I am astonished at the speed at which this month came and went. That probably has a lot to do with Golden Week and BitSummit, two things that occurred very close together this year! No matter, today is the last day of May and here's your recap of absolutely everything* in the gaming world featuring me, Stu, and\u2014thanks to an American holiday\u2014Kevin Bunch.
Specific items mentioned in this episode include:
We're HUGE in Azerbaijan, apparently!
BitSummit! (full episode coming soon)
PICROSS S KONAMI ANTIQUES edition
RE9UIEM: Leon Must Die
Stu loves R-Type III; Dimensions III, less so
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages/Seasons
Yoshi and the Interesting Mysterious Book
Lovish was previously mentioned back in February
Mr. Do! (never forget the exclamation point)
the newest pop'n music game (with a touchscreen) seems to be High\u2606Cheers!!
Sony's Spider-Man
Frog Bog (Intellivision) aka Frogs and Flies (Atari 2600)
Stu played it on a TV Boy
Dogpatch and Hyper Gunsport, two peas in a pod
Hartnell-era Doctor Who
Star Wars and puppets
the SaGa saga
Game Informer broke the soiled zombie pants story back in 2025
Steam controller! Chris Person at Aftermath loves it
users have discovered that if you drop one it Wilhelm Screams
Dusk (Zelda TP decomp, not the FPS) out for all platforms
did you know Jeremy Parish gave both the GC & Wii versions an A+?
Slider (Animal Crossing decomp) available for web browsers
Snowboard Kids 2 decompiled also available!
Kotaku calls it a \"hidden gem\"
for more about 1080 Snowboarding listen to the first Retronauts I ever hosted!
Who is the most athletic Retronaut?? We must discern this one day.
none of us could face Mark Calaway, that's for sure
I think I am better at Resident Evil than Asuka though
World Heroes Perfect on Steam with netplay
Arcade Archives Arkanoid
new Nintendo mobile game: Pictonico!
new Star Fox?? new Star Fox!! and it's just called Star Fox
for the record when I made my \"phone call\" I picked up a card holder and pretended to dial
new Amiibo coming in September featuring Mineru's Construct from Tears in the Kingdom
Katsuhiro Harada joins forces with SNK to form new VS Studio
photographic proof Harada made it to Waffle House
The Independent investigated why people fight at Waffle House just recently
And here's an SNL skit about Waffle House from 2023
looks like the closest Waffle House to NYC is in the middle of Pennsylvania
Atari acquires the rest of the Wizardry franchise
Kevin's notes: \"As I understand it Drecom owns 6-8 and maybe the Wizardry name, but Atari now owns 1-5 and all concepts and characters that originate from them. In practice I\u2019m expecting them to cooperate on releases like they did the recent Wizardry 1 remake\"
Wizardry 8, last in the \"main\" series, came out in 2001
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls debuted in 2009 on PS3 but came to Windows in 2020
more details regarding Stranger Than Heaven, formerly \"Project Century\"
Ado's \"Vivarium\" video is the closest anyone's gotten to seeing her face (so far)
check out Bunta Sugawara beating a man with a stick in 1973
this sparks a tangent about Star Wars using CGI versions of actors
Rogue One predated Solo by two years but I think Kevin's point stands
English patch for Kowloon's Gate coming in June
Kickstarter announced new guidelines that banned \"adult content\" but then backpedaled
everyone reads my monthly Kickstarter Kompilation on Retronauts.com, yes??
whatever happened to Sega's \"Super Game\" announced in 2022? Cancelled.
M2 cancels UBUSUNA, a game announced in 2014 led by Hiroshi Iuchi
Destiny 2 coming to an end as \"final live-service content update\" drops on June 9
might be the end of Bungie as Sony is reportedly planning layoffs
Stu's not joking: Fortnite added Lois Griffin along with other animated moms
Quantic Dream's Spellcasters Chronicles is shutting down
\"On one hand, a game getting shut down and rendered unplayable months after launch, and the inevitable layoffs that will come from this, are another showcase of just how unstable and unsustainable the current gaming industry is.
