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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Saturday Oct 15, 2016

Picking up the Pieces: The US Arcade Industry After the Crash

Saturday Oct 15, 2016

TCW Podcast Episode 028 - Picking up the Pieces: The US Arcade Industry After the Crash

We go over the arcade industry after the crash. It has a surge in popularity with kits breathing new life into old cabinets. The JAMMA system standardization allowed for video arcade cabinets to penetrate into many locations. These two things along with other technologies allowed arcades to thrive until home consoles surpassed them in nearly every respect.

Mr. Do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKnWXn02Tpw

Punch Out Arcade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TbozFcrP-0

Hat Trick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqVLSixaS5I

Toobin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6d5jOElAxs

Final Fight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW69J9AXOqI

Nintendo Playchoice 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTXA3NfhFmU

Karate Champ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az308iZZClc

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