Graeme Bayless - Part 3 - EA, Tiburon, Madden
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Few developers have had as long and prolific a career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 3, we talk about job hunting in the games industry at the end of the 90s and his time at EA's Tiburon subsidiary working on Madden 2001 and 2002 as well as developing the NFL Street franchise. What is life like for a dev living in the crunch of annualized sports games? How are new franchises...
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July 1994 - Part 2
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Sega's Saturn premiere flops Nintendo goes for cheap VR Commodore bankruptcy gets messy These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:...
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July 1994 - Part 1
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Sega's Saturn premiere flops, The Game Industry ditches CES for E3 & Nintendo goes for cheap VR These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device:...
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Graeme Bayless - Part 2 - Dynamix, Sierra
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Few developers have had as long and prolific career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 2, we talk about his time at Dynamix, a Sierra subsidiary. We find out how he met his wife in the early days of online geekdom, finally put down roots in Eugene, OR, ventured into online game development, experienced the gradual fall of Sierra as it changed hands again and again, worked on games such...
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July 1984
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Jack buys Atari Imagine goes belly up Nintendo's Famicom gets Zapped These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device: Android:...
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Graeme Bayless Part 1 - Accolade, SSI, Sega, Hyperbole Studios
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Few developers have had as long and prolific career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios. In Part 1, we talk about his early years, the evolution of the industry, moving from computers at SSI to consoles with Sega and getting up to the boom of FMV games. Recorded: December 2023 Get us on your mobile device: Android: iOS: And if you like what we are doing here at...
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June 1994
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
Hollywood welcomes Siliwood, Saturn and Playstation begin fight for Japanese consumers & 3DO declared DOA These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1994. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile...
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Raymond Yap - Wong's International, Mondex
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
The boom of home computers and electronics in the 1970s and 1980s was as much a success of entrepreneurial endeavor and technological innovation, as it was of the blossoming worldwide supply chain. One of the company's that made it all possible was WONG's International and our guest today, Raymond Yap was their representative in the UK. He helped make sure that the BBC Micro got into UK schools and traveled the world securing suppliers for all manner of electronics. How did that business work? Where did his career lead after this? Raymond tells us of an amazing journey that includes not only...
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June 1984
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
The home computer market implodes, Atari announces 7800 & Console software dries up. These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM! This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1984. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book Get us on your mobile device:...
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Larry J. Dunlap - The Games Network, Imperial Wars
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine
The dawn of the home computer seemed to usher in the death of computing's networked past dominated by dumb terminals connected to mainframes, but a few visionaries foresaw a world in which the microcomputer technology invading millions of homes could be connected and the data networks already in consumer hands, such as cable TV and telephones, could usher in a new way of connecting people and distributing software. Our guest, Larry J. Dunlap, was one such pioneer. The company he cofounded, The Games Network almost brought that dream to the world but tragically came up short. Larry tells us of...
info_outlineThe home computer market implodes,
Atari announces 7800 &
Console software dries up.
These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM!
This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June 1984.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.
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7 Minutes in Heaven: Summer Games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics
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May 1984 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1984-108363601
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://forums.atariage.com/topic/283473-coleco-industries-inc-annual-quarterly-reports-1981-to-1986/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/1181/ientertainment-network-inc/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/
1954:
MIDAC and MIDSAC premiered
Electronic Brain Shoots Dice, Plays Mean Game, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) · 27 Jun 1954
https://www.retrogamedeconstructionzone.com/2021/07/midsac-pool-simulator.html
https://www.masswerk.at/nowgobang/2019/michigan-pool
1974:
Is Pong gambling?
