Retro Blast (Retro Gaming Podcast)

Retro Blast (Retro Gaming Podcast)

Retro Gaming Podcast about the best of gaming from the 80s, 90s, and 00s 🎮 Each episode covers a single retro video game. Not a review show, but a celebration of why these games deserve your attention, with some nostalgia and personal memories thrown in! Patrick Brickhouse hosts as special guests from all over the gaming community join in on the cozy conversation. If you're a fan of gaming on platforms such as NES, SNES, Sega Genesis or Mega Drive, PlayStation, N64, Saturn, GameCube, XBOX and more, you're in the right place! Join Patreon for shout-outs, polls, and more! patreon.com/retroblastpodcast

Episodes

July 6, 2025 • 113 mins

SSX Tricky is still just as good today as it was in 2001. It's still one of the best snoboarding games ever, and it's also a reminder of what gaming used to be at its best...

And reminded us of when EA was actually kind of... good? RIP EA Sports BIG!

Special Guest Host: The Gamersician

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Super Mario World wasn't just the pack-in game for the SNES when it released, it was an important statement from Nintendo that they were ready to take on anything and everything by bringing Mario back for a brand new adventure. Join us as we discuss why it left such a mark on not just video games, but every kid who got the chance to play it.

Special Guest Host: Story Rich Games (@story-rich-games.bsky.social)

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March 15, 2025 • 86 mins

Jet Set Radio (Jet Grind Radio in the US) was a defining game for the SEGA Dreamcast. It was a game about rollerblaind, graffiti tagging, and jamming out to funky beats! But... what else made it so special?

Special Guest Host: Voice Actor David Giltinan 

 

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January 19, 2025 • 109 mins

Onimusha Warlords was a very early PS2 title that many refer to as just 'Resident Evil, but Samurai and Demons'. However, CAPCOM's Demon Slaying Feudal Japan era epic series is so much more than that, and this game was the start of something truly special..

Special Guest Host: The Gamersician

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thegamersician

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November 10, 2024 • 99 mins

Metal Gear Solid 2 is not only known as one of the greatest Stealth Action games ever made, but also one of the most controversial (for reasons you could probably guess!). But we're here to talk about ALL of that and then some as we go into why this game is so special.

 

Special Guest Host: Heaaaps O Games

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It's a special DOUBLE episode of Retro Blast where we discuss TMNT Turtles in Time for SNES AND Hyperstone Heist for SEGA Genesis.
 
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August 4, 2024 • 89 mins
Star Fox 64 is a title that deserves every bit of the praise it gets. Not only is it one of the most underrated and best games for the Nintendo 64, but it's also one of the greatest games ever made. There's so much to discuss about this one, and some r...
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June 17, 2024 • 83 mins
It's time to experience the birth of "panic horror"!
 
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April 28, 2024 • 86 mins
It's time for a ROLLING STAAAAART!!!!
 
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March 28, 2024 • 43 mins

After way too long, it's finally time for another Retro Blast Memories episode.

This one was difficult for me to write. It's very personal, but I think it will resonate with anyone who was ever a kid that grew up loving video games, especially in the 90s.

I hope you'll enjoy it. - Patrick

*The musical arrangement was sampled from Delice Musical with excerpts from Super Piano 64

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February 4, 2024 • 110 mins
Tenchu Stealth Assassins for the Sony PlayStation is not only one of the best stealth video games ever made, it's the first game that made you actually feel like a ninja...
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December 25, 2023 • 97 mins
Ghosts 'N Goblins might just be one of the most difficult games ever made. It'd be enough for us to just talk about that if we wanted to torture ourselves, but instead we're talking about THREE! Help us...
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November 5, 2023 • 82 mins
Clock Tower might be one of the best point-and-click horror games from the 16 bit era on the Super Famicom. It's also a game that many gamers have never even heard of...
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September 22, 2023 • 113 mins
Resident Evil 3 Nemesis blasted its way onto the Sony Playstation in 1999 and gave us one of the series most iconic villains. Jill Valentine has herself a stalker, and it's going to take everyhing she's got to make her desperate escape...
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August 23, 2023 • 67 mins
Grab your sword, your shield, and don't forget to make sure your skull is still attached, as we take a trip down to Gallowmere to talk about one of the best action/horror games for the Sony PlayStation.
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July 12, 2023 • 132 mins
Join us as we dive into one of the more controversial entries in the Legend of Zelda series
 
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June 3, 2023 • 132 mins

Welcome to the official first episode of Season 2!

Join us as we make our way deeper into the fog laden town, you may have heard of it...
 
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Welcome to the first episode of the new mini-series, Retro Blast Memories.

We did a Twitter poll, and fans said they wanted us to include stories here and there, so here you go!

This one is spec...
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April 13, 2023 • 96 mins

Castlevania Bloodlines is one of the few titles in the series released on a SEGA console, and it's also in contention for one of the best in the action-platformer side of that series.

Join us as we take up our whips, stakes, lances, crosses, holy water, and cowboy hats in the quest to destroy Dracula all over again.

Special Guest: RetroGameBrews from Gamers Week Podcast

 

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March 21, 2023 • 92 mins

Resident Evil 4 is the game that very likely saved the series from certain death.

It's also regarded as one of the very best video games ever made...

Join us as we follow Leon Kennedy as he suplexes and roundhouse kicks every Ganado in his way as he races to find the President's daughter.

 

Special Guest: Blue Williams from Gamers Week Podcast

 

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