{"podcast":{"title":"Play Retro Show","slug":"play-retro-show-4624804","podcast_index_feed_id":4624804,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f","website_url":"http://frogpants.com/playretro","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f/1695849151473-19fc972d701fa82f5c780dbd47664755.jpeg","author":"Scott Johnson","episode_count":227,"summary":"Scott Johnson and Brian Dunaway talk about retro video games! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T12:20:34.666634+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804"},"episode":{"title":"PLAY RETRO 216: Rastan","slug":"play-retro-216-rastan","published_at":"2026-04-30T00:55:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804/play-retro-216-rastan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804","url":"https://shows.acast.com/play-retro-show/episodes/play-retro-216-rastan","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6500f7e38c35840011fa822f/e/69f2a888c5dd1a17171429b8/media.mp3","summary":"Taito’s Rastan (1987) brought sword-and-sorcery fantasy to the arcade with giant monsters, brutal platforming, and a barbarian hero straight out of a Conan paperback. We follow that path through Nastar (1989), released in Japan as Rastan Saga II, and briefly look at Warrior Blade, the rare triple-screen arcade finale that closed out the series in oversized style. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Taito’s Rastan (1987) brought sword-and-sorcery fantasy to the arcade with giant monsters, brutal platforming, and a barbarian hero straight out of a Cona…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4104,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/play-retro-show-4624804/episodes/play-retro-216-rastan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/play-retro-show-4624804/play-retro-216-rastan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}