Retrograde Amnesia: Comprehensive JRPG Retrospective

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360 episodes
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Date created
2019/09/20
Latest episode
2026/04/20
Average duration
61 min.
Release period
7 days

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A chapter by chapter, beat by beat analysis of classic Japanese Roleplaying Games (JRPG). We delve deep into the story, dialogue, game mechanics, music, influences, and themes. We've covered Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Final Fantasy VIII, Suikoden, Suikoden II, Xenosaga Episode I, Final Fantasy Tactics, Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete, and Phantasy Star IV. Yes, we will kill god.

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Phantasy Star IV | E24: I Want to Know About Rick Ross [Gumbious Tower, Guild Quests]
2026/04/20
If you're happy, try everything. Everything we tried to make us happy includes getting close to feet, seeming downhearted, reducing the cost of sleeping, refusing an apology, not wanting to get involved, assaulting a temple with powerful waves of pure hate, owing thanks to a bishop, suppressing Rykros information, receiving a free speedboat from our girlfriend, shipping a three way, embracing happiness, pretending to hate our idiot daughters, spending our youth in prison, and ripping off Sailor Moon. This is no time for niceties. 00:00:00 Becoming A Father 00:02:05 Intro 00:05:05 WORLD TOUR Esper Mansion 00:09:00 WORLD TOUR Jut 00:15:44 WORLD TOUR Motavia 00:17:01 Return to Gumbious Temple 00:27:01 Return to Motavia 00:30:39 Guild Quest: Stain in Life 00:32:28 Exploring Uzo 00:39:11 Jail Girls 00:49:39 Real Net 00:52:38 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E23: This Place is Brains [Garubek Tower]
2026/04/13
Your condition has improved considerably. You're feeling so much better, you can listen to us burning down the forest, making levels out of biology and doors out of guts, failing the reverse aniki maneuver, falling asleep to a bad smell, donning vestments, defending Alien movies, suggesting hunters were fake, admiring large sprites, blowing up a temple, selling an irreplaceable weapon, Lunar'ing the whole world, receiving new facts from an old guy, wearing a favorite hat (without any worry), and saying such unscientific things. Do you want to get whooped again? 00:00:00 Season Nine Is…. 00:03:44 Carnivorous Forest 00:04:52 Garuberk Tower 00:14:11 Dark Force 00:18:36 We Beat The Game 00:24:00 Reshel Redux 00:29:20 WORLD TOUR Raja Temple 00:29:37 WORLD TOUR Ryoun 00:33:07 WORLD TOUR Tyler 00:35:20 WORLD TOUR Zosa 00:37:29 WORLD TOUR Meese 00:46:29 Real Net 00:50:55 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E22: Non-Rascal Variety [Air Castle]
2026/04/06
Why are you reincarnated like that? It's an honest question, and one that can only be answered by begging to steal a torch, absconding with a special zippo to kill a guy, learning of an air castle in asteroid space, taking credit for killing an arch villain, telling a sir he's unsteady, cleansing the unclean, beat matching a sacred rascal, fighting dinosaur head pauldrons, refusing to fear the bomb, using magic the win important battles, coming back from Phantasy Star I, referencing ancient Virtual On forums, and bringing the torch home. What can't be, can't be. 00:00:00 Valueless 00:02:28 Intro 00:03:52 Gumbious Temple Invasion 00:13:03 Gumbious Temple Post Invasion 00:15:35 Spaceport 00:18:58 Air Castle Part I 00:33:43 Air Castle Part II 00:38:08 Lashiec 00:50:06 Returning the Torch 00:52:32 Real Net 00:56:03 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E21: Pope Hatted Out and Whatnot [Jut, Weapon Plant, Gumbious Temple]
2026/03/30