On the other hand, it\u2019s funny when bad things happen to David Cage\" Lady Emily
Nintendo is raising ALL prices across the board: Switch 2, OG Switch, Online, all of it
their lawsuit over the Trump tariffs remains \"pending\"
after we recorded this, Valve also raised the price of the Steamdeck by A LOT.
underappreciated Nintendo legend Takashi Tezuka retires in June
we already recorded an entire episode about him, please look forward to it
GameStop looking to buy eBay for $56B??
\"selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay\" this is all a joke to him
yes, Cohen and his dog are cover art stars this month
RIP author Koji Suzuki, J-horror pioneer
basically anything with Sadako in it derives from his original work
Stephen King has won 13 Bram Stoker Awards overall, including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002
many obits called Suzuki \"the Stephen King of Japan\"
JK Rowling won two Bram Stoker Awards in the Young Readers category
they have not given her a Lifetime Achievement Award (yet?)
I am correct: the original Fallout debuted in October 1997
the Saved By The Bell kids hung out in The Max, not The Maxx
also relevant: Saved By The Bell came first
Know Your Meme has an entry explaining \"boat goes binted\"
Wiktionary agrees with me: \"bludge\" is from Australia/New Zealand
Long Island Retro has since announced my attendance so I guess I made the cut
Stuart's zine is out now, get yourself a copy
Art & edits by Diamond (photo source). Music heard in this episode:
15:00 \"Force Select\" (R-Type III)
27:24 \"Feel the Beat\" (Vampire Survivors: Emerald Diorama)
39:33 \"Dark Side\" by Jim Johnston
48:04 \"Arkanoid\" by the New Japan BGM Philharmonic Orchestra
1:06:35 solo
1:25:04 chiptune cover of \"Kura Kura\" by Ado
1:35:10 haunting audio from The Ring: Terror's Realm
1:46:07 \"Lower One's Eyes\" by Gigi Murin, Mori Calliope, and Nerissa Ravencroft
1:54:50 \"Marisa Stole The Precious Thing\"
2:02:46 what if Crazy Taxi was on the Master System??
Finale: \"Invader Ondo\" by COSIO
*that I cared to write down
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(never forget the exclamation point)\n\nthe newest pop'n music game (with a touchscreen) seems to be High\u2606Cheers!!\n\nSony's Spider-Man\n\nFrog Bog (Intellivision) aka Frogs and Flies (Atari 2600)\n\nStu played it on a TV Boy\n\n\nDogpatch and Hyper Gunsport, two peas in a pod\n\nHartnell-era Doctor Who\n\nStar Wars and puppets\n\nthe SaGa saga\n\nGame Informer broke the soiled zombie pants story back in 2025\n\nSteam controller! Chris Person at Aftermath loves it\n\nusers have discovered that if you drop one it Wilhelm Screams\n\n\nDusk (Zelda TP decomp, not the FPS) out for all platforms\n\ndid you know Jeremy Parish gave both the GC & Wii versions an A+?\n\n\nSlider (Animal Crossing decomp) available for web browsers\n\nSnowboard Kids 2 decompiled also available!\n\nKotaku calls it a \"hidden gem\"\n\nfor more about 1080 Snowboarding listen to the first Retronauts I ever hosted!\n\n\nWho is the most athletic Retronaut?? We must discern this one day.\n\nnone of us could face Mark Calaway, that's for sure\n\nI think I am better at Resident Evil than Asuka though\n\n\nWorld Heroes Perfect on Steam with netplay\n\nsome World Heroes characters made it into Card Fighters Clash on the DS\n\ncompare and contrast Muscle Power from WH1 versus WH2\n\n\nArcade Archives Arkanoid\n\nnew Nintendo mobile game: Pictonico!