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A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Phantasy Star IV. Yes, we will kill god.
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- Yesterday58 min
Skies of Arcadia | E2: A Well-Known Ninny [Promotional Media]
Well, it's time for part two (of three!) of our background information blast for Skies of Arcade. To become legends, we're detailing Skies of Arcadia's promotional media, finding a romantic and unreadable font, changing our reputation, kicking ass by the boatload, debating the pronunciation of "Valuan," riddling the skies with danger, adapting the story into manga, producing a $460 figurine, selling an elaborate music box, desiring a Skies of Arcadia candle, recruiting up to 22 crew members, censoring content for the ESRB, and begging you not to put this Dreamcast disc into your CD player. Everyone will respect you. 00:00:00 Patreon Promo 00:01:19 Intro 00:03:14 Commercials 00:06:20 Print Ads 00:14:57 Strategy Guide + Manga 00:20:17 Light Novel 00:22:47 Radio Drama 00:25:25 Toys 00:27:10 Soundtrack(s) 00:29:00 Demo Disc 00:31:52 Dreamcast Game Box 00:39:24 GameCube Game Box 00:43:41 Cut Content 00:49:25 Real Net 00:54:01 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- 1 weeks ago1h 22m
Skies of Arcadia | E1: Chasing Romantic Dreams [Development History]
Hello and welcome to season nine of Retrograde Amnesia, featuring Skies of Arcadia. In the first (of three) background/information episodes, we'll be talking about the game as it relates to shipping on two GD-ROMs, refusing to appear on modern digital storefronts, becoming crushed by reality, combining World War I & II military ships with the Age of Discovery, communicating with wind, citing influence from Laputa: Castle in the Sky and Dragon Quest III, building the world around six colors, refusing a travel budget, blatantly referencing Moby Dick and Robinson Crusoe, forming the Hottie Production Committee, dynamically adjusting the music, eliminating baby talk, "throwing away the Japanese text," and un-mysterying the misdirection. Realism may not be acceptable for an RPG just yet. 00:00:00 Lost Time 00:01:55 Intro 00:02:54 What Is This 00:04:47 Release Information 00:09:31 How to acquire and play Skies of Arcadia in 2026 00:12:13 Atsushi Seimiya 00:18:15 Shuntaro Tanaka 00:27:20 Reiko Kodama 00:49:31 Soundtrack 00:53:37 Localization 01:03:28 Unsubstantiated Claims 01:09:04 Real Net 01:14:09 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- 2 weeks ago59 min
Phantasy Star IV | E30: Perfect Cosmic Horror [Finale]
This is it! Now we determine Algo's future... our future! Before we sleep in peace, we'll be jumping into the hole, replicating a sick 1994 screensaver, appreciating an efficient end game dungeon, fighting differently colored jobbers, producing a disgusting sound, inventing Lavos, predicting a god-christ form, blowing it all at once, breathing in sword dust, entering a protective bubble, speculating the genesis of Phantasy Star V, demanding a hopeful ending, saying everyone's name, and deciding to stay home. And now the curtain rises on a new age. Join us next week for season nine: Skies of Arcadia. 00:00:00 Is This it 00:01:01 Intro 00:03:09 The Edge 00:09:45 The Profound Darkness Phase I 00:16:07 The Profound Darkness Phase II 00:18:15 The Profound Darkness Phase III 00:20:37 Victory 00:28:49 A More Promising Future 00:34:54 Epilogue 00:38:57 Staff Roll 00:46:39 Real Net Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- 3 weeks ago47 min
Phantasy Star IV | E29: Lifeforms Around the Hole [Planetary Tour]
Wouldn't I be of some help to you? It wouldn't hurt to listen to us talking about taking party members to new planets, auditioning the fifth friend, "holding space" for a suicide pill, pinning the latest civilizational blight on the Black Energy Wave, rockin' with Raja, performing the inaugural Sad Battle, beating up my dead mentor, wailing and lamenting for an illusion, refusing to seek the power in an obvious test of morality, thinking of the biggest hole, making Only Fans content, and talking to dead people. Done-in people. I'm not going to be a nuisance. 00:00:00 Fun Factor 00:01:36 Intro 00:03:05 Motavia Spaceport Greetings 00:09:20 The Fifth Party Member 00:14:23 Anger Tower 00:27:22 WORLD TOUR Piata 00:33:02 WORLD TOUR Piata Academy 00:36:17 WORLD TOUR Krup 00:36:40 WORLD TOUR Tonoe 00:37:15 WORLD TOUR AIEDO 00:37:46 WORLD TOUR Monsen 00:38:06 WORLD TOUR Mile 00:40:31 Real Net Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- 3 weeks ago50 min
