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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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Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Williams' Crazy Story Pt 2
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
Thursday Feb 15, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 060 - Williams' Crazy Story Pt 2
Part two of our look at Williams' story of how a pinball company grew through a combination of mergers and hit products to become one of the dominate players in the industry during the early to mid-90's. They had many successes in the arcade utilizing the digitization technology that they helped pioneer. Not only were they successful in the video game sphere; they were also successful in the pinball arena as well. Unfortunately, by the end of the 90s the company's video and pinball divisions were spun off or closed while the rest of the company focused more on gambling machines. Now Williams is just a name held for its history, and is not an independent company, or even a subsidiary anymore.
Q*bert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIbhaQfs-A
NARC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgyjEgnxo0
Running Man Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2FMhBg0h_8
Robocop Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LKQ3eX9pEg
Smash TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeL6ONPNiw
Terminator 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy86CYUm6aI
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLpZ_5bHmo8
Mortal Kombat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2pQJU9E21c
NBA JAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-Yj0XOuFM
Cruis'n USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCrFFUSqh4
Fun House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPsXaQkqlM
Addams Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ifZv940Io
Revenge From Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAue8sKJcuY
Star Wars Ep. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkPMpiKKDY
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Video Game History 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/
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Williams' Crazy Story Pt 1
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
Thursday Feb 01, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 059 - Williams' Crazy Story
Part one of a look at the history of Williams Manufacturing Company. Starting with Harry Williams' monumental contributions to the pinball industry with the creation of the tilt mechanism and later on adding electromechanical elements to the machines. We cover the sordid history of the company as it changes hands multiple times, and the pinball/video games that made them a valuable asset to be traded around. We continue with looking at the designers responsible for some of the major hits Williams had in both pinball and video. Finally we note how because they invested in the development of pinball during the rise of video before the crash this uniquely helped them weather the crash by being able to rely on pinball for revenue.
All American Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nOA2S2KTw
Flash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWUERAj0ROo
Firepower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBJNag4OmrY
Gorgar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vylGtiR0HVA
Defender Cabinet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZiUH41fZ2c
Defender Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gss3lxeqCok
Stargate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i20vwYTf6mI
Robotron 2084: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOVA2Axxfdk
Joust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWoiLNri0OM
Space Shuttle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZx9-S5SGxU
High Speed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoSDLKe1dQo
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Alex's Video Game History 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/