About this podcast
Retro Hangover is a podcast in which your hosts, Shane Selterre and Chris Coplien, spotlight a different piece of video game history (be it a specific title, console, company, or person) each episode. They provide a brief background, discuss their personal experiences, as well as their favorites aspects of the item in question. Oh, and there's beer.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 300 episodes
- Top 5 Racing Games | The Flight · 31 min · Episode 428If you ain't first, you're last. Unless you've got a blue shell, then you're just an a**hole. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by…
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006): It's No Use! (ft. Keith Gasper & Matt Storm) · 2 h 25 min · Episode 427Well... We had to get here eventually. All roads (and ramps, and slides, and rails) inevitably lead to a blue needlemouse and his merry band of anthropomorphic avengers. Or they…
- Top 5 Video Game Characters That Would Be Terrible Roommates | The Flight · 28 min · Episode 426Like, Blanka is cool and all but would you really want to deal with him blowing out every light in your place whenever he gets mad? ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts…
- I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: I Hate, Therefore I AM (ft. Leathco) · 1 h 43 min · Episode 425What if we put ChatGPT in a bunker, make it self-aware, and just kinda leave it for a few decades? Surely not an artificial intelligence capable of seething hatred for humanity!…
- Top 5 Video Game Compilations | The Flight · 41 min · Episode 424The only thing better than a great video game is a whole bundle of great video games for the price of one, that's what we always say. ---------- Music Attributions Musical…
- Resident Evil 2: Ask Your Doctor if Blue Herb is Right For You (ft. Ryan Trainor) · 1 h 55 min · Episode 423It's an ancient Raccoon City medicinal secret. It's like ground rhino horn but less... Poachy. If the effects last for more than 4 hours contact Ryan Trainor; he'll know what to…
- Top 5 Disliked Mechanics From Games We Like | The Flight · 48 min · Episode 422Video games, like anything else, are not perfect (despite what fandoms might tell you... Loudly). Even the ones we truly love sometimes contain mechanics that we truly do not…
- XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 60% of the Time, it Works Every Time (ft. Tony G) · 1 h 32 min · Episode 421We could have been at a barbecue, but instead we're out here blastin' extraterrestrial tuchus. At least we've got Patron and friend of the show Tony G returning to lend us some…
- Top 5 Demakes | The Flight · 26 min · Episode 420Today we count down the best demakes, which are like deconstructed burgers but less hipstery. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by…
- Max Payne: A Costco-Sized Box of Aspirin (ft. Doug Lief) · 1 h 45 min · Episode 419Gritty realism. Husky-voiced male protagonist. Slow-mo gunfights. Peak early 2000s. Doug Lief of the Nostalgium Arcanum podcast returns to the show to talk vengeance made…
- Top 5 Worst Fandoms | The Flight · 1 h 4 min · Episode 418We all have games, franchises, or even developers we care deeply about. Sometimes folks take it a bit too far. Today we count down the most insufferable fan communities in the…
- Cave Story: That Rabbit is Dynamite! (ft. Soha) · 1 h 41 min · Episode 417Long-time friend and Patron of the show Soha makes his guest spot return during Shane's unexpected absence to talk rabbits, robots, and... dragon eggs? ---------- Today's Guest…
- Special Episode: Inaugural Patron Mailbag Q&A! · 1 h 22 min · Episode 416We interrupt your regularly-scheduled Flight to bring you the first of many (?) Patron Mailbag Q&As! We asked our Patrons to ask us whatever they wanted to know about us, our…
- Snatcher: Junker? I Hardly Know Her! (ft. Chris J.) · 1 h 31 min · Episode 415Turns out Hideo Kojima always had a particular penchant for... extended non-playable sections of his games. Y'know, video games, the interactive medium. Anyway, Chris from the 1…
- Top 5 Spinoffs | The Flight · 38 min · Episode 414Sometimes an idea is so good it deserves further exploration; not that Joey show from Friends though, that was a mistake. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from…
