Episodes

  • PLAY RETRO 212: Chibi-Robo!

    PLAY RETRO 212: Chibi-Robo!
    Apr 1 2026
    A small household robot helps a struggling family by cleaning, solving problems, and exploring a home where everyday objects become towering environments. With limited battery life, unlockable tools, and a day-night cycle. Chibi-Robo!Plug into Adventure for the Gamecube blends exploration, light puzzles, and character-driven storytelling into a quiet, unconventional adventure from Skip Ltd.

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    1 hr
  • PLAY RETRO 211: Sam & Max Hit the Road

    PLAY RETRO 211: Sam & Max Hit the Road
    Mar 26 2026
    Sam & Max Hit the Road (1993) follows freelance police Sam and Max as they investigate a missing Bigfoot, leading them on a cross-country adventure through bizarre tourist attractions and absurd encounters. Using classic point-and-click gameplay, players gather clues, solve puzzles, and unlock new locations while navigating the game’s signature humor and mini-games in classic LucasArts fashion.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 210: Blade Runner

    PLAY RETRO 210: Blade Runner
    Mar 19 2026
    An investigation through rain-soaked Los Angeles as a Blade Runner tracks replicants, gathers evidence, and navigates shifting loyalties in Westwood’s 1997 adventure. Featuring branching outcomes, randomized character roles, and systems built around player choice, Blade Runner stands apart from traditional point-and-click games

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 209: Paper Mario

    PLAY RETRO 209: Paper Mario
    Mar 11 2026
    Paper Mario (N64, 2000) is a turn-based RPG where Mario must rescue Princess Peach after Bowser steals the wish-granting Star Rod and uses it to become invincible. Mario travels eight colorful worlds, recruiting party members and using timing-based combat to pull off attacks. It's known for charming writing and a playful paper aesthetic that's baked into the gameplay itself.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 208: Ecco The Dolphin

    PLAY RETRO 208: Ecco The Dolphin
    Mar 5 2026
    Players guide Ecco (a bottle nose dolphin) through interconnected ocean environments, managing oxygen, using sonar to communicate and solve environmental puzzles, and uncovering a science fiction story-line involving time travel and alien forces for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive with a Sega CD version that enhances the experience with CD-quality audio and an expanded introduction.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 207: Star Trek - Borg

    PLAY RETRO 207: Star Trek - Borg
    Feb 26 2026
    Star Trek: Borg (1996) was an interactive FDM (full-motion video) game published by Simon & Schuster Interactive. You play as Qaylan Furlong, a Starfleet cadet whose father was killed at the Battle of Wolf 359. Q shows up (played by John de Lancie, reprising his TNG role) and sends you back in time to that battle, giving you a chance to change the outcome and save your father.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 206: Return to Zork

    PLAY RETRO 206: Return to Zork
    Feb 19 2026
    Return to Zork (1993): Replacing Infocom’s classic text parser with a first-person point-and-click interface, full-motion video performances, and voice acting. Set across Port Foozle and beyond, the game blends exploration, inventory puzzles, and frequent failure states in a design that retains the series’ unforgiving roots while embracing early 1990s multimedia presentation.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • PLAY RETRO 205: Bad Mojo

    PLAY RETRO 205: Bad Mojo
    Feb 12 2026
    Bad Mojo (1996) - A PC adventure game that places players in the role of a man transformed into a cockroach, navigating a decaying apartment through environmental interaction and exploration rather than traditional puzzles. The game emphasizes atmosphere, symbolism, and survival, using pre-rendered environments, ambient sound design, and fragmented narration to convey its themes. ROACHES!

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    1 hr and 18 mins