Merry Christmas! To celebrate, we've got four games set during this festive period for you to vote on. It's the last pod and poll of the year, so make it count!
Thanks for listening to us in 2025. We hope you have a great holiday and a happy new year, and we'll see you in 2026 for our GOTY special.
Go vote on the Christmas games @vg_hof on Twitter and/or @vghof on BlueSky. Oh, and tell us your game of the year and we'll read it out next episode. Emails welcome, as always, to videogamehof@gmail.com
Let's get niche, baby! We're dipping out of our (and most people's, really) comfort zones to nominate some games outside of the 'Big Four' console manufacturers.
Think SNK, NEC/Hudson Soft, Atari, Philips, 3DO Company... you get it. There's a huge number of bangers still available for their machines, some that defined the entire industry (and some that crashed it).
The only rule is no home computers. Amiga (except the CD32), Spectrum and Commodore 64 (sorry, Steve), that means you're out.
Vote for your favourite nominated game over @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky and send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
We're back! After a brief hiatus (albeit one where we've recorded three pods and Alex just needs to get his arse in gear and edit them faster), we return to celebrate the golden era of gaming.
That's right, it's time to dust off your SNES or Mega Drive (or Mega CD, TurboGrafx-16 or Neo Geo) and get 16-bits of glory in ya. So many classics to choose from, and we've got four bangin' nominees for you on this one.
Go vote for the one you want in the Hall of Fame @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky. Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
It's Halloween again, and you know what that means! Yes, it means nobody on the podcast aside from Alex will nominate anything even remotely spooky on our spooky special episode.
Other things happen:
Go now to @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote in the poll/like the post of the ghosty game you want in the HOF!
Send emails to videogamehof@gmail.com but STOP BEING MEAN TO SIMON. First one to send us an email where they say something nice about Simon gets to nominate a 16-bit game for the next episode of the pod. I mean, it might not get in but you gotta shoot your shot.
This is an absolutely mad episode. Loads of fun was had, and we're sure you'll have fun too. Alex does maths. Steve does sailors (again). Rob really wants to stroke a dog. Simon celebrates a birthday.
We also induct four previous poll losers directly into the Hall of Fame, set up all the categories for the next 9 episodes, and answer an email from a new listener. You can email us too! videogamehof@gmail.com
To help select the category we nominate games from in a couple of episodes time, all you need to do is go to @vg_hof on Twitter and/or @vghof on BlueSky and vote for it. See you next time for our Halloween special!
This should be right in our wheelhouse, eh? Well, to make sure we definitely hit our nominations out of the park, we enlisted Sega Mania Magazine creator, Tim Hugall, as a special guest!
Because he's so good at making our words into amazing pages, we let Tim nominate three Sega games, with the rest of us voting one directly into the Hall of Fame.
There's the usual four nominees for you to vote on as well, though. Just head over to @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky and vote in the poll/like the post of your desired winner respectively.
Send emails over to videogamehof@gmail.com as we'd love to have some nonsense to read in next episode's bonus induction special.
Head to www.sega-mania.com to pre-order your copy of Sega Mania Magazine issue 9. We wrote it!
It's time to put up or shmup up, as we're nominating shoot 'em ups for the Hall of Fame. We decided to include games from the sub genres of horizontal and veritcal-scrolling shooters, twin stick shooters and run and gun games.
When you've heard the pod, go to @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote for the game you want in the HOF!
Thanks to ol' Jeff Bra for his questions! You can send your own questions for the pod to our social accounts, or email them to videogamehof@gmail.com
Fear not, haters of Smash and/or Nintendo (alright, Steve?), Smash Bros. has become a veritable video game museum. There are hundreds of games represented in the Big N's party fighter, so we had a huge range of wildly different games to nominate for the HOF in this one.
When you've heard the episode, head on over to @vghof on BlueSky to like the post of the game you want, or vote in the poll @vg_hof on Twitter.
Don't forget we love reading out your emails - send 'em over to videogamehof@gmail.com
Let's go back in time to a wonderful era in gaming. An era where the first person shooter was perfected, where the RTS was king, where Mario and Sonic never dared to tread. Where PC gaming was magnificent.
