Retro Hangover

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.

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May 17, 2026 132 mins

The Ruff Ryder himself, Keith Gasper, links back up with the show to review the Blue Bomber's first foray into the 16-bit era!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Keith Gasper

Bio: The host of the #1 retro-gaming podcast.

Instagram: @the_main_quest on Instagram

Twitter/X: @_mainquest on X

Website: Keith's Website

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Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlik...

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Some 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 video games that we would give just about anything to play fresh.

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Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Nintendhost LP Tyger mega-busts his way back onto the show to discuss the premiere performance of Blue Bomber!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: LP Tyger

Bio: Nintendo Gamer. Amazon Reseller. Pun Enthusiast.

Twitter/X: @LPTyger on X

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Music Attributions

Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Ever 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 would work well in a different genre.

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Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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Just 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 time: Gradius!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Kiyoshi Okuma

Bio: Game industry veteran since 1998 - 3D artist / technical artist who's worked on Gauntlet Legends (N64), World Series Baseball 2K(DC/PS2) Sims2, Darkspore(Diablo clone), and Dawngate (RTS...

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Peanut 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 mentioned that probably involves sausage.

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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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He'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 for you lucky Brits and Aussies). 

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We're not saying these games are solely responsible for the complete edgelords we became but we also aren't not saying it.

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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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Mystical 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 cartridge and shaken violently.

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Ashton Ruby

Bio: A tired dad who edits videos and podcasts in his free time. He has been playing video games for over 30 years and all he has to show for it is arthritis.

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March 15, 2026 43 mins

Memorize 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!

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Musical excerpts from 8-Bit Fantasy & Adventure by xDeviruchi, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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This 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.

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Today's Guest Information

Name: Matt Storm

Bio: I'm a long time podcast producer, editor and host who has been playing video games since the Atari 2600. I host two video game podcasts, the "Fun" & Games Podcast and Reignite.

Instagram: @dj_stormageddon on Instagr...

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Chris 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 preservation in a heavily digital age.

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Original Patreon Air Date: February 10th, 2022

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Dave 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), this time to cover a video game spinoff of Ghost in the Shell!

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Name: Dave Y.

Bio: I talk about anime and related topics, and the fine folks who make it all possible! I promote the anime industry while having fun.

Instagram: @ani...

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February 15, 2026 60 mins

Late 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!

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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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Chris is joined by two illustrious guests to chat about chibi anime girls and their madcap adventures saving the world!

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Name: Coury Carlson

Bio: 1/2 of the creative team for the YouTube channel My Life in Gaming. I like to judge games based on when they were made, not against modern standards.

Twitter/X: @mylifeingaming on X

YouTube: Coury on YouTube

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It'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 in as we go over the best gaming surprises of 2025!

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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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Did 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 that it looked cool?

That's basically what Shane did here. He's very sorry.

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Name: Rick Firestone

Bio: A native of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Rick Firestone is the host of the Pixel Project Radio podcast, a gaming discussions...

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January 18, 2026 33 mins

We've got another audience favorite Flight today; the ones that include most excellent music that invariably get us copyright strikes on YouTube! Huzzah!

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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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Shoutout to Our Patrons!

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When 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!

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Today's Guest Information

Name: LP Tyger

Bio: Nintendo Gamer. Amazon Reseller. Pun Enthusiast.

Twitter/X: @LPTyger on X

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Music Attributions

Intro / outro excerpts from Stream by 505, used under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License.

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January 4, 2026 69 mins

Here 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 Video Games podcast about the surprise Steam phenomenon!

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Original Patreon Air Date: June 2nd, 2022

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