TCW Podcast Episode 184 - A Very Naughty Dog Pt 1

Before "The Last of Us" what eventually became Naughty Dog was founded by two teens Andy Gavin, and Jason Rubin. They were drawn into the uncharted waters of computers by making their first published game Ski Crazed. From there they put on the rings of power to become the youngest game developers for EA releasing a game to outdo Ultima on the Sega Genesis. But EA pulled a thieving move and denied them a reprint of the ambitious game. The dream of them being game developers would have died there had it not been for a new warrior in the console market to challenge them to make a game for the 3DO. With that glorious victory, they went to Hollywood and found that they could get universal recognition by getting Sony to use a Bandicoot to crash onto the world stage.

Internet Archive Byte Magazine: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine?tab=collection

How to use a Drawing Tablet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb8FtNJOGS4

Ski Crazed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVuE_NegOdg

Ski Crazed Box Art and Manual: https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ftp.apple.asimov.net/documentation/applications/misc/Ski%20Crazed%20manual.pdf

Dream Zone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCX5pMzyX8A

Keef the Thief: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pinzMVl4Tx0

Rings of Power Genesis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fjTHAd2wYs

(Explicit) 1994 Wolf - Werewolf Transformation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzH9gsafQpo

Way of the Warrior: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q_xRzWTI4E

7th Guest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Z-Q5KVTyI&pp=ygUJN3RoIGd1ZXN0

Crash Bandicoot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK-h4M4Aetg

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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 

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