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The History of Video Games — 280 episodes

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1983 - Odyssey 3

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1983 - Hunchback
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1983 - Cosmic Chasm
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1983 - Ultima III
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1983 - Best of the Vectrex
6

1983 - Famicom
7

1983 - Bomberman
8

1983 - SG-1000
9

1983 - Dragon's Lair
10

1983 - Bega's Battle
11

1983 - Wizardry III
12

1983 - Astron Belt
13

1983 - Star Wars
14

1983 - The Third Generation of Home Consoles
15

1983 - Foot Craz
16

1983 - Games Workshop
17

1983 - Mappy
18

2025 - Year in Review
19

1983 - Mario Bros.
20

1983 - Food Fight
21

1983 - Gyruss
22

1983 - Wacko
23

1983 - Sinistar
24

1983 - Goodbye Commodore PET!
25

1983 - Congo Bongo
26

1983 - Birth of the Internet
27

1983 - The Dark Age of Video Gaming
28

1982 - The Game Awards
29

1982 - Sprite Hall of Fame
30

1982 - The End of the Golden Age....E.T.
31

1982 - Popeye
32

1982 - Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom
33

1982 - Xevious
34

1982 - Frontline
35

1982 - Vectrex
36

1982 - Microsoft Flight Simulator
37

1982 - Atari 5200
38

1982 - Pooyan
39

1982 - Q*bert
40

1982 - Satan's Hollow
41

1982 - Super Pac-Man
42

1982 - Pengo
43

1982 - Pitfall!
44

1982 - Joust
45

1982 - Donkey Kong Jr.
46

1982 - Commodore 64
47

1982 - Dragon 32
48

2025 - Wes Minicast
49

1982 - Colecovision
50

1982 - The Empire Strikes Back
51

2024 - Year in Review!
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1982 - Pole Position
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1982 - Subroc-3D
54

1982 - Tomy Tutor
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1982 - The Adventures of Robby Roto!
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1982 - End of the Microvision
57

1982 - Moon Patrol
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1982 - Utopia
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1982 - The First Dual Screen Handheld!
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1982 - Emerson Arcadia 2001
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1982 - Jack the Giantkiller
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1982 - Mermaid
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2024 - Ben Releases an Album
64

1982 - Dig Dug
65

1982 - ZX Spectrum
66

1982 - Loco-Motion
67

1982 - Pac-Man (The Bad One)
68

1982 - 3D Graphics in 1982!
69

1982 - Episode 200!
70

1982 - Pick Axe Pete!
71

1982 - MAX Machine
72

1982 - Telengard
73

1982 - Zaxxon
74

1982 - Ms. Pac-Man
75

Music-Cast 3
76

1981 - The Game Awards
77

1981 - Swashbuckler
78

1981 - BBC Micro
79

1981 - Space Cruiser
80

1981 - Jump Bug
81

1981 - Thief
82

1981 - Turtles

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1981 - Bosconian
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1981 - CreatiVision
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1981 - Turbo
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1981 - Tempest
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1981 - Castle Wolfenstein
88

1981 - The Dragon's Eye
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1981 - Galaga
90

2023 - End of Year Minicast!
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1981 - IBM PC
92

1981 - Eastern Front (1941)
93

1981 - Armored Car
94

1981 - K.C. Munchkin
95

1981 - Donkey Kong
96

1981 - Epoch Cassette Vision
97

1981 - Ultima & Rogue!
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1981 - Centipede
99

1981 - Frogger
100

1981 - Minicast
101

1981 - End of the Channel F
102

1981 - Space Odyssey
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1981 - The First Laptop
104

1981 - Atari's Big Sequels

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105

1981 - Cranston Manor
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1981 - ZX-81
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1981 - Entex Select-A-Game

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108

1981 - Mayday!!

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1981 - Scramble
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1981 - Terranean
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1981 - Defender
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1981 - VTech's Time & Fun
113

1981 - Pulsar
114

2023 - Summer Games Minicast
115

1980 - The Game Awards
116

1980 - The DECO Cassette System
117

1980 - Zork
118

1980 - Phoenix

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1980 - Mission Asteroid
120

1980 - Wizard of Wor
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1980 - Space Panic
122

1980 - Berzerk
123

1980 - Akalabeth
124

1980 - Crazy Climber
125

1980 - TRS-80 Coco
126

1980 - Odyssey: The Compleat Adventure
127

1980 - Star Castle
128

1980 - The Acorn Atom
129

1980 - Wizard and the Princess
130

1980 - Elektor TV Games Computer
131

1980 - Activision
132

1980 - Moon Cresta
133

1980 - Pac-Man
134

1980 - The VIC-20
135

1980 - King & Balloon
136

1980 - Missile Command
137

1980 - Mystery House
138

1980 - Megatack
139

1980 - Speak & Rescue
140

1980 - Game & Watch
141

1980 - Let's Rob A Bank!
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1980 - Return of the Scrolling Playfield
143

