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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 Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
TCW Podcast Episode 142 - Ultima: Exodus to Akalabeth
In this episode we look at the legendary series of Ultima! We look at the lead up inspiration, and influences that led to the creation of Ultima. This episode ties in heavily with our look at Origin Systems. In this we use the creation of Ultima as a microcosm of the development of the PC industry. The plight of the bedroom coder. Wanting to make cool games, finding themselves thrust into a wider PC game world, and the eventual whirlwind of having publishers involved. We mainly focus on how the creation of the games mirrors Richard's growth as a game designer and eventually perfecting the base formula with Ultima III.
TCW 038 - Origin Story: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/origin-story-1489274251/
TCW 117 - Wing Commander: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/wing-commander-1593278423/
Introduction to the Society of Creative Anachronism : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=046bs9DY7QY
Escape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2tb0-9uyg
Download Akalabeth: https://www.gog.com/game/akalabeth_world_of_doom
Apple II - Akalabeth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAlDUu7zko
Apple II - Ultima I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQFzWO4pYo
Apple II - Lemonade Stand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dUbDDmXp2I
Trailer for Time Bandits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vioocIR0gHQ
Apple II - Ultima II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts-zYdjDyAI
TCW 039 - On-Line Systems: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/on-line-systems/
TCW 040 - Sierra On-Line: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sierra-on-line/
TCW 114 - The Wizards of Sir-Tech: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-wizards-of-sir-tech/
TCW 115 - The Return of the Sdraziw of Sir-Tech: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-return-of-the-sdraziw-of-sir-tech/
Apple II - Ultima III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FvHQI2qSKQ
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 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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