The Video Game History Hour

  • Ep. 86: Super Mario World
    Gaming Historian Norm Caruso returns to share The Story of Super Mario World | Gaming Historian: his newest YouTube documentary.…
  • Ep. 85: Video Game Libraries
    Henry E. Lowood, Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections in the Stanford University Libraries and Co-Editor of ROMchip:…
  • Ep. 84: The Zeebo
    Derek Alexander and Cassidy recently collaborated on Zeebo: Brazil’s Bizarre Delisted Console | Past Mortem [SSFF], a mini documentary on…
  • Ep. 83: Mario Artist Paint Studio
    Returning guest Jack Yarwood recently wrote about this Mario Paint sequel in his article How a British Developer Made a…
  • Ep. 82: MOTHER 3 for Nintendo 64
    Jonathan piqued the interest of our co-hosts with his recent video EarthBound 64/MOTHER 3 N64 Spaceworld ‘99 breakdown/analysis, a detailed…
  • Ep. 81: Ghosts ‘N Goblins… ’N Ghouls… ’N Demons
    Chris Baines shares his recently published documentary, The History of Ghosts ‘n Goblins (and Makaimura 魔界村) – Full Series Retrospective…
  • Ep. 80: The Strong National Museum of Play
    Jon-Paul Dyson, the Director of the International Center for the History of Electronic Games at The Strong, where he is…
  • Ep. 79: Nintendo’s Page Boy
    Gaming historian Liam Robertson returns as almost a sequel to Ep. 16 to share how Nintendo’s Page Boy was almost…
  • Ep. 78: Fan Culture Through Final Fantasy V
    Author Chris Kohler explores the evolution of niche fan culture from analog to digital through stories from his book Final…
  • Ep. 77: A Life of Game Design: Noah Falstein
    Veteran game designer Noah Falstein looks back on his 42 year long, and counting, career and reflects on the evolution…
  • Ep. 76: C:\>QBASIC /run GORILLA.BAS
    Benj Edwards – journalist, tech historian, and recovering retro computer hoarder – teaches us a little about MS-DOS and QBasic…
  • Ep. 75: Nintendo Power Reunion
    A couple months ago we hosted a ticketed event as a fundraiser we called Nintendo Power Reunion – Stories from…
  • Ep. 74: Pokémon’s Translator: Nob Ogasawara
    Translator, localizer, and writer Nob Ogasawara shares highlights of his career working with the Pokémon franchise and at EGM. He…
  • Ep. 73: What is Source Code?
    Dimitris Giannakis, well-known for creating excellent videos on the technical aspect of video game preservation, explains. Luckily, he wears a…
  • Ep. 72: Happy 5th Birthday!
    Join us in our celebration of the Video Game History Foundation’s 5th birthday! Let’s take a ride through history as…
  • Ep. 71: Meet Our New Library Director!
    Phil Salvador – video game historian and librarian – has not only joined the Video Game History Foundation as its…
  • Ep. 70: Perfect Dark: Spiritual Sequel to GoldenEye 007
    Our guest this week, Yahel Velazquez from the Patreon funded YouTube channel Wrestling With Gaming, caught our eye with his…
  • Ep. 69: The Simpsons: Road Rage
    Author and oral historian Brian VanHooker recently caught our attention with his very appropriately titled article, An Oral History of…
  • Ep. 68: Fairchild Channel F
    Video game historian and documentarian Kevin Bunch is here to talk about the Fairchild Channel F: the greatest game console…
  • Ep. 67: NES Light Guns
    Gaming Historian and friend of the show, Norm Caruso, joins us to expand on his recent video The Ultimate Guide…
  • Ep. 66: The Grand Theft Auto Evolution
    Danny O’Dwyer of Noclip is here to talk about the latest episode in their Greatest Hits series, The History of…
  • Ep. 65: Preservation: Institutional vs. Non
    Andrew Borman, Digital Games Curator at The Strong National Museum of Play, joins us to discuss the roles, benefits, limitations,…
  • Ep. 64: Q&A and Closing Out 2021
    It’s time, once again, to answer your burning questions! But first, a big thank you to all our listeners, supporters,…
  • Ep. 63: Magazine Preservation
    Dustin Hubbard (Hubz), founder of Gaming Alexandria, and Robert Reeves (Phillyman), founder of Retromags, join hosts Frank and Kelsey in…
  • Ep. 62: Super Smash Bros.
