The Legend of Retro

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro: Chops, Xander, Craig WK, and The Glitch reach the final level. Listen along as they reminisce about retro relapses, favorite moments from the show, and humble beginnings. Some fans even stop by to share some thoughts about the show before one by one, the hosts fade away and become a part of the legend. What were the standout moments of the show? How long can we pat ourselves on the back? Who's gonna be the first to cry? Find out in this episode that is sure to be looked back upon as being culturally significant. We can't recommend it enough.The Legend of Retro is:ChopsXanderCraig WKThe GlitchSpecial ThanksDanielle MorelliAnd you!

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, the sweet, family friendly IP takes a dark turn and gets violent and starts swearing. And the game they cover does too! Be warned: there is an explicit tag on this episode as the guys let loose in the penultimate episode of the podcast. If you listen with kids, be sure to let them know how lucky they are to be listening to such mature content!

Let's take a trip to the past with some of your favorite retro game podcast hosts, as Chops and Craig_WK jump into the Epoch and take a trip to 1995! They look into the history of the game, the brilliant collaboration of the dream team of Japanese style role playing games, as well as the amazing music. That description might be bland, but we can always re-do it with a New Game Plus! To finish off the episode, the dynamic duo talk about a Retro Relapse that was too hot to handle in a previous episode. We hope you enjoy hearing about the greatest JRPG of all time!

One day, quite by accident, a gate to The Legend of Retro was opened by a gang of podcasters skilled in the black arts. This land was like no other. In the gathering twilight, the episode shone from its resting place high above the world. In a long running battle, the leader of the podcasters fought his way past his followers Xander and The Glitch in lust for the episode on Link to the Past. After vanquishing his own followers, the leader stood triumphant over the episode and grasped it with his blood-stained hands. He heard a whispered voice: “If thou hast a strong desire or dream, wish for it…” And in reply, the roaring laughter of the host echoed across time and space and even reached the far-off listeners. The name of this king of podcasters is Craig_WK, but he is known by his alias Mandrag Craig, which means Craig of the Legend of Retro.

Having just made it back onto the streets of Legend of Retro after a long stretch on the inside, TheGlitch is sent to Vice City by his old Boss, Craig_WK. But all does not go smoothly upon his arrival in the glamorous, hedonistic metropolis of Vice City. TheGlitch is set up and loses everything. Craig wants his money back, but the biker gangs, Cuban gangsters, and corrupt politicians stand in his way. Most of Vice City seems to want TheGlitch dead. His only answer is to fight back and take over the city himself. Oh, and Xander's here too.

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Craig_WK and Xander finally bring you the follow up to the EarthBound part 1 episode released all those years ago. What? This isn't that? They already did that last week? What else could this possibly be then…? Perhaps the only other game of the Mother series that they haven't covered!? This episode has some spoilers, though the hosts will give you a warning when they do! For the Retro Relapse, Xander plays the game in the middle of the episode! Really, he does! Maybe! Perhaps!

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Craig_WK and Xander finally bring you the follow up to the Earthbound Part 1 episode released all those years ago. Wait, really? This is actually it? It isn't another game from the Mother series? Hot dang! Today, the dynamic duo bring you a game they can't recommend enough! With all this focus on their favorite game of all time, there's no time for any other segments! Enjoy this spoiler filled episode that's nearly four years in the making!

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Like clockwork, it's that time of the season to give our fans a chance to prove how terrible we are at choosing songs for our brackets by letting THEM pick the songs. Enjoy this fan filled episode where Chops, Xander, Craig, Glitch, and special guest DaBrutishOne decide the fate of our fans picks as the songs go head to head. Who will be crowned champion of this season? Listen to find out.

This week's episode of The Legend of Retro kills time while we wait for the Robot Master Stage Theme fan bracket with some good gaming tunes! Rhythm of Retro is back, baby! Xander plays some of the gang's favorite tracks from games that have not yet been covered by The Legend of Retro. Enjoy the music while we wait to fight over music!Tracklist-Dragon Warrior III - Ending - Koichi SugiyamaMega Man V - Dark Moon Stage - Kouji MurataJourney to Silius - Stage 1 - Naoki KodakaSuper Bomberman - Stage 3 - Jun ChikumaVVVVVV - Popular Potpourri (Ending theme) - Magnus "Souleye" PalssonPokemon The Trading Card Game - Ichiro ShimakuraFinal Fantasy V - Clash on the Big Bridge - Nobuo UematsuGuitar Freaks 11 - Dragon Blade - Kozo NakamuraKatamari Damacy - Lonely Rolling Star - Yuu Miyake, Asuka Sakai, Akitaka Tohyama, Hideki Tobeta, Yoshihito Yano, and Yuri MisumiTo The Moon - For River (Johnny's Version) - Kan GaoUm Jammer Lammy - Fire Fire!! - Masaya MatsuuraGitaroo Man - 'Bee' Jam Blues - Coil & KoeiMetal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Snake Vs. Liquid Ocelot - Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori, and Kazuma JinnouchiBrave Fencer Musashi - Giant Midair Playground Battle - Tsuyoshi Sekito

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander and TheGlitch head to the labs at Aperture Science to discuss Portal and Portal 2. Witness their peril at the "hands" of a mysterious adversary and learn some things about these wonderful puzzle games. Retro Relapse narrowly avoids burnination, and we have finally reached the grand finals in our Mega Man Robot Master Theme bracket!This episode is not a lie. We Promise.

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander, Chops, Craig_WK, and the Glitch take a look at Popular Mechanics' 100 Greatest Video Games of All Time. This episode is a roller coaster of emotions for the crew (as early as #93). Also, they list their top 10 personal favorite games as well as their predictions of this list's top 5.This episode is only the first half; you'll hear #100-51. The top 50 portion is exclusive for our Patreon supporters. To learn more about Patreon and get more info on how to support us, check out https://www.patreon.com/gamezillamedia

Welcome stranger to this week's episode of The Legend of Retro. Chops, Xander, the Glitch, and guest Danielle go over a game that improved an already fantastic series while simultaneously making you never want to play an escort mission ever again. For the relapse, they do their best to hibernate for the winter, then it's off to the last match-up in our Mega Man bracket before the finals. Thanks for listening and come back anytime!

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Craig WK and Xander put up their quarters and try to look like they know what their doing as they reminisce about Street Fighter II. Who are their favorite fighters? How did one glitch change the fighting game landscape? Who loves cooking pasta dishes? Find out in this Fei Long... er... very long episode! Gonna burn some muscle!

It's time for Chops to face himself, as he gets wrapped up in a murder mystery where CraigWK probably isn't the killer, maybe! After crawling out of a world within a department store television, the duo have a Retro Relapse that sends them into another strange pseudo-virtual world. To wrap up the episode, Chops and Craig_WK take a trip into the future for the music bracket.

Naked Chops and Big Boss Craig W.K. are dropped deep into the forest on enemy soil to stop a nuclear attack from ravaging the United States. Will they be able to stop this atrocity from happening, or will they eat too many tree frogs and pass out from psychotropic's? Listen to this weeks episode to find out if they succeed in their mission and don't forget to vote in the Mega Man Robot Masters music bracket…Chops?..Chops?!….CHOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPSSSSS!!!

In this weeks episode, the Glitch unseals a (seemingly,) friendly demon named Craig_WK who freezes the other hosts and sets the Glitch off on an adventure to recreate the world of podcasting! Listen in, as the duo talk about a Super Nintendo game that never found its way to North America. For the Retro Relapse, the Glitch decided that Craig_WK needed to take a trip: but what horrifying things will he see on his journey? To finish off the episode, the two hosts need to take a trip into the future!

Glitch busts out his list of cheat codes to unlock Craig_WK as they chat about Age of Empires for the PC. Together, they talk about their favorite campaigns, the best characters, and how you should just avoid the Multiplayer mode. The retro relapse is a call back to a previous episode…but they soon realize it was better in their hearts when they hadn't played it…and then they finish the episode off with the continuation of the Mega Man Music Bracket.

