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Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

Update: 2023-08-16
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VGHF librarian Phil Salvador chats with longtime contributor to video game archaeology Misty De Méo, author of CD-ROM Journal: a blog exploring multimedia games and software. We discuss her recent article A Chronology of First CD-ROM Games answering the question: What was the first CD-ROM game? In this episode: the first adventure, the magical dinosaur tour, trivia vs. genuine artistic relevance, getting into game history research, and to ROM or not to ROM.


See more from Misty De Méo:


Website: cdrom.ca


Mastodon: digipres.club/@misty


Twitter: @mistydemeo


Screenshot Blog: https://cohost.org/compactdiscinteractive 


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Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

Ep. 116: The First CD-ROM Game

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