
A Trip Down Memory Card Lane is a weekly video game history podcast that tells one story per episode, guided by the current week in gaming history. Hosted by brothers David Kassin and Robert Kassin, the show explores the stories behind the games we grew up with. It looks at the creative risks, technical limitations, business realities, and human decisions that shaped what players ultimately experi... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 307 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | HistoryVideo GamesLeisure | |||

In 1985, Datasoft released Alternate Reality: The City, an Atari 8-bit role playing game built almost entirely by one self-taught programmer working out of a shack in the Hawaiian backwoods. In this episode, we explore how Philip Price talked his way... more
In 1996, NiGHTS into Dreams asked players to fly through somebody else's dreams instead of walking through their own story, and it became one of the strangest, most singular experiences the Sega Saturn ever produced. In this episode, we trace how Yuj... more
In 1990, a fifty-dollar plastic cartridge called the Game Genie arrived in North America and immediately became the most controversial accessory in gaming. David and Rob trace the story from a cold shoulder at a Las Vegas trade show, through the make... more
In 1996, id Software released Quake, one of the most influential games ever made, and one that nearly destroyed the team behind it. In this episode, David and Rob Kassin trace the full arc of how Quake came to be, starting with a Dungeons and Dragons... more
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A deep-dive history podcast that explores the stories behind beloved games and the people who made them. Each episode focuses on a single topic—from classic hardware and mod culture to iconic titles and the business decisions that shaped the industry—through rigorous storytelling, archival context, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes. The show shines when it threads technical milestones, design trade-offs, and industry dynamics into accessible narratives, making it a strong fit for listeners who want practical takeaways about how games came to be and what those moments reveal about the broader gaming landscape. Notable strengths include a cohesive host duo with a knack for connecting historical detail to modern industry implications, plus a con... more
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