TCW Podcast Episode 025 - Mattel Electronics?

We go into the mysteries of Mattel's venture into the videogame industry.  We cover its inception and development into a very advanced system that was hampered by lack of big arcade titles.  Ultimately failing and nearly taking Mattel with it in the great video game crash the that worked  there people went on to spread their influenced throughout the video game industry. 

Gendered Marketing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JDmb_f3E2c

Matel LED Auto Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIc3AFRlewY

Matel LED Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D20xjUdNpkc

Coleco's Head to Head Football: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxbekLqCwIc

Coleco Electronic Quarterback: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93u6POODKQY

Intellivision Baseball Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCgG7Y-XqEw

Astrosmash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cokygJeWomQ

How the Betamax lost to VHS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddYZITaxlTQ

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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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