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Racing Evolution - The Rise and Fall of Ridge Racer

November 3, 2026 at 12:32 AM

Olivolk

@olivolk.bsky.social

In 2005, World of Warcraft accidentally unleashed a plague on its own players.

#WorldOfWarcraft #WoW #GamingHistory #VideoGameHistory #WeirdHistory

©2026 Olivolk

November 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM

respawnarchives.bsky.social

@respawnarchives.bsky.social

On this day in 2010, God of War: Ghost of Sparta was released for PSP in North America. Hot take: it mattered as much for the hardware as the franchise. Late-era PSP still pushed for console-scale spectacle. #PSPHistory #VideoGameHistory #GodOfWarGhostOfSparta #PlayStationPortable #HandheldGamingHi…

November 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM

sewart

@sewart.bsky.social

On this day in 1993 Namco released Ridge Racer, kicking off one of the most important arcade racing series in history! Come with me as I look at each and every game in this storied franchise! #namco #ridgeracer #videogamehistory youtu.be/5HIYZjkoUkQ?...

In the early 90s Namco's Ridge Racer was one of the most important games in the world. Leading the way in the arcades with bleeding edge technology, then becoming a flagship launch title for the…

Resident Evil (1996) - Save Theme | Track of the Week

October 30, 2026 at 4:04 PM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

This week's track of the week pulls at the #ResidentEvil nostalgia strings, it's the Save Room Theme: youtube.com/shorts/6V1rF...

#ResidentEvil1 #ResidentEvil1996 #videogamehistory #videogamemusic

Japan's First Home Video Game Console Was WIRELESS?!

November 1, 2026 at 11:32 PM

Chris Pirillo

@chrispirillo.bsky.social

The Video Game History Foundation Posts Colin Williamson's Photos of Japanese Game Culture From 1999 On, When a Working Reporter Happened to Carry a Digital Camera Through Dreamcast-Era Tokyo

lockergnome.com/vghf-colin-williamson-p…

#VideoGameHistory #dreamcast #TokyoGameShow #tech

Chris holding up a snow globe that preserves a tiny late-1990s game-expo scene, more globes on a stand, each holding its own little moment.

October 31, 2026 at 8:20 AM

Enjoy Game Japan

@enjoygamejapan.bsky.social

The man who made The Sims had lost his own house to a fire.

#TheSims #WillWright #Maxis #PCgaming #retrogaming #gamehistory #videogamehistory #gamedesign

#retrogaming #classicgaming

https://museum.enjoygamejapan.online/en/stories/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=exhibit

October 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM

Retrogamer GenX

@retrogamergenx.bsky.social

Hey Retro Gamers, check out the history of Japan's first video game company Epoch and their first gen consoles.
#Retrogames #retrogaming #epoch #pong #videogamehistory
youtu.be/k_f69jTIkgY

YouTube video by Retrogamer Gen X

YouTube video by Natural Born Critic

October 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM

indycarcards.bsky.social

@indycarcards.bsky.social

Top 5 NES Baseball Games

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, or how Jack Garland discovered memes are deadlier than Chaos

October 25, 2026 at 5:46 PM

Magnvs' RPG Journey

@magnvsrpgjourney.bsky.social

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, or how Jack Garland discovered memes are deadlier than Chaos

#rpg #jrpg #teamninja #tecmokoei #squareenix #ps4 #ps5 #pc #xbo #xbs #videogamehistory #rpghistory #gaming #gamedev

magnvsrpgjourney.substack.com/p/stranger-o...

Developer: Tecmo Koei - Team Ninja

magnvsrpgjourney.substack.com

October 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

Continuing with the Halloween season, the most recent track of the week: Mandus from #AmnesiaAMachineforPigs OST by #JessicaCurry.

#Amnesia #AmnesiaGame #videogamemusic #videogamehistory

youtube.com/shorts/ebG7b...

Mandus - Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs | Track of the Week

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

October 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

In the spirit of the Halloween season, we're looking at horror games - this week is #CallofCthulhuDarkCornersoftheEarth from the now defunct Headfirst Productions.

#callofcthulhu #cocdarkcornersoftheearth #videogamehistory

youtube.com/shorts/HoYvO...

Time Station - Ape Escape | Track of the Week

October 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM

Casemate IPM

@casemateipm.bsky.social

#ComingSoon: "The Hardest Video Games Ever Made" is a definitive journey through gaming's hardest titles revealing how challenge, design, and history redefine mastery.

💻️: https://tinyurl.com/mpnhctt5

#hardestvideogames #videogames #videogamehistory

October 20, 2026 at 9:07 PM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

This week's track of the week is from #ApeEscape's soundtrack by #SoichiTerada - "Time Station". #apeescape1999 #ps1games #videogamehistory #videogamemusic

youtube.com/shorts/SS73-...

TCW 268 - Dragon Quest Part 2

October 18, 2026 at 10:46 PM

Tyler Cuddletail

@tylercuddletail.bsky.social

Fun Fact: Let's Play weren't originally videos of people playing games with commentary. They actually started out as "message forum literature with screenshots". #videogames #history #videogamehistory #internethistory #memes

October 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM

People‘s Graphic Design Archive

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The Magnavox Odyssey is the first commercial home video game console. 1972.

“Odyssey came packaged with twelve different game modes, most of which were essentially just board games that used your TV as the board.”
—Kate Wilaert, Videogame History Foundation

#VideoGameHistory
#PeoplesGDArchive

October 17, 2026 at 1:02 PM

They Create Worlds

@theycreateworlds.bsky.social

Yuji Horii and Koichi Nakamura wanted an RPG combining Ultima exploration and Wizardry combat. Torishima united the team: Toriyama designed characters, Shōnen Jump followed development, and Sugiyama composed the music.

youtu.be/bExRebz0zlY

#DragonQuest #JRPG #VideoGameHistory #Famicom

YouTube video by They Create Worlds Podcast

How The Sands of Time Succeeded were the Original "Failed"

October 15, 2026 at 1:13 PM

Detrivance

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A Mario 3 prototype built from a gutted Kid Icarus cart, with "Super 3" scrawled on it in marker, sold for $31,200!

#vtuber #envtuber #nintendo #retrogaming #videogamehistory

October 15, 2026 at 2:19 AM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

#PrinceofPersiaTheSandsofTime was a much needed reboot, and for its developers a realisation of the series' potential.

#PrinceofPersia #ps2games #ubisoft #videogamehistory

youtube.com/shorts/qW7iF...

How The Sands of Time Succeeded were the Original "Failed"

October 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM

V.G.History

@vg-history.bsky.social

#PrinceofPersiaTheSandsofTime was a much needed reboot, and for its developers a realisation of the series' potential.

#PrinceofPersia #ps2games #ubisoft #videogamehistory

youtube.com/shorts/qW7iF...