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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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Saturday Sep 15, 2018
The Japanese PC Industry
Saturday Sep 15, 2018
Saturday Sep 15, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 074 - The Japanese PC Industry
We cover the Japanese PC industry from the initial pioneers up to the mid 1980's. The early innovators on the PC, while never having many international successes, laid the groundwork for games that would later be seen on the Famicom, and other platforms. It is further interesting to note the people who got their start in the video game industry through computer clubs in college, and by programing at department stores. With the computer industry coming from two sides, hobbyist and professional, they merged together to create an interesting take that in some ways mirrored aspects of the British, and American computer scenes.
Heiankyo Alien Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSxYdeqJAkY
Heiankyo Alien Game Boy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3qVBkIu74
Evolution of various snake games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSVBIuPZ1Bc
Space Panic Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLd1xABCsaQ&t=106s
Lupin the III Arcade (1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYjMxlKOS3Q
Exoa PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzlS6Aamt1U
Xevious Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24bjcvnxd8
Grobda Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B0iUN1GpA
THEXDER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVfRGsfnI_c
ALPHOS Nec PC-88: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbZokPuZ1oU
Xanadu PC-88: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQpec98nCA
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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/
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Adventuring in the Arcade
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
Saturday Sep 01, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 073 - Adventuring in the Arcade
We look at the British PC Software market, specifically the Arcade Adventure genre. With the popularity of the ZX Spectrum as a home computer, and its hardware limitations lent itself to the development of the Arcade Adventure. With multiple influences the Arcade Adventure enjoyed side scrolling, top down, and isometric gameplay. We also see the start of the career of Tim and Chris Stamper with Sabre Wulf, Knight Lore, and Alien 8. We end looking at the panicle games of the genre with Dizzy, and Head over Heels. Unfortunately as technology advanced the slower paced Arcade Adventure gave way to more action packed gamed allowed by newer systems.
TCW 018: The British 8-bit Computer Market: Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/
Miner 2049er C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JF9gTknSK8
Manic Miner ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUzteADsRI
Jet Set Willy ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ywx6uVn9E
Knight Lore with Commentary ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd8RchGHxyo
Atic Atac with Commentary ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJrS9WYn3X8
Sabre Wulf ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt4FqqLW8LI
Alien 8 ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDhSH-GJDqE
Automania ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBvI1uzRwwo
Pajamarama ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe9yFqledKE
Dizzy ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlMZsTlOYuE
Treasure Island Dizzy ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwNgWFbPuWo
Batman (1986) ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53lGkwINPE
Head over Heels ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJYhckbQmg4
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
TCW Email: feedback@theycreateworlds.com
Twitter: @tcwpodcast
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds
Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com
Alex's forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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/