There are things here that I have no clue as to what they are. Help us engage with these strange objects while we're worshipping the flame, putting an anti-blowing string in a hat, looking for lucky finds, acknowledging home invasion, wishing god would kill Chris' house, casually insulting religion, entering the conveyor belt dungeon, spitting out repair kits, merging faith with government, intending to remove a sacred relic, reducing to ashes all that is unclean, doing the complete suite of dew, and yearning for an empowering physical space What is Christ if not a hero from the past? 00:00:00 Pixel Project Radio  00:01:36 Intro 00:03:16 Leaving Esper Mansion 00:04:41 Jut 00:08:01 Jut Houses 00:19:12 Jut Fort Church 00:22:08 Weapon Plant 00:29:14 Gumbious Temple 00:38:22 Real Net  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E20: You Can Suck and Be a Wizard [Esper Mansion]
2026/03/23
What a gentle looking face this statue of a woman has. And what gentle ears you have, listener, to hear us injecting life energy into sick people, confirming midi-chlorians, wearing capes from space, meeting a girl of exceptional courage, sexually harassing the nurse, spawning infinite trees that eat people, meeting another anime space princess, seeking Lutz who is also Noah, improving body and soul, blackening the earth, christening a special boy of destiny, and praying for your safety. Yes, we will make it a hospital. 00:00:00 Our Next Miniseries is… 00:02:23 Intro 00:05:14 Meese Sick House 00:14:46 Raja Falls Ill 00:20:56 Carnivorous Forest 00:31:26 Esper Mansion 00:45:48 Inner Sanctuary 00:56:06 Real Net 01:01:29 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E19: Have Penguins, Have No Problems [Zoza, Climate Center, Meese]
2026/03/16
You shouldn't say such unscientific things. Let us us do it while we're somehow waltzing into another JRPG penguin town, "making improvements" to owls, creaming a guy, turning Chaz into a Hero Leader, buying a penguin follower, leading a breeder's life, slaughtering zombies, hearing word of man-eating trees, meeting Dark Element Lars, debating the relationship between monsters and computer, contracting illness, letting the kids go outside, and converting the inn into hospice. Rest in peace to those spirits who are victims of illness 00:00:00 Next Miniseries 00:02:35 Intro 00:05:26 Zosa 00:13:41 Zosa Houses 00:19:34 Climate Control Center 00:29:31 Reshel 00:30:43 Meese 00:35:13 Meese Houses 00:39:38 Real Net 00:45:30 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E18: When Satan is in the Computer [Kuran]
2026/03/09
My head is out of whack. Solve this neural distress with us as we're growing new hands, making sure vehicles don't get cut, admiring the galaxy map, solving the button mystery, shootin' goop, greeting a treasure chest, putting Satan in the computer, wishing for greater robot lore, pitch-shifting gak, contrasting red and black, failing to fix climate chaos, keeping a special car in space, busting through ice in our new car, speaking with cats, feeling a fond remembrance, and discussing the unparalleled beauty of badminton equipment. I am living a real life version of a life simulator. 00:00:00 Real True Videogaming 00:05:14 Dezolis Spaceport 00:09:23 Kuran 00:18:04 Dark Force 00:29:07 Zelen 00:35:48 Myst Vale 00:43:31 Real Net 00:48:02 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E17: The Androids are Dating While Everyone Else is Hunting Bears [Ryuon and Tyler]
2026/03/02
Two fists is the best situation. But you can also use two ears to hear us speaking with fire, curating creamsicle outerwear, admiring the JRPG snow town, humping a rock, speaking an untranslatable pun, identifying foundational videogame farts, going hard on Tic Tacs, huddling tight on winter nights, looking at this lot with suspicion, buying armor we already have, blowing hats off, thinking of our favorite Tyler, installing a grandfather in every town, respecting father and mother, freebasing Pez, and expecting to see a spaceship buried under the snow grave cave. Trust that body to us.  00:00:00 Coach Dad Update 00:02:47 Intro 00:05:12 Ryuon 00:18:41 Ryoun Houses 00:25:16 Ryoun Bar 00:34:52 Tyler 00:41:09 Tyler Houses 00:50:34 Tyler's Grave 00:52:52 Below the Grave 00:56:41 Real Net 01:03:10 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com    
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Phantasy Star IV | E16: A Flamboyant Landing [Dezolis]
2026/02/23
