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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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Sunday Oct 15, 2017
The Many Faces of Konami
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
Sunday Oct 15, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 052 - The Many Faces of Konami
We go over the whole history of Konami at the macro level. The origin, founding, and the initial setup that continues to influence the company to the present day. Though much of the history is shrouded behind a language barrier, or simply lost, there is still plenty of information out there. We cover the hits they had in the video game arena, and show how they are in the middle of another transition to mobile.
Konami Logo: https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/7/70/Old-Konami-Logo.jpg
Scramble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pmC_reyGpI
Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjgu1JtWbA4
Why VHS beat Betamax: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYZITaxlTQ
Frogger Cabinet Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ebybyW-ozE
Track and Field: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKPYPV4BuFo
Gradius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz9OkKo9rW0
Metal Gear NES VS MSX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMLDAxu5Tmg
The Goonies NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn63XyKp80U
The Goonies 2 NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdpmDqR4ZDc
Top Gun NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCXNXGvYfVk
Original Comic TMNT Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuuHANeSLxg
TMNT NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kK8mFYbl1s
Simpsons Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yw43-DbT84
DDR Modern Japan Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jywza4So-eU
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/
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sons of Pong
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
Sunday Oct 01, 2017
TCW Podcast Episode 051 - Sons of Pong
Starting off with a discussion of the unique setting of the time leading into Pong's debut, we transition over to the various companies that created clones of Pong, and their reasons for doing so. We discover that the company that created the most Pong-style games was not Atari, nor one of the big Chicago companies, but a company based in Florida called Allied Leisure. We then cover the various innovations that occurred to try to keep the fad market alive as long as possible ending with a stop at Big Jeffery's Cocktail Pong Emporium.
Pong Cabinet in detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGu7sMAoOUo
Computer Space Ball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U33oajPSzyc
Wild Cycle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjSKnPjnhyc
Paddle Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eu7LAP3ug6E
Pong Doubles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqtp1bxIA8s
Ramtek Volly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc41mFmP3k
Elimination: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOV9c8WkWsw
Ramtek Wipe Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_TmOD0IHFM
Clean Sweep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTO5JjwbXv0
Flim Flam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVKOjKl3dPU
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/