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Video Game History Hour

Video Game History Foundation

Industry expert Frank Cifaldi, Executive Director of the Video Game History Foundation, brings 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

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01:11:12

Ep. 54: Kaizo Mario

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/10/20

GlitchCat7, competitive gamer/ROM hacker/full time streamer/Kaizo Mario historian of record, joins us to discuss his extensive blog post, The Complete History of ‘Kaizo Mario’. GlitchCat7 helps us understand how ‘Kaizo’ was born from exploring glitched levels, wall clipping, and ROM warping. These rearranged, and quite difficult, Mario levels provide a jumping off point for a philosophical journey through what it means to go beyond the horizon of what’s explorable in a game and play out of

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01:05:16

Ep. 53: X-Rated Atari Games

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/10/13

Historian and documentarian Kate Willaert returns to the show, this time to discuss her recent article on “adult” games made under the Mystique banner for the Atari 2600: Porno Hustlers Of The Atari Age. Kate guides us through the very troubled history around these titles’ creation and release, including protests, legal suits, and attempted legislation. She also unravels the complicated company structures behind these games to figure out who was really involved in this story. See more from Kate

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01:03:59

Ep. 52: Star Fox Command

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/10/06

John Rairdin of Nintendo World Report joins us to discuss his ambitious documentary The History and Development of Star Fox Command (Ft. The Original Developers). He shares the previously undocumented history of this Nintendo DS title, its developers from Q-Games, and its many creators. As a side note: John has some pretty good ideas on how to make a game about space rodents, who may or may not have robotic legs, flying around saving the universe into a pretty fun racing game. Let’s get on this,

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01:04:59

Ep. 51: U-Force - For Experienced Players Only

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/29

We’re joined, once again, by Norman Caruso to discuss the history of a unique 1990 Nintendo Entertainment System controller, the U-Force. All the rage when it was announced, this hands-free controller uses infrared emitters/detectors to locate your hands in 3-dimensional space for game control input. In his recent video Don't Touch: The Story of the U-Force | Gaming Historian we learn how this device came about and why, sadly, it didn’t perform very well, both physically and in the retail

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01:23:03

Ep. 50: Prototypes

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/22

To celebrate the Video Game History Hour’s 50th episode we’ve invited friend of the show, Chris Kohler, to join a thoughtful conversation all about game prototypes. What are they, where do they come from, and what part did they play in forming the Video Game History Foundation? How does the existence of source code affect our feelings about prototypes? We share stories of cool prototypes we’ve come across in our past and what prototypes we’d loved to find someday. Mentioned in the

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01:06:20

Ep. 49: LucasArts’ The Dig Dug Its Own Grave

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/15

Jimmy Maher, creator of The Digital Antiquarian, returns to the show to discuss his article on The Dig, a LucasArts point and click adventure. Jimmy takes us through the rich, but troubled, history of this title in a way that helps us understand how this project ever made it to the finish line and why it wasn’t more popular. Grab your shovel and get ready to solve some alien space puzzles! See more from Jimmy Maher: The Digital Antiquarian: filfre.net Patreon: /DigitalAntiquarian Twitter:

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01:05:38

Ep. 48: 3, 2, 1...Dreamcast Launch!

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/08

Tomorrow marks the 22 year anniversary of the Dreamcast’s North American launch back on 9/9/99. To celebrate, we’re joined by Chase, one of the PR professionals charged with creating its memorable launch for Sega and who worked on the release of every single first party game for the console. We get a different perspective on this moment in history and hear stories of the memorable and wacky stunts Chase helped to put together to create media buzz. You can see some of his saved memorabilia and swag

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00:26:16

Ep. 47: Final Break and David L. Craddock

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/01

In our final week of our three week hiatus, we’re going back to a conversation we had with David L. Craddock back in episode 33. We covered the Resident Evil demo that had come out and other upcoming games, how our gaming styles have changed as we’ve gotten older, and what styles of game reviews we find useful. We hope you enjoy! See more from David L. Craddock: Website: shacknews.com Twitter: @davidlcraddock Book:

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00:19:02

Ep. 46: Continued Break and Alex Smith

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/09/01

We’re continuing our brief hiatus, but this week we’re sharing a little after-show chat we had with Alex Smith talking further about the Smithsonian’s oral history project: Video Game Pioneers Archive. See more from Alex Smith: Blog: videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Video Game Pioneers Archive: https://invention.si.edu/node/20723/p/489-videogame-pioneers-archive Project Transcripts: https://sova.si.edu/details/NMAH.AC.1498?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=&i=0 Book:

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00:24:01

Ep. 45: Short Break & Bonus Content with Ben Hanson

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/08/18

The podcast is going to take a brief hiatus for a few weeks in order to better focus on projects at the foundation. But, don't worry; we're not leaving you with nothing! Back in episode 30 we hung out with Ben Hanson after the show and discussed the process of being an interviewer and the challenges that includes. We hope you enjoy this more into-the-weeds convo and look forward to coming back very soon. See more from Ben Hanson: Twitter: @yozetty Website: www.Minnmax.com YouTube: /minnmax Patreon:

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01:00:56

Ep. 44: LGR on Unreal Tournament

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/08/11

Greetings and welcome to some quality time with Clint Basinger of Lazy Game Reviews, his YouTube channel dedicated to computer history and software. We originally were inspired to bring Clint on the show to discuss his recent video, Unreal Tournament 22 Years Later: An LGR Retrospective, but we just couldn’t help but expand to the broader topic of 1990’s computer tech, his expertise. From Morrowind to Need for Speed, from Windows ‘95 to Direct3D, Clint joins us to share his passion and we couldn’t

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01:30:18

Ep. 43: Preservation Efforts

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/08/04

A behind the scenes look at one of our recent home preservation efforts. Sometimes we get the call from someone with a house full of items in need of preservation and we just can’t turn down the opportunity. This time, we traveled to the Chicago area for a couple different collections. We can’t wait to tell you some of the cool things we came across! The Video Game History Hour music is Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License:

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00:52:46

Ep. 42: Neo Geo, Worth Its Weight in Gold

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/07/28

Martin Robinson of Eurogamer brings us the history of the Neo Geo, an interesting console of its time owned by an interesting type of person. Referring to his recent article, When the arcade came home: a short oral history of the Neo Geo, Robinson lays out what it was like at SNK making games for this outlier of a console, longs for the freedom some of these developers had in their creative processes, and blows our minds with a revelation about Metal Slug. See more from Martin Robinson: Profile:

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00:58:10

Ep. 41: Exploring Stellar Track (Star Trek)

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/07/21

Once again, we’re joined by Kevin Bunch of Atari Archive, this time to talk about his 50th episode of said series: Stellar Track (Star Trek): Atari Archive Episode 50. We learn the history of this very early, very influential game, its many iterations, and its different names along the way. See more from Kevin Bunch: Twitter: @ubersaurus YouTube: /atariarchive Website: atariarchive.org Patreon:

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01:17:03

Ep. 40: That’s 2021 Halfway, So Now It’s Time for Q&A

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/07/14

We open up the mailbag and answer some of our listeners' burning questions! We cover emulation preservation, the definition of a gaming historian, growing pains of the organization, best dinosaur games ever made, plans for our personal collections, and so much more! Quick note: this is episode 40, but we refer to it as episode 41 in the recording; sorry for the mix up. The producer will have her head on correctly again next week! Video Game History Hour Twitter:

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01:02:11

Ep. 39: Tex Murphy, P.I. Solves the Case of the...

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/07/07

Fan turned archivist Mat Van Rhoon of Big Finish Games tells the story of the lost Tex Murphy series production tapes in a recent article, Tex Murphy and the Raiders of the Lost Tapes. We hear about the sheer elation, joy, and maddening frustration these adventures in preservation led to, as well as the odd places from which some of these tapes were excavated. From discovery to digitization, Mat really put a tick in the ‘Win’ column for game history preservation! See more from Mat Van

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00:58:05

Ep. 38: The Sega Mega Modem Saga

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/06/30

Norman Caruso is here to share the history of the Sega Mega Modem from his most recent video SEGA Mega Modem: Ahead of Its Time | Gaming Historian. Despite many of its drawbacks and pitfalls, this device pointed to a brighter future that wasn’t able to come to fruition until almost a decade after its lackluster release. Was online, social gaming an inevitability or did the Mega Modem pave the way? See more from Norman Caruso: YouTube: /gaminghistorian Twitter: @gaminghistorian Website:

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01:04:53

Ep. 37: Nokia's Disengaged N-Gage

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/06/23

Grace Kramer and Derek Alexander are this week’s guests discussing the Nokia N-Gage from their recent documentary, N-Gage: Cell Phone Gaming's First Big Flop | Past Mortem [SSFF]. While there is some debate on the pronunciation of Nokia depending where you live, there is little doubt to the N-Gage’s major DOA status. Find out what exactly happened, both inside Nokia and out in the marketplace, to put this side-talking cell phone in the Bummer Books of gaming history. See more from Grace Kramer &

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00:51:10

Ep. 36: Jurassic Park: Trespasser - A Triceriflop

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/06/16

Game historian, journalist, and content creator Kim Justice joins us to talk about the commercial and critical disappointment, though surprisingly influential, Jurassic Park: Trespasser. In her recent documentary Jurassic Park: Trespasser - A Failure That Stood The Test Of Time | Kim Justice we’re taken through her six part story of its development, its failings, and its lessons learned. While some of those lessons learned include how to hide your non-existent legs with massive breasts, they also

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01:23:51

Ep. 35: The Dreaded Age Rating

Video Game History Hour ·

2021/06/09

We sit down with Jimmy Maher, author of The Digital Antiquarian, to examine his recent four part series: The Ratings Game. This series takes a look at how games came to have age ratings, why it was inevitable and necessary, and the fascinating butterfly effects that came because of it. Maher draws a very clear throughline from a United States Senate hearing controversy over violence in video games in 1993 directly through the inaugural E3 show in 1995. And, spurred by the curiosity of his wife, he

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