What a flamboyant landing! Embrace the reentry glitz as we're always feeling like something is wrong, confusing Marvel Chrises, becoming divided over robots wearing cloaks, shorting out, feeling safe with Wren, witnessing a procession of absurdities, destroying an important temple, dragging an old man around with us, taking a "pleasure trip," guarding what's left of this place, summoning the pocket rover, and wondering if you can make soap dirty. How strange, it's raining machines. 00:00:00 Chris Promotes Goat Soap 00:03:07 Intro 00:05:10 Uncomfortable Space 00:08:21 Red Alert 00:12:50 Crash Landing 00:17:06 Dezolis - Temple of Raja 00:31:10 Dezolis World Map 00:38:24 Real Net 00:46:10 Outro  Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E15: Absolute Unit [Zelan]
2026/02/16
Thank goodness you've revived. Now you can listen to us raising a spaceport out of the sand, losing another party member, investigating the dorms, caring for another's child, running out in a tab, remaining an influencer, sorting out the estranged families, falling into crack, slaying ooze, going to SPACE, looking at space, curing the problem, denying weather control, revealing a second teacher, extending the problem we cured, meeting up offline, and digesting gas station pills. Perhaps he was talking about the end of himself. 00:00:00 Bad Break Up 00:01:46 Intro 00:03:10 A Spaceport 00:05:35 Missing Student (Guild Quest) 00:09:29 Kadary Revisited 00:21:49 Fissure of Fear (Guild Quest) 00:29:47 Spaceport 00:32:55 Zelen 00:43:54 Real Net 00:45:29 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E14: Anime Shadow Sadness [Nurvus]
2026/02/09
Everyone's mothers are congregating and looking sad. They're listening in as we're investigating a deadly premonition, becoming an honorable adult, withholding emotions through dark eyes, innovating narrative pain and agony through manga panels, revealing a dark backstory, checking Rune's stats, encouraging Hahn to leave, recalling videogame graves, getting inside the nucleus, making sure a robot carries the gun, doth seeking the power, assuming the battle was death-rigged, using weapons as items, putting a robot into the computer, and telecommuting with a guy in space. From now on, you have to carve out your own destiny, by yourself. 00:00:00 Seven Hour Sonic Adventure Podcast 00:02:12 Intro 00:04:44 Her Last Breath 00:14:07 Post Mortem 00:20:01 Krup: The Next Day 00:24:58 Saya's Schoolhouse 00:31:46 Return to Zio's Fort 00:38:56 Zio 00:46:58 Aftermath 00:52:54 Real Net 00:57:40 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E13: The Person of Lordly Caliber [Plate System & Ladea Tower]
2026/02/02
I can smell the urge to fight in you. With such pungency, you're aiding us in contracting pink eye, wasting MP on a robot, naming a kid "gunner," fearing the mono-eye robot, adapting weird machine parts for androids, refusing to look at naked robot, watching Gryz express facial emotion, worshipping a heroine of yore, aggressively referencing Phantasy Star I, locating the depraved daughter, putting our feelings in metal, rapidly blinking eyes, dying recovered, eliminating another jobber, and fearing her last breath. Put your adversary down by force. 00:00:00 Bubblegum 00:02:23 Intro 00:04:52 World Mappers 00:06:10 Plate System 00:21:00 Termi 00:27:05 Termi Houses 00:31:10 Laeda Tower 00:39:08 GyLaguiah 00:44:59 Real Net 00:49:32 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E12: New Lore Opportunities [Land Rover & Monsen]
2026/01/26
Do you like this kind of treatment? Audio injections of us imagining what Krup "tastes like," saying mighty cheeky things, emerging from the ground, freely restoring HP/MP, worrying about Dark Force, keeping a car in our pocket, fighting things with the car, looking all over the world for a fat dog, locating the secret bakery, dealing with earthquake surge pricing, recalling 9/12/2001, learning more about sinkholes, enshrining a heroine of yore, realizing this guy has a cuck chair, stealing joy from children, and refusing to buy into the immersion. Would this constitute some kind of clue? 00:00:00 Caught in the Act 00:02:04 Intro 00:05:17 Krup 00:09:48 Machine Center 00:14:16 Land Rover 00:20:25 Tinkerbell's Dog 00:28:19 Monsen 00:40:04 Monsen Houses 00:50:42 Real Net 00:59:19 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E11: God is Computer [Zio's Fort]