While Pondering Decision, A Look at Evidence The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida) · 04 Jun 1974, Tue
Grand Trak 10 cracks 1000
https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_1/page/37/mode/1up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_2/page/35/mode/1up
US coinop exports boom
https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/38/mode/1up
Smithsonian displays coinop machines
https://archive.org/details/cashbox36unse_3/page/39/mode/1up
1984:
Home computer boom busts
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/04/business/the-expected-boom-in-home-computers-fails-to-materialize.html?searchResultPosition=1
Atari HQ gets mass layoffs
Atari Layoffs Start At Home Office, The New York Times, June 1, 1984, Friday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 3, Column 5; Financial Desk
https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
Commodore raises prices
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n1/mode/2up
Top Commodore Execs go to Tramel
Computer market is Commodore's battleground, Financial Times (London,England), June 8, 1984, Friday, Section: SECTION II; International Companies; Pg. 17, Byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Philips announces new division
https://archive.org/details/happycomputer-magazine-1984-06/page/n7/mode/2up
Coleco returns to profitability
No Headline In Original, The Associated Press, June 14, 1984, Thursday, PM cycle, Section: Business News
Hasbro buys MB
Playthings June 1984, pg. 9
Mattel gets financial boost
Playthings June 1984, pg. 9
BUSINESS PEOPLE ;Mattel, Solely in Toys,Combines Management, The New York Times, June 7, 1984, Thursday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 2, Column 5; Financial Desk, Byline: By Kenneth N. Gilpin
General Instruments revenue 66% down
No Headline In Original, Communications Daily, June 13, 1984, Wednesday, Section: NOTEBOOK; Vol. 4, No. 115; Pg. 8
More hardware companies fail
AT&T to introduce personal computer; Kaypro mystery; UNIX-ability; Thinking ahead, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 25, 1984 Monday, Section: BUSINESS; Pg. C-11, Byline: Dan Berger, Staff Writer
More Software companies fail
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
Argus buys Quicksilva
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/mode/1up?view=theater
Gillette buys into Datasoft
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette
Smaller publishers find strength in numbers
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamix
Marketing will save us!
Orwell, Chaplin and the high-tech hype; U.S. personal computers, Financial Times (London,England), June 14, 1984, Thursday, Section: SECTION I; The Management Page: Marketing; Pg. 20, byline: BY LOUISE KEHOE
Atari announces 7800
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800
Still looking for a niche; Gearing up for battle with Apple and IBM, Industry Week, June 25, 1984, Section: NEWS ANALYSIS; Home Computers; Pg. 16, Byline: By MICHAEL A. VERESPEJ
Atari introduces MindLink at CES
"Retailers, Manufacturers View Gadgets At 4-Day Show, The Associated Press, June 3, 1984, Sunday, AM cycle, Section: Domestic News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Mindlink
Video Explosion On the Way For Buyers, U.S. News & World Report, June 18, 1984, Section: Pg. 56. Byline: By MARY GALLIGAN
Atari announces more expensive computer for Q4
No Headline In Original, The New York Times, June 4, 1984, Monday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 5, Column 1; Financial Desk
https://www.atari-computermuseum.de/1450xld.htm
Commodore unveils Plus/4
No Headline In Original, The New York Times, June 4, 1984, Monday, Late City Final Edition,Section: Section D; Page 5, Column 1; Financial Desk
Rick Dyer shows off Halcyon!
