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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Friday Jun 01, 2018

The Birth of the Japanese Consoles

Friday Jun 01, 2018

TCW Podcast Episode 067 - The Birth of Japanese Consoles

We cover the start of Japanese home consoles beginning with the early dedicated systems and working up to the development of the Famicom and the Sega SC-3000. Japan differed from the US in that companies had the opportunity to sell consoles that bridged the gap from dedicated consoles to programable consoles with LSI-cartridge-based consoles. Epoch was the only company that stuck with home consoles during this era. Always remember the Famicom is not the first Nintendo console!

Before Mario Blog: http://blog.beforemario.com/

Bandai TV Jack 1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9lDLJgkus

Nintendo Color TV 15: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrVwYgYdaak

Nintendo Color TV Racing 112: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK3nLfWWJ6s

Epoch TV Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCZDqJTOP48

Epoch TV Block: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ4z1wtK9HM

Atari Video Pinball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSdH1I80ESQ

Epoch TV Cassetevision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aARzm5NTol0

Epoch TV Vader Console Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fO7hQvGXg0

Epoch TV Vader Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOcUmpZErdk

Epoch Cassetevision Galaxian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsGs9KcEc3k

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