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Love of the worlds created by video game designers and personalities drives Alex Smith & Jeffrey Daum (history, law, CS degrees) to provide a scholarly yet light-hearted discussion of how arcade, home console, and PC games merged into a Video Game Industry. Emphasis is on the combination of business and creative elements needed for financial success. Interviews of Atari, EA, Activision, & other execs with detailed source evaluations produce the insights you hear in these 140+ hours!
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Monday Feb 15, 2016
History of Acclaim - "The Rise"
Monday Feb 15, 2016
Monday Feb 15, 2016
TCW Podcast Episode 012 - History of Acclaim - "The Rise"
We go over the rise of Acclaim Entertainment from its inception by two former employees of Activision. We cover Acclaim's rise as they started off as publishers of games from smaller companies, and then branched out into franchising. We discuss the interactions between Acclaim and Nintendo, and how they become one of the first American publishers for Nintendo.
Ghostbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdZmiyPaKkA
Rambo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDTFLNSWm3U
Tiger Heli: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7hOp7S_YiU
Star Voyager: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqXawykr5Y
3D World Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbH25YNxE4
World Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv3RJKS2e_E
Atic Atac : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJrS9WYn3X8
Donkey Kong Country: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whp2Y_MjTXs
Secret of Evermore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdV79VbxWOc
Wizards and Warriors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SlQ2c1bj54
Mortal Kombat TV Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzugunqdlnI
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Monday Feb 01, 2016
The Genesis of JRPGs
Monday Feb 01, 2016
Monday Feb 01, 2016
TCW Podcast Episode 011 - The Genesis of JRPGs
We go over the Genesis of JRPGs, and discover that their origin is not where we would have expected them to come from. We go over the influences on developers in Japan that lead to the development of Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. We discuss how western RPGs made their way into Japan via the Apple II, and how RPGs eventually engrained themselves into Japanese society.
Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNnpxrZtzy0
Ultima 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvHQI2qSKQ
Wizardry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-iOZzwIlMA
Xevious - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24bjcvnxd8
Tower of Druaga - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN-8LcVfoTc
Hydlide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmrxfeozmis
Black Onyx - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364J35Sk3zM
Dragon Quest 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmzHrNVelL0
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode
Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love
Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/