Here are classic seasons of The Electric Playground starting with our series premiere in 1997. Enjoy this deep dive into the history of the videogame industry!
Curated by: Electric Playground Network - EPN (120 videos)
#GDC99 #E31999 #ClassicGaming Original airdate: Fall 1999 The Electric Playground races to three huge video game events! We start our travels with a trip to San Jose, California for the Game Developers Conference. Tommy Tallarico, Victor Lucas and Zoe Flower chat with a variety of game developers attending the event. Jennifer Pahlka, organizer, Game Developer Conference Andy Astor, Planet Moon (rest in peace) Will & John Botti, Black Ops Entertainment Chris Samson, Nintendo Super Agent Alex Garden, CEO, Relic Entertainment Paul Steed, Artist, id Software (rest in peace) Phil Harrison, VP of 3rd Party, PlayStation Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo Umrao Mayer, Left Field Productions Singularity Software Randy Fujimoto, Square Electronic Arts After the break we're in Los Angeles, California for a dive into the games of E3 '99 to speak with game makers about their projects: Jamie King, producer Rockstar Games for Thrasher: Skate and Destroy James Daly, producer, Acclaim for Re-Volt Bryan Hartmann, super agent, Nintendo of America for Jet Force Gemini, Perfect Dark, Donkey Kong 64 Thomas Bass, product manager, Acclaim for South Park Kart Simon Phipps, senior designer of Shadowman Matt Atwood, PR Manager, Capcom for Resident Evil for GBC, Power Stone, Marvel Vs Capcom and Resident Evil: Code Veronica Andre Emerson, producer, 3DO for Army Men: Sarge's Heroes John Romero, Ion Storm for Daikatana Cliff Bleszinski, game designer, Epic Games for Unreal Tournament Wayne Cline, product manager, LucasArts for Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine Bernie Stolar, president, SEGA of America for Dreamcast (rest in peace) Andy Kaffka, associate producer, NFL Blitz 2000 Craig Sullivan, designer, Criterion Games for TrickStyle Ed Duran, assistant producer, Midway for Hydro Thunder Jane Gilbertson, marketing director, Crave for Tokyo Highway Racer, Arrow Wings Sean Wilson, associate producer, Midway for Ready 2 Rumble Afterwards we're in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Classic Gaming Expo and Victor and EP's Roger Earle talk with videogame legends like Ralph Baer, David Crane, Howard Scott Warshaw, Rob Pulp, Todd Frye and more. Alan Yu, organizer of Game Developer Conference Rob Fulop, designer, Demon Attack Todd Frye, designer, Pac-Man for Atari 2600 David Crane, designer, Pitfall Garry Kitchen, designer, Keystone Capers Howard Scott Warshaw, designer, ET Keita Iida, organizer Classic Gaming Expo Eric Bacher, designer, new Atari 2600 Pac-Man Carl Forhan, owner of Songbird Productions for new Atari Lynx games Ralph Baer, the father of video games (rest in peace) David Rolfe, designer, Intellivision In Reviews on the Run we hit the gridiron with: NFL Extreme 2 for PlayStation NFL Blitz for Dreamcast, Nintendo 6 and PlayStation NFL Game Day 2000 for PlayStation Madden NFL 2000 for PlayStation NFL 2K for Dreamcast The Electric Playground episodes are digitized and upscaled by the University of Toronto Mississauga Library. The wider EP Media Ltd. archive is located at the Library where it is preserved and digitized for long term access. Inquiries regarding the archive and the wider digitization process can be sent to utml.cds@utoronto.ca. Classic Episodes of The Electric Playground are brought to you by @PNPGamesOfficial Support EP Classic by shopping at: https://pnpgamesonline.com EP on Facebook (for contests): Facebook.com/ElectricPlayground EPN Live: Twitch.tv/EPN EPN Shorts: tiktok.com/@theelectricplayground Official EPN Merch: EPN.tv/Merch If you'd like to support the EPN team by becoming a member and sponsoring our content, click the JOIN button! Thanks so much for your support!