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Retronauts Micro 046: 8-Bit Superhero Sampler - Superman and The Uncanny X-Men

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Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... some guy riding the subway! On this episode of Retronauts Micro, join Bob Mackey, Chris Antista, Henry Gilbert, and special guest Chris Baker as the crew dissects two of the earliest (and worst) superhero games the NES has to offer: Superman and The Uncanny X-Men. Be sure to visit our blog at Retronauts.com, and check out our partner site, USgamer, for more great stuff. And if you'd like to send a few bucks our way, head on over to our Patreon page!

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0:00.0

Hello everybody, this is Bob Mackie, your host for this episode of Retrinauts Micro,

0:12.2

and I'm here to give a little preamble that is thankfully not a disclaimer this time.

0:16.6

I just want to fill you in on what this episode is about.

0:19.0

So anyhow, I recently asked the great Chris Baker to come in and talk about his ultimate

0:24.7

prevailing speciality, and that is superheroes.

0:27.4

He's swayed on marble stuff, used to work for Marvel, and now works for gazillion, and

0:31.2

he is the perfect guy to talk to if you're talking about superheroes aside from our friend

0:34.8

Henry Gilbert.

0:35.8

Anyhow, I intended for him to come in originally to talk about 8 bit superhero games, and he

0:39.8

did exactly that, but I assumed it would only take about 20 minutes of his time.

0:44.4

In fact, it took over an hour of his time, and instead of just making this one micro,

0:48.8

I'm going to split it in half like King Solomon, but with all the baby murder, and I'm just

0:53.2

going to make this two different micro episodes that'll each be a little over half an hour.

0:57.2

Now, I know you probably want to hear this as one episode, but I am in need of micro contents,

1:02.7

and this is perfect, and if you don't like it, well, I'm sorry, but normally a micro

1:07.1

episode should be around 10 minutes, that was the plan, and these are much, much, much

1:10.8

much longer than that.

1:12.0

So I'm hoping that you will be understanding and enjoy this conversation I'm just splitting

1:16.2

in half neatly as neat as I can.

1:19.1

And if you stick around past the credits, I've got a great surprise for you that's a little

1:22.2

fun, and I think is something that you'll smile at.

1:24.9

So please enjoy this episode, and thanks again to Chris Baker for coming out to the Laser

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