After finally making their way through electrified seaweed infested water, Xander and the Glitch chat about the very difficult Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the NES. Though Xander believes no single human being has ever completed this game (no matter how many speedrunning stats the Glitch throws at him), one thing is for sure, the music is amazing. In the Retro Relapse, the guys play some basketball and test their rap knowledge. Then, Needle Man goes up against Needle Man as our Mega Man Music Bracket continues.

Xander and the Glitch relive their favorite puzzle game (over and over) as they discuss Braid for the Xbox Live Arcade. Find out what makes this game so special. Was it the gameplay? The story? The amazing ending? For retro relapse, the Glitch forces Xander to play a game he has been avoiding his entire life, and the Mega Man Robot Music Bracket continues with what might be the toughest match-up in round 2. oɿɈǝЯ ʇo bnǝϱǝ⅃ ƨʞǝǝw ƨiʜɈ no ˎǝɿom bnɒ ˎƨiʜɈ llA

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander and TheGlitch are joined by Dale (AKA a20sidedninja) from the Super OK Podcast to talk about Super Metroid. Is this a perfect game? Is Screw Attack the greatest item? How do you pronounce Samus Aran? Retro Relapse is a little fishy (though not for long), and as always we check in on the Robot Master Stage Theme bracket. Full disclosure, this episode was recorded well over a month before you're hearing it and Xander has played a ton of Super Metroid since then and probably would have been better suited to host this episode now than he was last month. What a dweeb.

Yrarrgh ya land lubbers. Pirate kings Chopsbeard, Craig the Terrible and LPJ the Pretty spin a tale of The Secrets of Monkey Island! Listen at your own risk as they recount the tales of the game based on real pirate history and rate this weeks Music Bracket. If you don't like what ya hear, then you'll be headin to Dave Jones locker!

Today, we kill two Blue Bomber birds with one Rockman by chatting about the greatest Mega Man games of all time; Mega Man 2 & 3. We discuss the origin of the games, the differences between the two, and the obnoxious box art we got in North America. For the retro relapse, the Glitch makes the gang suffer by form of MS DOS, and the Robot Master Music Bracket continues with the brackets top underdog tring to “shock” the competition. Can Chops Man save the day? Or will Dr. WK destroy the world? Find out on this weeks Legend of Retro.

LPJ, Sphinx, and Hovercraft Joe talk about Skyrim the greatest action film of all time. They'll argue about their favorite moments, rate the movie and bring you film knowledge you didn't even know you wanted.

From the Legend of Retro stage comes the performance of Super Mario Bros 3! Starring: As Bowser, Craig W.K., Green Mario played by Xander, the Glitch as Princess Peach, and Chops in the role of Mario! Make sure to silence your cell phone and grab your snacks as we dive into this classic Nintendo game. As always, the performers will take a brief intermission to discuss this weeks Mega Man Music bracket.

After one night of intense Tabletop Roleplaying, Chops finds a strange red gem on the ground and soon becomes the Legend of Retro Dragoon! Together with fellow Dragoon Craig W.K., they now fight crime as protectors of Earth while still recording podcasts and talking only about Mega Man music for the foreseeable future.

Welcome to The Legend of Retro, the podcast where we don't think this whole audio thing is going to pan out, so we're just going to sit in silence for an hour! …If we change our minds and decide sound is where it's at, will it be too late for Craig_WK and the Glitch? After, the duo goes back in time for a Retro Rewind for a subject near and dear to the host's hearts: grocery prices? To finish off the episode, we move on to our music bracket and is it Needle Man? Could it be Needle Man?? But what about Needle Man???

Shreddin!!!! This week, Glitch invites Craig_WK to the snowy mountain top to check out Cool Boarders 2 for the PlayStation. Whether it's the gnarly music, killer trick sets, or wicked board creator, they cover it all. Next, they don't have to travel far to “wreck” themselves in the retro relapse, and things get chilly as they count themselves to sleep in the Mega Man Robot Music Bracket. Will the guys stick the landing, or will they bail on the slopes? Find out on this weeks Legend of Retro.

After receiving a letter from the King, Craig_WK and the Glitch unite to recover a copy of the rare game that is Little Samson on the NES. The guys discuss how a team of ex-Capcom employees put together a game that looks and sounds awfully familiar. Also, what makes this game so rare? For the Retro Relapse, we try our best to keep our hats on, and things get cold and solid in the Mega Man Robot Music Bracket.

