meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Retronauts

Retronauts Episode 464: Mega Man Zero

Retronauts

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Video Games, Games

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 84 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The early aughts were all about 3D games on consoles, but the humble 2D platformer didn't vanish: it merely migrated, and 2002 gave us Mega Man Zero. Stuart Gipp and Brian "Protodude" Austrian dissect this action classic and lament its bananas difficulty.

Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the show to enjoy ad-free early access, better audio quality, and great exclusive content. Learn more at http://www.patreon.com/retronauts

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

You're listening to RetroNots a part of the HyperX Podcast Network.

0:04.4

Find us and more great shows like us at podcast.hyperx.com.

0:10.7

This week on RetroNots, I know perfectly well what I'm fighting for.

0:39.0

Are

1:02.5

take that as a cue. Sure, Jeff. Nice to be here all the same.

1:06.8

And Brian, you actually run, well, I know you best as

1:10.1

proto dude, you run a rock band corner, which is a mega man blog. How do you

1:15.9

describe it like, you know, a mega man news blog, mega man, everything blog?

1:20.3

Gosh, whenever I want to call it a news blog, there's always something that's not news.

1:24.8

I get to talk about it on there.

1:25.9

I would say it's like an all things mega man blog, been doing it for the past 14 years, mostly a

1:33.9

one man operation. But I guess like as you get older, you get more people coming in to help you out.

1:40.6

Yeah, yeah. As you get older, you kind of need that help to kind of help your preky old bones. But

1:46.7

Jesus Christ, 14 years, like I feel like I've known you for a long time. Of course, I have, but

1:51.8

even so, it's like to me, you come from the middle of a mega man career, like I started so long ago

1:57.6

that I just, I don't want to call you a young child because it certainly aren't, but yeah, I'm

2:03.0

an ancient, you're an ancient Royal ancient. What about you Stewart? Are you an ancient?

2:06.6

I guess so. I'm not really sure. I mean, I played mega man one on the any aspect when it was

2:11.5

like relatively new. Does that count? I don't know. I didn't get to play any more mega man until I

2:17.7

had, I think, a PC capable of emulating it. So that was a long after that. You didn't play that

2:23.9

awesome mega man three, dox game or mega man dox game? No, we didn't. I mean, over here in the UK,

2:29.2

I don't think he was as big a deal as he was in the US. And I didn't have an NES. I didn't have

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Retronauts, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Retronauts and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.