Episode 140: The 49 Ways of Sinistar
Host Frank Cifaldi is joined by documentarian, historian, hacker, and all around cool guy SynaMax to talk about their documentary Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary. The 1983 top-d...
17 Sep 20251h 3min
Episode 139: Phoenix: The Rise of Leonard Herman
We’re joined by pioneer video game historian Leonard Herman, author and publisher of several video game history books including the first comprehensive book chronicling the history of the videogame in...
3 Sep 20251h 11min
Episode 138: Playing Faceball 2000 With 15 of Your Closest Friends
Host Phil Salvador is joined by Derek Alexander, of the YouTube channel Stop Skeletons From Fighting, and Zarithya, of the YouTube channel Zarithya, to talk about the fan-restored 16-player mode for t...
21 Aug 20251h 17min
Episode 136: Halfway Through 2025: A Mid-Year Update
It’s time for a little review of what we’ve been up to, so far, this year. With the official launch of our digital library archive, livestreams of game magazine unboxing and EPROM dumping, the newest ...
23 Juli 20251h 22min
Episode 135: Baldur’s Gate 3’s Lawrence Schick and His Decades of Work in Game Development
Veteran game designer and author Lawrence Schick shares stories from his early 80's work with the ColecoVision, Atari 2600, and Intellivision. With over four decades of experience in the industry, Sch...
10 Juli 20251h 4min
Episode 134: Preservation Work Inside the University of Michigan Library Computer and Video Game Archive
Host Phil Salvador and guest host Colleen Barrett, Rare Books Librarian at UK Libraries, chat with David Carter, Video Game Archivist and Comic Librarian at University of Michigan Library Computer and...
25 Juni 20251h 10min
Episode 133: Spyro the Dragon artist Craig Stitt talks Sega and Insomniac
On this special video episode of the Video Game History Hour, we sat down with Craig Stitt, retired game artist and designer. Craig worked on games including Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Kid Chameleon, Ratch...
11 Juni 20251h 34min
Episode 132: Croc Remaster
Frank Cifaldi and Phil Salvador host a discussion with Jez San, Jason Smith, and Mike Arkin from Argonaut Games about the development and remastering of the 1997 game Croc: Legend of the Gobbos. We to...
28 Maj 20251h 23min
