This Week in Video Game History

This Week in Video Game History February February 23 - March 1In this episode:- Pokemon Day (February 27, 1996)- Brief History of Sports games--- Ralph Baer Demos Brown Box (February 24, 1968)--- Intellivision Major League Baseball (February 28, 1980)--- Intellivision NFL Football (February 28, 1980)--- EA Sports MVP Baseball 2005 (March 1, 2005)- Space Invaders port comes to Atari (February 28, 1980)- Zelda: Oracle of Seasons/Oracle of Ages (February 27, 2001- Super Street Fighter II Turbo (February 23, 1994)- Contra III: The Alien Wars (as Contra Spirits in Japan February 28, 1992)- Stardew Valley (February 26, 2016)Happy Birthdays- Sid Meier (February 24)- Ron Gilbert (February 27)- Make Rodkin (February 29)- Steve Jobs (February 24)Youtube Video Sources:Pokemon Red for Game Boy Full Playthrough:  @NintendoUtopia  Evolution of Pokémon Games Graphics (1996 - 2022):  @aWiibo  Tennis for Two:  @doteaters  Ralph Baer and Bill Harrison testing the brown box:  @videogamesfoundation  Intellivision Major League Baseball:  @doteaters  Intellivision NFL Football:  @RetroSlayerGaming  John Madden Football:  @Squakenet  MVP Baseball 2005 Gameplay:  @GamePlayStation12345  MLB The Show 26 Trailer:  @SonySanDiego  NFL Challenge © 1985 XOR Corporation - PC DOS - Gameplay: @Darkleon_TVGMRBI Baseball - NES - Full Game AL vs NL (Bunt HR!):  @deiradinn  Space Invaders Atari 2600:  @NML32  Zelda Oracle of Seasons:  @TanderXS  Super Street Fighter II Turbo Arcade Gameplay:  @longnplay  Contra III: The Alien Wars:  @NintendoComplete  Sid Meier Retrospective:  @Verac_VG  Ron Gilbert: short interview:  @tivi-leonis  Playing Dead Episode 4:  @Trendkillervideos  Breakout:  @doteaters  Steve Jobs introduces iPhone in 2007:  @JohnSchroter #gaming #retrogaming #videogames #nintendo #gameboy #atari #arcade #snes #videogamehistory ​

This Week in Video Game History February 16 - 22In this episode:- Nintendo Releases the Famicom Disk System- The Legend of Zelda - The Legend of Zelda II- Starfox (SNES)- PlayStation Vita launches in the US- Horizion Forbidden West- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen- The New 3DS XL hits North America- PS4 Unveiling- EA Aquires Criterion- The Xbox Multiplatform PivotSpecial thanks to The Gaming Historian for the FDS Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PuSrn_H1cOther YouTube Sources:Famicom Disk System Japanese Ad: @NeoGoemonStar Fox: @errantmindPlaystion Vita: @playstationHorizion Forbidden West: @PlaystationDestiny 2: The Witcher Queen: @GameSpotNintendo 3DS Reveal: @IGNPlaysation 4 Reveal: @IGNCriterion Logo: @DG1000Halo/The Multiplayer Pivot: @Xbox#gaming #retrogaming #videogames #nintendo #n64 #arcade #gameboy3ds #snes #nes #famicom #videogamehistory Find me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/therobustone

This Week in Video Game History February 2 - February 8In this episode:- Release Timeline - Dragon Warrior III (February 10, 1988) - X-Men Arcade (February 12, 1992) - Super Mario 3 (February 12, 1990) - Metroid: Zero Mission (February 9, 2004) - World of Warcraft Launches in Europe (February 11, 2005) - R.C. Pro Am (February 1988) - Mario Kart 64 (February 10, 1997)- Ralph Baer demonstrates TV Game Unit 2Special thanks to Motherboard for the interview with Ralph Baer in 2014 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83ThW_HjtBg&t=209sOther YouTube Sources:Dragon Warrior III:  @now-loading  X-Men Arcade:  @NintendoComplete  Super Mario 3: @marioandsonicnotsuck  Metroid: Zero Mission @naswinger  Warcraft Cinematic Trailer:  @Warcraft  RC Pro-Am:  @perfectgame191  Mario Kart 64:  @piplupwater  #gaming #retrogaming #videogames #nintendo #n64 #arcade #gameboyadvance #nes #videogamehistory Find me on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/therobustone

This Week in Video Game History February 2 - February 8In this episode:- Quick Hits: - Paper Mario (Feb 5, 2001) - Valheim (Feb 2, 2021) - Helldivers 2 (Feb 8, 2024) - Defender (Feb 1981) - Contra on NES (~Feb 2, 1981)- The Death of Flappy Bird (Feb 8, 2014)- Sony sells Sony Online Entertainment (Feb 2, 2015)- The Sims is released (Feb 4, 2000)

This Week in Video Game History January 26 - February 1In this episode:- Quick Hits: - Silent Hill (Jan 31, 1999) - Mass Effect 2 (Jan 26, 2010 - Dying Light (Jan 27, 2015) - Kingdom Hearts III (Jan 29, 2019)- The Fall of Hardware Sega- The Great Betrayal - Final Fantasy VII's Japanese Launch

The first episode of This Week in Video Game History! In this episode:- Capcom Coincidence- Indie Class of 2018- The Shadow Drop Hear 'round the World- The Viral Anomoly