This week Matt and Dylan return from their hiatus to talk DS gaming and the philosophical question of what makes a remaster or remake still "retro." Along the way they discuss new handhelds like the Retroid Pocket Nova, the GameNative launcher, an early Xbox 360 emulator for Android, and the handy FinalROM tool for cleaning up 3DS and Switch files. Matt also shares his disappointing original Xbox emulation experiment, and the episode teases a heavier Part 2 covering the end of physical media and the uncertain future of video games.

Hey folks,

this is definitely out of order, but i'm just not doing good enough to have kept track of previous recordings... sorry! I'm gunna try to get the uploaded closer to the record date. This was a fun one for me and Matt, I hope you enjoy it! -Dylan

Matt and Dylan talk about the year and what's coming in 2026!

Dylan and Matt are back to talk about what's been up so far this year, and new tech they're looking forward to for 2025!

Dylan and Matt just chattin' in 2025

It's been a long year, sorry for the gap! Some big personal stuff got in the way of getting new episodes out, so we're gunna have to consider that time and the episodes we recorded since then as "lost episodes". Welcome back!

Matt & Dylan discuss setting up and using a RetroNAS with their retro systems!

Matt & Dylan talk about their love of the SNES and its' origins.

hey folks, I (Dylan) lost several episodes worth of recordings in between our last episode and one the one posting tomorrow morning. Sorry about that!

Dylan & Matt are joined by a special guest for the first time! We welcome Jaime on to discuss our love for the Nintendo GameCube, everyone's favorite cult-classic packed lunchbox.

Matt & Dylan discuss and rank their Top 5 Zelda games

First time using a full-web experience to record, produce, and publish this episode where Matt and Dylan talk about the regrets they have with retro games. Hopefully it all sounds good on the other side!

Matt & Dylan take a casual 2 hours to compile their list of the top 10 "Official" handheld game systems.

We recorded this around Matt's birthday, so we talked about his chosen year in video games: 1977

Finally uploading our Part 2 of the Top Ten Consoles ranking. Sorry folks! It's been hard to find time to edit these with the scrutiny I prefer. So instead I'm just kinda checking beginnings and endings and uploading them pretty raw. We're still having a blast recording them, and that's what's important to us. So I'll just be throwing this backlog up.

Matt & Dylan start building a Top 10 list of retro consoles. In part 2 they will sort the list.

Dylan & Matt discuss topic ideas for future episodes of the show!

Dylan & Matt discuss fan projects for retro games

Dylan & Matt discuss RGB modding a CRT TV for use with retro consoles.

You can reach Dylan & Matt at retrorespod@gmail.com