620: The Capcom Marvel Universe

Retronauts

Games, Leisure, Technology, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Before there was an MCU, video game arcades played host to the CMU. Join Diamond Feit, Kevin Bunch, and John Learned as they recount the early 90s giant-sized collaboration between Capcom and Marvel.

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0:00.0	This weekend retronauts.
0:01.8	Now bear my optic blast! Oh, yeah. Thank you.
0:25.0	welcome back to Retronauts episode 608. That's right. We've crossed the threshold and welcome back to another episode about fighting games. Well mostly
0:37.3	fighting games. Well mostly capcom games. Well let's just wrap it up.
0:41.7	Let's call this the
0:42.8	Capcom Marvel Universe. Yes, yes, yes, before there was a
0:46.7	Marvel Cinematic Universe in MCU, there was the CMU.
0:50.5	That's my joke. Copyright, diamond fight. That's my name. And who's joining me on this
0:56.8	podcast? Why don't we start in the great state of Ohio? It's so great. It's got a great lake. Hi, let's go, Bob. I'm John Learned.
1:09.2	Wonderful. And joining me in a different state that I actually not sure which state it is, but
1:14.0	The land of Old Bay is Kevin Bunch.
1:17.7	Okay, I know where that is. Yeah, yeah, that's the lovely, lovely country.
1:20.8	Okay. So what are we doing today? Yes, as I've explained at the top, we're
1:25.6	gathered here today three fighting game fans talk about the era in which Capcom took a broad
1:32.4	swathe of Marvel characters and threw them into a blender and said
1:36.4	we're going to make a bunch of games with these Marvel characters and who knows what's going to happen.
1:40.7	In our collective opinion, I'm going to say, some pretty cool stuff happened.
1:44.7	That's my bold stand here.
1:47.1	Pretty cool stuff happened when Capcom played with Marvel.
1:50.9	Concur.
1:51.9	Hmm. Now, I know all of you played fighting games plenty fighting games but I'm curious
1:56.8	what if anything what what were you doing in the night early 90s as far as
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