Remember The Game? #382 - ActRaiser

Remember The Game? #382 - ActRaiser

Author: Adam Blank July 29, 2026 Duration: 1:34:05
Are you on social media? Of course you are. So follow us! Twitter: @MemberTheGameInstagram: @MemberTheGameTwitch.tv/MemberTheGameYoutube.com/RememberTheGameFacebook.com/RememberTheGamePodcastTikTok.com/@MemberTheGameAnd if you want access to hundreds of bonus (ad-free) podcasts, along with multiple new shows EVERY WEEK, consider showing us some love over at Patreon. Subscriptions start at just $3/month, and 5% of our patreon income every month will be donated to our 24 hour Extra-Life charity stream at the end of the year!Patreon.com/RememberTheGameAnd you can check out Captain N's Retrotopia Podcast here:https://retrotopiapodcast.podbean.com/In May we hosted the inaugural RTG Royal Rumpoll. 30 games entered, 1 survived, and Actraiser was that 1. I've always considered this the biggest gap in my SNES resume, and now that I've rolled credits, you can consider said gap filled. If you haven't played it, Actraiser is 50% action platformer, 50% city-builder. You play as a God(ish) person, vanquishing monsters and rebuilding civilizations. This game often pops up on greatest SNES game of all-time lists and while I think it's a little archaic, for an early SNES title it's shockingly good.Captain N of the Retrotopia podcast joins me this week to talk city building and monster slaying, but unlike our last episode talking about this stuff (Dark Cloud, episode 251), Angry Adam doesn't show up this time around.And before we rebuild civilization, I put together another edition of the Infamous Intro!This week someone asks I think subscription services are still the future of gaming. Will the PS6 and next Xbox cling on to the previous generation like the PS5/Series X did? And will I ever play Crimson Desert??Plus we play another round of 'Play One, Remake One, Erase One', too! This one features 3 of the holes in my SNES resume: Sunset Riders, Terranigma, and Illusion of Gaia. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Comedian Adam Blank invites you to pull up a chair for Remember The Game? Retro Gaming Podcast. This isn't a dry recap of release dates or technical specs. Instead, each episode feels like cracking open a time capsule with a friend. Adam and a guest choose one title from their past-a cartridge they rented a dozen times or a disc that defined a summer-and just talk about it. The conversation meanders through personal memories, the sheer joy of discovering a hidden level, the frustration of a cheap boss fight, and the unmistakable music that’s still stuck in their heads decades later. You’ll hear the laughter and camaraderie that comes from shared, albeit sometimes very specific, experiences. The goal of this podcast is to capture that specific feeling of being a kid again, trading secrets by the lockers or arguing about which game was truly the best. It’s less about critique and more about connection, built on a foundation of pixels and nostalgia. Tune in for a warmly familiar, often hilarious chat that celebrates the games that shaped us, one deeply personal and wonderfully digressive story at a time.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

Remember The Game? Retro Gaming Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Remember The Game? #353 - Alan Wake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:42:03
It's our final "scary" episode for October, and we're wrapping the month up with a horror game I've been jonesing to play for years: Alan Wake. I've heard it described as playing a Stephen King novel, and I couldn't agre…
Remember The Game? #352 - Resident Evil Remake [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:39:31
There aren't many games I've been hounded to review on RTG more than Resident Evil Remake, so on a recent flight I decided to fire it up on my Switch and see what all the hype is about. I couldn't put it down and now I g…
Remember The Game? #351 - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:57
I've turned into a pretty big Resident Evil fan since starting RTG, but the third game has never tickled my pickle. Nemesis is awesome, but the gameplay gets under my skin and just sets 3 up to be the weakest of the tril…
Remember The Game? #350 - Grand Theft Auto V [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:12:48
I like to save big games for every 50th episode, and they don't come much bigger than Grand Theft Auto V. I FINALY played this one for the first time and damned if it isn't the most impressive video game I've ever played…
Remember The Game? #349 - Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:43:58
It took over 7 years to cover a Fire Emblem game on the show, which is unacceptable. But for those of you that have been waiting patiently for a FE episode, I think the wait was worth it, because I love this series and I…
Remember The Game? #348 - Final Fantasy IV (Part II) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:54:31
While I'm a picky eater when it comes to JRPGs, I'll never forget my first - Final Fantasy IV (FF2 on the SNES). I recently played the Pixel Remaster version for the first time, so I wanted to give Cecil and friends anot…
Remember The Game? #347 - ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:36:54
ToeJam & Earl is one of my favourite Genesis games. I've had many people tell me that the sequel is a completely different game from the first, but that didn't stop me from wanting to give it a shot.
Expansion Pass #111 - Ranking The Simpsons Video Games [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:00
It's a bye week here at RTG, but to make sure you get your fix of my store-bought haircut and excellent posture, I'm raiding our Patreon archives this week and tossing my Simpsons video game ranking podcast up on the fre…