Gregory Fischbach - Interview Part 1

Gregory Fischbach has had a career most of us could only dream of.  Starting out as a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s, he then represented some of the biggest musical acts of the 70s, before reinventing himself in the video game industry and running Activision's European operations.  All of this culminated in the formation of Acclaim and the building of one of the most powerful publishers of the 8 and 16 bit eras.    In part 1 of our interview, Greg talks about those early years, what drove him, and how business was done when games were young.   NOTE: This interview was recorded over many sessions.  Any meandering is purely due to the fact that we kept getting lost on tangents and coming back to topics sometimes weeks later.  Yeah, we were having way too much fun.  :)   Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected]   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   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Prosser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Miller_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boz_Scaggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8V7TwlYCt0 https://accelerate.games/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/toy-soldiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZOWWs6rNE https://www.mobygames.com/game/turok-dinosaur-hunter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Arakawa https://www.mobygames.com/company/acclaim-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game/mortal-kombat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://www.mobygames.com/game/nba-jam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Team_(TV_series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165600/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6RH33lDxrY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LJN https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/Bart_Simpson https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Acclaim/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/dave-mirra-freestyle-bmx https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/nfl-quarterback-series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Probst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Line_Cinema https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/gtfo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://store.steampowered.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/mary-kate-and-ashley-licensees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola