Games Fest highlights:
Wolfhound, Metroidvania from Bit Kid (Chasm)
The Thing Remastered (2002 PS2 game)
Gears of War: E-Day
Slitterhead, from Keiichi Toyama (Silent Hill, Siren)
Wanderstop, from Davey Wren (Stanley Parable, Beginners Guide)
Street Fighter 6 announces SNK characters are coming!?
naturally, we have plenty of other crossover ideas
Age of Pirates: Captain Blood (re)announced for Fall 2024
RIP Geoff Follin (and Donald Sutherland)
Graduation (Sotsugyō) & its sequel Sotsugyō II, released in English as Graduation for Windows 95
Stuart was right, "Langdon Alger" is a name used in The Simpsons
famed Codemasters creation Cosmic Spacehead
OldTimeyComputerShow on Twitch
the legend of John Moschitta Jr.
Arctic Eggs
Vampire Survivors
Art & edits by Diamond (photo source). Music heard in this episode:
14:08 "Rescue" (Metal Slug Attack)
25:08 audio from Good Will Hunting 2: Hunting Season (2001)
36:10 Danny Carey drum solo from 2014
45:46 "Daredevil" (Persona 5 Strikers)
1:08:57 "Vs. Sylux" (Metroid Prime Hunters)
1:23:57 "Title Screen" (Cosmic Storm)
1:42:06 audio from Graduation for Windows 95
Finale: the late, great Martin Mull plays us out