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'''''A Brief History''''' is a video essay series created by [[The D-Pad]] in [[2015]]. Originally designed as a means to highlight the formative years of various game development companies at the start of their respective [[Franchise Play]]s (such as [[Capcom]], [[HAL Laboratory]], and [[Sega|SEGA]]), it would eventually branch out into covering less massive companies, as well as delving into more involved topics such as the background of specific video games or media. As of June 25, 2018, 9 episodes have been released.
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* [[Rick Desilets]]
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* [[John Selig]]
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* [[C/J Haley]]
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* [[Ben Mooney]]
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'''''A Brief History''''' is a video essay series created by ''[[The D-Pad]]'' in [[2015]]. While early episodes were designed to serve as short intros to the channel's [[Franchise Play]]s, highlighting the formative years of the companies behind the franchises, the series soon became a platform for longer videos delving into specific aspects of certain games or media. As of January 19, 2025, 16 episodes of the series have been released.
  
 
== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxlGr8PKYg A Brief History of CAPCOM]
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| 1 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxlGr8PKYg&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=2 ''<small>A Brief History of</small><br/>Capcom''] || January 9, 2015 || [[Capcom]], ''[[Mega Man]]'' || ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]'' || [[Rick Desilets|Rick]], [[John Selig|John]] || {{#duration: 1m58s}}
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]''
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|Aux2 = 1:59
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| 2 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitCpqTcl9w&t=204s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=3 ''<small>A Brief History of</small><br/>HAL Laboratory''] || March 24, 2016 || [[HAL Laboratory]], ''[[Kirby's Dream Land]]'' || ''[[The Dreamy Let's Play]]'' || Rick, John || {{#duration: 4m41s}}
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|Aux3 = Rick, John
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2015|1|19}}
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| 3 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH2OlkKyMiA&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=4 ''<small>A Brief History of</small><br/>SEGA''] || June 20, 2016 || [[Sega|SEGA]], ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' || ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]'' || John || {{#duration: 5m27s}}
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| 4 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWGBWN6koRU&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=5 ''<small>A Brief History of</small><br/>Comcept''] || June 22, 2016 || [[Comcept]], ''[[Mighty No. 9]]'' || ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]'' || Rick || {{#duration: 3m15s}}
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| 5 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMvr59l2T8&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=6 ''<small>A Debrief History of</small><br/>Comcept''] || July 31, 2016 || [[Comcept]], ''[[Mighty No. 9]]'', ''[[Red Ash: The Indelible Legend]]'' || ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]'' || Rick || {{#duration: 13m36s}}
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zitCpqTcl9w A Brief History of HAL Laboratory]
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Dreamy Let's Play]]''
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| 6 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uko0fCp86c&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=7 ''<small>A Brief History of Michael Jackson's</small><br/>Sonic the Hedgehog 3''] || October 20, 2016 || [[Michael Jackson]], ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 3]]'' || ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]'' || Rick, John || {{#duration: 22m53s}}
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|Aux2 = 4:42
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|Aux3 = Rick, John
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| 7 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSOzP2R66SM&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=8 ''<small>A Brief History of</small><br/>Sonic Mania''] || August 16, 2017 || [[Christian Whitehead]], [[Simon Thomley]], ''[[Sonic Mania]]'' || ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]'' || Rick, John || {{#duration: 10m46s}}
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|3|25}}
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| 8 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnpPYvT3PQ&t=800s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=9 ''<small>A Brief History of the</small><br/>Infinity Stones''] || April 28, 2018 || [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]], ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]'' || || Rick || {{#duration: 27m14s}}
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| 9 || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNquEJXs4_U&t=0s&list=PLfujXvl455i9xBxz-Ry2KRuWQBHdd3KIX&index=10 ''Downward Spiral:<br/><small>A Brief History of SEGA's Console War</small>''] || June 25, 2018 || [[Sega|SEGA]], [[Sega 32X|32X]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[Sega Dreamcast|Dreamcast]], [[Segata Sanshiro]] || ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]'' || Rick, John || {{#duration: 26m36s}}
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH2OlkKyMiA A Brief History of SEGA]
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Super Sonic Let's Play]]''
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|Aux2 = 5:28
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|Aux3 = John
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|20}}
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 4
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWGBWN6koRU A Brief History of Comcept]
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|Aux1 = ''The Mega Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 3:16
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|6|22}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 5
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DMvr59l2T8 A Debrief History of Comcept]
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|Aux1 = ''The Mega Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 13:37
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|7|31}}
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}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 6
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uko0fCp86c A Brief History of Michael Jackson's Sonic the Hedgehog 3]
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|Aux1 = ''The Super Sonic Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 22:54
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|Aux3 = Rick, John
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2016|10|20}}
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}}
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|EpisodeNumber = 7
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSOzP2R66SM A Brief History of Sonic Mania]
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|Aux1 = ''The Super Sonic Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 10:47
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|Aux3 = Rick, John
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2017|8|16}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 8
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnpPYvT3PQ A Brief History of the Infinity Stones]
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|Aux1 = &nbsp;
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|Aux2 = 27:15
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|4|28}}
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 9
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNquEJXs4_U Downward Spiral: A Brief History of SEGA's Console War]
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|Aux1 = ''The Super Sonic Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 26:37
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|Aux3 = Rick, John
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|6|25}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 10
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnRBMAT3_C8 A Brief History of The Legend of Zelda]
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Legendary Let's Play]]''
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|Aux2 = 9:40
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|8|23}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 11
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sehcIxF-_eo A Brief History of Hyrule]
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|Aux1 = ''The Legendary Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 41:22
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|Aux3 = Rick, John, C/J, Ben
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|9|8}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 12
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYGtg-ra-f0 DASHes to Ashes, Trust to Dust: A Brief History of Mega Man's Fall from Grace]
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|Aux1 = ''The Mega Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 27:16
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|10|4}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 13
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDLGTEckZaM A Brief History of Tiger Electronics]
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|Aux1 = ''The Mega Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 18:34
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|4|5}}
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|LineColor = #000000
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 14
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grkGR0Hrt08 A Brief Timeline of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)]
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|Aux1 = ''The Super Sonic Let's Play''
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|Aux2 = 19:05
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|9|18}}
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|LineColor = #0000c0
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 15
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGpTo2DWZnY A Brief History of Metroid]
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Screwy Let's Play]]''
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|Aux2 = 14:25
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|10|11}}
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|LineColor = #0000c0
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}}
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{{Episode list
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|EpisodeNumber = 16
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|Title = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHHcnhbzVH0 A Brief History of the Mega Let's Play, 2023–2024]
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|Aux1 = ''[[The Mega Let's Play]]''
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|Aux2 = 14:35
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|Aux3 = Rick
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|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|1|19}}
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|LineColor = #0000c0
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}}
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== Trivia ==
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*"A Brief History of the Infinity Stones" is the only ''A Brief History'' episode thus far to not be part of any of the channel's Franchise Plays.
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*''The Mega Let's Play''has the most episodes of ''A Brief History'' out of the Franchise Plays, with six. ''[[The Heartless Let's Play]]'' and ''[[Let's Play Dead]]'' are the only Franchise Plays to contain no episodes.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 03:19, 20 January 2025

