Retronauts 164: Online Pioneer Days & Mailbag (Patreon)

As you'll notice right away, this week's episode was originally intended to be a Micro feature. But, inevitably, despite my assuming we'd be lucky to squeeze half an hour of conversation out of the topic, we went on for a full hour. And that was when I decided, heck, let's just make it full episode with the mailbag backup feature I've been wanting to run as a Micro for a few months now.

I guess what I'm saying is that two Micros per month aren't enough. We gotta get to that next Patreon funding tier so I can have the excuse to publish the backlog of content I'm sitting on, folks. 

In the meantime, please enjoy this compound Micro feature. First, Ben and Benj talk about their early online experiences with dial-up gaming, BBSes, MUDs, MUSHes, and more. Then, we turn to the B-side of our Suikoden episode from a while back as Shivam helps us work through a listener mail segment about Suikoden, Final Fantasy VI, Mega Man X, and more.

It's a little bit Retronauts East, a little bit Retronauts West, and a whole lot of old video games and game experiences.

Spoilers: Next week will also be a compound episode, but of a different nature. That's Retronauts for ya. There's just no such thing as a consistent format 'round these here parts.

Episode description: A potpourri of topics this week as Ben Elgin and Benj Edwards talk Jeremy through the early days of dial-up gaming and BBS madness. Then, Shivam Bhatt and Bob help tackle a long-overdue listener mailbag.