This month, the GDC Festival of Gaming (formerly the Game Developers Conference) took place.
I look forward to it every year, especially the Classic Postmortem sessions; they’re one of my favourite parts of the conference.
This year I was a little disappointed to see that none were included, so I decided to put together a table of every Classic Postmortem from previous years, complete with links to each session.
| GDC | Game Title | Speaker(s) |
| 2015 | Adventure | Warren Robinett |
| 2012 | Alone in the Dark | Frederick Raynal |
| 2011 | Bejeweled | Jason Kapalka |
| 2019 | Command & Conquer | Louis Castle, Frank Klepacki, Steve Wetherill, Eric Yeo |
| 2013 | Crystal Castles | Franz Lanzinger |
| 2017 | Deus Ex | Warren Spector |
| 2016 | Diablo | David Brevik |
| 2011 | DOOM | Tom Hall, John Romero |
| 2011 | Elite | David Braben |
| 2012 | Fallout | Timothy Cain |
| 2012 | Gauntlet | Ed Logg |
| 2012 | Harvest Moon | Yasuhiro Wada |
| 2024 | Karateka | Jordan Mechner |
| 2013 | Kick Off | Dino Dini |
| 2019 | Lemmings | Mike Dailly |
| 2015 | Loom | Brian Moriarty |
| 2014 | Lucasfilm Games | Steve Arnold, Noah Falstein, David Fox, Ron Gilbert, Peter Langston, Chip Morningstar |
| 2011 | Maniac Mansion | Ron Gilbert |
| 2011 | Marble Madness | Mark Cerny |
| 2012 | Meridian 59 | Damion Schubert |
| 2016 | Ms. Pac-Man | Steve Golson |
| 2013 | Myst | Robyn Miller |
| 2018 | NBA Jam | Mark Turmell |
| 2017 | Oregon Trail | Don Rawitsch |
| 2011 | Out Of This World / Another World | Eric Chahi |
| 2011 | Pac-Man | Toru Iwatani |
| 2019 | Panzer Dragoon, Panzer Dragoon Zwei and Panzer Dragoon Saga | Kentaro Yoshida, Yukio Futatsugi |
| 2019 | Paperboy | John Salwitz |
| 2013 | Pinball Construction Set | Bill Budge |
| 2011 | Pitfall | David Crane |
| 2011 | Populous | Peter Molyneux |
| 2011 | Prince Of Persia | Jordan Mechner |
| 2022 | Q-bert | Warren Davis |
| 2021 | Quake: The End of the Original Id | John Romero |
| 2011 | Raid On Bungeling Bay | Will Wright |
| 2016 | Rez | Tetsuya Mizuguchi |
| 2014 | Robotron: 2084 | Eugene Jarvis |
| 2017 | Seaman | Yutaka Saito |
| 2014 | Shenmue | Yu Suzuki |
| 2017 | Sid Meier’s Civilization | Sid Meier, Bruce Shelley |
| 2018 | Sonic the Hedgehog | Naoto Ohshima, Hirokazu Yasuhara |
| 2015 | Star Control | Paul Reiche III, Fred Ford, Rob Dubbin |
| 2021 | Star Wars Galaxies | Raph Koster, Richard Vogel |
| 2018 | The Bard’s Tale I and II | Michael Cranford |
| 2018 | Ultima Online | Raph Koster, Starr Long, Richard Garriott de Cayeux, Rich Vogel |
| 2022 | Wolfenstein 3D (Achtung!) | John Romero |
| 2013 | X-COM: UFO Defense | Julian Gollop |
| 2015 | Yars’ Revenge | Howard Scott Warshaw |
| 2014 | Zork | Dave Lebling |
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