Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

Published: Aug. 16, 2023, 7 a.m.

VGHF librarian Phil Salvador chats with longtime contributor to video game archaeology Misty De M\xe9o, author of CD-ROM Journal: a blog exploring multimedia games and software. We discuss her recent article A Chronology of First CD-ROM Games answering the question: What was the first CD-ROM game? In this episode: the first adventure, the magical dinosaur tour, trivia vs. genuine artistic relevance, getting into game history research, and to ROM or not to ROM.

\n

See more from Misty De M\xe9o:

\n

Website: cdrom.ca

\n

Mastodon: digipres.club/@misty

\n

Twitter: @mistydemeo

\n

Screenshot Blog: https://cohost.org/compactdiscinteractive\xa0

\n

Video Game History Foundation:

\n

Podcast Twitter: @gamehistoryhour

\n

Email: podcast@gamehistory.org

\n

Twitter: @GameHistoryOrg

\n

Website: gamehistory.org

\n

Support us on Patreon: /gamehistoryorg