Play Retro Show
Scott Johnson and Brian Dunaway talk about retro video games! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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- 🇺🇸United States · Video GamesHOME#11812K to 61K
- 🇲🇽Mexico · Video Games#442.5K to 13K
- 🇯🇵Japan · Video Games#84573 to 3.0K
- 🇫🇷France · Video Games#116421 to 2.2K
- 🇦🇺Australia · Video Games#122378 to 2.0K
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17K to 88K🎙 ~2x weekly·237 episodes·Last published yesterday - Monthly Reach
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33K to 175K🇺🇸70%🇲🇽15%🇯🇵3%+7 more - Active Followers
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18K to 96K
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/29/26 | PLAY RETRO 240: Dark Seed | Dark Seed (1992) and Dark Seed II (1995) are point-and-click horror adventures from Cyberdreams featuring artwork by H. R. Giger. Both follow Mike Dawson between the everyday world and a biomechanical Dark World, combining inventory puzzles with parallel-world connections.Video: https://youtu.be/aUtIEAPr5Xo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 17m 03s | ||||||
| 10/22/26 | PLAY RETRO 239: The Nightmare Before Christmas | The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Pumpkin King (Game Boy Advance, 2005) is a 2D action-adventure set before the film, following Jack Skellington’s first conflict with Oogie Boogie. Oogie’s Revenge (PlayStation 2 and Xbox, 2005) continues the story after the film, combining 3D combat with musical boss battles. This episode also covers Tiger Electronics’ 1993 LCD handheld game.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/SbcRliyZ-Rk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 28m 03s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | PLAY RETRO 238: Chakan: The Forever Man | Immortality sounds like a good deal until you read Death's fine print. This week we take on Chakan, covering the Sega Genesis and Game Gear games as separate entries. Two swords, potion mixing, supernatural monsters and a hero who would really like this whole thing to be over.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/77op2wVrTSQ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 11m 30s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | PLAY RETRO 237: Eternal Darkness | Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem is a 2002 GameCube psychological horror game from Silicon Knights and Nintendo. Told across 2,000 years and twelve playable characters, it mixes exploration, combat, magic, and its famous Sanity System, which uses hallucinations and fourth-wall tricks to make players question what is actually happening.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/9eFU69EG-7M Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 08m 07s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | PLAY RETRO 236: The Last Ninja Series | System 3's The Last Ninja turned Commodore 64 martial-arts fantasy into an isometric action-adventure showcase in 1987. We follow Armakuni from Lin Fen to 1988 Manhattan in Last Ninja 2, look at how Activision carried the series to U.S. computer owners, and give the Europe-only Last Ninja 3 a brief 'Just A Mention.'VIDEO: https://youtu.be/tUmSGYe2b9o Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 01m 52s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | PLAY RETRO 235: X-Men: Legends | Raven Software turned Marvel's mutant super-team into a four-character action RPG in 2004, combining real-time brawling, character progression, destructible environments and couch co-op. We dig into X-Men Legends, then follow the formula into X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse and the strange handheld versions that squeezed the mutant RPG onto N-Gage and PSP.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/C9bdCIYGjqY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 20m 15s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | PLAY RETRO 234: Sid Meier's Pirates! | Sid Meier's Pirates! began on the Commodore 64 in 1987 as an open-ended pirate career game mixing sailing, trading, ship battles, sword fights, treasure hunting, politics and retirement. Brian plays the original C64 release while Scott tackles Firaxis' 2004 remake to see how much of the same pirate life survived nearly two decades later.VIDEO: https://youtu.be/v_LC6vVZu3U Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | 1h 06m 36s | ||||||
