Retro ’Rents

The Retro Rents - Ep017s - Boot Hill Heroes, Dave Welch Interview

Hosts on Deck: 

Al

 

What's up everyone! In our first of soon-to-be-many special episodes, I take some time out from our usual podcast to sit down with some of the awesome minds that bring us the games we grew up playing or the games released today that have been inspired by them. This episode I shoot the breeze with Dave Welch, Lead Developer and Mastermind behind the Boot Hill Heroes series, a wild west RPG inspired by the likes of Earthbound and Chrono Trigger. We talk about what it takes to make a game like this in today's market, and all the little details that inspired the creation of a freakin awesome wild west RPG. 

I hope you enjoy this episode! And we look forward to having Dave back on for a "Spoilercast" once we complete the Boot Hill series so we can talk story, and all the retro games that kept us up until 3am because we just couldn't put it down.

 

The Retro Rents - Ep016 - Sweep the Leg!

Hosts on Deck: 

Al, Kyle, and Travis

 

Games we're playing: 

Final Fantasy VII, SF2 Turbo,  Elder Scrolls Online

 

News:

 

 Upcoming releases of interest:

1. 1. 1. Hyrule Warriors - Switch (definitive edition, includes 3ds material)
      2. Little Nightmares Complete edition (switch)
      3. Megaman 2 and X re-release on carts from iam8bit - NEAT!.but 100 BUCKS?!
      4. State of Decay 2 next week
   
   

News

1. NES Maker for NES games (no coding needed)
2. Had an awesome concept for a cyperpunk, dragon riding/hatching/raising RPG. Concept art looked great!
3. Retro Game Designer (games for Dreamcast/Genesis/PS1/Jag w/no coding)
4. https://kotaku.com/the-race-to-stop-the-best-mario-kart-64-player-from-sec-1826048444
5. Switch Online revealed https://www.nintendo.com/switch/online-service/
6. Radical Heights, Boss Key Productions close down (Cliffy B’s studio)
7. Pokemon Switch Leaked?

 

1. Question of the Bi-Week - What was the first Real-Time Strategy you've ever played? Share what you liked/disliked of the experience

The SavePoint game of the month: Flashback - The Quest for Identity (Available on SNES, Genesis, Commodore Amiga, possibly PC

NEW VOICEMAIL LINE! - 610-810-1654

Ep015 -- Hardest Game Ever Played and our First RTS

 

Hosts on Deck: 

Al, Kyle, and Travis

 

Games we're playing: 

Final Fantasy VII, Total War: Thrones of Britannia, Elder Scrolls Online

 

News:

1. 1. Billy Mitchell’s scores erased UPDATE:
      1. Billy has reached out on various social media about some upcoming event where he plans on showing evidence to clear his name.
   2. Nintendo getting sued over the design of the swithc
      1. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-08-11-nintendo-hit-by-lawsuit-over-switch-design
   3. Youtuber Metal Jesus Rocks (and other reviewers) possibly causing huge price inflation in the collectables market 

Question of the Bi-Week - What was the first Real-Time Strategy you've ever played? Share what you liked/disliked of the experience

The SavePoint game of the month: Flashback - The Quest for Identity (Available on SNES, Genesis, Commodore Amiga, possibly PC

NEW VOICEMAIL LINE! - 610-810-1654

Ep014 -- Andre The Giant, Billy Mitchell, Heroes and Villains

Hosts on Deck: 

Al and Kyle (Travis out sick, feel better homie!)

 

Games we're playing: 

Skyrim VR, Pillars of Eternity, Shroud of the Avatar!

 

1. News
   1. Billy Mitchell’s scores erased
      1. Officially makes Steve Wiebe the FIRST person to do a million point game
   2. Neo Geo releasing a ‘Classic’ Edition! HYPED (kyle is anyway....and Al too!)
      1. Would love a TG16 one :)
   3. n64 RetroBlaster - Thoughts (We think it’s SWEET!)

Question of the Bi-Week - In games where you have to pick to be a good guy or bad guy, what do you pick and why?

The SavePoint game of the month: Sunset Riders - Current high scores and thoughts on the game. Will continue to next cast to get some more high scores available. GO TO tiny.cc/savepoint to get contest details to WIN FREE GAMES

NEW VOICEMAIL LINE! - 610-810-1654

 

 

The Retro Rents -- Ep013 -- Beyond Oasis, PAX East, Podcast Field Trip

Hosts on Deck: 

Al, Travis and Kyle

 

Games we're playing:

Beyond Oasis, Ni No Kuni 2, Final Fantasy 7, Disgaea, Pillars of Eternity

 

News: 

 

