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The games we love reveal something true about who we are, and about the world that made them. They Create Worlds is a podcast about the people, technology, and forces that built the video game industry.
Through video game history, the show looks at how culture, business, and technology shaped what we play, tracing the choices and circumstances that led to the games so many people around the world enjoy.
Each episode digs into where games came from, who made them, and why they were made the way they were. Business decisions, technological shifts, and creative choices all shaped what ended up on screen, and the show covers all of it together, not just one piece in isolation.
Hosted by Alex Smith and Jeffrey Daum, They Create Worlds grew out of long conversations about the strange corners of the industry and the patterns that only show up when you look across companies, platforms, and decades. That conversational feel remains, built on careful research, clear structure and editing that makes even the deepest topics easy to listen to.
History turns out to be less settled than it looks. New documents surface, memories conflict, and the clean stories about why things happened the way they did rarely survive contact with the evidence. The show digs into all of that, following the creative and business forces that pushed and pulled on each other, and uncovering the human stories that lie beneath the games so many people around the world enjoy.
New episodes are released twice a month.
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Thursday Apr 01, 2021
Thursday Apr 01, 2021
TCW Podcast Episode 135 - The Famicom Disc System
In our second part look at the Family Computer we start off with the launch in Japan. We see all the early games, and the slow start the system had. However it rapidly gained steam and gained widespread adoption. Nintendo faced one of their first challenges which was the overheating of the graphic chip. Nintendo did a recall and revised the system in the process. Switching to removeable controllers, and round buttons to address other issues early adopters have reported. The system really took off with the release of the Famicom Disc System, and the Legend of Zelda. Despite wide adoption the lower margins for retailers and developers lead to the downfall of the peripheral. Cartridge developments soon allowed games to exceed 30KB, and growing in size with 1MB and larger. Though the system was popular in the west, and the larger cartridges helped speed its adoption there, the disc system was the height of the system in Japan.
Famicom Donkey Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r8diwD_g0I
Famicom Donkey Kong Jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2L4vxPJF0
Famicom Popeye: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyJ-DfoBZ8U
Famicom Mario Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKZrHr4yDZc
TCW 037 - Nintendo and Gumpei Yokoi: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/nintendo-and-gunpei-yokoi/
Early Famicom Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKXr_DbqHsU
Famicom Donkey Kong Jr. Math: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6cE50TdP48
Famicom Mahjong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skY_GZAEc2U
Famicom Baseball: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agd0SBjLBjs
Famicom Tennis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOEeaKEyW98
Famicom Golf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPxxfH_NOEA
Famicom Devil World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvxiXETDTyg
TCW 074 - The Japanese PC Industry: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-japanese-pc-industry/
Famicom BASIC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMA-2ctR-Ks
Famicom Galaxian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKI7gzf496Q
Famicom Round VS Square edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9biMwpII7rU
Famicom Lode Runner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqJkSa9SExk
TCW 029 - 50 Years of Namco: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/50-years-of-namco/
Famicom Xevious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_bS_SAzknk
Cloud and Bushes in Super Mario Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ai7d1K4Yf6A
NES Kung Fu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQjzFt8Sqpk
Ninja Kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAx25uUl1Gc
Ninja Hattori-kin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICZrv3Z8C8U
Family Stadium '87: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCAPOfBulrk
Gaming Historian Famicom Disc System: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9PuSrn_H1c&t=16s
Famicom Disc System The Legend of Zelda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-aYJyHgCy0
Famicom Ghost and Goblins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKiv41hjJWg
Famicom Ganbare Goemon!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_JSzRTAas8
Castlevania III NES VS Famicom Sound Comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WOxjL9eoU4
TCW 011 - The Genesis of JRPGs: http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-genesis-of-jrpgs/
Famicom Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima IV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bw1SSbQXis
New episodes 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 is available for preorder and should be released through CRC Press in December 2019: 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: RolemMusic - 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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