
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 | 284 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Video GamesHistoryLeisure | |||

In 1992, Square released \Romancing SaGa\ for the Super Famicom, challenging players to navigate a world that refused to explain itself. In this episode, we explore how Akitoshi Kawazu’s design philosophy took shape as Square moved beyond traditional... more
In 2007, \Hotel Dusk: Room 215\ arrived on the Nintendo DS and quietly proved that handheld games could tell slow, moody, adult stories. This week, we explore how the studio Cing used Nintendo’s family friendly system to deliver a noir inspired myste... more
In 2005, \Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction\ dropped players into a warzone that cared less about heroism and more about chaos, contracts, and consequences. This week, we explore how Pandemic Studios built an open world sandbox where loyalty was... more
In 1991, Micro Machines turned kitchen tables, school desks, and pool halls into racetracks, proving that racing games did not need realism to be unforgettable. This week, we explore how Galoob’s tiny toy cars became a cultural phenomenon and how Cod... more
In 1990, Hugo’s House of Horrors arrived quietly as a shareware PC adventure built by one person working nights and weekends. This week, we explore how programmer David P. Gray created the game as a personal plan B, inspired by text adventures, horro... more
In 2025, our year in video game history took us from foundational classics to unexpected deep cuts as we explored stories across consoles, companies, genres, and eras. In this episode, we look back at the games that shaped our conversations this year... more
In 1987, Phantasy Star arrived on the Sega Master System and proved that Sega could compete in a genre dominated by Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. This week, we explore how a small internal team led by Kotaro Hayashida, Yuji Naka, and artist Rieko K... more
In 2010, Ni no Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn introduced players to a world where Studio Ghibli’s hand-drawn warmth met Level-5’s heartfelt RPG design. In this episode, we explore how a studio famously cautious about video games found unexpected ha... more
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