#VideoGames #design #PersonalArchives #VGHF

'This week, we’ve updated two of our existing library collections: the Mark Flitman papers and the Andrew Nelson papers!'

https://gamehistory.org/our-first-expansion-pack-new-materials-in-our-development-collections/

« The Untold Story of the #Nintendo Entertainment System » by The Video Games History Foundation for the 40th birthday :

« 15 years in the making ! The #VGHF presents the unlikely story of how the #NES was born. »

› https://youtu.be/uJvpRGibFhg

#Gaming #RetroGaming #VideoGames #Atari

The Secrets of Sega Channel: VGHF recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and more)

Our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel — including over 100 new Sega Channel ROMs.

By Phil Salvador

December 15, 2025

Sega broke ground in the late 90s with one of the first digital game distribution systems for consoles. Sega Channel offered access to a rotating library of Sega Genesis titles, along with game tips, demos, and even a few exclusive games that never came out in the United States in any other format. In an era of dial-up internet, Sega Channel delivered game data over television cable — a novel approach that gave the service its name.

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https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/

Sega Channel: VGHF Recovers over 100 Sega Channel ROMs (and More)

https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/

#HackerNews #SegaChannel #VGHF #ROMs #SegaHistory #GamingNews #RetroGaming

Vamos à nossa seleção de links divertidos da semana…

https://retropolis.com.br/2025/12/16/vamos-a-nossa-selecao-de-links-divertidos-da-semana/

#MundoRetro #acervo #CMLK #comunicao #Datassette #DECtape #DennisRitchie #fita #protocolo #redes #Spartan #UNIX #VGHF #Videogames

#VGHF and friends have recovered around 144 lost #Sega Channel ROMs!

https://gamehistory.org/segachannel/

#RetroGaming #ROMs #SegaGenesis #MegaDrive #90s

‘This Guy Should Be Beaten To Death With Baseball Bats’

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://aftermath.site/mlb-slugfest-commentary-cut

Many people know of the SNES version of SimCity, but there was actually a version made for the NES that was unreleased, and The Video Game History Foundation published a few minutes of gameplay of the prototype for it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0q93b_allY.

It looks similar to other versions of SimCity we know. The music is fairly repetitive (that 8-bit limitation has a lot to do with that, I'm sure) but the video here shows a lot of the gameplay features, including the monster destroying the city. The music of the short cutscenes with the animated characters (saying you have too much crime, etc) really have a kinda Mario sound to them, in my opinion.

This was a cool watch for SimCity fanatics like myself. 😂

#SimCity #simulation #SimGames #NES #Nintendo #GameHistory #gaming #80s #80sGames #prototypes #GamePrototypes #TheVideoGameHistoryFoundation #VGHF #RetroGames #RetroGaming #VideoGameHistory

"‪Video Game History Foundation‬

Introducing the William Volk papers, a new digital collection in the VGHF Library!

Explore thousands of documents, developments schedules, and memos from the early history of Activision." -- https://bsky.app/profile/gamehistoryorg.bsky.social/post/3m22r5dw5gc2w

https://gamehistory.org/william-volk-papers/

#GameHistory #VGHF #VideoGameHistory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ6ZJm-nKnA

The #VideoGameHistoryFoundation has released the Craig Stitt papers, with lots of art from the portfolio of an artist who worked on #Sonic, #Spyro, #RatchetAndClank, and more. There's a video interview with him as well.
https://gamehistory.org/introducing-the-craig-stitt-papers/

https://youtu.be/QAN6AD2_fs0

#Videogames #ClassicGames #SEGA #VGHF #VideoGameHistory #SonicTheHedgehog