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.
We try to put those events into historical context to understand how the industry of today came to be.
It's fun and educational! (in case you need to justify listening to it to a significant other)
Consider supporting us on Patreon
Listen on your mobile device:
Jun 18, 2021
Gordon Walton, a veteran designer who has developed games since the 70s, worked in computer retail and was there at the dawn of online gaming, dives deep into his history to give up some great insight into the industry of yesterday and today.
This first part covers his career up to the moment that online gaming enters his resume. From Konami to Gametek and some Harpoon in between.
Recorded March 2021
Links:
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2674/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-trek-i
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dungeon-of-death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam
https://www.mobygames.com/company/digital-illusions-inc
https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/sub-battle-simulator
Bill Stealy Interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924
https://www.mobygames.com/company/xor-corporation
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,482/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx
https://www.mobygames.com/game/harpoon
https://www.mobygames.com/company/three-sixty-pacific-inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilnheidkamp/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/gametek-fl-inc
https://www.mobygames.com/company/alliance-interactive-software-inc
https://www.mobygames.com/game/brutal-paws-of-fury
https://www.mobygames.com/game/humans
Warren Spector interviews Gordon Walton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWjsJhp3Sc