A Brief History
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Hosted by
Original run January 19, 2015 –
present
No. of episodes 16
Episode length 1–41 minutes
Playlist link
Total length 4:21:32

A Brief History is a video essay series created by The D-Pad in 2015. While early episodes were designed to serve as short intros to the channel's Franchise Plays, highlighting the formative years of the companies behind the franchises, the series soon became a platform for longer videos delving into specific aspects of certain games or media. As of January 19, 2025, 16 episodes of the series have been released.

Episodes

ABH#TitleSeriesLengthHost(s)Release date
1"A Brief History of CAPCOM"The Mega Let's Play1:59Rick, JohnJanuary 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)
2"A Brief History of HAL Laboratory"The Dreamy Let's Play4:42Rick, JohnMarch 25, 2016 (2016-03-25)
3"A Brief History of SEGA"The Super Sonic Let's Play5:28JohnJune 20, 2016 (2016-06-20)
4"A Brief History of Comcept"The Mega Let's Play3:16RickJune 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)
5"A Debrief History of Comcept"The Mega Let's Play13:37RickJuly 31, 2016 (2016-07-31)
6"A Brief History of Michael Jackson's Sonic the Hedgehog 3"The Super Sonic Let's Play22:54Rick, JohnOctober 20, 2016 (2016-10-20)
7"A Brief History of Sonic Mania"The Super Sonic Let's Play10:47Rick, JohnAugust 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)
8"A Brief History of the Infinity Stones" 27:15RickApril 28, 2018 (2018-04-28)
9"Downward Spiral: A Brief History of SEGA's Console War"The Super Sonic Let's Play26:37Rick, JohnJune 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)
10"A Brief History of The Legend of Zelda"The Legendary Let's Play9:40RickAugust 23, 2018 (2018-08-23)
11"A Brief History of Hyrule"The Legendary Let's Play41:22Rick, John, C/J, BenSeptember 8, 2018 (2018-09-08)
12"DASHes to Ashes, Trust to Dust: A Brief History of Mega Man's Fall from Grace"The Mega Let's Play27:16RickOctober 4, 2018 (2018-10-04)
13"A Brief History of Tiger Electronics"The Mega Let's Play18:34RickApril 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
14"A Brief Timeline of Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)"The Super Sonic Let's Play19:05RickSeptember 18, 2021 (2021-09-18)
15"A Brief History of Metroid"The Screwy Let's Play14:25RickOctober 11, 2021 (2021-10-11)
16"A Brief History of the Mega Let's Play, 2023–2024"The Mega Let's Play14:35RickJanuary 19, 2025 (2025-01-19)

Trivia

  • "A Brief History of the Infinity Stones" is the only A Brief History episode thus far to not be part of any of the channel's Franchise Plays.
  • The Mega Let's Playhas the most episodes of A Brief History out of the Franchise Plays, with six. The Heartless Let's Play and Let's Play Dead are the only Franchise Plays to contain no episodes.
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