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The second to last readthrough is now up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvnDWng-2sU&list=PLS_zYOuVPp2nwI_X6jNagNdpwbZyWaLet&index=29
We get into some good stuff in this one. Really bad writing, BIG #videogamehistory misconceptions, and some of our best references.
CONGRESS TAKES ACTION!
... AGAINST VIDEO GAMES!
www.twitch.tv/play_history
It's the second to last reading of this epic journey! Come by to see Senators and video game businessmen alike flail in the face of a video game Night Trap and see an industry be formed. #videogamehistory #livestream
Time Extension: The VGHF Is Set To Dump 125 Mystery Prototype ROMs Live On Stream. “The creator of the Video Game History Foundation, Frank Cifaldi, has announced yesterday on social media that the 501(c)3 non-profit organization has recently come into possession of 125 mystery prototype ROMs, which are believed to originally be from Taito Japan. And, better yet, the non-profit will be doing […]
A reader takes umbrage at a magazine’s "laughable" 85% review of Baldur's Gate.
(PC Zone, April 1999)
There were variants of the Famicom which contained a variant of the 6502 made by Rockwell instead of by Ricoh.
This lines up with the known chain of custody of chip designs, rather than the oft-repeated story of Nintendo "stealing" the 6502 from MOS Technology. #videogamehistory
From an interview with Gabe Newell shortly after the release of HL1: the games that influenced Half-Life.
(PC Gamer UK, March 1999)
Filmed by Mike Chrzanowski, here’s 39 minutes of footage of that last day, 24 May 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPFbA8Qmths
25 years ago today, Paul Neurath called an all-hands meeting and told the employees of Looking Glass that this was the studio's last day.
The end of Console Wars is nigh! Get caught up as we near the 1993 Senate Hearings. #videogamehistory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyjHxA4pMBo&list=PLS_zYOuVPp2nwI_X6jNagNdpwbZyWaLet&index=28
Two more parts (I think) to go before we've crested the hill. Don't miss out on the next streams!
Be astounded, amazed, frightened! We're nearing the end of the dramatic readthrough of our favorite #videogamehistory book!
www.twitch.tv/play_history
Join the fun today - for the low, low price of FREE!
Fruits from today's archives visits: Lost depositions! Previously unseen tales from Ralph Baer, William Harrison, and others involved in the lawsuit that shaped the video game industry. #videogamehistory
Dug up by Jonny at GA, this look at the development of Namco's Metro-Cross (1985) is some of the BEST behind-the-scenes I've seen from this era.
https://youtu.be/qoYlzQq9Eoc?si=PxAO5HoqOdQL6jnt
You get pixel art, music, and even showing an incomplete build! This is rare stuff. #videogamehistory
The first company established solely to produce a video game was created for the Galaxy Game, the Spacewar derivative tested in late 1971.
For years the name of the company was reported as "Computer Recreations Inc", but the business plan names it Mini-Computer Applications. #videogamehistory
@danielalbu I'm posting about the released of games from 30 years ago, using the tag #VideoGameHistory. You could use that on your posts too.
We're back again to ride the train of the war that kind of was!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nj1HVHQYvo0&list=PLS_zYOuVPp2nwI_X6jNagNdpwbZyWaLet&index=27
We've got some great scenes:
-Chapter 45 where I ham up destroying retro tech.
-1:27:58 wherein we talk Nintendo's relationship to Western game development.
-@quarterpast appears! #videogamehistory
I rewrote The Ultimate History of Video Games page on Wikipeda - because even my enemies deserve to have correct things said about them!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ultimate_History_of_Video_Games
I did add notes on some criticism to the bottom of the page, though not citing to myself. #videogamehistory
We discussed this during our Console Wars streams, but one Sonic fact you may have heard is that Sega of America removed fangs from the hedgehog.
Oshima never drew a toothy Sonic, but SoA may have seen some promo artwork that featured him with "yaeba" incisors and rejected it. #videogamehistory
Before being drafted into the Sonic project, Naoto Oshima had conceptualized a platforming game starring two characters: Twin Stars.
Some of the concepts were later used after his Sega mascot submission was incorporated into the "Mario killer" game idea. #videogamehistory
