TCW Podcast Episode 209 - Accolade Part 1
In part one of a two-part retrospective, we explore how the pressures of the North American video game crash combined with the desire to create more sophisticated products for home computer platforms led Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead to leave Activision and establish their own company, Accolade. Publishing a mix of internally developed and third-party product, Accolade finds success through several popular sports franchises, including Hardball, Jack Nicklaus Golf and, most significantly, Test Drive. By the beginning of the 1990s, the company remains small, but profitable, and is ready to parlay its success on computer platforms to still greater success in the rapidly growing 16-bit console market.
TCW 126 - Activision and Atari: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/activision-and-atari/
TCW 009 - History of Mediagenic Part 1: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/history-of-mediagenic-part-i/
TCW 010 - History of Mediagenic Part 2: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/history-of-mediagenic-part-ii/
TCW 172 - The Computer Price Wars Part 1: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-price-wars-part-1/
TCW 173 - The Computer Wars part 2: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-2/
TCW 174 - The Computer Wars Part 3: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-computer-wars-part-3/
Law of the West (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrMk9RyCWKI
PSI-5 Trading Company (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56E21gQq1TE
Hardball (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jejblUhw3hU
High Noon Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9CR_tib0CA
Gunsmoke 1966 opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui-mzTCmZPE
Hardball (ZX Spectrum): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwuKr6sa0S8
Hardball (Sega Genesis): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkeCqRXihJE
Fourth and Inches (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1672sYyMrg
TCW 156 - Madden for some Football: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/madden-for-some-football/
Sundog: Frozen Empire (Atari ST): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg_hEY_hy9U
Ace of Aces (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=059zzI6sdxo
Hardball (PC/DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzPHxCO17aw
Empire Strike Back (Atari 2600): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcWGvwYWHgY
Jedi Arena (Atari 2600): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKLLpjF0QkM
Mean 18 (PC DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4tX_ZVXwI0
Jack Nicklaus' Greatest 18 Holes of Major Championship Golf gameplay (PC DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DOeXCiMbG8
Test Drive (PC DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAj1jPvz8t8
Accolade Comics (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjkycHvHsE
Test Drive (C64): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBl2zpfR3Bo
TCW 122 - A Casual World Part 1: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/a-casual-world-part-1/
TCW 123 - A Casual World Part 2: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/a-casual-world-part-2/
ISHIDO - The Way of the Stones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZmLAC3pVFM
TCW 094 - Epyx not Epic: https://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/epyx-not-epic/
Star Control (PC DOS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSqJ0nPDDzs
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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/
