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They Create Worlds

They Create Worlds

Auteur(s): Alex Smith and Jeffrey Daum
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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!Copyright 2015-2019 . All rights reserved. Monde
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  • The History of Commodore Pt 4

    The History of Commodore Pt 4
    Dec 1 2025
    TCW Podcast Episode 247 - The History of Commodore Pt 4 The final chapter of our Commodore series covers the company’s chaotic decline. After early success with the Amiga line, internal conflict grew under President Tom Rattigan, who wanted to focus on the low end with the Amiga 500 while Irving Gould pushed for high end systems like the Amiga 2000. Missed deadlines and a failed boardroom challenge led to Rattigan’s firing and Gould taking direct control. When IRS tax issues forced Gould to step back, Mahdi Ali became President and began reorganizing engineering. Ali hired Bill Sydnes from the IBM PC team, who also had a hand in the failure of the PC Jr, to evaluate and streamline development. Gould continued to cycle executives in pursuit of short term stock gains, which weakened Commodore as it chased conflicting markets. Cost cutting turned the popular Amiga 500 into the poorly received A600, though the later A1200 fared better. Ali moved manufacturing to the Philippines after shutting down facilities in Hong Kong and Germany, but production was disrupted by the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. Commodore finally collapsed and went bankrupt in 1994, ending one of the most turbulent stories in personal computing. Pepsi Challenge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkPjteYv4YI Pepsi Challenge 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEXEdibXSak New Coke Conspiracy: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/HJ_6wewbDjk Amiga 1000 & Sidecar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPfArIhoy0s Amiga 2000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he_p8A7A1aU Amiga 2000 HD Professional Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keG2KdQHC6s Amiga 500 Bundles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc5gpyA6SjQ Amiga 500 Batman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2SCzt73s0 Amiga 500 Overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVZrL4k1los Commodore C65: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoHxDe3Gc9E Leonard Nimoy Laserdisc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ5msrmf5Tw Amiga 3000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzA5AhH1mbw History of the Amiga 1992 Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq1s77nzpYk Amiga 600: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svNq2grTEU Amiga 500 vs Amiga 1200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFh4zuNUyMg Amiga CDTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQW6upDCRFI Mount Pinatubo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjDDdYM4x0s Planer Computer Graphics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planar_(computer_graphics) Amiga CD32: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJU4TZhj0e8 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: RoleMusic - 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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    1 h et 34 min
  • The History of Commodore Pt 3

    The History of Commodore Pt 3
    Nov 15 2025

    TCW Podcast Episode 246 - The History of Commodore Pt 3 After Jack Tramiel left Commodore and founded Tramel Technology, the company pressed on with mixed results. Systems like the SX 64, the C900, the Plus/4, the C16, and the C116 failed to gain traction, which led to the development of the C128. It improved on the C64 in many ways, but because so many games relied on C64 quirks, Commodore included a full C64 mode to preserve compatibility, so software support was poor. During this period Amiga was shopping its advanced chipset and entered a tentative agreement with Atari, but Jack’s impending purchase of Atari from Warner disrupted the arrangement. Commodore stepped in to pay off the outstanding note, which led to Commodore acquiring Amiga outright. This set the stage for the Amiga 1000, its famous bouncing ball demo, and a new chapter in Commodore’s history as the company entered the sixteen bit era

    TCW 2025 Livestream: https://youtu.be/BXXAhEVD4Lk

    Computer Chronicles Revisited - SMOliva: https://computerchronicles.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-038-atari-520st-commodore-128/

    Computer Chronicles Revisited - SMOliva: https://computerchronicles.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-052-amiga-workbench-deluxe-paint-neochrome-vip-professional/

    Commodore C900: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbVjNInzrw8

    Commodore SX-64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIGjT-RjNbk

    Commodore Plus 4 C16 & C116: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICiZbUypMlQ

    XKCD - Workflow: https://xkcd.com/1172/

    Star Raiders (Atari 8-bit): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwqMqmo_jho

    Joyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFzdz3o1hU

    Boing Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlAhRJjOhDg

    Amiga 1000: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjapiUQOi2s

    Launch Event of the Amiga in 1985: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OeQ5uzm-Qs

    Amiga 1000 Sidcar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPfArIhoy0s

    TCW 172 - The Computer Price Wars Pt 1: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-price-wars-part-1/

    TCW 173 - The Computer Wars Pt 2: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-2/

    TCW 174 - The Computer Wars Pt 3: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-3/

    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: RoleMusic - 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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    1 h et 34 min
  • The History of Commodore Pt 2

    The History of Commodore Pt 2
    Nov 1 2025

    TCW Podcast Episode 245 - The History of Commodore Pt 2

    Commodore’s shift from calculators to computers began with the PET, which found success in Europe as a business machine. After seeing the ZX80 in Britain, Jack Tramiel pushed for an affordable home computer, leading to the VIC-20. Guided by marketing manager Michael S. Tomczyk, Commodore promoted the VIC-20 as “the friendly computer” with William Shatner as spokesman. It first launched in Japan before reaching the United States and Europe, becoming a hit worldwide. Building on that success, Commodore released the C64, featuring the powerful SID sound chip and far more memory than its competitors. Marketed again under Tomczyk’s direction at a price under six hundred dollars, the C64 became one of the best-selling computers of all time, driving Commodore’s revenue past a billion dollars and securing its place in computing history.

    TCW 2025 Livestream: https://youtu.be/BXXAhEVD4Lk

    TCW 165 - Allied Leisure: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/allied-leisure/

    TCW 172 - The Computer Price Wars Part 1: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-price-wars-part-1/

    TCW 173 - The Computer Price Wars Part 2: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-2/

    TCW 174 - The Computer Price Wars Part 3: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-3/

    TCW 130 - Uncle Clive's Radionics: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/uncle-clives-radionics/

    TCW 131 - Sir Clive of ZX: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/

    KIM-1 Computer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMxOWngmy8I

    The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore PET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP9y_7it3ZM

    The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore VIC-20: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg04GyhS3ss

    The 8-Bit Guy - Commodore C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpXFB8ZEH30

    Commodore VIC-20 Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak0YU8ymkBc

    Wiliam Shatner VIC-20 Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAU9Ntpoms

    Commodore 64 Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_yiMhu1DM

    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: RoleMusic - 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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    1 h et 37 min
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