    PushDustIn, aka Will, takes us on a journey through the past of Super Smash Bros. (read: Brothers). Sparing us only…
  • Ep. 61: Disney’s Virtual Magic Kingdom
    Jacob Salas, of the website Pop History, joins the show to tell us about an ambitious attempt at a Virtual…
  • Ep. 60: Computer Space
    Alex Smith returns to the show, this time to talk about Computer Space: a 1971 arcade game often considered the…
  • Ep. 59: DMCA Exemption Ruling
    Cyberlaw Clinic tech lawyer Kendra Albert and librarian and video game historian Phil Salvador join the show to give us…
  • Ep. 58: FEMICOM Museum
    Rachel Weil started the FEMICOM Museum to catalogue, celebrate, and remix the history of girl games, girly games, and femme…
  • Ep. 57: Hit Save!
    Executive Director of Hit Save!, Jonas Rosland, joins us to showcase some of the amazing work this fellow 501(c)(3) non-profit…
  • Ep. 56: Nintendo in Italy
    Gaming historian and journalist Damiano Gerli shares the details of how exactly Nintendo marketed itself to the Italian consumer in…
  • Ep. 55: Pac-Man
    Author Tim Lapetino joins us to discuss his new book, Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon. After so many years, why…
  • Ep. 54: Kaizo Mario
    GlitchCat7, competitive gamer/ROM hacker/full time streamer/Kaizo Mario historian of record, joins us to discuss his extensive blog post, The Complete…
  • Ep. 53: X-Rated Atari Games
    Historian and documentarian Kate Willaert returns to the show, this time to discuss her recent article on “adult” games made…
  • Ep. 52: Star Fox Command
    John Rairdin of Nintendo World Report joins us to discuss his ambitious documentary The History and Development of Star Fox…
  • Ep. 51: U-Force – For Experienced Players Only
    We’re joined, once again, by Norman Caruso to discuss the history of a unique 1990 Nintendo Entertainment System controller, the…
  • Ep. 50: Prototypes
    To celebrate the Video Game History Hour’s 50th episode we’ve invited friend of the show, Chris Kohler, to join a…
  • Ep. 49: LucasArts’ The Dig Dug Its Own Grave
    Jimmy Maher, creator of The Digital Antiquarian, returns to the show to discuss his article on The Dig, a LucasArts…
  • Ep. 48: 3, 2, 1…Dreamcast Launch!
    Tomorrow marks the 22 year anniversary of the Dreamcast’s North American launch back on 9/9/99. To celebrate, we’re joined by…
  • Ep. 47: Final Break and David L. Craddock
    In our final week of our three week hiatus, we’re going back to a conversation we had with David L.…
  • Ep. 46: Continued Break and Alex Smith
    We’re continuing our brief hiatus, but this week we’re sharing a little after-show chat we had with Alex Smith talking…
  • Ep. 45: Short Break & Bonus Content with Ben Hanson
    The podcast is going to take a brief hiatus for a few weeks in order to better focus on projects…
  • Ep. 44: LGR on Unreal Tournament
    Greetings and welcome to some quality time with Clint Basinger of Lazy Game Reviews, his YouTube channel dedicated to computer…
  • Ep. 43: Preservation Efforts
    A behind the scenes look at one of our recent home preservation efforts. Sometimes we get the call from someone…
  • Ep. 42: Neo Geo, Worth Its Weight in Gold
    Martin Robinson of Eurogamer brings us the history of the Neo Geo, an interesting console of its time owned by…
  • Ep. 41: Exploring Stellar Track (Star Trek)
    Once again, we’re joined by Kevin Bunch of Atari Archive, this time to talk about his 50th episode of said…
  • Ep. 40: That’s 2021 Halfway, So Now It’s Time for Q&A
    We open up the mailbag and answer some of our listeners’ burning questions! We cover emulation preservation, the definition of…