We've got four classics for you to vote for in this episode, so go to @VG_HOF on Twitter and vote in the poll, or like the post of the game you want in on @vghof on BlueSky.
Send emails to vifdeogamehof@gmail.com
In the midst of this irritatingly annual heatwave, we bring you a podcast featuring sweaty lads with melting brains. You'll see what we mean. Bear with us, it's hot innit.
We've got four PlayStation 1 games for you to vote on this time, and with classics like FFVII, Resident Evil 1 and 2, THPS and... er... Die Hard Trilogy already in the Hall of Fame, the lads had to delve a little deeper for nominations.
Once you've heard our nominations, head over to @VG_HOF on Twitter (sorry, BlueSky polls are broken and useless atm) to vote. Please do say hi to us @vghof on BlueSky too, though. Send an email to videogamehof@gmail.com. Do it!
The best things in life are three! An undeniable video game fact if this episode is anything to go by. Prepare yourselves for arguably the strongest lineup of games we've ever put to a vote.
Also prepare for some Rob-related controversy around percentagegate (he's not happy). Who was right? Alex or Rob? Hit us up at @vg_hof on twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to chime in, and to vote for the threequel you want in the HOF.
Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
You know how it is - you're great. People say you're great. Yet, somehow, you never quite make it big. Just like cult classic video games.
Here we are to nominate four games that deserved more than cult status, and you can give them more by voting one into the Hall of Fame!
Go to @vg_hof on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote in the poll for your favourite cult classic. Also, send an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
This episode's category caused a bit of consternation amongst the lads. Maybe that's to be expected, what with Steve ‘I don’t create characters - just make sure the hedgehog is blue’ Andrews, and Rob ‘I don’t understand any categories anymore. Why can’t we have games with bikes instead of this woke nonsense?’ Kirkup on the show.
But hey, we've got Simon ‘I’ll pick a category only slightly more vague and mysterious than the game I’ve planned to pick for it’ Pike to blame (or thank) for that!
Don't forget to go and vote for the game you want in the Hall of Fame over @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky. Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com.
Get your wallet out, you cheap bastards, because in this episode we're nominating games that are rare and/or expensive.
You can choose your voting choice for the Hall of Fame based on the rarest, most expensive or just the best game (probably do that).
In an explosive pod, Rob nominates something fucking ridiculous and we try to track down and live call an old Spectrum developer.
Say hi @vg_hof on X or @vghof on BlueSky, and email videogamehof@gmail.com
We're here to cram those pesky loser games from the last 8 episodes into the Hall of Fame whether you like it or not!
That's not all, though, as we actually induct FIVE games in this episode, because there's a quiz to play and the winner gets to induct ANY game that's lost from any previous episode.
You can play along with the quiz, and you also need to vote on the category we pick games from next. Head over to @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote now!
Well, this feels topical doesn't it! Who doesn't love a good console launch (when the games don't cost £75)? We're here to celebrate Gaming Christmas by nominating four incredible console launch titles for potential induction into the Hall of Fame.
If you want to vote on the games, go to @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky and get on it. Also, send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com.
Put 'em up, punk! We're nominating fighting games for the Hall of Fame!
Voting's finished for this one (this is a re-upload), so listen to Episode 49 to find out the winning game!
Come say hi @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky and send emails to videogamehof@gmail.com
We can be your hero, baby. That's right, we're here to kiss away your pain with four superhero game nominations for the Video Game Hall of Fame.
The pickings may be a bit slim, but we still come out of it with four bangers. Just remember that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is already in the HOF so there's no rush to induct, say, its predecessor. Just FYI.
Go to @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote for the game you want to win! Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
See you next time for fighting games!
What a console the PS2 is. So many classic games for us to nominate for the Hall of Fame (and a fair few we already have). Join us in a celebration of one of the GOATs.
Once you've heard the pod, head over to @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on BlueSky to vote for the PS2 game you want in the HOF.
Send us an email to videogamehof@gmail.com
In this episode, we chill out by nominating therapeutic games for the Hall of Fame. Remember, therapy is a very subjective activity!
Voting's closed on this one now, so tune in to episode 46 to hear the winner.
Please say hi @VG_HOF on Twitter or @vghof on Bluesky and/or send emails to videogamehof@gmail.com