They Create Worlds

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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 Nov 01, 2016

50 Years of Namco

Tuesday Nov 01, 2016

TCW Podcast Episode 029 - 50 Years of Namco

We delve in the fifty year history of Namco. Starting with its cloudy beginnings all the way to its acquisition by Ban-Dai. Namco is responsible for many classics including Pac-Man, Galaga, and a slew of racing games. Though they did not always have a visible presence in the US Arcade scene, they still had a presence in the arcade and console arenas.

Periscope Namco: https://twitter.com/onionsoftware/status/604651887128805377

Periscope Sega: http://segaretro.org/File:Periscope_EM_US_Flyer_2.pdf?page=2

Gee Bee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp-PWIqcbRo

Galaxian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhYVcwhSWjI

Galaga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn1C66Hh6js

Xevious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WGGGTYYFNk

Head On: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzpPFpPFYTs

Pac-Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScq4P5gn4A

Winning Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53K0CxxYv4

Ridge Racer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ7eUL7hTZA

Tekken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6WUaK7ZlL8

New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!