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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 27/09/2026

'Retro Blast - Grand Theft Auto III' is OUT NOW In 2001, gamers weren't prepared for what R⭐ had in store for PS2. But once we played it, we knew video games would NEVER be the same. Episode is live on all podcast apps/platforms! Were YOU there when GTA3 came out? What do you remember about it?

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 13h

This was 19 years ago btw. 19... YEARS.

Zac Efron posing with Master Chief for the Halo 3 launch in 2007

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 13h

This was 19 years ago btw. 19... YEARS.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 15h

Me irl when I try to talk about my special interests at the social gathering

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 18h

SHOW ME HIS MAJESTIC GIRTH IMMEDIATELY

The Zora King sitting on his throne with princess Ruto standing next to him, his massive girth on full display

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 29/09/2026

I just need to know if anyone played Mighty No. 9 with this thing.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 29/09/2026

I just need to know if anyone played Mighty No. 9 with this thing.

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Sadtiric (AuDHD+) | He/Them/Him/They | Hey @sadtiric.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Almost $10k later and she didn't make it.. We couldn't even make it in time to say goodbye.. We tried.. I'm not fucking okay.. This is all so fucked..

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 28/09/2026

Some people only benefit the world by leaving it.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 28/09/2026

Activision is really good at two things: 1) Annualizing games and ruining their pedigree in favor of insane profit by pumping them full of predatory microtransactions while reducing their overall quality. 2) Actually... no, that's it.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 26/09/2026

OK, y'all convinced me. My 9 Games.. I chose titles that altered my brain chemistry—Each one essentially shaping who I am as a gamer. I played all of these between 3 and 17 years old, so very formative years and they all paved the way for many other games to find their way into my heart after.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 27/09/2026

Real quick, can I point out just how much @thegamersician.com KILLED IT with the new Retro Blast theme song? Every time I edit a new episode and add it in, I catch myself replaying it over and over. I can't get over how nostalgic, yet modern it feels. Thankful to have such a talented friend!

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 26/09/2026

Wait... wait. No. I'm gonna break the rules. I'm making it 10 games now. This HAS to be in there. I was 16 and it rewired my brain. It filled my mind with possibilities for gaming and what would come next. Shenmue is my spiritual #10

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 26/09/2026

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 26/09/2026

I keep seeing posts with everyone choosing their 9 games. Like.. as in 9 favorite games ever? EVER ever?! Y'all I did a top 150 list once and even that felt like not enough, if I try picking just 9 I'm gonna cry and then throw up and pass out.

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Dean Jones @djcube.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Did a My Nine Games, but I wanted to go for the less obvious picks. These a e all brilliant games that left me craving for similar games. #My9Games

Custom Robo V2
Mario Artist Polygon Studio
Dark Summit
Excite Truck
Star Trek Bridge Commander
Supraland
Wiz Liz
Blast Corps
Shadow Man

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 25/09/2026

I'm a 42 year old man and I can't put into words how much nostalgic joy getting this Sparkster figure has already brought me. LOOK AT MY BOY! 🥹

A Sparkster figure, battle damage version, from Konami. He's wearing blue armor, shiny, slightly damaged, holding his sword and has the American version "attitude" expression on his face.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 25/09/2026

I'm a 42 year old man and I can't put into words how much nostalgic joy getting this Sparkster figure has already brought me. LOOK AT MY BOY! 🥹

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 24/09/2026

If you were around back in 2001, you DEFINITELY remember this... Oh. And Retro Blast - Grand Theft Auto III is out TOMORROW! Guest Co-Hosts: The Gamersician Retro Game Brews

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 23/09/2026

Alright, this is a bit harsh.. That zombie actually had cognitive function.

A meme of the first zombie you encounter in Resident Evil 1996 but it looks like Mitch McConnell, you know, the turtle looking piece of absolute trash Kentucky Senator who is nearly dead? That asshole.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 23/09/2026

Alright, this is a bit harsh.. That zombie actually had cognitive function.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 22/09/2026

Looks like someone finally got brave enough to make his grand debut...

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 22/09/2026

Looks like someone finally got brave enough to make his grand debut...

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Aeryn 🖖 Part Time Ma'am @baphometta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sam and Max Ht the Road basically fused with my DNA in a gooey flesh-nightmare of harmonious sensibilties, it shaped my sense of humor, outlook on video games, and eternal love of gaudy roadside crap, and the fact it's (unintentionally) super gay and furry probably helped too

The cover art, feat. our heroes, Sam, a 7 foot canine Seamus most resembling a choclate lab, presently clutching a creeamsicle, and Max, a fluffy white hyperkinetic rabbity thing, haning out od the windows of the freelance police cruiser as it mows down the highway, a plethora od dead bugs and an aggrieved looking jackalope are caught in the radiator. Behind them the bounty of america is laid before us, there's the Mt. Rushmore Bunjee Jump and Dinosaur Land, a monstrous fiberglass fish eating a chevy, a sketchy carnival, and trees. A gator with a golf ball stuck between its brow ridges lurks in the lower left corner

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 20/09/2026

Whenever someone does this to me I just respond with "OK, but you don't even play video games." and y'all it makes them SO MAD. And I just keep it up every time they respond (they will) even when they post images of their Steam or Trophies until they block me. It's like immature gamer kryptonite.

