Our podcast is focused on preserving video game history through interviews with game developers. We will be interviewing indie developers from around the industry, big and small, to document their unique game development process and ensure that their stories, their ideas, and their motivation will be available for others to enjoy and learn from for years to come. If you are an indie developer or publisher and you would like us to interview you or your team, send us an email at hello@hitsave.org!
Hit Save! Podcast
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Our podcast is focused on preserving video game history through interviews with game developers. We will be interviewing indie developers from around the industry, big and small, to document their unique game development process and ensure that their stories, their ideas, and their motivation will be available for others to enjoy and learn from for years to come. If you are an indie developer or publisher and you would like us to interview you or your team, send us an email at hello@hitsave.org!
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Recent Episodes
September 5, 2025
Keeping the Dream Alive: Twenty-Two Years of Free Online Gaming with XLink Kai
<p>Earlier this summer we sat down with CrunchBite, the third-generation developer and current project lead behind <a href="https://teamxlink.co.uk">XLink Kai</a>, the remarkable tunneling service that has been connecting console gamers across the internet for over two decades.</p><p>XLink Kai is what's known as a tunneling program - essentially a VPN that tricks game consoles across the globe into thinking they're on the same local network. This simple concept has enabled millions of players to experience LAN-enabled games with their online friends, from the original Xbox's Halo matches to modern Switch titles, all completely free of charge.</p><p>Our interview with CrunchBite reveals the story behind one of gaming's most enduring community-driven projects. What started as two friends in the UK wanting to play Halo before Xbox Live existed has evolved into a preservation effort supporting 15 different console generations and over 1,300 games.</p>
May 28, 2025
From PhD to Pixel Art: The Six-Year Journey Behind "So to Speak"
Erik Andersen discusses his six-year journey developing the innovative Japanese learning puzzle game "So to Speak," which transformed him from academic researcher to indie game developer in this interview.
April 15, 2025
Keitai update Spring 2025 - Over 800 Japanese phone games preserved!
<p>This podcast features a discussion with four experts working on preserving Japanese mobile phone games (keitai games) from the pre-smartphone era. The participants include Ellen Cooper (board member at Hit Save and founder of Keitai Wiki), Stephanie Gawroriski (creator of Squirrel JME), Max/Rockman Cosmo (game preservationist), and Yuvi (reverse engineer).</p><p>The conversation covers their collaborative efforts to preserve these historically significant games that would otherwise be lost, as many relied on networks that have since been shut down. They discuss notable preservation achievements, including over 800 preserved i-mode games such as Kingdom Hearts Coded, Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, Professor Layton and the Mansion of the Deathly Mayor, and Xenosaga: Pied Piper.</p><p>Technical challenges are explored in depth, including hardware hacking to extract data from phone chips, reverse engineering network protocols to recreate server functionality, and developing emulation software to make these games playable again. The team also discusses their work on a launcher to make these games more accessible to players interested in experiencing this unique part of gaming history.</p><p>The podcast highlights how these Japanese mobile games were technologically advanced for their time and served as important precursors to modern mobile gaming distribution and monetization models, making their preservation culturally and historically significant.</p>
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