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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Thursday Apr 01, 2021

The Famicom Disc System

Thursday Apr 01, 2021

TCW Podcast Episode 135 - The Famicom Disc System

In our second part look at the Family Computer we start off with the launch in Japan. We see all the early games, and the slow start the system had. However it rapidly gained steam and gained widespread adoption. Nintendo faced one of their first challenges which was the overheating of the graphic chip. Nintendo did a recall and revised the system in the process. Switching to removeable controllers, and round buttons to address other issues early adopters have reported. The system really took off with the release of the Famicom Disc System, and the Legend of Zelda. Despite wide adoption the lower margins for retailers and developers lead to the downfall of the peripheral. Cartridge developments soon allowed games to exceed 30KB, and growing in size with 1MB and larger. Though the system was popular in the west, and the larger cartridges helped speed its adoption there, the disc system was the height of the system in Japan.

Famicom Donkey Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r8diwD_g0I

Famicom Donkey Kong Jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2L4vxPJF0

Famicom Popeye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJ-DfoBZ8U

Famicom Mario Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKZrHr4yDZc

TCW 037 - Nintendo and Gumpei Yokoi: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/nintendo-and-gunpei-yokoi/

Early Famicom Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXr_DbqHsU

Famicom Donkey Kong Jr. Math: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cE50TdP48

Famicom Mahjong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skY_GZAEc2U

Famicom Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agd0SBjLBjs

Famicom Tennis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOEeaKEyW98

Famicom Golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxxfH_NOEA

Famicom Devil World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvxiXETDTyg