Video Game History Hour
Industry experts Frank Cifaldi and Kelsey Lewin, co-Directors of the Video Game History Foundation, bring on fellow content creators, game developers, video game historians, and storytellers to teach us a little bit about video game history. Our casual, “chatting over coffee” style interviews let us see the true life of a researcher: bang-your-head-against-a-wall dead-ends, “I can’t believe no one’s told this story before” moments, the thrill of sharing incredible history with the world, and more. Pull up a chair and join us!Podcasts
The Future of the Show
Published: Oct. 11, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 14 minutes 33 seconds
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Ep. 119: Karateka
Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 7:16 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 32 seconds
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Ep. 118: Noclip Game History Archive
Published: Sept. 13, 2023, 10 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 117: Nintendo Knitting Machine
Published: Aug. 30, 2023, 6:49 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 15 seconds
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Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game
Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 115 - Travis Brown
Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 8:16 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 39 seconds
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Ep. 114: The Strongs Expansion
Published: July 19, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 53 seconds
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Bonus Episode: Game Availability Study
Published: July 10, 2023, 6:08 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 113: Bally Professional Arcade
Published: July 5, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 24 seconds
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Ep. 112: Getting Personal with Frank Cifaldi
Published: June 21, 2023, 7:16 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 111: The World of Nintendo Book
Published: June 7, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 110: Minesweeper
Published: May 24, 2023, 8:14 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 109: Video Game Logos
Published: May 10, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 3 seconds
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Bonus Episode: Game Preservation is a House of Cards
Published: May 3, 2023, 10:14 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 108: Preserving the Nintendo eShop
Published: April 26, 2023, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 15 seconds
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Ep. 107: Planning for Death
Published: April 7, 2023, 6:08 a.m.Duration: 59 minutes 59 seconds
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Ep. 106: Budcat Creations
Published: March 22, 2023, 8:44 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes
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Ep. 105: The D.I.C.E. Summit
Published: March 8, 2023, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 42 seconds
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Ep. 104: Where in North Dakota is Carmen Sandiego?
Published: Feb. 23, 2023, 7:40 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 35 seconds
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Ep. 103: The Legend of Zelda Cartoon
Published: Feb. 8, 2023, 8:16 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 102: Preservation: How Do I Start?
Published: Jan. 25, 2023, 10:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds
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Ep. 101: Super Mario Kart
Published: Jan. 11, 2023, 9:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 100: CELEBRATE!
Published: Dec. 29, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 99: 9/9/99 - Launching the Dreamcast (Again)
Published: Dec. 21, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 98: The Sacred Pools
Published: Dec. 14, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 97: Club Penguin
Published: Nov. 30, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 27 seconds
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We Need Your Memories!
Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds
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Ep. 96: Margot Comstock - The Glue of the Early Apple II Era
Published: Nov. 16, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 26 seconds
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Ep. 95: PRGE 2022 Post-Mortem (Dont worry, its very alive!)
Published: Nov. 2, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 2 seconds
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Ep. 94: Magnavox: The Great Voice
Published: Oct. 19, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 55 seconds
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Ep. 93: Street Fighter II: Whats in a Name?