| 9/10/26 | superhero RPGtactical combat+3 | — | Irrational GamesFreedom Force | — | Freedom ForceIrrational Games+5 | — | 1h 04m 27s | ||
| 9/3/26 | sci-fi action seriesvideo games+3 | — | Team17Alien Breed+4 | Amiga | Alien BreedTeam17+5 | — | 1h 13m 54s | ||
| 8/28/26 | Backyard Baseballvideo games+3 | — | Humongous Entertainment | — | Backyard BaseballHumongous Entertainment+3 | — | 1h 04m 10s | ||
| 8/20/26 | motorcycle combatracing+4 | — | Road Rash | — | Road Rashmotorcycle racing+4 | — | 1h 23m 00s | ||
| 8/13/26 | turn-based RPGGame Boy Advance+5 | — | Golden SunGolden Sun: The Lost Age+1 | Weyard | Golden SunCamelot Software Planning+7 | — | 1h 19m 50s | ||
| 8/6/26 | Demon's CrestSuper Nintendo+4 | — | Demon's CrestCapcom+1 | — | Demon's CrestSuper Nintendo+5 | — | 1h 18m 58s | ||
| 8/2/26 | arcade shootertreasure hunt+3 | — | Treasures of the DeepPlayStation+1 | — | Treasures of the DeepPlayStation+3 | — | 1h 32m 34s | ||
| 7/23/26 | Sega Bass Fishingretro gaming+3 | — | Sega Bass FishingSega | Dreamcast | SegaBass Fishing+5 | — | 1h 20m 59s | ||
| 7/16/26 | video gamessurfing+3 | — | Kelly Slater's Pro SurferTransWorld Surf+1 | — | Kelly Slater's Pro SurferActivision+3 | — | 1h 12m 53s | ||
| 7/12/26 | video gamesJaws+4 | — | NESAtari+2 | — | JawsNES+5 | — | 1h 15m 21s | ||
| 7/2/26 | Devil May Cryaction games+3 | — | CapcomDevil May Cry+1 | — | Devil May CryCapcom+5 | — | 1h 13m 17s | ||
| 6/25/26 | arcade gamesNARC+4 | — | NARC2005 reboot | — | NARCarcade+5 | — | 58m 57s | ||
| 6/18/26 | space adventuregaming history+4 | — | Star Control II | — | Star Control II1992+5 | — | 1h 14m 15s | ||
| 5/28/26 | video game historyplatforming+4 | — | Ratchet & ClankPlayStation+3 | — | Ratchet & ClankInsomniac+5 | — | 1h 07m 34s | ||
| 5/21/26 | Gunstar Heroesvideo games+4 | Brian | TreasureKonami+1 | Sega Genesis | Gunstar HeroesTreasure+4 | — | 1h 04m 09s | ||
| 5/14/26 | video gamessci-fi action+4 | — | Jet Force GeminiRare | N64 | Jet Force GeminiRare+5 | — | 1h 17m 40s | ||
| 5/7/26 | Michael JacksonMoonwalker+5 | — | AcastMoonwalker | — | Michael JacksonMoonwalker+5 | — | 1h 18m 36s | ||
| 4/30/26 | arcade gamessword and sorcery+3 | — | TaitoRastan+4 | — | RastanTaito+6 | — | 1h 08m 24s | ||
| 4/23/26 | 3D fighting gamesvideo game history+4 | — | SquarePlayStation+2 | — | Tobal No. 13D fighting game+5 | — | 1h 13m 09s | ||
| 4/19/26 | Neverwinter NightsDungeons & Dragons+4 | — | Neverwinter NightsShadows of Undrentide+2 | — | Neverwinter NightsDungeons & Dragons+5 | — | 1h 12m 05s | ||
| 4/9/26 | rhythm gamesgame design+3 | — | PaRappa The RapperUm Jammer Lammy | — | PaRappa The RapperUm Jammer Lammy+4 | — | 1h 10m 00s | ||
| 4/1/26 | video gamesexploration+4 | — | Chibi-Robo!Skip Ltd.+1 | Gamecube | Chibi-Robo!Gamecube+5 | — | 59m 34s | ||
| 3/26/26 | video gamespoint-and-click+3 | — | LucasArtsSam & Max Hit the Road | — | Sam & MaxHit the Road+6 | — | 1h 13m 59s | ||
| 3/19/26 | Blade Runnervideo games+3 | — | WestwoodBlade Runner | Los Angeles | Blade RunnerWestwood+5 | — | 1h 37m 46s | ||
| 3/11/26 | turn-based RPGMario+5 | — | Paper MarioStar Rod | N64 | Paper MarioN64+6 | — | 1h 04m 54s | ||
| 3/5/26 | video gamesEcco The Dolphin+4 | — | Ecco The DolphinSega+1 | ocean | Ecco The DolphinSega Genesis+5 | — | 1h 12m 27s | ||
| 2/26/26 | Star Trekvideo games+4 | — | Simon & Schuster InteractiveStar Trek: Borg | — | Star TrekBorg+5 | — | 1h 14m 12s | ||
| 2/19/26 | video gamesinteractive fiction+4 | — | InfocomReturn to Zork | Port Foozle | Return to ZorkInfocom+6 | — | 1h 12m 30s | ||
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Chart history for Play Retro Show
Peaked at #44 in Mexico, currently #44 in Mexico.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| TW | — | #65 | #65 | — |
| SG | — | #68 | #68 | — |
| Japan | — | #84 | #84 | — |
| Netherlands | — | #107 | #107 | — |
| South Africa | — | #114 | #114 | — |
| France | — | #116 | #116 | — |
| United States | — | #118 | #118 | — |
| BE | — | #119 | #119 | — |
| Australia | — | #122 | #122 | — |
| MY | — | #130 | #130 | — |
| Mexico | — | #143 | #143 | — |
| Norway | — | #144 | #144 | — |
| New Zealand | — | #163 | #163 | — |
| Canada | — | #184 | #184 | — |
Chart Positions
15 placements across 14 markets.
Chart Positions
15 placements across 14 markets.