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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Sunday May 15, 2016

The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software

Sunday May 15, 2016

TCW Podcast Episode 018 - The British 8-Bit Computer Market: Software

We go at the British 8-Bit computer market again; this time looking at the software side of things. We go over the initial homebrew/hacker scene, and how it eventually evolved into a publisher/distributor business. This created a unique microcosm allowing Britain to have a different and unique game industry. However it was all absorbed into the global gaming scene with the introduction of 16 bit systems and outside companies were able to move in. Today some of the legacy lives on with a few original British game developers.

Theme Hospital: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byy3wRndKuQ

3D Monster Maze ZX81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKvd0zPfBE4

Miner 2049er: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kf6axO_Au4

Manic Miner: ZX Spectrum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgUzteADsRI

Jet Set Willy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ywx6uVn9E

Knight Lore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n7qtErhF-A

Arcadia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfnrlYrYZME

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

TCW Email: tcwpodcast@gmail.com

Twitter: @tcwpodcast

Alex's Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com

Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode - Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download:http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode