For some bootleg consoles are nothing but a con, but they broke barriers and spread gaming worldwide.

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Bootleg Games Fandom

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Remember the first time you spent an hour adjusting cheekbones in a game, only to put a helmet on five minutes later? Same. In this episode, we journey through the history of character customisation

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We’re cracking open boxes of cereal and dusting off some hidden gems—those weird, wild, and sometimes wonderful games that came free in your morning meal.

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Moby Games - Games bundled with cereal boxes

How Doom was licensed and reskinned to create Chex Quest

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In our very first Gaming History Heroes spotlight, we honour Jerry Lawson—the brilliant yet long overlooked mind behind the game cartridge revolution. Jerry helped shape how we play, design, and distribute video games. From pioneering the interchangeable cartridge system to laying the groundwork for essential features like the pause button, his innovations transformed home gaming forever.

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Jerry Lawson: The Engineer Who Changed the Game

Jerry Lawson Forever Changed the Video Game Industry

Interview with Vintage Computing and Gaming

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In our 50th episode we journey back thousands of years to uncover the world’s oldest uncovered games. from Egypt’s mysterious Senet, to Mesopotamia’s Royal Game of Ur, China’s still-thriving Go, and the newly reimagined game of Shahr-i Sokhta. 

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Mancala - Savannah African Art Museum

British Museum - Royal Game of Ur

Researchers uncover how Shahr-i Sokhta was played

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We explore how video games have become unlikely allies in the fight for the planet. From early titles like SimEarth in the 1990s that gently raised awareness of ecological systems, to later games that echo the urgency and resistance of modern environmental activism.

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Play SimEarth - The Living Planet on Internet Archive

Primo Natura: 11 Environmental and Conservation Games

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What began as a game about a bodyguard for a prince evolved into a genre-defining series, steeped in the mythos of the real-life Order of Assassins and inspired by Vladimir Bartol’s novel Alamut. Join us as we explore how Ubisoft’s ambitious leap of faith turned parkour, historical fiction, and stealth into the DNA of a franchise that blurred the lines between fact and fantasy

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Gate of Alamut

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No, we don't mean "Yoo this game is so sick" we are talking about a surprisingly overlooked genre: Medical Video Games! This genre has a lot to offer: from realism to laughs, and we even find some real obscure games that have little to no information online.

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Microbe - The Anatomical Adventure - Play on Archive.org

The Socratic System 1964 - National Library of Medicine

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Ever wondered how we went from blocky pixels to 4K ray-tracing? Join us to find out how the muscliest of gaming hardware components was born.

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By now you know the drill Player One, it's chit chat time! we present our pick for the best games that were close to never being made!

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