Game History
- Console Wars - Dramatic Readthrough w/ Historical Annotation [Video]
Over the past year, members of Gaming Alexandria have been reading through the Blake J. Harris video game history book Console Wars. We provide funny voices, commentary on the writing, and some serious analysis of the history presented in this grand battle of Sega v. Nintendo with updated scholarship.
If you want to know how our understanding on this pivotal struggle has changed since the 2010s, join us on the giggle-filled sojourn which includes vampires, way too much Genesis inventory, and the lies we tell ourselves to sleep at night!
- Video Game Newsroom Time Machine - September 1984
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine sees the beginnings of upswing for the arcade industry, continued doldrum for consoles, and the rise of the European computer market.
- What The Heck Is a Video Volley? - YouTube
Technical and gameplay overview of a classic dedicated console: Video-Volley.
- tcwpodcast.podbean.com Street Fighter 2 | They Create Worlds
TCW Podcast Episode 231- Street Fighter 2 Street Fighter 2 is often credited with reviving the arcade scene in the early 1990s. While it successfully brought back the must-have arcade game mentality, it couldn’t stop the overall decline of arcades. The original Street Fighter was influenced by man...
A look at the creation of the fighting game that has defined them all hereafter.
- MAGFest 2025: The Quickly Fading Memory of 70's Arcade Games
For the majority of the 70s, video games designers eschewed expensive CPUs and opted instead for pure hardware logic. This design choice has resulted in the vast majority of these games falling into near-total obscurity. What can we do to preserve what's left and elevate these titles from dusty relics to celebrated milestones?
Panelists: Nathaniel Lockhart [http://www.memorymachinepod.com/]
- www.retroshell.com Lost NES Version of Sensible Soccer Uncovered After Three Decades
Sensible Soccer Makes NES Debut: Rediscovering a 16-Bit Classic on 8-Bit Hardware A previously unknown Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) version of the iconic football simulation game Sensible Soccer has been discovered and made available to the retro gaming community. The recent find, documente...
- spillhistorie.no Interview with the creator of Moonstone
We spoke with Rob Anderson, author of the cult classic Moonstone.
- Full E3 2010 trailer for what would become Paper Mario: Sticker Star
This was discovered & posted earlier in the month - probably late posting it here, but I felt like it fit the site's purpose well.
- Newly-released Crash Twinsanity prototypehiddenpalace.org Crash Twinsanity (Aug 3, 2004 prototype)
A prototype of Crash Twinsanity for the PlayStation 2.
- www.theguardian.com Kien, the most-delayed video game in history, released after 22 years
The makers of Italian action game have endured the longest development journey in history. Their game is now finally out – on the long-discontinued Game Boy Advance
- Internal development slideshow for Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortexarchive.org Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex - Internal Development Slideshow : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A slideshow for internal use of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, detailing many of the game's new features. Includes early design sketches and...
- Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Player Discovers New Konami Code After 25 Yearswww.ign.com Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Player Discovers New Konami Code After 25 Years - IGN
Nintendo 64 game Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness may have been released 25 years ago but a new Konami Code, essentially a cheat code, has just been discovered.
- The Story of The Oregon Trail [Video]
Gaming Historian is back again with a thrilling tale of wagons, education, and gravestone curses. Oregon Trail: It's more than that one meme.
- Rockman's Soccer Pre-Release Version Dumped; Includes 4-Player Multitap Supportwww.rockman-corner.com <i>Rockman's Soccer</i> Pre-Release Version Dumped; Includes 4-Player Multitap Support
Today, March 25th, marks the 30th anniversary of Rockman's Soccer . To commemorate this milestone, a Japanese sample version of the game has...
- www.gamedeveloper.com The History Of Pong: Avoid Missing Game to Start Industry
In the first of a new Gamasutra series, Loguidice and Barton present a detailed history of Pong, the video game that jumpstarted the entire business, and some of the innovations it inspired.
- thelinguistgamer.wordpress.com Awesome Betas: Super Mario Bros.
Hey, guys. You may be thinking right now ” ‘Ol Super Mario Bros.? For the NES? That old thing? What on earth could possibly have been left out?” Well, a few things. This won’…
- Gamespace Biography - Larry Rosenthal [Video]
Disclaimer: I made this video.
Part of my research for an upcoming book on Sega/Gremlin and Cinematronics and in conjunction with Chicago Gamespace for our Vector vs. Raster exhibit, I teamed up with Chris Chapman of Retrohistories to make a small video biography. I hope you all enjoy!
