Épisodes

  • PLAY RETRO 196: Star Wars: Dark Forces

    PLAY RETRO 196: Star Wars: Dark Forces
    Dec 11 2025
    A First-person shooter developed by LucasArts for MS-DOS using an in-house game engine. Introduces mercenary Kyle Katarn and the Imperial Dark Trooper project. Features mission-based FPS gameplay, environmental objectives, vertical level design using the Jedi Engine, and an arsenal of Star Wars weapons. Later ported to Macintosh and PlayStation.

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    1 h et 22 min
  • PLAY RETRO 195: StarCraft & Broodwar

    PLAY RETRO 195: StarCraft & Broodwar
    Dec 4 2025
    Blizzard Entertainment’s real-time strategy game featuring three fully asymmetric factions: Terran, Zerg, and Protoss. Built around resource management, base construction, unit control, and a branching story told through three linked campaigns. Released for Windows and Mac OS. Expanded the same year with the official StarCraft: Brood War expansion and two licensed mission packs, Insurrection and Retribution.

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    1 h et 46 min
  • PLAY RETRO 194: Beyond Good and Evil

    PLAY RETRO 194: Beyond Good and Evil
    Nov 27 2025
    2003 Action-adventure from Ubisoft Montpellier combining stealth, melee combat, hovercraft exploration, and a photography-based investigation system. You play as Jade, a photojournalist uncovering a conspiracy on Hillys involving the DomZ and the Alpha Sections. Released on PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Windows.

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    1 h et 36 min
  • PLAY RETRO 193: Harvest Moon

    PLAY RETRO 193: Harvest Moon
    Nov 20 2025
    Taking our favorite retro Harvest Moon games on the road with our GameBoys for some cozy gameplay while riding in the backseat of the family car. With a look back at the console games that made it possible. Harvest Moon for the SNES and HARVEST MOON: BACK TO NATURE for the PS1 and their portable little siblings.

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    1 h et 34 min
  • PLAY RETRO 192: Max Payne

    PLAY RETRO 192: Max Payne
    Nov 13 2025
    Max Payne (2001) and Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) — Remedy Entertainment’s third-person neo-noir shooters that introduced bullet-time gunplay, graphic-novel storytelling, and hard-boiled narration to the early-2000s gaming landscape.

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    1 h et 12 min
  • PLAY RETRO 191: Halo: Combat Evolved

    PLAY RETRO 191: Halo: Combat Evolved
    Nov 6 2025
    Halo: Combat Evolved (2001, Xbox / 2003, PC). A first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios as the flagship launch title for the original Xbox. Its combination of open-ended combat, vehicles, and science-fiction storytelling helped define console FPS design for the following decade.

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    1 h et 31 min
  • PLAY RETRO 190: KISS: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child

    PLAY RETRO 190: KISS: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
    Oct 30 2025
    A first-person shooter developed by Third Law Interactive and published by Gathering of Developers, based loosely on Todd McFarlane’s comic series. Players assume the role of circus performers empowered by the four KISS personas to prevent the birth of a supernatural being known as the Nightmare Child.

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    1 h et 31 min
  • PLAY RETRO 189: The 16bit Scooby Doo Games!

    PLAY RETRO 189: The 16bit Scooby Doo Games!
    Oct 22 2025
    Scooby-Doo Mystery (1995) for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Both titles shared the same name but were completely different games developed by separate studios: Illusions Gaming Company and Argonaut Software. The Genesis version took a point-and-click adventure approach with investigation and dialogue mechanics, while the SNES version played as a platforming mystery with clue collection and a fear meter system.

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    1 h et 9 min