\n\nnew Star Fox?? new Star Fox!! and it's just called Star Fox\n\nfor the record when I made my \"phone call\" I picked up a card holder and pretended to dial\n\n\nnew Amiibo coming in September featuring Mineru's Construct from Tears in the Kingdom\n\nKatsuhiro Harada joins forces with SNK to form new VS Studio\n\nphotographic proof Harada made it to Waffle House\n\nThe Independent investigated why people fight at Waffle House just recently\n\nAnd here's an SNL skit about Waffle House from 2023\n\nlooks like the closest Waffle House to NYC is in the middle of Pennsylvania\n\n\n\nAtari acquires the rest of the Wizardry franchise\n\nKevin's notes: \"As I understand it Drecom owns 6-8 and maybe the Wizardry name, but Atari now owns 1-5 and all concepts and characters that originate from them. In practice I\u2019m expecting them to cooperate on releases like they did the recent Wizardry 1 remake\"\n\nWizardry 8, last in the \"main\" series, came out in 2001\n\nWizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls debuted in 2009 on PS3 but came to Windows in 2020\n\n\nmore details regarding Stranger Than Heaven, formerly \"Project Century\"\n\nAdo's \"Vivarium\" video is the closest anyone's gotten to seeing her face (so far)\n\ncheck out Bunta Sugawara beating a man with a stick in 1973\n\nthis sparks a tangent about Star Wars using CGI versions of actors\n\nRogue One predated Solo by two years but I think Kevin's point stands\n\n\n\nEnglish patch for Kowloon's Gate coming in June\n\nhere's an interview outlining how hard this was to patch\n\n\nKickstarter announced new guidelines that banned \"adult content\" but then backpedaled\n\neveryone reads my monthly Kickstarter Kompilation on Retronauts.com, yes??\n\n\nwhatever happened to Sega's \"Super Game\" announced in 2022? Cancelled.\n\nM2 cancels UBUSUNA, a game announced in 2014 led by Hiroshi Iuchi\n\nDestiny 2 coming to an end as \"final live-service content update\" drops on June 9\n\nmight be the end of Bungie as Sony is reportedly planning layoffs\n\nStu's not joking: Fortnite added Lois Griffin along with other animated moms\n\n\nQuantic Dream's Spellcasters Chronicles is shutting down\n\n\"On one hand, a game getting shut down and rendered unplayable months after launch, and the inevitable layoffs that will come from this, are another showcase of just how unstable and unsustainable the current gaming industry is.\nOn the other hand, it\u2019s funny when bad things happen to David Cage\" Lady Emily\n\n\nNintendo is raising ALL prices across the board: Switch 2, OG Switch, Online, all of it\n\ntheir lawsuit over the Trump tariffs remains \"pending\"\n\nafter we recorded this, Valve also raised the price of the Steamdeck by A LOT.\n\n\nunderappreciated Nintendo legend Takashi Tezuka retires in June\n\nwe already recorded an entire episode about him, please look forward to it\n\n\nGameStop looking to buy eBay for $56B??\n\n\"selling stuff on eBay to pay for eBay\" this is all a joke to him\n\nyes, Cohen and his dog are cover art stars this month\n\n\nRIP author Koji Suzuki, J-horror pioneer\n\nbasically anything with Sadako in it derives from his original work\n\nStephen King has won 13 Bram Stoker Awards overall, including one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002\n\nmany obits called Suzuki \"the Stephen King of Japan\"\n\n\nJK Rowling won two Bram Stoker Awards in the Young Readers category\n\nthey have not given her a Lifetime Achievement Award (yet?)\n\n\n\nI am correct: the original Fallout debuted in October 1997\n\nthe Saved By The Bell kids hung out in The Max, not The Maxx\n\nalso relevant: Saved By The Bell came first\n\n\nKnow Your Meme has an entry explaining \"boat goes binted\"\n\nWiktionary agrees with me: \"bludge\" is from Australia/New Zealand\n\nLong Island Retro has since announced my attendance so I guess I made the cut\n\nStuart's zine is out now, get yourself a copy\n\nArt & edits by Diamond (photo source). 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