video game history

Entertainment

The Forgotten Nintendo Controller That Pioneered VR

The Nintendo Power Glove was an ambitious but flawed late-1980s motion-control peripheral for the NES, known for its poor usability…

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Culture

VGHF Rescues Lost Sega Channel Games

The Video Game History Foundation has recovered over 140 ROMs from the 1990s Sega Channel, a pioneering cable-based game subscription…

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Entertainment

Infamous Atari 2600 Game Rereleased After 43 Years

The infamously poor Atari 2600 version of *Pac-Man*, a key factor in the 1980s video game crash, has been unexpectedly…

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BigTech Companies

Nintendo’s 2-Year Race to Finish Metroid Prime 2

The development of *Metroid Prime 2: Echoes* was a two-year sprint under intense pressure, with Retro Studios pushing for a…

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Culture

The MLB Banned These Jokes From a Beloved PS2 Game

MLB Slugfest 2003 is a chaotic, arcade-style baseball game from the PlayStation 2 era, known for its exaggerated violence and…

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BigTech Companies

How Sony’s Complaints Led to the PS2’s Historic GTA Deal

The landmark partnership that secured timed exclusivity for Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas on PlayStation 2…

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Entertainment

How Guitar Hero Turned Everyone Into a Rock Star

Guitar Hero created a global cultural phenomenon by turning living rooms into stages where players used plastic guitars to master…

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BigTech Companies

The Surprising Origin of Princess Peach’s Toadstool Name

Princess Peach was originally named Princess Toadstool in Western releases due to a localization decision by an advertising agency when…

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Culture

Rare Early US Video Game Magazine Now Free for Preservation

The Video Game History Foundation has digitized and made freely available the complete archive of Computer Entertainer, a rare 1980s…

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