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G to The Next Level 🔜 🟣 ATLUS STREAM (9/30 - 2:45 CT) @gtothenextlevel.com · 20/09/2026

It sucks when youre known for being really into or an “expert” (hate that term) into one fandom/console/whatever, and you feel extra scrutinized when talking about literally anything else and it gets weaponized at you. Just cause I don’t talk about Resident Evil 24/7 doesn’t make me a fake fan.

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Gonza @gonzafer7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 20/09/2026

This is a bit heavy, but I'd like to share. In 2009, I was in a very dark, deep depression. I didn't have the will to even play games, but one day I decided to try. Somehow this game resonated with my sadness and surfaced my emotions where I could process. I honestly believe it helped save my life.

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Korina ✨🐛 @shikaboom.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It has to be this

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

This is hands down the most terrifying moment in Alien Isolation Sound up.. if you're brave enough

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Lunessa🔞 @lizzerlunessa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I always credit FF7 as the one that truly made me, but to be honest there was a lot of games I could credit for having shaped me as a gamer early on, even before I touched that FF7 Battle Square demo. Here's just some, with a snippet of my backstory with them in the alt texts~

Commander Keen 4.

We had this game, along with Keen 6, on the few old, OLD tabletop PC's at school that we could use for gaming on rare occasions. Usually during lunch, 2 students were chosen to go help set up the lunch for the rest of the students, and then to help with clean-up. But as compensation, you were allowed to play games for half an hour before next lesson began. (Usually between lessons and after lunch, we were sent outside to play. Normally the break was 10-15 minutes, but after lunch it was 30.)

Jazz Jackrabbit, the original game.

I remember this game very well because of the INSANE amount of work I had to put in to get this to me old 386/486 pc without CD drive! What happened was, I got this game's CD from a bargain bin, but my older brother wouldnt let me install it on his new PC because in his eyes, ALL old DOS games were 'filled with viruses and shit'. So, instead, I came up with a plan.

The game was roughly 20mb in size, but individual files were like less than 1mb. We still had a HUGE bunch of floppy disks laying around. I dug around and found 6 of them with basically nothing in them. I emptied them out, and then used those 6 floppy disks to transfer the entire Jazz Jackrabbit 1 to my shitty 386/486 pc, 6 files at a time. xD

There was eventually one file that was entire 2mb in size, so none of the floppies would fit it. You know what I did? Zipped it lmao. It actually compressed the file JUST enough so it'd fit. And the game ACTUALLY ran on that PC, after all that trouble, so it became one of the 4-5 games I had on that shitty ass PC of mine!

Hero Quest for Commodore 64.

C64 was the og gaming platform we had as a kid. I was just enraptured by the games on it that my brothers were playing. They had two cassettes full of random assortment of games, and this one was one of them.

Issue with C64 was, it was in English, and you actually had to know the commands to be able to load up any games on them. So you know what I did? Just learned the commands lol. I could barely READ, let alone speak english, but I just persevered because I REALLY wanted to play some games without always having to ask for my brothers to load the games for me (most of the time they wouldnt because fuck me in particular).

FF7 is what taught me English proper, but C64 taught me in part how to read lmao.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

Okami launched today, September 19th, 2006 for SONY PlayStation 2 20 years ago... Any OG fans out there who played Okami back in the day on PS2?

Cover art for the PS2 game, Okami, showing the title in Japanese script style in black at the top with a red circle behind it, and Okami the wolf below, she's white and looks to be painted with brushstrokes, mouth open and looking over her shoulder.

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Cybertasm @cybertasm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Kind of a strange one but... Super Smash Bros. Brawl This game alone was my first introduction to so many characters and franchises that I would grow to love over the years. It may not have been my first game ever, but it's THE game that made me love video games and Nintendo as a whole.

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Super Smash Bros Brawl Assemble

ALT: Super Smash Bros Brawl Assemble

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

This is hands down the most terrifying moment in Alien Isolation Sound up.. if you're brave enough

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

Okami launched today, September 19th, 2006 for SONY PlayStation 2 20 years ago... Any OG fans out there who played Okami back in the day on PS2?

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

OK. Hear me out. Bryan ISN'T a protagonist—He's an NPC. But he's specifically one of the NPCs that you as the actual protagonist finds journals for in the games. You find more along the way and start to realize the total HELL this side character went through. And then you find the final entry...

An image of the main character from Resident Evil 2026, Bryan. He's holding a sub machine gun and looking behind his shoulder. A green first aid type cooler pscl on his arm. He's on a snowy beside parked cars in Raccoon City. Bottom half of the image is from the original Resident Evil remake. It's the journal image with the final entry of The Keeper's Diary and says "Itchy. Tasty."

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026

This is misinformation. CAPCOM sold the film rights to Constantin Film decades ago, and has zero authority over film adaptations. They coordinated with producers, but that's it. I think the hate campaign is throwing out a lot of misinformation, so it's important to clarify these claims.

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