Michael Katz - Special Guest Former President of Sega of America

Nerds Adulting

English - March 09, 2020 00:02 - 1 hour - 77.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 18 ratings
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Michael Katz was a video games pioneer during the 80s. He worked for Mattel as marketing director, Coleco as vice president of marketing, President of Epyx, President of Video Games division Atari, and President of Sega of America where he oversaw the launch of the Sega Genesis. His stories were pretty amazing and I hope you all Enjoy the interview.

Book I referenced was “The Ultimate History of Video Games” by Steve Kent

24:00 - Mattel

36:30 – Tiger Electronics

40:00 – Epyx, Atari

55:00 - The Atari Genesis

1:04:00 – Sega of America

Intro Music by Kanyon Schumacher

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Outro Music by Academy Garden

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