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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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Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
A Story of Brøderbund!
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
TCW Podcast Episode 071 -A Story of Brøderbund!
We cover the founding of Brøderbund by the Carlston brothers. We delve into their initial forays into the PC game market. The used a unique business model that supported developers, and creators, but did not bring them on as employees. However they did retain staff to assist in polishing up games that showed potential. Brøderbund even started exploring consoles with a few of their games until they decided to transition to evergreen products.
Galactic Trader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxrpG-19jM
Alien Rain Apple II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q5z3wbF9vo
Choplifter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9VAgyAgY4
David's Midnight Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1a9Y55NJy0
Space Panic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLd1xABCsaQ
Lode Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7JY5nEOUGA
Lode Runner Championship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVYa4q9Qhg
Karateka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKqk9kosCs4
Laughing Gas Charlie Chaplin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZrsuEWw9m8
The Close up and Cross Cutting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osTF3zsplt0
Lode Runner NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwxLChxi8WA
Karateka NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJoHgELbO5s
Raid on Bungeling Bay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKeelD1VmnA
Raid of Bungeling Bay NES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiuU5FHYaiE
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 forthcoming book will be released through CRC Press!
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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