Retronauts Episode 91: Retronauts East - SEGA's golden arcade era, pt. 1

Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2017

⏱️ 126 minutes

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Summary

Ben Elgin and Benj Edwards reconvene with Jeremy to explore the first half of SEGA's arcade output. Like the games we're discussing, the episode starts off a bit shaky, but everything is awesome by 1985. Pengo! Zaxxon! Space Harrier! Hang On! And more!

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0:00.0	This weekend, RetroNots.
0:01.4	Say-a-a-a.
0:25.7	Wow, that sounded just like the real thing.
0:27.5	Just like the arcades.
0:29.2	Just like the really poorly sampled,
0:32.5	just a single master's-system version of that.
0:35.2	Anyway, hi everyone.
0:36.5	Welcome to the delightful second episode of RetroNots East.
0:40.6	I am your host, Jeremy Parish,
0:42.9	and with me this week, as last time we have...
0:46.2	Ben Jedwards.
0:47.8	Who is what?
0:48.8	A person who writes about video game history.
0:50.8	That's so specific.
0:52.0	Yeah, thank you for that.
0:53.3	BenJedwards.com.
0:55.6	And also...
0:56.9	Ben Elgin.
0:58.8	An old guy who played video games and has a master's in computer science.
1:02.6	Sure.
1:03.6	That's exciting.
1:04.6	Okay.
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