Retronauts Pocket Episode 7 May or May Not Have Died for Your Sins
Sorry, everyone -- this is a sort of hit-and-run posting, as I'm currently in the final stages of packing up my life into shipping containers to relocate to the east coast. But I still managed to find time to assemble Retronauts Pocket Episode 7, which serves as an answer to Kickstarter backer Daniel Worthington's request to talk about Illusion of Gaia. Since one Super NES action-RPG isn't quite enough to fill an entire episode, we delve into the overall catalog of Gaia's developer, Quintet. Sadly, the ambition I mentioned here (to track down and talk to some Quintet folks at TGS) didn't pan out, though I did hear an explanation of why the studio is so elusive. However, that's someone else's story to tell, so I won't talk about it here. Suffice to say... getting an inside track on Quintet is going to be tough.
Hopefully you'll enjoy this discussion. I can't actually tell if this episode is any good or not, but that's probably just because my entire brain is in "oh god the shippers are coming in 12 hours" panic mode. So... if I've led a terrible discussion, I apologize. Especially to you, Daniel Worthington. If you hate this show you paid for, I'll make it up to you somehow. I do feel good about the episode cover art, though, so at least that's something...?
Description: By request of backer Daniel Worthington, Bob, Ray, and Jeremy delve into the history of 16-bit RPG masters Quintet… or at least as much history as we can dig up. Those guys were pretty mysterious.
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Musical inclusions this episode:
- 7:22 - Actraiser "Fillmore"
- 18:01 - SoulBlazer "Dr. Leo's Paintings"
- 26:23 - Illusion of Gaia "Sky Gardens"
- 37:51 - Terranigma "Zue"
- 47:11 - Actraiser Symphonic Suite "Bloodpool/Cassandora"
