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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Monday May 15, 2017

Laser Craze

Monday May 15, 2017

TCW Podcast Episode 042 - Laser Craze

We cover the brief, yearlong, craze that was the laserdisc. We go into great detail on Dragon's Lair the game that really kicked it off in the United States. Though many other companies tried to take advantage of the medium, unfortunately it was unable to sustain itself. There were a few games that did as well, if not better than Dragon's Lair, they all ended up being part of what was just a brief fad in the downward trend of the arcade scene.

Quarter Horse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Imd1acT2qc

Astron Belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPLX6HSZsx4

Dragon's Lair Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZrgeI0DDP8

Dragon's Lair Playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6uEx5gWovA

Dragon's Lair NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyGTMTJ6egU

Dragon's Lair Coleco Adam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSinFyg6Y5Q

The Making of Dragon's Lair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bIxeYYSm-c

Cliff Hanger Operator Promotion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc5MKWJ7j6Y

M.A.C.H. 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm5u4ErDPF4

Star Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soQbVEb3-TQ

Bega's Battle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J2JVgUqSdE

Cobra Command: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN1LC2s4P-w