Micro episode 82: The Goonies (Patreon)

So… it's not actually our intent to turn Retronauts Micro into a series focused exclusively on movies and other properties that inspired games, with sidebar segments on the games themselves. It's just a coincidence that the past few episodes have gone that direction. This week's Micro was going to be an interview with WayForward about the making of The Mummy Demastered (now that it's had some design quirks patched out)… and that was going to focus pretty much exclusively on the game, because who really wants to talk about the movie it's loosely based on? But as I sat down to edit the show this morning, I discovered that interview ended up being nearly an hour and a half long! That is… not a Micro. I mean, we've already stretched the meaning of the word with these Micro episodes that run nearly an hour as it is, but there have to be some limits, my god. 

Yes, so, you can look forward to that Mummy Demastered interview in the near future — maybe as soon as Monday, who knows! In the meantime, here is an episode about a kid-classic ’80s property that resulted in some pretty entertaining video games. And man, does this conversation make me want to sit down and start drawing maps of The Goonies II… And I offer my pledge as a Goonie that my next Micro will not be about a TV show or movie, honest. — JP

Episode description: Continuing our exploration of media properties that inspired classic games (and, also, the games they inspired), Jeremy, Ben, and Chris climb down the Fratelli's fireplace to hunt for the ancient treasure known as The Goonies.