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A Look At Nintendo’s Pioneering First FMV Arcade Game, Wild Gunman

February 25, 2021 by Chris Johnston

When someone says "Wild Gunman" I think only of the NES Zapper shooter and maybe Back to the Future Part II. I had no idea that years before Dragon's Lair and Mad Dog McCree landed their first tokens, Nintendo made a little FMV arcade gun game called...Wild Gunman. In A Critical Hit's latest video, game historian/preservationist Kate Willaert explores the original game's … [Read more...] about A Look At Nintendo’s Pioneering First FMV Arcade Game, Wild Gunman

Learn More About Power-Up Baseball On The Video Game History Hour

February 15, 2021 by Chris Johnston

Back in the mid-90s, riding high on the success of NBA Jam and NFL Blitz, Midway paired with Golden Tee dev Incredible Technologies for an "extreme" baseball game project called Power-Up Baseball. Until recently that game was lost to time, but the The Video Game History Foundation unearthed a treasure trove of knowledge on the game for an extensive article, and followed it up … [Read more...] about Learn More About Power-Up Baseball On The Video Game History Hour

Crawl Out From The Fallout Games With Too Much Future

January 15, 2021 by Chris Johnston

Too Much Future is a playthrough series, an historical overview, and game/narrative review podcast dedicated to the games in the Fallout franchise. The show began in 2019 with video episodes on the original Fallout, then Fallout 2. The show recently hopped to 2008's Fallout 3 and is near the end of its series of videos on that game. The video below is the beginning of the … [Read more...] about Crawl Out From The Fallout Games With Too Much Future

Director Of Midway Documentary Insert Coin Stops By Video Game History Hour

January 11, 2021 by Chris Johnston

Insert Coin, Josh Tsui's behind the scenes documentary of '90s-era Midway arcade development comes to iTunes today (it's already available on Amazon Prime and a few others). Last month, Tsui dropped by the Video Game History Foundation's Video Game History Hour podcast to discuss the film and working at Midway during its coin-op heyday. This episode is a great intro to the … [Read more...] about Director Of Midway Documentary Insert Coin Stops By Video Game History Hour

New Podcast Week: Finish The Fight Relaunches, Dives Into Destiny

January 4, 2021 by Chris Johnston

This week we'll be spotlighting a new or relaunched podcast every day. Today, we look at Halo podcast Finish The Fight, which has just relaunched as a general gaming podcast that will cover all kinds of titles across genres, systems, and decades. For their first episode with the new direction, hosts Jesse and Alex don't stray too far from their prior focus—a two-hour-ish deep … [Read more...] about New Podcast Week: Finish The Fight Relaunches, Dives Into Destiny

Liam Robertson Unearths The Work Boy After 28 Years

December 28, 2020 by Chris Johnston

After the Game Boy's massive success, a boatload of peripherals were launched for the handheld. The most common of these were your standard magnifiers, battery packs and lights, but others had greater ambitions. One such device was Fabtek's WorkBoy concept, a small keyboard that plugged into the Game Boy's link port and turned the device into a PDA of sorts. After a yearlong … [Read more...] about Liam Robertson Unearths The Work Boy After 28 Years

Looking Back At Nintendo’s Virtual Boy With Memory Card

December 25, 2020 by Chris Johnston

Memory Card's fourth season just finished up recently, and if you've missed this podcast it might be a good time to catch up. Each episode focuses on systems, games, or moments in gaming's history. In "Virtually Unplayable," the first episode of season four, hosts Ben and Push take a look back at Nintendo's ill-fated Virtual Boy, digging into the development, history and games … [Read more...] about Looking Back At Nintendo’s Virtual Boy With Memory Card

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