Codex History of Video Games with Mike Coletta and Tyler Ostby
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Episode 20 – Video Game Violence: Friendship or Fatality?
Tyler and Mike discuss the making of Mortal Kombat, the 1993 hearing on violence in video games, ...
Episode 19 – The 16-Bit Console War
Tyler and Mike start to talk about the 16-bit console war between Sega and Nintendo. They also ...
Episode 18 – The Road to Console War
Tyler and Mike talk about the release of the Super Famicom (SNES), personnel changes at Sega, and ...
Episode 17 – Sega Genesis, Game Boy, and TurboGrafx
Tyler and Mike talk about all the hardware that showed up in 1989. This includes the Sega ...
Episode 16 – LEGALITY (Said Like Fatality)
On this episode Tyler and Mike talk about the various legal battles that shaped modern video games ...
Episode 15 – Mega Man and Nintendo Power
Tyler and Mike talk about third party games for the NES (including Mega Man!), some early competition ...
Episode 14 – NES Explosion, Howard Phillips, and the Three Influential Games of 1987
Tyler and Mike talk about the explosion of the NES including the man who helped start it ...
Episode 13 – The Origins of Sega
Tyler and Mike dive into the origins of Sega. This includes the state of the coin-op entertainment ...
Episode 12 – The Nintendo Famicom (NES) Part 2
Tyler and Mike talk about the moment the Nintendo Famicom (Nintendo Entertainment System) broke into the U.S. ...
Episode 11 – The Nintendo Famicom (NES) Part 1
Tyler and Mike talk about the Nintendo Famicom also known as the Nintendo Entertainment System! They also ...
Episode 10 – Electronic Arts, Commodore, Atari 7800, and Night Trap
Tyler and Mike discuss the creation of Electronic Arts, changes at Commodore, the Atari 7800, and a ...
Episode 9 – Commodore and a Freedom Party
Tyler and Mike talk about the aftermath of the arcade game crash of 1983. This includes Mattel ...
Episode 8 – The Fall of 1983
Tyler and Mike talk about the fall of the video game industry in 1983. Topics discussed in ...
Episode 7 – Handhelds, Coleco, and a Trial
Tyler and Mike talk about the first handheld games, Colecovision, and the trial between Nintendo and Universal ...
Episode 6 – The Golden Age Part 2
On episode six Tyler and Mike talk about the golden age of coin-op games in 1981. They ...
Episode 5 – The Golden Age Part 1
Tyler and Mike talk about the golden age of video games that began in the late '70s. ...
Episode 4 – Home Pong and the VCS
Tyler and Mike dive into chapters seven and eight of "The Ultimate History of Video Games" by ...
Episode 3 – Life at Atari
In episode three Tyler and Mike talk about life at Atari! Our source book is The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.
Episode 2 – Nolan Bushnell and Atari
In episode two, Tyler and Mike talk about the beginning of Atari and its founder, Nolan Bushnell. Our source book is The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.
Episode 1 – Pinball, MIT, and the Odyssey
In the first episode of Codex: History of Video Games, Tyler Ostby and Mike Coletta talk about the time pre-video games as well as the humble beginnings. Our source book is The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent. The theme music is by RoccoW. The logo was created by Dani Dodge.