1. 1. PAX East this week! - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze on Switch, along with the new Wolfenstein. Cosmo’s Quick Stop (Time Management, Truck Stop in Space game, looks like loads of charm and fun)
   2. Beamdog releases Neverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition (same gang that made Baldurs gate 1,2, and Icewind Dale enhanced.
   3. Chucklefish’s Wizard’s School game (guys that made Stardew Valley) has an official name: Witchbrook. Looks awesome.
   4. Hitman Spring Pack free, second chapter of the game taking place in italy, released in 2016 now free.
   5. Game Masters exhibition at Ben Franklin Museum -30 game dev with 100 playable games
      1. Programming from scratch class
      2. Programming to compliment gaming masters exhibition

 

SavePoint Game of the Month - Review Beyond Oasis, Next Game: Sunset Riders

 

SavePoint Question of the Week: 

What game for a previous gen system do you feel really pushed the system to the limit (and did you enjoy it)

 

 

Want to chat with us? 

Al - @RetroRentsAl

Kyle - Find him on tiny.cc/savepoint

Travis - @SodaXBread

theretrorents@gmail.com

The Retro Rents -- Ep012 -- Sea of Thieves, Pillars of Eternity, Jak Dax and Clank

Hosts on Deck: 

Al, Travis and Kyle

 

Games we're playing:

Sea of Thieves, Pillars of Eternity, Beyond Oasis, Jak and Daxter, Ratchet and Clank

 

Retro News: 

1. 1. Sea of Thieves Launches! Server overload and launch nite issues.
   2. Breath of the Wild wins Game of the Year at Game Dev awards
   3. Ni No Kuni 2 racking in great reviews
   4. Hitman Spring Pack free, second chapter of the game taking place in italy, released in 2016 now free.

SavePoint Question of the Week: 

If you were to design and create a game, what would it be? (ie. Story, style etc). Let us know!

 

Want to chat with us? 

Al - @RetroRentsAl

Kyle - Find him on tiny.cc/savepoint

Travis - @SodaXBread

theretrorents@gmail.com

 

Come chill with us at The Savepoint on Facebook! http://tiny.cc/savepoint

Episode 011 -- Kingdom Come Deliverance, PSVR, and Game Blame Game

Hosts on Deck: Al, Travis, Kyle

Games We're Playing: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Lots of PSVR, Monster Hunter World, SMT: Nocturne 

 

Retro and Game News:

- Review of Nintendo Direct Announcements. 

- Fortnite pulling ahead in the Battle Royale arena 

- The Games Blame Game -- Our take on Washington DC, once again, trying to blame games for everything going wrong. 

 

The Savepoint Question of the Week: 

If you could step out of real life and inhabit any of your favorite game worlds, what would it be and what’s the first thing you’d do when you got there?

 

Want to chat with us? 

Al - @RetroRentsAl

Kyle - Find him on tiny.cc/savepoint

Travis - @SodaXBread

theretrorents@gmail.com

 

Come chill with us at The Savepoint on Facebook! http://tiny.cc/savepoint

 

The Retro Rents -- Ep010 -- Someone Broke The Mic!!!

Welcome to our Tenth Episode! Lucky number 10 was not the luckiest podcast. Al's mic explodes about a half hour through, quite a thing to hear!

We also talk about: 

1. Super Bowl anticipation in the first half (then the results in the second half! See? Time Travel.)

1a. Philly's Crisco Challenge!

2. Assassin's Creed Origins, Al beat it, considers it the best in the series (despite his utter love for Pirates and Black Flag)

3. Kingdom Come: Deliverance is coming 2/13! Seven days away and Al can barely sit still. 

4. What we've been playing

5. Travis's adventures in WoW. 

Hit us up on Facebook at The SavePoint!  http://tiny.cc/savepoint

Twitter: @TheRetroRents

Al: @RetroRentsAl

Travis: @SodaXBread

Kyle: Too Cool For Twitter, Hit em up on The SavePoint

The Retro Rents -- EP 009 -- Happy New Year all!

The 'Rents bring in the new year! Kyle, Al and Travis talk about their christmas holiday, their individual game hauls (and that of the kidlets as well!) We review our SavePoint Short Play (Cyborg Justice on Genesis) and our Long Play (Robotrek on Super NES). We also review YOUR answers for our Retro Question of the Bi-Week: What is the first game that had a crafting/cooking system/element that you really enjoyed? What made it so enjoyable?

The Retro Rents -- Ep008 -- Surprises and Let Downs, Dad Jokes Forever!

In our eigth episode, we have some fun with our Retro Question of the Bi-Week thanks to our great SavePoint members responses. We talk about the game releases that surprised us in a great way, and the ones that let us down in a bad way. We bust on Kyle for more Dad jokes, and talk about the many shortcomings of our recent SavePoint Short Play: Golgo 13 - Top Secret Episode, and Kyle's complete inability to pick a good shortplay!