Williams' Crazy Story Pt 2

TCW Podcast Episode 060 - Williams' Crazy Story Pt 2 Part two of our look at Williams' story of how a pinball company grew through a combination of mergers and hit products to become one of the dominate players in the industry during the early to mid-90's.  They had many successes in the arcade utilizing the digitization technology that they helped pioneer.  Not only were they successful in the video game sphere; they were also successful in the pinball arena as well.  Unfortunately, by the end of the 90s the company's video and pinball divisions were spun off or closed while the rest of the company focused more on gambling machines.  Now Williams is just a name held for its history, and is not an independent company, or even a subsidiary anymore.   Q*bert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKIbhaQfs-A NARC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgyjEgnxo0 Running Man Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2FMhBg0h_8 Robocop Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LKQ3eX9pEg   Smash TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLeL6ONPNiw  Terminator 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy86CYUm6aI Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLpZ_5bHmo8 Mortal Kombat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2pQJU9E21c NBA JAM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-Yj0XOuFM Cruis'n USA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tCrFFUSqh4 Fun House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhPsXaQkqlM Addams Family: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0ifZv940Io Revenge From Mars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAue8sKJcuY Star Wars Ep. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkPMpiKKDY   New episodes on the 1st and 15th of every month!   TCW Email: [email protected]  Twitter: @tcwpodcast Alex's Video Game History Blog: http://videogamehistorian.wordpress.com   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/