2026/01/19
Only after destruction can we create a new world. Become reborn with us as we're playing in the cave in the church, living in idleness, filling pauldrons with puss, walking the red carpet, falling through a hole, obliterating a jobber, mistaking knees for ass, pulling more characters out of Bubblegum Crisis, showcasing medical power, taking a look at our own evil selves, confronting Zio, losing a rigged battle, applying healing magic that doesn't work, manifesting a car, and wondering if Phantasy Star IV invented primary protagonist incapacitation. School work is so stupid. 00:00:00 Robots In Disguise In Disguise 00:02:04 Intro 00:03:46 Kadary Church 00:12:39 Zio's Fort 00:19:18 Juza 00:21:45 Demi 00:27:35 It's Zio! 00:38:42 Krup Regroup 00:52:19 Real Net 00:57:08 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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Phantasy Star IV | E10: Cave or Lost Civilization [Guild Hall, Wreckage, Kadary]
2026/01/12
Do not run on the floor. Instead, run your ears on observing infinite lives, hearing about the troops, declining a free drink, enriching lives, rendering pixel ass, making sure they're bug ladies and not bunny ladies, splitting the cave-computer binary, tying into Phantasy Star III, decaying orbit, merging two guys into one guy, rejecting the M.E.T.A. meta, becoming annoyed at the cultists, uniting christ with computer, and blacking out at either snake church or tongue church. Purge the souls of the fools. 00:00:00 Coach Dad 1-0 00:02:23 Intro / Mechanical Man 00:05:41 Hunter's Guild 00:15:09 Hunter's Guild Back Room 00:18:43 The Ranch Owner 00:22:05 Wreckage 00:34:08 Passageway 00:39:56 Kadary 00:49:46 Kadary Buildings 00:58:04 Real Net 01:03:45 Outro Patreon: patreon.com/retroam Bluesky: @retrogradeamnesia.bsky.social YouTube: www.youtube.com/@RetrogradeAmnesia E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.retrogradeamnesia.com  
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5 out of 5
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Becccoid 2026/01/26
Hit them with the dots… 🤣
…. Not! Chris and Eric are hilarious without being obnoxious. Their humor is intelligent and grounded in ultra-gamer-nerd stuff that elder millennial...
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SIumlord 2024/05/27
One of the best out there
If you love Retrospective type podcast this is one of the best out there. They pick great games and take their time going through them. Just the perfe...
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laser canon death sentance 2024/01/23
What a gem
Discovered these guys when I was searching up stuff on Xenosaga (their current season), and saw a back catalog of amazing games. Started with ff8 and ...
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shinaramusha 2023/12/15
I LOVE this Podcast
I only give it four stars because there are episodes that have some editing issues that made me wonder if I was stroking out.
alinktreetothepast 2023/10/19
Witty, smart, and highly detailed
Chris and Eric rock. They play off each other super well, it’s like hanging out with a couple guys with a bottle of whiskey and even though you never ...
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David Dragoon 2023/06/22
Fake Net is this a great podcast? Yes
I am a fan of this great RPG podcast that mixes old games with new in a format thats diferent from others. They cover games that are popular to ones f...
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pattiebilbs 2023/01/05
Listen to this
Eric and Chris are great, they really put a lot of effort into making an enjoyable podcast.
marcD77 2022/11/10
Amazing
Xenogears is the best game ever and I’m so glad I stumbled on this podcast. Incredible dissection of my favorite game!
Dr Brewington 2022/05/30
All hail our new AI overlord
I would both d*e and ki*l for the FakeNet lol great show yall!
C-dOggy123 2022/03/21
Funny and Full of Personality
It’s a joy to listen to Eric and Chris dissect some of my favorite JRPGs and even the ones I haven’t played they paint a colorful and hilarious pictur...
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