Video Game History Hour

Video Game History Foundation

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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...

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Episodes (162)

Episode 154: Sega in the 90’s: An Economic Post-Mortem

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Episode 153: Sega Channel

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Episode 152: Japanese Mobile Game Preservation

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Episode 151: Games Preservation at MIT Museum

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Episode 150: VGHF Founding Retrospective

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Episode 149: Jeremy Parish Works

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Episode 148: Wrapping Up 2025

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Episode 147: H.E.R.O.

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Episode 146: A Monograph of Todd Howard

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Episode 145: The 40th Anniversary of the NES: A PRGE Panel

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Nov 28, 20251:45:15pending

Episode 144: Phil Salvador - A Rule-Following Hooligan

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Episode 143: The Andrew Nelson Collection

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Oct 29, 20251:02:43pending

Episode 142: October Update

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Oct 15, 20251:30:59pending

Episode 141: Hidden Advertising of Feminine Games

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Oct 2, 202558:24pending

Episode 140: The 49 Ways of Sinistar

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Episode 139: Phoenix: The Rise of Leonard Herman

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Episode 138: Playing Faceball 2000 With 15 of Your Closest Friends

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Aug 21, 20251:17:35pending

Episode 137: Computer Entertainer

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Episode 136: Halfway Through 2025: A Mid-Year Update

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Jul 23, 20251:22:01pending

Episode 135: Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lawrence Schick and His Decades of Work in Game D...

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Episode 134: Preservation Work Inside the University of Michigan Library Compute...

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Jun 25, 20251:10:22pending

Episode 133: Spyro the Dragon artist Craig Stitt talks Sega and Insomniac

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Episode 132: Croc Remaster

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Episode 131: Flitman Collection

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Episode 130: Spycraft

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Episode 129: Powerhouse Chloe Appleby

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Episode 128: DMCA 2024 Copyright Ruling

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Episode 127: Sarge’s Heroes

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Episode 126: A Fireside Chat with Gail Tilden

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Episode 125: ROMchip, What’s Next?

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Feb 19, 20251:05:37pending

Episode 124: Digital Library Launch

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Episode 123: GamePro Magazine Collection

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Jan 22, 20251:30:47pending

Episode 122: Save the Games Recap

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Episode 121: Exploring the Cyan Vault

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Dec 25, 202447:43pending

Episode 120: Nintendo's Virtual Boy

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Dec 12, 20241:13:23pending

Season Two Announcement

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Dec 12, 20248:41pending

Holiday Update & Winter Fundraiser

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Dec 14, 202355:57pending

The Future of the Show

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Oct 11, 202314:33pending

Ep. 119: Karateka

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Sep 29, 20231:07:32pending

Ep. 118: Noclip Game History Archive

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Ep. 117: Nintendo Knitting Machine

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Aug 30, 20231:29:15pending

Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

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Ep. 115 - Travis Brown

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Aug 2, 20231:13:39pending

Ep. 114: The Strong’s Expansion

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Jul 19, 20231:57:53pending

Bonus Episode: Game Availability Study

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Jul 10, 20231:11:27pending

Ep. 113: Bally Professional Arcade

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Ep. 112: Getting Personal with Frank Cifaldi

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Ep. 111: The World of Nintendo Book

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Ep. 110: Minesweeper

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Ep. 109: Video Game Logos

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