Laser game's creator beams, The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 2, 1984 Saturday, Section: LIFESTYLE; Pg. D-1, Byline: Mark Sauer, Staff Writer
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-rick-dyer-aftermath-of-c/86522500/
Intellivision won't make it to CES
Computer games galore shown at CES
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
Digital Audio is coming to floppies
https://books.google.de/books?id=vi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
https://tekkiepix.com/compusonics-2
Konami goes to Europe
Konami will tap European market, The Japan Economic Journal, June 26, 1984, Section: SERVICE/LEISURE/FOOD; Pg. 17
Animatronics may save small coinop venues
Replay June 1984, pg. 129
Play Meter June 1, 1984, pg. 43
https://berksnostalgia.com/gadgets-restaurant-berkshire-mall/
Console game releases dry up
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n12/mode/1up
UK computer sales boom
https://archive.org/details/home-computing-weekly-066/mode/1up?view=theater
QL software drought continues
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/mode/1up?view=theater
Imagic gets a facelift
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up
https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/7630/bantam-software/
Spinnaker gets serious about bookware
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
https://books.google.de/books?id=wi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
Activision to distribute Gamestar
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up
Boulder Dash license worth $1.3 million
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_4.3/page/n15/mode/2up
Thorn EMI gets HESWare rights
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/company/7034/thorn-emi-computer-software/
https://books.google.de/books?id=wi4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA7&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
https://www.mobygames.com/game/9358/dragonfire/cover/group-139555/cover-394849/
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater
Ultimate snubs move to budget pricing
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
Imagine sells game library
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-14/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater
20th Century Fox licenses TV shows
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-21/mode/1up?view=theater
https://www.mobygames.com/game/56197/automan/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/38810/the-fall-guy/
Epyx announces Activity Toys
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n11/mode/2up
Epyx lets the Ruskies join in Olympic fever
No Headline In Original, PR Newswire, June 14, 1984, Thursday, Dateline: SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 14
Wizardry gets enhanced
https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-financial-cookbook_27176.html
EA wants to help cook your books
https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-3-3/page/n3/mode/2up
https://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-financial-cookbook_27176.html
Rand McNally wants to search your roads
https://archive.org/details/Ahoy_Issue_06_1984-06_Ion_International_US/page/n5/mode/2up
Osborne goes budget
https://books.google.de/books?id=wy4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA9#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paperback_Software
64er magazine interviews crackers
https://archive.org/details/64er_1984_06/page/12/mode/2up
BellSouth looking to team up with Commodore
No Headline In Original, Communications Daily, June 18, 1984, Monday, Section: NOTEBOOK; Vol. 4, No. 118; Pg. 7
Mail Order Pro makes payments easier
https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
https://books.google.de/books?id=wS4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA78&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
Telematch gives up on consoles
https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N12.Computer.1984.06-KCz.pdf/mode/1up
Dennis D. Groth settles
DENNIS-D-GROTH; Comments on settlement of SEC complaint, Business Wire, June 05, 1984, Tuesday
Atari Executive Settles Stock Sale Charge, The Associated Press, June 6, 1984, Wednesday, PM cycle, Section: Domestic News
Taito settles with Entex
Replay June 1984, pg. 30
FCC Gives Sanyo go ahead for antenna-less TV
FCC OKs low-cost cable-only TV sets, United Press International, June 15, 1984, Friday, BC cycle, Section: Financial, Byline: By SYDNEY SHAW
Tax breaks may be hurting home computer sales
TAX SHIFT MAY AID SALE OF LOW-COST COMPUTERS, The New York Times, June 19, 1984, Tuesday, Late City Final Edition, Section: Section D; Page 13, Column 3; Financial Desk, Byline: By DAVID E. SANGER
https://www.atarimagazines.com/creative/v10n1/172_Writing_it_off_how_to_de.php
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deficit_Reduction_Act_of_1984
Computerland to go to China
https://books.google.de/books?id=wy4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA5&dq=infoworld%201984%20june&hl=de&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201984%20june&f=false
Laserdiscs are coming to Saturday morning
Playthings June 1984, pg. 54
Zap the Rise and Fall of Atari reviewed
https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/24/books/thinking-machines-and-their-people.html?searchResultPosition=1
Steven Spielberg finds permanent home at Universal
The Wizard of Wonderland, Newsweek, June 4, 1984, UNITED STATES EDITION, Section: MOVIES; Pg. 79, Byline: JACK KROLL with DAVID T. FRIENDLY in Los Angeles
RIP Dragon 32
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-07/mode/2up?view=theater
https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-06-28/mode/1up?view=theater
Breaking news!!
Warner negotiating sale of Atari to
Paper Says Warner Negotiating to Sell Atari, The Associated Press, June 30, 1984, Saturday, AM cycle, Section: Domestic News
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