- Faxanadu: Don't Try Too Hard (ft. Ashton) · 2 h 5 min · Episode 413Patron and Editor Extraordinaire Ashton Ruby joins us to talk of daggers, wingboots, mantras, and monsters! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Ashton Ruby Bio: A tired…
- Top 5 FMV Scenes | The Flight · 47 min · Episode 412Editor Extraordinaire Ashton jumps in to join Chris on this week's Flight, covering picks for some of the best full-motion video clips in games! ---------- Music Attributions…
- Final Fantasy IV: Deep Fried Crab Dragoons (ft. Jenny E. & Rey-Rey) · 2 h 8 min · Episode 411Join us as we spin the age-old yarn about a psychic Moon Man telepathically manipulating your long-lost brother (through his blood, mind you) into collecting a bunch of magic…
- Top 5 Bangable Pokemon | The Flight · 29 min · Episode 410Y'know, in theory. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License…
- Doom 3: DoorDashin' Demons (ft. Kade Call) · 2 h 18 min · Episode 409Monsters? In my closets? It's more likely than you think. ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Kade Call Bio: Miyamoto the Father, Kojima the Son & Carmack the Holy Ghost…
- Top 5 "Rite of Passage" Video Games | The Flight · 36 min · Episode 408Think of this as less "gatekeeping" and more "games that are near-universal shared experiences." That's our interpretation, at least, and we're sticking to it. ---------- Music…
- Doom 64: Strafin' in the Dark (ft. Try4ce) · 2 h 2 min · Episode 407Summer is upon us once again, or as Shane likes to call it here in Florida: Satan's Taint. In honor of your face melting off as soon as you set foot outdoors, we're doing Hell…
- Top 5 "Bad" Games That Deserve Remakes | The Flight · 58 min · Episode 406Everyone deserves a second chance, right? That applies to video games as well... Except Superman 64; you know what you did. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from…
- Breath of Fire III: Unicorn Chads (ft. Lucas Lobo) · 2 h 17 min · Episode 405Breath of Fire III, the age-old tale of a dragon boy who hangs out with a princess and gets relentlessly bullied by gym bro unicorns. ---------- Today's Guest Information Name…
- Top 5 Games that Cure ED | The Flight · 33 min · Episode 404We're all getting sent to horny jail and it's our Patrons' fault. By popular request, we count down the games that get the, uh, blood flowing. ---------- Music Attributions…
- Mega Man X: X Gon' Give it to Ya (ft. Keith Gasper) · 2 h 12 min · Episode 403The Ruff Ryder himself, Keith Gasper, links back up with the show to review the Blue Bomber's first foray into the 16-bit era! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Keith…
- Top 5 Games We Wish We Could Play Again for the First Time | The Flight · 34 min · Episode 402Some experiences are so, dare we say, life-changing that you wish you could erase it from your memory and enjoy it all over again for the first time. Here are our top picks for…
- Mega Man: Rock Hard Bustin' (ft. Tyger) · 2 h 4 min · Episode 401Nintendhost LP Tyger mega-busts his way back onto the show to discuss the premiere performance of Blue Bomber! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: LP Tyger Bio: Nintendo…
- Top 5 Games We'd Like to See in a Different Genre | The Flight · 36 min · Episode 400Ever wish a game universe you enjoy could be presented in a new, interesting way? Today we celebrate our 400th (!) release to the main show feed by talking about games we think…
- Gradius: We Have Options! (ft. Kiyoshi Okuma & Chris Tang) · 2 h 22 min · Episode 399Just call us eggs because we are scrambled. We get double the trouble on the guest front this episode to talk about one of the most influential horizontal shoot-'em-ups of all…
- Top 5 Favorite Pizza Toppings | The Flight · 29 min · Episode 398Peanut butter and jelly. Rum and Coke. Sonic/Shrek slash fics. Some things are just meant to go together. Pizza and gaming is also one of those, and not the first one we've…
- Quest 64: The Life of Brian (ft. Mike Fink) · 2 h 9 min · Episode 397He's not a magician, he's a very naughty boy! We complete our inadvertent N64 RPG doubleheader with the oft-maligned, but perhaps misunderstood, Quest 64 (or Holy Magic Century…
- Top 5 Games That Shaped Our Tastes | The Flight · 46 min · Episode 396We're not saying these games are solely responsible for the complete edgelords we became but we also aren't not saying it. ---------- Music Attributions Musical excerpts from…
- Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon: Peaches 'n' Plasma (ft. Ashton) · 1 h 50 min · Episode 395Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon on N64 is what happens when The Legend of Zelda, a Saturday-morning anime, and a fever dream about kabuki theater get shoved into the same…
- Top 5 80s Action Flicks | The Flight · 43 min · Episode 394Memorize your one liners and pump some iron, today we're putting video gaming on ice to talk about our favorite action films of the 1980s! ---------- Music Attributions Musical…
- Mass Effect 2: Humpin' Thru the Cosmos (ft. Matt Storm) · 2 h 28 min · Episode 393This is a very serious game with a serious plot and serious consequences. Having said that: have you seen those body suits? We do declare we are gettin' the vapors…
- RH Gaiden - Limited Run Games & Game Preservation (ft. Ozzy) · 1 h 36 min · Episode 392Chris is joined by Ozzy, formerly of the Region Free Gamers podcast, to pontificate on Limited Run Games, their impact on physical game media, and the broader topic of game…
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Mecha-Rice Conspiracy (ft. Super Dave) · 1 h 55 min · Episode 391Dave of the Anime Field Guide returns to show to, you guessed it, talk anime! He once again tag teams with our very own Chris (Shane swears he's not dodging Dave on purpose)…
- The 2025 Gorp Awards · 1 h 0 min · Episode 390Late is better than never, right? Join us for another very swanky, high-class awards show in which we highlight our favorite games played in 2025! ---------- Music Attributions…
- Magic Knight Rayearth: The "A" in ARPG Means Anime (ft. Coury C & Brady Hartel) · 2 h 31 min · Episode 389Chris is joined by two illustrious guests to chat about chibi anime girls and their madcap adventures saving the world! ---------- Today's Guest Information Name: Coury Carlson…
- Top 5 Gaming Surprises of 2025 | The Flight · 43 min · Episode 388It's about that time of year where we reflect on the previous trip around the sun. In addition to the annual Gorpy Awards, we're also throwing in a bonus Flight; this one! Listen…
- Vampire Hunter D: Far-Flung Future Fang Fighters (ft. Rick Firestone) · 1 h 44 min · Episode 387Did you ever ask your parents to buy you a game based solely on the cover art? Or perhaps because it was based on an IP you like? You knew nothing about the actual gameplay, just…
- Top 5 Capcom Songs | The Flight · 33 min · Episode 386We've got another audience favorite Flight today; the ones that include most excellent music that invariably get us copyright strikes on YouTube! Huzzah! ---------- Music…
- Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Sprites with Attitude! (ft. Tyger) · 1 h 46 min · Episode 385When Rita Repulsa decides to make trouble on Earth (again) who will answer the call? We will, of course, along with Nintendhost Tyger making his long-awaited return to the show!…
- RH Gaiden: Vampire Survivors · 1 h 9 min · Episode 384Here it is. Shane teased it in his Vampire Survivors RFR earlier, and now it has arrived. Join him as he chats with Patron Randall and Willie & Ginger of The Grand Rapidians Play…
- Kingdom Hearts II: Sea Salt Memories (ft. Eric Gess) · 2 h 38 min · Episode 383Eric Gess of the Unlockables podcast helps us learn the power of friendship and a stable of recognizable IPs as we discuss Kingdom Hearts II! ---------- Today's Guest Information…
- King of Games '99 - The Finale: SoulCalibur vs Tony Hawk's Pro Skater · 2 h 29 min · Episode 382It all comes down to this. Which game takes home the crown for The King of Games 1999? Chris, Eric, Dave, Adam, and Ashton decide! ---------- Original Patreon Air Date: July 1st…
- Top 5 Games We Loved But Never Finished | The Flight · 28 min · Episode 381They say love is all you need, but in the case of these games that simply wasn't the case. Today we count down the titles we truly enjoyed but just never finished…
- King of Games '99 - Hono(u)rable Mentions · 2 h 28 min · Episode 380Not every game can make it in to the tournament. And sometimes, some truly great ones somehow get lost and passed up. This is the time to discuss the games that we left out of…
- Commander Keen: The Universe is Toast! (ft. Luis Aguasvivas) · 1 h 45 min · Episode 379Game critic, researcher, editor, writer, and all-around renaissance human Luis Aguasvivas lends an air of much needed professionalism to the show as we discuss the PC platformer…
