“Challenge The Unknown Rapids!” – A Rare Taito Deep Cut From The Early ’80s Is Making The Jump To Consoles Later This Week

Adventure Canoe originally released in arcades in 1982. Taito’s 1982 top-down river adventure game, Adventure Canoe, isn’t exactly the best-known or best-documented game from the legendary arcade developer. If you look it up online, for instance, one of the first search results is a forum thread from 2019 where commenters are questioning whether the game…

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How Lemmings Led to Grand Theft Auto

Before they were known as Rockstar North, the creators of a little game called Grand Theft Auto, the studio was known as DMA Design. A small team that would go on to change the video game industry forever, the beginning of DMA Design was scrappy, fueled by dreams of hitting it big. Despite the massive…

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Random: Excited About the Virtual Boy’s Re-Appearance? Why Not Check Out This New Footage Of Its Winter CES Unveiling

The Video Game History Foundation takes back in time to January 1995. The Video Game History Foundation has just published a new video on its YouTube channel, featuring some previously unseen footage of the Virtual Boy’s North American unveiling, just in time for the launch of the Virtual Boy app on Nintendo Switch Online. The…

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