Retro Hangover
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
Here we are at round three! Two games that either defined or set a defining standard for their genre are set to match when Silent Hill takes on EverQuest. Will SIlent Hill's approach to survival horror and visuals be enough to overcome EverQuest's massive contribution to online gaming? Find out as Dave, Adam, and Ashton discuss!
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Original Patreon Air Date: May 13th, 2025
Ladies, will your man slay 16 massive ancient golems to bring you back from the dead? If not is he really your man? Wander is out here setting the bar high for us all. Thanks man.
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Today's Guest Information
Name: João Lucas Michel
Bio: 29 year old content creator; sole producer in the sohay0 youtube channel; host of the Retro Hangover Review Crew and co-host of Game Over Hell on youtube.
Instagram: @sohay0yt on Instagram
The most popular fighting game on the N64 takes on a beloved JRPG with a rabid fan base. This one seems obvious, doesn't it? Chris, Shane, and Lynnsey discuss which should move on.
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Original Patreon Air Date: May 6th, 2025
We're makin' like it's 1991 and reigniting the console wars, baby! Which batches of gaming hardware were the best of the best? Only one way to find out!
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Music Attributions
Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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The lovable PS1 RPG with a heavy price tag takes on the Blue Blur's intial 3D adventure. It's a clash of retrospective admiration against contemporary excitement in Suikoden II v Sonic Adventure! Eric, Chris, and Kade clash to choose a game to advance.
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Original Patreon Air Date: April 29th, 2025
You'd think the "creepy girl with long black hair" trope would get old after awhile, but... Nope, still horrifying. Add a serious grudge and the ability to explode people into a red mist with your mind and you've got yourself a recipe for terror. We close out this year's Spooptoberfest with Nomad of the Retro Wildlands podcast joining us to bullet-time our way through F.E.A.R.!
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Today's Guest Information
Name: Nomad .
One could say this match is...electric. The PC cult classic takes on a cultural phenomenon's update patch. Which one will take a shocking victory?
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Original Patreon Air Date: April 22nd, 2025
War. War never changes. Wait... We already did that episode. Actually war does change, at least where RPGs are concerned. Today we provide a full dossier on all our favorite frameworks for fighting!
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Music Attributions
Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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A critically acclaimed and popular fighting game matches up with a beloved but cult classic JRPG. SoulCalibur carries the banner of the Dreamcast against Game Arts' masterpiece Grandia. Which one moves on? Eric, Coury, and Ashton talk it out!
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Original Patreon Air Date: April 15th, 2025
Ok, hear us out: a gritty inner-city detective battling crazed vagrants that are kinda like zombies but also Silent Hill creatures. Oh, and he's like... a banshee sort of. Supernatural shenanigans. Listen, you can lay the smack down on people with a pipe you ripped from the wall, ok?
Nick Fakhoury of the Friday Night Gamecast joins us to kick off this year's Spooptoberfest with Condemned: Criminal Origins!
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Today's Guest Inf...
Square's eighth entry into its flagship franchise, which was hot off the heels of its blockbuster release, takes on the party game that would define all future party games. What game will advance? Once that loved ruining friendships? Or one where you found all your friends were from the same orphanage?
Adam, Try, and Matt decide!
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Original Patreon Air Date: April 8th, 2025
We do our part to free the bee as we spotlight our top Hudson Soft games of all time!
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Music Attributions
Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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Mentioned in this episode:
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Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patrons for donating at the 8-bit ti...
The first entry in the legendary extreme sports franchise takes on a dark and gritty 3D adventure game with innovative loading mechanics. It's a clash of Western hits in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater vs Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver!
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Original Patreon Air Date: April 1st, 2025
Stock up on StimPaks and Rad-Away 'cause we're venturing forth from Vault 13 to explore the irradiated wastes with Doug Lief of the Nostalgium Arcanum podcast!
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Today's Guest Information
Name: Doug Lief
Bio: Host of the Nostalgium Arcanum and co-host of Playing By Ear. Consummate nerd and do-er of impressions whether you like them or not.
Instagram: @Jewedlaw on Instagram
Twitter/X: @Humanjaysherman on X
Website: Doug's We...
Possibly the biggest and most positively received PS1 game of 1999, Gran Turismo 2, takes on the video game that redefined the MMORPG in EverQuest. Can being a stunning blockbuster release trump a dominating legacy? Chris, Kade, and Josh debate!
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Original Patreon Air Date: March 25th, 2025
We guess this is where we're finally outed as having just the biggest of backs. True chonkers. Absolute units. We're chewin' the fat about our favorite munchies to have by our side while we do that thing we love best: gaming!
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Music Attributions
Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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Round two starts off bright and cheery with its match up of games! The top seed Silent Hill looks to send the occult up against the amnesic, obscure, but influential, cult classic Planescape: Torment. Who advances? Ozzy, Rick, and Shane decide!
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Original Patreon Air Date: March 18th, 2025
Well, we finally did it. We were pretty certain we would successfully dodge talking about this game until the show ended or the heat death of the sun (whichever came first) but Mario officially being "over the hill" was the persuasion we apparently needed.
Brian Fortin of the Retrotopia Podcast joins us once again, this time to discuss the arguably most important platformer in history.
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Today's Guest Information
Name: Brian F...
Two instantly recognizable PS1 IPs collide to close out Round 1. Will Soul Reaver raise hell and move on or will Ape Escape cause Raziel to go ape sh*t and get put in the grave. Find out as Ozzy, Kade, and St1ka discuss!
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Original Patreon Air Date: March 11th, 2025
In this episode of "10 Ways to Get a Copyright Strike" we list off our favorite tunes to tackle tactical terrors to!
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Music Attributions
Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.
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Mentioned in this episode:
Shoutout to Our Patrons!
Retro Hangover is supported by you, the listeners. We would especially like to thank the following Patro...
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