The History of Video Games

A chronological play through of video games

Episodes

Total: 236

1982 - Donkey Kong Jr.

2025/2/19

Mario is up to no good this week! He's trapped Donkey Kong in a cage, but luckily DK Jr. can rescu

1982 - Commodore 64

2025/2/12

We've finally made it to the best selling computer of ALL TIME - The Commodore 64! Join us as we f

1982 - Dragon 32

2025/2/5

The hardware releases keep coming, and this time it's the Dragon 32! This computer out of Wales wi

2025 - Wes Minicast

2025/1/30

It's 2025 in the real world and Ben is celebrating the new year by getting sick! Luckily this give

1982 - Colecovision

2025/1/15

A new 2nd console is here, and it's not a small timer! The Colecovision goes on to sell over 2 mil

Get ready to take down some AT-ATs because the Empire has arrived to the Atari 2600! We do our par

2024 - Year in Review!

2025/1/1

The holidays are here and as such Ben & Wes decide to take it easy this week with a bit of a m

1982 - Pole Position

2024/12/18

The king of arcade racing games is here at last, but will Pole Position live up the hype?! Ben and

1982 - Subroc-3D

2024/12/11

Grab some popcorn and put those glasses on because Sega is taking us to the third dimension! Liste

1982 - Tomy Tutor

2024/12/4

A brand new computer is here and man is it good! Wes and Ben review two games on the new Tomy Tuto

Dave Nutting is back with another new arcade game for Midway! This time it's Pac-Man meets Dig-Dug

1982 - End of the Microvision

2024/11/13

Another week, another piece of hardware down! This time it's the first ever 2nd generation handhel

1982 - Moon Patrol

2024/10/30

Moon Patrol is not only a landmark game in videogaming graphics technology, it is also just a good

1982 - Utopia

2024/10/23

I don't know about you, but in my Utopia there aren't pirates and rebels and hurricanes (oh my!),

Yes that is right, the Nintendo DS has finally launched! Wait, did you say that comes out in 2004?

1982 - Emerson Arcadia 2001

2024/10/9

Our first new console of the year is here! Will the Emerson Arcadia shake up the console gaming la

1982 - Jack the Giantkiller

2024/10/2

Jack is in for some big big trouble as he begins climbing the beanstalk all the way up to the top!

1982 - Mermaid

2024/9/18

With a name like Mermaid, a game can be so many things! Is it a scramble type game? Pac-Man or Dig

Ben's new album 'Demons' releases this Friday, September 13th at 6pm EST. You can find the relevan

1982 - Dig Dug

2024/9/4

Break out your air pump because some underground dragons are phasing through the earth to get us!