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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, 2022
The Computer Price Wars Part 1
Saturday Oct 15, 2022
Saturday Oct 15, 2022
TCW Podcast Episode 172 - The Computer Price Wars part 1
Part one of our live recording as we cover the Computer Price Wars. We focus on the development of the PC market. The state of computers in the home. The hobbyist computer market, and the major players involved. We see the rapid development of computers and the shift to pre-assembled PCs. We wrap up by looking at the major players of the late 70s and early 80s. The build-up to a price war that would eventually devastate the entire industry.
TCW 025 - Mattel Electronics?: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/mattel-electronics/
The Story of the Mattel Aquarius: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReUNJLwqSbo
APF Imagination Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvgpcZ1m4XY
Atari 800 Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA-euwYrAzw
TRS 80 Model 1 Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-6_D3cRXws
Star Raiders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxbYwekgRz4
New episodes are 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 book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: 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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