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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 Aug 15, 2023
Microprose Part 1
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
TCW Podcast Episode 192 -Microprose Part 1
In the first part of our look at Microprose, we cover the central characters of Wild Bill Stealey and Sid Meier. The duo came from very different backgrounds that helped inform the creative and business powerhouse. Wild Bill had to grow up at a young age after his father's death. This led to him having to manage the home finances, negotiate out of debt, and learn many of the skills that would help him in his military, and business careers. We have covered some of Sid's history in episode 50, but we have a lot of new information with additional research and Sid's autobiography. We cover Microprose's founding with a bet between the two at a convention in Los Vegas, and Wild Bill pushing to have his dream of playing a video game able to realistically represent what it was like to fly a jet fighter.
TCW 050 - Civilizing Sid Meier: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/civilizing-sid-meier/
War Games Ending: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93KC4AGKnY
Formula 1 Racing (Atari 800): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H5NhhmnwBU
Hamilton Satisfied: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAu3_H5ECpw
Atari 800 Star Raiders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8YdO6PYViw
Red Barron Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6tbmgml504
Hellcat Ace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwYaQS59UGQ
Chopper Rescue Atari 800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUyebYD5UO0
Floyd of the Jungle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKuH6oXD8Pg
Wingman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5mMwgrqyYk
MIG Alley Ace: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YRAQGMi9uc
Solo Flight Atari 800: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AGR7DkOkyQ
F15 Strike Eagle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COXuDENwXlI
Example of the F15E Strike Eagle in Digital Combat Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFDGXcWHYwM
New episodes are 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 book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1
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/
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