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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 Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
TCW Podcast Episode 131 - Sir Clive of ZX
In our second part looking at Sir Clive Sinclair we pick up the story where we left off! We follow Sir Clive Sinclair as he reluctantly develops computers for the British market to fund his other project's. The wild popularity of the ZX line including the ZX 80, ZX 81, and ZX Spectrum led to a booming home computer market in Brittan. Sinclair even tried to go into the business market with the Sinclair QL, but was outshone by competitors. In the end Sir Clive Sinclair lost a fortune in developing an electric car known as the Sinclair C5. The massive loss of funds led him to sell off the computer business to Lord Sugar to remain solvent.
The Video Game History Hour: https://gamehistory.org/video-game-history-hour/
The Video Game History Hour Ep 14 Alex Smith Discusses They Create Worlds: https://gamehistory.org/ep-14-alex-smith-discusses-they-create-worlds/
Micro Men - 10th Anniversary - With Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaonVYOTSsk
8-Bit Guy: ZX80, ZX81, And Timex Sinclair 10000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jr7Q1yJOUM
TCW017 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market Hardware: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-hardware/
TCW018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market Software: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-british-8-bit-computer-market-software/
Sinclair ZX 81 Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM_d37vMtEA
Sinclair Timex 1000 Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zSFGtzBsng
Sinclair ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqnIa4rXK_c
Sinclair ZX Spectrum Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mh0g73JvFbo
Timex Sinclair 2028: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTKckoSj-OE
Sinclair QL System Review and Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU_VUN9VVcM
Sinclair QL Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCKercQxHrk
The Pawn by magnetic scroll on Spectrum Next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1tG0dNmZrs
Sinclair Spectrum 128: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_gnu8hkbdE
Sinclair Spectrum 128 Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EEvrTeWSTk
Sinclair C5 Infomercial 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5N937V8ZOw
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 book is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: 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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