Published: Oct. 5, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 21 seconds
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Ep. 92: SharkWire Online
Published: Sept. 21, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep. 91: Life Before Final Fantasy VII
Published: Sept. 7, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 90: Colossal Cave Adventure with Roberta Williams
Published: Aug. 24, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 23 seconds
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Ep. 89: Why Toonstruck Struck Out
Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 50 seconds
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Ep. 88: Intellivision Launch
Published: July 27, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 87: P.R.E.S.T.A.V.B.A: Text-Based Resistance
Published: July 13, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 1 second
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Ep. 86: Super Mario World
Published: June 29, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 28 seconds
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Ep. 85: Video Game Libraries
Published: June 15, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 41 seconds
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Ep. 84: The Zeebo
Published: June 1, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 23 seconds
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Ep. 83: Mario Artist Paint Studio
Published: May 18, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 50 seconds
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Fewer, Better, Super, Stronger
Published: May 13, 2022, 9:17 p.m.Duration: 2 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 82: MOTHER 3 for Nintendo 64
Published: May 4, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 28 seconds
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Ep. 81: Ghosts N Goblins... N Ghouls... N Demons
Published: April 27, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 26 seconds
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Ep. 80: The Strong National Museum of Play
Published: April 20, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 79: Nintendos Page Boy
Published: April 13, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 44 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 78: Fan Culture Through Final Fantasy V
Published: April 6, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 77: A Life of Game Design: Noah Falstein
Published: March 30, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 76: C:\>QBASIC /run GORILLA.BAS
Published: March 23, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 49 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 75: Nintendo Power Reunion
Published: March 16, 2022, 7 a.m.Duration: 2 hours 25 minutes 36 seconds
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Ep. 74: Pokemons Translator: Nob Ogasawara
Published: March 9, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep. 73: What is Source Code?
Published: March 2, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 22 seconds
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Ep. 72: Happy 5th Birthday!
Published: Feb. 23, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep. 71: Meet Our New Library Director!
Published: Feb. 16, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 70: Perfect Dark: Spiritual Sequel to GoldenEye 007
Published: Feb. 9, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 34 seconds
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Ep. 69: The Simpsons: Road Rage
Published: Feb. 2, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 44 seconds
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Ep. 68: Fairchild Channel F
Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 9 seconds
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Ep. 67: NES Light Guns
Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 66: The Grand Theft Auto Evolution
Published: Jan. 12, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 65: Preservation: Institutional vs. Non
Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 40 seconds
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Ep. 64: Q&A and Closing Out 2021
Published: Dec. 29, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 63: Magazine Preservation
Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 34 seconds
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Ep. 62: Super Smash Bros.
Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 61: Disneys Virtual Magic Kingdom
Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 60: Computer Space
Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 44 minutes 17 seconds
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Ep. 59: DMCA Exemption Ruling
Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 30 seconds
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Ep. 58: FEMICOM Museum
Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 11 seconds
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Ep. 57: Hit Save!
Published: Nov. 10, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 58 seconds
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Ep. 56: Nintendo in Italy
Published: Nov. 3, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 55: Pac-Man
Published: Oct. 27, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 32 seconds
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Ep. 54: Kaizo Mario
Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 12 seconds
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Ep. 53: X-Rated Atari Games
Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 52: Star Fox Command
Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 59 seconds
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Ep. 51: U-Force - For Experienced Players Only
Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 59 seconds
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Ep. 50: Prototypes
Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 49: LucasArts The Dig Dug Its Own Grave
Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 48: 3, 2, 1...Dreamcast Launch!
Published: Sept. 8, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 38 seconds
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Ep. 47: Final Break and David L. Craddock
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 46: Continued Break and Alex Smith
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 5:16 a.m.Duration: 19 minutes 2 seconds
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Ep. 45: Short Break & Bonus Content with Ben Hanson
Published: Aug. 18, 2021, 11:51 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 1 second
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Ep. 44: LGR on Unreal Tournament
Published: Aug. 11, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 56 seconds
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Ep. 43: Preservation Efforts
Published: Aug. 4, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes 18 seconds
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Ep. 42: Neo Geo, Worth Its Weight in Gold
Published: July 28, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds
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Ep. 41: Exploring Stellar Track (Star Trek)
Published: July 21, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep. 40: Thats 2021 Halfway, So Now Its Time for Q&A
Published: July 14, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 3 seconds
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Ep. 39: Tex Murphy, P.I. Solves the Case of the Missing Production Tapes
Published: July 7, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 11 seconds
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Ep. 38: The Sega Mega Modem Saga
Published: June 30, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 37: Nokia's Disengaged N-Gage
Published: June 23, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 53 seconds
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Ep. 36: Jurassic Park: Trespasser - A Triceriflop
Published: June 16, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 51 minutes 10 seconds
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Ep. 35: The Dreaded Age Rating
Published: June 9, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 34: The CRPG Book
Published: June 2, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 33: Microsoft Game Studios: The Xbox Prequel
Published: May 26, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes 25 seconds
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Ep. 32: Darkwatch with Eric Switzer
Published: May 19, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 31: Spacewar!: Dual to the Death
Published: May 12, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 33 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 30: Bejeweled: A Match 3 Made in Heaven
Published: May 5, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 27 seconds
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Ep. 29: Chronological + Nintendo = Chrontendo
Published: April 28, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 45 seconds
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Ep. 28: Get in, Loser. Were talking Mean Girls with Raven Simone
Published: April 21, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 25 seconds
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Ep. 27: The Lost (at Sea) Monkey Island Movie with Jack Yarwood
Published: April 14, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 26: MAME: The Eternally Unfinished Research Project with David Haywood
Published: April 7, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 47 seconds
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Ep. 25: Dueling in Wild Gunman 74 with Kate Willaert
Published: March 31, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 24 seconds
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Ep. 24: Reliving Nintendo Soundtracks with The Brickster
Published: March 24, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 50 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 23: Working on Donkey Kong Country and Dinosaur Planet with Kev Bayliss & David Wise
Published: March 17, 2021, 7 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 41 seconds
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Ep. 22: Remembering Atari with Howard Scott Warshaw
Published: March 10, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 21: Mother to Earth Documentary with Bones
Published: March 3, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 32 seconds
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Ep. 20: Text Adventure Gemstone III with Liz Landau
Published: Feb. 24, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 19: Game Preservation Society's Geimu Documentary Series
Published: Feb. 17, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 52 minutes 37 seconds
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Ep. 18: The Lost Power-Up Baseball with Brian Smolik
Published: Feb. 10, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 56 minutes 29 seconds
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Ep. 17: Dear Animal Crossing Diary with The National Videogame Museum, UK
Published: Feb. 3, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 20 seconds
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Ep. 16: The Elusive WorkBoy with Liam Robertson
Published: Jan. 27, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 48 minutes 4 seconds
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Ep. 15: Speedrunning Around with Summoning Salt
Published: Jan. 20, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 53 minutes 15 seconds
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Ep. 14: Alex Smith Discusses They Create Worlds
Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 51 seconds
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Ep. 13: Living Ataris History with Kevin Bunch
Published: Jan. 6, 2021, 8:29 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 43 seconds
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Ep. 12: Thank You to Our Listeners and Q & A
Published: Dec. 30, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 40 minutes 31 seconds
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Ep. 11: SimRefinery Simulated by a Refined Phil Salvador
Published: Dec. 23, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 57 minutes
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Ep. 10: Nintendos Gunpei Yokois History with Matt Alt
Published: Dec. 16, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 53 seconds
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Ep. 9: Midway Games, as seen by Josh Tsui
Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 50 seconds
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Ep. 8: Sid Meiers Episode of the Video Game History Hour!
Published: Dec. 2, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 58 minutes 33 seconds
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Ep. 7: Donkey Kong came to the Atari 2600 thanks to Garry Kitchen
Published: Nov. 25, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 5 seconds
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Ep. 6 Pete Armour and the SCUMM of Monkey Island
Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 12 minutes 54 seconds
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Ep. 5 Ben Hanson travels the roguelike Oregon Trail
Published: Nov. 11, 2020, 8 a.m.Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 56 seconds
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Ep. 4 Elijah Lee Finds the First Black Female Game Designer
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 34 seconds
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Ep. 3 Ally McLeans Barbie As Rapunzel Journey
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 58 minutes 52 seconds
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Ep. 2 Matt Leone and Street Fighter 1: An oral history
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 59 minutes 16 seconds
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Ep. 1 Norman Caruso and The Story of Mario Paint
Published: Nov. 2, 2020, 4 p.m.Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 47 seconds
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