Welcome to the Gaming History Club, a podcast dedicated to exploring the rich and diverse history of video games with a peculiarly passionate gamer couple, JP & Gaby.
Join us as we delve into the fascinating stories behind the evolution and cultural impact of video games, from the early days of arcade classics to the modern era of triple A titles.
New episodes will be released every second Wednesday. For more information or to get in touch, please visit us at www.GamingHistory.Club
It's been forty years since The Legend of Zelda arrived on the Famicom Disk System, and with the Ocarina of Time remake landing on Switch 2 in November, we're going back to where it started. Miyamoto's childhood caves, the dungeon crawler that grew an overworld, Koji Kondo rewriting the title theme overnight because of a copyright problem, and the phone line Nintendo had to staff because nobody could work out where to go. Plus a small, polite disagreement with the Guinness Book of World Records. Join us, Player One — it's dangerous to go alone.
Sources:
Was The Legend Of Zelda Actually Named After Its Heroine? (https://www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/legend-zelda-named-after-princess)
Super Cassette Vision / Save Cartridges (https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/67123/Super-Cassette-Vision/)
Zelda Williams talks about her love for Nintendo (https://nintendoeverything.com/zelda-williams-talks-about-her-love-for-nintendo/)
An Intriguing Tale of How The Legend of Zelda's Iconic Opening Song Almost Never Happened (https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2016/11/an_intriguing_tale_of_how_the_legend_of_zeldas_iconic_opening_song_almost_never_happened)
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Theme tune created by Tom Docherty (https://www.facebook.com/tomas.docherty.777)
26 Aug 2026
Let’s talk about 1977
1977 is the first time that a normal person might afford a pre-assembled computer that comes with a monitor and keyboard. Find out how, and why!
Source:
Video Game Console Library - Atari (https://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/console/atari-2600/)
John Carmack tried to steal Apple 2 Computers (https://kotaku.com/john-carmack-stole-computers-and-gaming-needs-more-peo-5269692)
The Computer trinity (https://cybernews.com/editorial/the-1977-trinity-and-other-era-defining-pcs/)
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Theme tune created by Tom Docherty (https://www.facebook.com/tomas.docherty.777)
29 Jul 2026
Circle of Life: Tamagotchi
Everyone calls the Tamagotchi the first virtual pet. It wasn't. It wasn't the most advanced, either — and the one that beat it to market by twelve days had actual neural networks. So how did a plastic egg with three buttons and twenty pixels flatten all of them, sell over 100 million units, and make Shigeru Miyamoto think Mario 64 had lost? Ahead of its 30th anniversary this November, we find out what the Tamagotchi was actually first at.
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Sources:
Official Tamagotchi Website History (https://tamagotchi-official.com/gb/history/)
IG Nobel Prize Winners (https://improbable.com/ig/winners/#ig1997)
Museum of Play - Tamagotchi (https://www.museumofplay.org/games/tamagotchi/)
We welcome you to get in touch with us!
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Theme tune created by Tom Docherty (https://www.facebook.com/tomas.docherty.777)
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