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Episide 674: The Years-in-Review Revue (1975 & ’85)
🕑 Added 2025-02-24 12:00:10 +0000 UTCJeremy: Well, you know how we do. It's a new year (well, new-ish at this point), and that means we take the time to look back across the decades to 30, 40, perhaps even 50 years ago to see what the world of gaming (and the world in general) was like back then. This is a Retronauts East joint, such as Retronauts East exists these days now that all the regulars have been scattered to the winds of other places and, in many cases, conflicting full-time employment. This time around, we take on 1975 and the console gaming releases of 1985. This of course means that there is at least one more of these in the pipeline! As always!!
Note that we recorded this episode five weeks ago, on January 20th, not really knowing how the coming month would play out. So there are some parts that have not aged well... like the sidebar on how much aviation safety has improved from the tempestuous days of the ’80s. Sorry about that. We talk about the past here and make no promises about our ability to predict the future....
Edits by Greg Leahy, art by John Pading.
12:36 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975 Film OST): The Time Warp
25:47 - Pink Floyd: "Welcome to the Machine"
35:37 - The Velvet Underground: "What Goes On"
45:18 - Paul Chihara: "Death Fugue" (from Death Race 2000)
55:23 - Patti Smith: "Redondo Beach"
1:09:30 - Huey Lewis and the News: "The Power of Love"
1:21:23 - Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985 Film OST): Helicopter Fight
1:30:17 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Battlefield
1:39:23 - Wrecking Crew: Stage BGM (Power Up)
1:52:40 - Rocky IV (1985 Film OST): Drago Suite
2:02:35 - Phil Collins: "Take Me Home"
Closing - U.S.A. for Africa: "We Are the World"
Comments
Andrew Webb
Hey I was born in 1975 too. Granted I was around for the last month and a week of that year. But I’ve been around for 50 years as well.
Michael and Titania Skidmore-Malone
Well Jeremy if february is anything to go by you jynxed us with your "air travel was less safe in 1985" and "we will see if that continues in this era of deregulation" sidebar. Ok not really we were f'ed whether you said that or not.
littleterr0r
Also, I love Rygar as well so on episode on that too please.
littleterr0r
As someone who recently completed Deadly Towers for the first time, I can't wait for the Retronauts episode on that one.
Craig
I love these episodes so much. Shout out to Mr. Vagina Bones, everyone’s favorite Sega Saturn exclusive.
frankie coleman
I learned Abstruse today!
