Graeme Bayless Part 1 - Accolade, SSI, Sega, Hyperbole Studios

Few developers have had as long and prolific career as our guest, Graeme Bayless. From working on mainframes, to selling Kaypros, to playtesting Accolade's launch titles, to producing games for SSI, Sega Technical Institute, Hyperbole Studios, Dynamix, EA, Eidos, and NetherRealm Studios.   In Part 1, we talk about his early years, the evolution of the industry, moving from computers at SSI to consoles with Sega and getting up to the boom of FMV games.   Recorded: December 2023   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 [email protected]   Links: Full Links at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/graeme-bayless-1-111627155 Video version of interview: https://youtu.be/zWBo-wklFwE?si=RrCF7YggCny424ql   https://www.mobygames.com/person/1308/graeme-bayless/ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/746/the-game-of-france-1940-german-blitzkrieg-in-the-w https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8833/firefight-modern-us-and-soviet-small-unit-tactics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaypro https://www.mobygames.com/company/23/accolade-inc/ https://www.trustedpeer.org/users/Tom-Frisina https://www.mobygames.com/company/80/strategic-simulations-inc/ Joel Billings Interview - https://youtu.be/xsGfXR0m8Lg https://www.mobygames.com/game/11336/questron-ii/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/7464/sega-technical-institute/ Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente - https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794 https://www.mobygames.com/game/506/hillsfar/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/8059/kid-chameleon/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Cerny https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuji_Naka https://www.mobygames.com/game/212/master-of-orion/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisenryaku https://www.mobygames.com/game/44860/advanced-daisenryaku-doitsu-dengeki-sakusen/ https://renegade-legion.fandom.com/wiki/FASA%27s_Renegade_Legion https://www.mobygames.com/group/6433/renegade-legion-universe/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Vision https://www.mobygames.com/company/47/hyperbole-studios/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/9450/greg-roach/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/47/hyperbole-studios/ http://www.hyperbole.com/ Recommended Links:   The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/ Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/ Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/