Play Retro!

Today on Play Retro, we finish out Full Motion Feb with our look at Star Trek: Borg from 1996. Resistance is Futile as they say. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/vcq24CNw7yA

A hint as to what we have in store for Watch Retro tonight at 4pm MT at frogpants.tv

Time to dust off our copies of Return To Zork from 1993. Full motion video? Check. That fits in Full Motion February! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Bad Mojo (1996) is a grimy, atmospheric PC masterpiece where you navigate a decaying apartment through the eyes of a roach. And we played it! ROACHES! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/jvnQEJljdMg

Why, it's Super Mario Kart 64 Day! #retrogaming

It’s official! The great Liam O’Brien is coming to Nerdtacular this June in SLC! From Critical Role to The Mighty Nein, he’s a legend and a long-time friend. Can’t wait to have him hang with the Frogpants community!

Tickets & hotel info: frogpants.com/nerdtacular

Kirby rules, and so does this obscure golf game, Kirby’s Dream Course. And we talked about it on the podcast today! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/eWlzP4y6qA0

Oh man, we are stoked for this. GORF owns part of my soul. So lets talk about it on Play Retro! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/1zgQ-tHwpxk

Sega Rally Championship rules, and we are here to prove it by talking about its impact on racing games of yore. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

PLAY RETRO Special: Warren Davis & The Creation of Q*Bert. FEEDS, EPISODE and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/scottjohnson

You might have missed just how awesome Astro Boy was on GBA in 2003. We are here to talk about it on the podcast. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

You plum forgot just how good the Saturn pinball games were. We did. And now we remind you with a fresh episode of Play Retro! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/fXTDAzGqbCs

IT'S TIME! That's right, tickets and group rates area UP for Nerdtacular 2026! ALL the details are at frogpants.com/nerdtacular. Come one come all! Can't wait to see you all.

We go WAY back for this one, and get our D&D on with the DOS classic series. Jump in for the last Play Retro of 2025! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/ycPQcLn7iww

Time to take the descent with, well, Descent. Great game, great look back, fire up Play Retro and let’s talk about it! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Play Retro feels it’s time for Jagged Alliance. So here it is! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Wanna help Kyle Katarn beat back the Imperial menace? Come back to the DOS days and we will help on Play Retro! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/Ib0K7ABHvA4

Time for Scott and Brian to talk about the king of the RTS genre: Starcraft! Come in! The Vespene Gas is warm! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Play Retro talks Beyond Good and Evil! The cult hit from 2003 that STILL might get a sequel. (Not likely.) FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/nE9o4RLtqwg

On Play Retro we land on Harvest Moon for an episode. Very influential, and still really fun! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/uigiyMyvGG4

The Play Retro show takes on Max Payne, the first one, and finds that there is still a LOT to love in this bullet-storm mayhem. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/OOhPZR2vzGs

Wild that Halo is now 24 years old. That means Play Retro needs to talk about it. And it does! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/Tp37hF7ROaI

On Play Retro this week, time to hit the KISS first person shooter you all maybe forgot. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Play Retro remembers Scooby-Doo Mystery (1995) for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Do you? Either way, enjoy this week’s show! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Play Retro hits more Halloween stuff, with the C64 game Elvira: Mistress of the Dark & it’s followups! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Remember the Clock Tower series? We here at Play Retro sure do. SNIP SHIP! RUN! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtube.com/@playretroshow

Time for the Play Retro crew to chat about everyone’s favorite swearing orange weirdo, Q*bert! Let’s GO! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/VHCDdQmrYA8

On Play Retro, how Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (’92) mixed bridge, puzzles, & space combat to feel like TOS. Judgment Rites (’93) refined it w/ cast voices. NES & Game Boy got unrelated action games under the same name. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/dS-lWJ8Mjos

Time to talk about Deus Ex, and why Ion Storm and Warren Spector made one of the best games ever, and still didn’t get to keep the company. FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/l9ieby06LL0

Today’s Play Retro is a special episode! Scott and Brian talking about the making of great soundtracks in games, retro or otherwise! FEEDS, EPISODES and SITE: frogpants.com/playretro VIDEO: youtu.be/2Pey9lj1xlE