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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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Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Driving Games and Technology
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
Tuesday Aug 15, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 048 - Driving Games and Technology
We go over the wild ride of driving games. These games were used as a vehicle to demonstrate advances in graphics technology. Starting with electro-mechanical games, and ending up with textured polygons; we cover the whole track of an era where cars were king! There are a lot of examples in this episode drawn from the arcade, consoles, and computer games.
Drive Mobile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw_N10xuv2Q
Speedway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97DAio1M1xc
Super Road 7 Projection System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xU0HkKUQ-0
Super Road 7 Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO6BZIEZ8xw
Wild Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSKnPjnhyc
Gran Track 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R014taK2pZM
Life inside Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5-iIeKXE8
Taito Speed Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BRDxZiK-1s
History of Racing Games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IoGZ-4tAww
Night Driver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqZlxpLKm_E
Sega Turbo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWhcBydheRE
Namco Pole Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeYZGtwydIA
Mach Rider NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18w8fL28Ho
Sega Monaco GP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZY_LPhkzUk
Sega Hang On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rUsQdd39_o
Sega Outrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMv0Pg1AxFc
Revs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L18wG4p5fQE
F-Zero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlA3vEB0jzY
Hard Drivin': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6JC-HCNcio
Namco Winning Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7KIXb0U2oc
Sega Virtua Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js8tZhKcfWc
Namco Ridge Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qkXMZYQfiA
Sega Daytona USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAcMqFTkAs8
Wipe Out PSX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XASEBvDri4U
Gran Turismo PSX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49CpLM81TvM
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/
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
Vestiges of Atari
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
Tuesday Aug 01, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 047 - Vestiges of Atari
In our fourth and final episode investigating the rise and fall of the original Atari we delve into the factors that caused the fall of Atari. We cover the lead up to and tipping point of the variety of factors that lead to the crash. No one entity can take the blame for it. The major factors including distribution, overzealous sales forecasts, and Warner interference came to a head by the end of 1982 leading to the fracturing of the company a year and a half later.
Pacman Atari 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPpgt0s70U
ET Retrospective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ7TtE4hb1k
Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark Atari 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OP-e0-0PpLc
Mrs Pac Man 2600 vs 7800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4z0u_QZp8&t=220s
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/