Phantasy Star IV | E29: Lifeforms Around the Hole [Planetary Tour]
Wouldn't I be of some help to you? It wouldn't hurt to listen to us talking about taking party members to new planets, auditioning the fifth friend, "holding space" for a suicide pill, pinning the latest civilizational blight on the Black Energy Wave, rockin' with Raja, performing the inaugural Sad Battle, beating up my dead mentor, wailing and lamenting for an illusion, refusing to seek the power in an obvious test of morality, thinking of the biggest hole, making Only Fans content, and talking to dead people. Done-in people. I'm not going to be a nuisance. 00:00:00 Fun Factor 00:01:36 Intro 00:03:05 Motavia Spaceport Greetings 00:09:20 The Fifth Party Member 00:14:23 Anger Tower 00:27:22 WORLD TOUR Piata 00:33:02 WORLD TOUR Piata Academy 00:36:17 WORLD TOUR Krup 00:36:40 WORLD TOUR Tonoe 00:37:15 WORLD TOUR AIEDO 00:37:46 WORLD TOUR Monsen 00:38:06 WORLD TOUR Mile 00:40:31 Real Net Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- 4 weeks ago55 min
Phantasy Star IV | E28: I'm Not Gonna Fight for No Mission! [Rykros, Part II]
But what use is an invisible planet? It's not like material planets could aid us in realizing the lore is a Piccolo Situation, sealing off dimensions, returning a secret planet every 1000 years, referencing other ages of heroes, determining who/what has been "born," refusing to accept reality, realizing our hero is out over his skis, depending on Chaz to fight, rejecting an order from god, accessing Luts' memory piece-meal, meeting another talking sword, referencing past protagonists, and creating a future free of terror. To tell you the truth, I don't know what's going on. 00:00:00 XCOM 2 00:02:27 Intro 00:04:20 The Age of Fables 00:33:59 Esper Mansion 00:37:18 Elsydeon 00:43:55 Dezolis Spaceport 00:44:58 Real Net 00:51:02 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- May 11, 202656 min
Phantasy Star IV | E27: Inching Into the Gnosticism Zone [Rykros, Part I]
It looks like we're really free from any problems now. And yet we still find ourselves fondly recalling Syphon Filter, completing phase 2 of the Reshel Revival, confusing asteroids with islands, marveling at fluorescent alien geography, hiding a planet for a thousand years, stirring the hand of darkness toward a planet, orbiting like a comet, getting a fetch quest from god, feeling trapped in inventory hell, watching jobbers get blown away, submitting protector qualifications, and receiving jewelry that appears to be named after planets. Beloved ones, I await your return. 00:00:00 What's Up Dog 00:03:27 Intro 00:07:50 Reshel Revisted 00:14:27 Heading to Rykros 00:18:09 Silence Temple Tower 00:27:21 Rykros World Map 00:29:08 Strength Tower 00:39:41 Courage Tower 00:43:03 Return to Silence Temple Tower 00:43:58 Real Net 00:49:39 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
- May 4, 20261h 3m
Phantasy Star IV | E26: Consequences All Over the Place [Silver Solider, Soldier's Temple]
The things we do seem to have consequences all over the place. One day, we will pay for the sins of slaughtering servants, traumatizing the traumatized kids with robots, blowing up mermen, getting behind the circuit, indiscriminately destroying all AI systems, realizing Rune does not acknowledge computer guys, deleting life, arguing with computer daughter, meeting a curious late game party member, lighting the path to Rykros, transforming the badguy into a bad guy, stealing Sonic 2 sound effects, and wondering if you can be a scenario guy ignorant of the scenario. There is a fundamental error in your self awareness. 00:00:00 Banned Words 00:02:11 Intro 00:03:30 Guild Quest: Silver Soldier 00:04:58 Back To Zema 00:09:40 Vahal Fort 00:31:14 Return to Zema 00:34:13 Who The Hell Is Seth 00:38:15 The Soldier's Temple 00:41:18 Aeroprimsers 00:50:54 Real Net 00:54:25 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: podcast@retrogradeamnesia.com Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com
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A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Phantasy Star IV. Yes, we will kill god.
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