- Several prototypes for Shantae: Risky's Revenge, plus a pitch for the unreleased Shantae: Risky Pistols, have been uploaded to the Internet Archivearchive.org Shantae: Risky's Revenge Prototype Builds + "Shantae: Risky Pistols" Pitch : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This archive contains several prototype builds of Shantae: Risky's Revenge in SRL and TAD format. These stretch from as early as March of 2009 to as late as...
The group is currently aiming to raise $500 to purchase 20 more prototypes from the same source - read more about that here, on their site.
- A Cartridge for a Lost Nintendo System | Things of Interest
AKFamilyHome explores an interesting piece of Nintendo development history.
- www.animenewsnetwork.com Suikoden Game Creator Yoshitaka Murayama Dies
Murayama was working on Suikoden spiritual successor Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Mega Man 10 Prototypes Include Evidence of Unused "Assist Co-Op Mode"www.rockman-corner.com <i>Mega Man 10</i> Prototypes Include Evidence of Unused "Assist Co-Op Mode"
The Hidden Palace community recently shared several Xbox 360 prototypes of Mega Man 10 . These early versions were sourced from PartnerNET, ...
These were released on Hidden Palace a few days ago (January 20th).
- New Crash Bash & Spyro 3 prototypes releasedhiddenpalace.org News/Crash Bash and Spyro 3
Crash Bash (Aug 23, 2000 prototype) Spyro: Year of the Dragon (Sep 4, 2000 prototype) Discuss this release on our Discord server!
- Early build of Persona 5 (dated February 25, 2016) releasedarchive.org Persona 5 February 25 2016 debug build : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This is a February 25 2016 build of the JRPG game Persona 5 for the Playstation 3.It has debug menu, cut content and more.Disc dumped by Frostwolf.
- Interview with the producer of Suzuki Bakuhatsu, an odd Japan-only PS1 game about bomb disposalautomaton-media.com How did the niche gem Suzuki Bakuhatsu come to be? The producer explains the bizarre bomb disposal game’s origin - AUTOMATON WEST
Takehiro Ando reveals how the PlayStation 1's quirkiest Japanese puzzle game ended up featuring cute models, weird bombs and a robot anime parody
- New from CodeBound: source code dumps, early builds, and development documents for Glover on PS1archive.org Glover Playstation Source code and Builds : Blitz Games : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
12 builds of Glover for the Sony PlayStation, dated between January 12, 1999 and November 8, 1999, two versions of the source code, and documents and resources...
- CodeBound released the source code, development documents, and 52 prototypes for Chicken Run on GBCarchive.org Chicken Run - Source code (September 7, 2000) (Gameboy Color) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Source code (presumed to be the final version), design documentation, and 52 builds for Chicken Run on the Gameboy Color, developed by Blitz Games and...
The documents are a bit broader, encompassing other platforms' Chicken Run games (including an unreleased GBA title).
- Development documents and 68 (!) prototypes for Rayman 3 on GBA have been publicly released on the Internet Archivearchive.org Rayman 3 GBA Prototypes : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Here are 68 prototypes of Rayman 3 for the Gameboy Advance. The earliest three builds still refer to the game as Rayman 2, before it was changed over to...
- Hidden Palace has released a prototype for Sonic Heroes (PS2; dated September 28th, 2003)hiddenpalace.org News/New Years 2024 - Sonic Heroes
Sonic Heroes (Sep 28, 2003 prototype) Discuss this release on our Discord server!
This is the first released prototype for this game to be on the PS2, apparently.
- "If HBO Made Zelda" - The Untold Story of Legacy of Kain: Dead Sun (Time Extension)www.timeextension.com "If HBO Made Zelda" - The Untold Story Of Legacy Of Kain: Dead Sun
Sam Barlow talks for the first time about the doomed sequel
- Mario Origins: How A Popeye Game Became Donkey Kong
Kate Willaert investigates the origins of Donkey Kong in a depth and style never seen before. You gotta check this one out!
- The making of Chrono Trigger & Secret of Mana
Double feature by the YouTube documentarians at Strafefox.
- It was recently discovered that NBA Jam Tournament Edition on Saturn has 2 secret characters: announcer Tim Kitzrow and "Fox"www.segasaturnshiro.com Two Secret Characters (Tim Kitzrow and Fox) Found Playable in NBA Jam Tournament Edition on SEGA SATURN in 2023!
Today, Saturn hacker Malenko behind Drift King ’97 and NBA Jam TE Walrus Edition, dug through the data on NBA Jam TE, and found two secret characters that were never discovered before. Famed …
If you hold L or R while entering your name, you can put in the following initials & birthdates to access the two:
- Tim Kitzrow: KIT, June 8
- Fox: FOX, August 3
- SpriteCell's JRPG review archive recently added over 1,000 new page scansspritecell.com JRPG Magazine Review Archive
A collection of hundreds of JRPG reviews from video game magazines.
