The Video Game Newsroom Time Machine is a weekly retro gaming podcast in which we travel back in time to see what was making headlines 40, 30, and 20 years ago in the arcade, video game, and computer gaming business and interview industry veterans.
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Apr 9, 2020
We sit down with Michael Katz for a second round, this time covering Epyx's publishing of Lucasfilm's first titles, working with Jack Tramiel's Atari, and helping establish Sega's no nonsense advertising for the Genesis.
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Epyx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx
Early Lucasfilm titles
https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/lucasarts/offset,200/so,1d/list-games/
Jack Tramiel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Tramiel
Atari
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari
Atari 2600
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qAadfsJrmM
Atari 7800
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_7800
Atari ST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST
Sega Genesis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis
Joe Montana Football
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Montana_Football
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Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/
The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/
The History of How We Play:
https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/