Gary Bracey - Part 2 - Ocean, Telstar, Digimask

For computer gamers in the 1980s and 90s, few companies were more ever-present than Ocean, a powerhouse in publishing, through their massive ad campaigns and amazing film licenses and coin-op conversions. Our guest today, Gary Bracey, was the VP of Development at Ocean and oversaw the production of many a classic, such as Batman, Green Beret and Robocop, to say nothing of being their in-house go-to guy for judging film licenses.   Gary tells us about life in the Ocean dungeon, the amazing youngsters that coded the titles and what it took to get them to market and life after Ocean at Telstar and the startup he cofounded Digimask. Recorded: May and August 2025 Find Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/03T9HZ7iYys?si=iBzrOnHbNR30gSCy Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on  Mastodon @[email protected] Or twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or https://bsky.app/profile/vgnrtm.bsky.social Or [email protected] Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garybracey/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Software https://www.mobygames.com/company/544/bandai-namco-entertainment-uk-ltd/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Software#Licensed_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System https://www.mobygames.com/group/3031/renegade-series/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/12765/sleepwalker/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/84/digital-image-design-ltd/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/2913/jurassic-park/ Dinosaur Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7Lk7idveeU https://www.mobygames.com/game/140034/lone-soldier/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1415/telstar-electronic-studios-ltd/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWp1FuXXjcg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimask https://web.archive.org/web/20080701124519/https://www.digimask.com/ https://virtua.gitbook.io/virtua-wiki/welcome-to-the-metaverse/the-virtua-team https://www.mobygames.com/game/45660/the-addams-family/ Copyright Karl Kuras