Microprose Part 2

TCW Podcast Episode 193 - Microprose Part 2   In part two of our look at Microprose we focus on the growth of the company with popular games like Gunship, and Sid Meier's Pirates. Wild Bill continued his aggressive push to expand the company moving into the UK market and even the coin-op space. This unfortunately led Sid to step back from the company and become a contractor. Wild Bill took the company public to help cover the costs of missteps but eventually became embroiled in his own troubles with pressure from the board. It was during a time when he was forced to step back from the company, and the release of problematic adventure and role-playing games led the company to be acquired by Spectrum Holobyte.   Silent Service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz4shxxdero Gunship DOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCZUc0d8ol8 Gunship C64: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8bBV7uzbSs Airborne Ranger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wEH2c98-Nc Rules of Wooden Ships and Iron Men: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlT6i1DOeUM Sid Meier's Pirates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owSCqgpv9AA How to be a Pirate Captain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YFeE1eDlD0 How to be a Pirate Quartermaster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0fAznO1wA8 Captain Blood Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HmoyQcoBd0 Arcade F15 Strike Eagle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7TK56745MM Command HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXFwn29ZEpQ Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OztH7m4wQzQ What Magic is This? Alchemy: https://whatmagicisthis.com/2020/01/31/alchemy/ Darklands: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aILjTCfnmI8   New episodes are on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theycreateworlds Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com Alex's book, published Dec 2019, is available at CRC Press and at major on-line retailers: http://bit.ly/TCWBOOK1     Intro Music: Josh Woodward - Airplane Mode -  Music - "Airplane Mode" by Josh Woodward. Free download: http://joshwoodward.com/song/AirplaneMode  Outro Music: RolemMusic - Bacterial Love: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic/Pop_Singles_Compilation_2014/01_rolemusic_-_bacterial_love    Copyright: Attribution: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/