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RetroforceGO!: Episode 18: Neo Retro with Pixeljam photo

In our never ending battle against mediocrity, RFGO! fires another salvo of podcasting awesomeness across the bow of the Internets. Hoping to strike a direct hit, we invite Rich Grillotti from Pixeljam Games to sit down with the rest of us and discuss his company's neo retro games.

Highlights!

  • Chad employs a ruse (a cunning attempt to trick us!)
  • The dolphometer gets a power-up
  • Ratmaze hint: The title letters are cheese
  • Has anyone ever beat Pitfall?
  • Chad dreams of little people in rain forests, in Oregon
  • Velociraptors
  • "Love in every pixel"

As always, you can check out our show over at the podcast page, or just jump into a full time commitment by subscribing to us via iTunes (it's okay baby, we'll be there for you). So enjoy, and we hope to see you guys back here later for some tea, maybe some crumpets too. 

[Sexy bonus pixel art included for your viewing pleasure. Courtesy of Rich.]


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Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 15:49
Fading Star
Ratmaze was a fun game to play. Good job guys.
Fading Star's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 15:51
Fading Star
Good job Destructoid. Good job Pixeljam. Chad is sleeping with the dolphins.
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 15:59
Kif
Yay Retroforce!
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:13
Dexter345
Downloading it now, gonna listen while I play some games...
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:16
Necros
Crap, still have to listen to last week's. Catch-up time!
Gameboi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:29
Gameboi
*note to self*

Must download and listen to this tomorrow.
UMF Skibum's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:35
UMF Skibum
A Clerks reference.

I love you guys even more now.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:54
A New Challenger
Twelve bucks! Thanks for buying me Sin and Punishment.

I only won once, actually, but by Dyson's admission that contest was hard, so maybe that's why I seem like the Ken Jennings of Destructoid podcast contests.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:56
A New Challenger
Contest:

1. Missile Command
2. Centipede

Yay Atari!
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 16:59
Kif
A New Challenger needs a trophy made for him or something.
itemforty's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 17:15
itemforty
Dammit Challenger, you and your fast fingers.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 17:23
A New Challenger
The Intellivision mention reminded me that you guys should add Keith Robinson on Myspace. I met him at last year's Comic Con, having no idea who the hell he was; my sister and I passed by the National Cartoonists' Association booth and he called out to us to stop by. In addition to a cartoonist, he's part owner of the Intellivision brand and was part of the team back in the day. They've actually made a DS version of Intellivision LIVES! but no publisher has picked it up, which is a real shame because they can emulate the number pad controller on the touch screen.

I never owned an Intellivision, as the system was dead before I was born. I want that DS collection to come out. I did start out playing the Atari 2600/VCS, though, despite being under 30. Frostbite is awesome.
Kyuzo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 17:52
Kyuzo
Great episode! I now know what I'm playing tonight :D
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 17:55
Rockvillian
1. Missile Command
2. Centipede

In case of split prizes again!
Kif 's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 17:58
Kif
@Rockvillian: They were only split because ANC might have used someone else's guesses to complete his list of answers.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 18:13
Rockvillian
BTW, Utopia for Intellivision is the tits. Get 2 players going and watch as you battle mercilessly over fishing spots and evade pirates (and grow lots and lots of grass).

@Kif:
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/01/2007 18:20
A New Challenger
And because, stupidly, I had said in the comments "I give up," because aside from Gauntlet II I honestly did not know the others. I'll voluntarily forfeit my half of last week's prize though because I violated my own personal rule this week by entering a contest the week after I won one, and since I've apparently won this one, and because I feel bad about totally ganking It Burns since s/he was so close.

I just played Ratmaze and got a score of Poor. Go me! And I played Ratmaze 2 and was reminded somewhat of the shareware episode of Super ZZT that I played on the old IBM compatible handed down from my uncle. Monster Zoo, that was it. Random Honeymooners trivia as a gameplay mechanic? Count me in!
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 02:35
Dyson
Never give up, never surrender! Or at least never admit to giving up, because that's part of the reason for the prize splitting. Although, you made a triumphant comeback by winning this week's contest in a New York minute. Seriously, keep it up and we'll just call it "A New Challenger's weekly bonus" contest.

But remember folks, from here on out if you guess and someone uses your answers to get the correct entry, then it's tough beans for you.

Y'all rock, BTW.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 03:19
A New Challenger
"A New Challenger's weekly bonus contest." I like both the way that sounds in my ears and the manner in which it rolls off the tongue. Actually, if you ever feel even lazier than this week, I wouldn't mind taking a stab at slapping an audio contest segment together, which would have the added bonus to the community of automatically disqualifying me from winning.
DanGale's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 03:31
DanGale
That guy totally stole my idea of a bumblebee game. I always wanted to make a bumblebee style RPG. Sucks.
Dyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 04:14
Dyson
I shall think about it ...
Tristero's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 05:37
Tristero
PixelJam Games is a godsend. Hooray for Tallahassee! I went to FSU also, but I don't have much school pride. Plenty of city pride though. Shameless self-promotion, but check out my interview with GarageGames for more info on the developer hosting the IndieGamesCon in Eugene, Oregon.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 13:24
John B
Those games were so-o-o "Missile Command" and "Centipede" on the Atari 2600.

What's disgusting is the realization that I owned the originals -- when they first came out!! That makes me older than ... what? ... 99% of most of the people on Destructoid?
Knives's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/02/2007 17:12
Knives
Yay!! Pixel Art!!!
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