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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 Sep 15, 2019
Sunday Sep 15, 2019
TCW Podcast Episode 098 - The 100 Most Influential Games Part 1
In a completely arbitrary order we look at what we feel are the 100 most influential games. Starting off with the first 40 games! These are 100 games that we consider influential or important to the development of the modern industry. Some are popular, some are obscure, some you will wonder why we were crazy enough to pick them, but here they are. This episode covers largely early video games on time-sharing systems, in the arcade, and on early consoles. They are presented in no particular order.
Games:
Pot Shot (Scorched Earth DOS video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDw_mpjKlpg
Star Trek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6f9_9kzuzk
Star Raiders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_VDM8nC9sM
Empire (Plato): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qodf2AjrEQo
The Dungeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm53IKtL9zw
Computer Space: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3BQsCCwo8w
Gran Trak 10: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYEcDpBLDpc
Speed Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jc9_xrD2_M
Table Tennis (Odyssey): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmL6l128JU
Breakout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW7Sg5pXAok
Scramble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vc-RIkpk40
Heiankyo Alien (Game Boy): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY3qVBkIu74
Xevious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpyFHvPizYM
Gradius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-OaZv3Jfkg
Mortal Kombat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F82XAvCuVc
Street Fighter 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI284D4y1q4
Dragon's Lair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dg4J9_nes
One on One (c64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URobcuTcBFU
Brezerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFSQ0Pl4KDk
Robotron 2084: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l800GL6NQPY
Pac-Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dScq4P5gn4A
Defender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gss3lxeqCok
Outrun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELUl-cAtUIE
Pole Position: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFs1Xc82Q0U
Renegade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0GZNjZVH8
Manic Miner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFA2d4G9q30
Metal Gear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehlAMTh42Ko
Prince of Persia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqCxHlEIrlM
Sonic the Hedgehog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqQYDLcvkBc
Wing Commander: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRvCSBD4q0
Super Mario Kart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlAmXXNz5ac
Adventure 2600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQZDRELOqoI
Legend of Zelda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ADhznw1zhc
Mystery House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiwHwPvIHBs
King's Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TLhR51uGY
Portopia Serial Murder Case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcQhnJxP7qU
Otogirisou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SVP9TiqIhA&list=PL4BBFCC3CDD581BE2
Maniac Mansion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7oUArcVis0
Metroid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly1PUEmxyyQ
Symphony of the Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HnhPNS0rqM
New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!
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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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