In this week's episode, Chops and Craig_WK present the incredible history of Japanese manga! What about the game you ask? That's not as important as the works of Osamu Tezuka! Prepare for a long-winded history lesson from Craig_WK, which leads us to… another history lesson? Yes! After history class comes more of the past, with Retro Rewind! To conclude the episode, we have a music bracket that starts off dazzling, and concludes with a carnival!

When Craig_WK infects Chops' computer with a virus, a battle unfolds within cyberspace, and what a hideous battle it is! Will Chops wear rose tinted glasses for this old PlayStation game? Is there any music for Craig_WK to find? After using some anti-virus software, Chops and Craig_WK take a trip to the past with a Retro Rewind, and then for the music bracket we look at two robot masters who are incredibly different!

In this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, the whole gang chats about our recent community playthrough of Star Ocean. What worked, what didn't work, how many times can we dunk this basketball? Tune in to find out! More importantly, check out the GameZilla Media discord to see how you can get in on the next one!

Indiana Chops must team up with his Psychic friend Craig W.K. in the search of the lost city of Atlantis before Hovercraft Joe and LPJ discover its hidden secrets! During their search, they'll uncover this weeks Music Bracket as well as their Retro Rewind.

Chops, Craig W.K., Hovercraft Joe and LPJ have only 24 hours to collect 5 keys to stop a nuclear bomb from destroying the Legend of Retro. Will our heroes find them in time or will they be erased from the face of world? You'll have to listen to find out if they survive long enough to talk about this weeks Music Bracket and their Retro Rewind!

In this week's episode, Chops and the Glitch meet a new friend who comes from the stars named Xander, but with that new pal comes an eldritch horror that Craig_WK seeks to harness for himself! Will the insane robot thief be able to control it? For the Retro Rewind, is more bad news coming everyone's way, or will the crew have glad tidings? For the music bracket, we go on a journey under the sea!

With the ringing of the final bell of class, Chops, Craig_WK, and the Glitch head to their afterschool dodgeball club, only to find themselves getting roped into an international soccer tournament? This isn't just another sports game on the Nintendo, and I can't help but feel like those players look awfully familiar…Later, it wouldn't be a Retro Rewind without Craig talking about the history of East Germany, and to cap off the episode with the music bracket, we take you through a forest and then to a spooky castle!

This week, Chops, Craig_WK, and the Glitch dive into the Yoshi game that never was! Will the charming visuals and wonderful soundtrack make up for the clumsy controls that feel like they were ripped out of a Resident Evil game of the era? For the Retro Relapse in this week, the crew put on their ninja suits and grab their kusarigama to celebrate the New Year! To finish off our episode with the music bracket, we listen to the dulcet sounds of light bulbs being tossed into a buzz saw.

Happy Holidays from The Legend of Retro! Yeah, you got invited to a Christmas episode by mistake. Who knew? After we finish covering this X-mas themed action classic with hardly a single bad word put in, we're visited by the ghost of Christmas past, as we delve into August of 1996. We also have our music bracket, but, all things being equal, we'd rather be in Philadelphia.

In this week's episode, Chops shows off a fancy video game to Craig_WK and the Glitch, only to be defeated by a powerful monster in the game, and end up in a coma in real life! It's up to these newbies to solve the mystery! Later, the team sets their clocks back to February of 2003, and in our music bracket we take a look at two especially odd robot masters.

By dark fate, every seven days The Legend of Retro rises from the grave, destined to usher in a new age of bloodshed and utterly amazing music! After delving into the Castlevania that America never got to play when it released, Craig_WK tries to keep the peace, but Chops and Glitch just aren't having it! Finally, during the music bracket, we see what happens when you throw a slinky into a whirlwind.

In this week's episode, what we have for you aren't heroes in the half shell: what we have is another band of lean, green characters on your video game screen. After smashing our controllers in sheer rage, BECAUSE OF THAT STUPID TURBO TUNNEL, we try to relax with a trip to the past, in June of ‘91. To wrap up the episode we consider a philosophical question: what's stronger? A flash of light in the gloom? Or the overwhelming power of darkness?

Happy Thanksgiving! It's time for the great American tradition of stuffing our faces with food, and watching horrifying mutants pummel each other into oblivion on the gridiron! After covering this classic but eccentric sports game, we look back at an even more retro football game for our relapse. Then, with the start of our new season, the music bracket begins again, as we deal with spatial and chronological quandaries!

It's the finale of The Legend of Retro's 6th season and we're sending it out the way we always do- with a fan bracket! Who will be the knew people's champ? You'll have to listen to find out!

Welcome to The Legend of Retro Theater! Join Chops, Craig_WK, Glitch, and Xander (as well as other all-stars from the community) as they present to you the story of The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past. In the magical land of Hyrule, calamity has befallen the land. A mysterious wizard has been performing strange rituals in the castle tower, and rumors circulate that he's even deposed the good king of Hyrule. After a young man named Link hears the telepathic summons of Princess Zelda, it's up to him to rescue her, and obtain the blade of evil's bane so that he can banish the darkness of the land! We hope you enjoy our dramatic retelling of a video game legend!CAST:Chops- Loyal Sage, Lost Old Man, Lumberjack #2Xander- Narrator, Solider #1, Lumberjack #1Craig- Prologue/signs, Sahasrahla, Agahnim, Old Woman in KakarikoGlitch- Link's Uncle, Aginah, scriptwriterDanielle- Princess Zelda, Co-scriptwriterAllison- Woman in KakarikoDeadite- Bug-Catching KidHovercraft Joe- Solider at Hyrule CastleLPJ- Bully Guy Kicking Pink BallMatrik- Sahasrahla's GrandsonPlayer1_Miggy- Solider #2Sphinx- Pink Ball Guy

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander and Craig wait patiently for the results of the Stage Theme bracket by sitting down with Johnny Riot and MatrikOnStage to talk about their favorite Final Fantasy Songs for a very special Rhythm of Retro. Enjoy!

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro Xander, Chops, Craig_WK, and theGlitch take a look at IGN‘s Top 100 PS2 Games of All Time. Hear the heartbreak and confusion as the guys question the integrity of the list and give you their individual top 10 PS2 games as well as their predictions of this list's top 5.This episode is only the first half; you'll hear #100-51. The top 50 portion is exclusive for our Patreon supporters. To learn more about Patreon and get more info on how to support us, check out https://www.patreon.com/gamezillamedia

On this weeks episode, Chops and Craig_WK talk about The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and how its based on the time Chops turned into a wolf and Craig…well he just reverted back to his shadow form and started riding Chops like a horse. They also dive into the Retro Rewind when this game was released and prepare yourselves as we have reached the FINALS of our Stage Theme Music Bracket.

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Xander, Chops, and TheGlitch discuss the second game in the Mega Man X series. Does this game have the worst soundtrack of the SNES MMX games? Who doesn't have a head tattoo? Doctuh Why-wee? Retro Relapse has no logic, and the boys wait for stage theme bracket results.

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro, Craig WK and Xander finally bring you the follow up to the EarthBound part 1 episode released all those years ago. What? This isn't that? It's another EarthBound game? A Mother from another mother? Man, things are getting wackier than Willy around here. Let's rewind to July of ‘89, hear the 2nd half of the final four in the stage theme bracket and get out of here before lamps and baby dolls start attacking.

On this week's episode of The Legend of Retro: Craig WK, TheGlitch, and Xander suck it up and talk about the biggest Kirby game on the SNES; Kirby Super Star. We'll finally answer the age old question of what game is the best, what power up is the best, and what sent Craig WK down his villainous path? We rewind and take a look at the past and enter the finals of our stage theme bracket.

Craig WK's Birthday Extravaganza continues in this week's Legend of Retro as he and Xander discuss Xenogears for the Playstation. What boxes does this game check off for Craig? Did Xander waste his time on YouTube? Why does Xander ask so many questions? Who the heck is Leonardo Leonardo? Retro Relapse might give you a headache and we have a real nail-biter in this week's match up in our Stage Theme Bracket.