1980 - The First System Seller
144

1980 - Samurai
145

1980 - First Puzzle Platformer?
146

1980 - The First Text Tree
147

1980 - Eamon in '80
148

1980 - The Intellivision Launches
149

Minicast - Ben Gets Injured
150

1980 - A Game to Rival Galaxian
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1980 - Dracula Hunter
152

1979 - The Game Awards
153

1979 - Futurewar
154

1979 - Super Vision 8000
155

1979 - The Atari 8-Bit Is Here To Stay
156

1979 - Racing Towards '80
157

1979 - Asteroids
158

1979 - APF's Imagination Machine
159

1979 - Atari's Home Computer
160

1979 - The Microvision
161

1979 - The Intellivision
162

1979 - Avatar
163

1979 - The TI-99
164

1979 - Warrior
165

1979 - Sheriff
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1979 - Galaxian
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1979 - Eamon
168

1979 - Superman
169

1979 - Space Invaders On A Console
170

1979 - The Exidy Sorcerer

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171

1979 - Temple of Apshai
172

1979 - Lunar Lander (Again!)
173

1979 - Dungeon of Death

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174

1979 - Weird Games Are Great
175

1979 - So Many RPGs!
176

1979 - Our 100th Episode!
177

1979 - Fairchild Gets Bought Out
178

1979 - The First Game To Use 2 TVs
179

1979 - Atari Basketball
180

1979 - Space Warp
181

1979 - Side Trak
182

1979 - The First 'Eat The Dots' Game
183

1979 - Atari 2600 Special
184

1979 - Starhawk
185

1979 - Speed Freak
186

1979 - Advances in Handhelds
187

1979 - Pirate's Adventure
188

1979 - Video Pinball
189

1979 - Fortress
190

1978 - The Game Awards
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1978 - The VC 4000
192

1978 - Basketball Done Right
193

1979 - A Wes Mini-Cast
194

1978 - The Odyssey 2
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1978 - Doomsday
196

1978 - The Videobrain is Pretty Good
197

1978 - Unisonic Champion 2711
198

1978 - APF MP-1000
199

1978 - Dead Eye
200

1978 - Atari Football
201

1978 - Game of Dungeons
202

1978 - Field Trip 1
203

1978 - Beneath Apple Manor
204

1978 - Computer Games Galore
205

1978 - Bob Bishop Is Back
206

1978 - The Music-Cast 2
207

1978 - Bally Astrocade Goodness
208

1978 - Alto Trek
209

1978 - Freecell

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1978 - Tank War
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1978 - Space Invaders
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1978 - Fire Truck
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1978 - Treasure Hunt
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1978 - 3-D Bowling
215

1978 - Bally Astrocade
216

1978 - RCA Studio III
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1978 - Visicom Com-100
218

1978 - Fairchild is Back

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1978 - Mattel is Back
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1978 - Sky Raider
221

1978 - Star Wars
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1978 - Ultra Tank
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1978 - A New Year At Last
224

1977 - The Videobrain Family Computer
225

1977 - The Music-Cast
226

1977 - The Telstar Arcade (Coleco)
227

1977 - Oubliette
228

1977 - Fairchild's Final Games of '77
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1977 - Space Wars
230

1977 - The Atari 2600
231

1977 - Super Bug
232

1977 - Who's The Best Developer?
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1977 - Starship 1

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1977 - The Stunt Cycle Console
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1977 - The Apple II
236

1977 - Nintendo's First Console
237

1977 - The Worst Games So Far?
238

1977 - PC-50x
239

1977 - Guided Missile
240

1977 - The Podcast Turns 1!
241

1977 - Breakout on Console?!
242

1977 - Boot Hill

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1977 - The Commodore PET

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1977 - RCA Studio II
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1977 - Chromemco Dazzler
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1976 - TARG
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1976 - Odyssey 500
248

1976 - The Fairchild Channel F

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1976 - Sprint 2
250

1976 - Blockade & Night Driver
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1976 - Colossal Cave Adventure
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1976 - The First Handheld
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1976 - Cops N' Robbers

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1976 - Breakout!
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1976 - Death Race!
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1976 - Sea Wolf
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1976 - Bombs Away

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1976 - Pong in a Chip
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1976 - The First FPS Tank Game

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260

1975 - Maneater (AKA Play Inside A Shark's Mouth)

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261

1975 - The First RPG
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1975 - The First Boss Fight!
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1975 - The First Dungeon Crawler
264

1975 - The First Game With Human Vs Human Violence!
265

1975 - A Chicago Coin Surprise
266

1975 - Time to Race!
267

1975 - The Return of the Odyssey!
268

1974 - Consoles in 1974
269

1974 - The First Game With Scrolling Graphics
270

1974 - The Lame Duck Episode
271

1974 - First FPS Game

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1974 - The First Human Sprites
273

Episode 8 - Saying Goodbye to the Odyssey
274

Episode 7 - Pong Era Pt 2
275

Episode 6 - The Pong Era Pt 1
276

Episode 5 - Magnavox Odyssey Pt 2
277

Episode 4 - Magnavox Odyssey Pt 1
278

Episode 3 - Early History Pt 3
279

Episode 2 - Early History Pt 2
280

Episode 1 - Early History Pt 1