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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Mar 12, 2026
Phil Adam's career has spanned more than 40 years, from pioneering work marketing titles for Spectrum Holobyte, playing a pivotal role in bringing Tetris to the West, working at Interplay during the RPG renaisance and his current work as head of Amico.
Highs and lows in a career that has seen gaming grow up and maybe, find its youthful core once again.
Recorded May-July 2025
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https://youtu.be/6ohCy4ktA5w?si=ntZ50BWV2gAQFQu4
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1655/red-storm-rising/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/2637/flight-of-the-intruder/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1222/simcity-enhanced-cd-rom/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathias_Rust
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Gordon
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davidson_%26_Associates
https://www.interplay.com/
https://www.indiedb.com/company/big-world-technology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chameleon_(console)
https://amicoentertainment.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-chip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bhMdhcdfMY&pp=ygUVYW1pY28gY29uc29sZSBoYW5kc29u
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RalliSport_Challenge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Pool_(video_game)
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