Ep. 86: Super Mario World June 29, 2022 Gaming Historian Norm Caruso returns to share The Story of Super Mario World | Gaming Historian: his newest YouTube documentary.…
Ep. 85: Video Game Libraries June 15, 2022 Henry E. Lowood, Curator for History of Science & Technology Collections in the Stanford University Libraries and Co-Editor of ROMchip:…
Ep. 84: The Zeebo June 1, 2022 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 June 1, 2022 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 May 4, 2022 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 April 27, 2022 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 April 20, 2022 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 April 13, 2022 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 April 6, 2022 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 March 30, 2022 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 March 23, 2022 Benj Edwards – journalist, tech historian, and recovering retro computer hoarder – teaches us a little about MS-DOS and QBasic…
Ep. 75: Nintendo Power Reunion March 16, 2022 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 March 9, 2022 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? March 2, 2022 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! February 23, 2022 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! February 16, 2022 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 February 9, 2022 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 February 2, 2022 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 January 26, 2022 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 January 19, 2022 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 January 12, 2022 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 January 5, 2022 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 December 29, 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 December 22, 2021 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. December 15, 2021 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 December 8, 2021 Jacob Salas, of the website Pop History, joins the show to tell us about an ambitious attempt at a Virtual…
Ep. 60: Computer Space December 1, 2021 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 November 24, 2021 Cyberlaw Clinic tech lawyer Kendra Albert and librarian and video game historian Phil Salvador join the show to give us…
Ep. 58: FEMICOM Museum November 17, 2021 Rachel Weil started the FEMICOM Museum to catalogue, celebrate, and remix the history of girl games, girly games, and femme…
Ep. 57: Hit Save! November 10, 2021 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 November 3, 2021 Gaming historian and journalist Damiano Gerli shares the details of how exactly Nintendo marketed itself to the Italian consumer in…
Ep. 55: Pac-Man October 27, 2021 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 October 20, 2021 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 October 13, 2021 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 October 6, 2021 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 September 29, 2021 We’re joined, once again, by Norman Caruso to discuss the history of a unique 1990 Nintendo Entertainment System controller, the…
Ep. 50: Prototypes September 22, 2021 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 September 15, 2021 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! September 8, 2021 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 September 1, 2021 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 August 25, 2021 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 August 18, 2021 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 August 11, 2021 Greetings and welcome to some quality time with Clint Basinger of Lazy Game Reviews, his YouTube channel dedicated to computer…
Ep. 43: Preservation Efforts August 4, 2021 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 July 28, 2021 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) July 21, 2021 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 July 14, 2021 We open up the mailbag and answer some of our listeners’ burning questions! We cover emulation preservation, the definition of…