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The home of Retronauts, the greatest classic gaming podcast of all time! Or at least the oldest. New episodes every Monday (with bonus episodes every other Friday). Hosts Bob Mackey and Jeremy Parish explore the history of video games through casual conversations, developer interviews, and deep-dives into both influential games and esoteric topics alike.

Aug 26, 2013

Welcome to our very first backer-determined episode! At the behest of David Epp, Jeremy, Bob, Ray, and Sharkey talk about Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and how games have been influenced by (but never quite matched) its morality system.


Aug 19, 2013

Retronauts alumnus Scott Sharkey returns from his 40 weeks of wandering in the desert to join us for a look back at the history of Atari, from the early days of the American arcade through the glory times of the 2600 and on to the sad dissolution that followed. Jeremy Parish hosts, with Bob Mackey on play-by-play...


Aug 12, 2013

Live from Seattle! Jeremy, Bob, and Ray went to this year's Seattle Retro Gaming Expo to talk about their favorite summer video game memories; then they open the floor to the crowd, which responds in kind.


Aug 4, 2013

There's more to retro games than just games -- there's also buttons, sticks, gloves, and any other wacky thing that can be engineered. Ray, Bob and Jeremy have a brief round-up of just some of the peripherals that stuck out in our minds during the NES era.