For this edition, we head west...and south, to Carlsbad, California, just outside of San Diego, home of Park Place Productions.
Park Place developed the first Joe Montana game for Genesis, the first NHL game for Genesis, and the first John Madden game for Genesis. They did quite a few sports games, actually, and yet they were never a household name. And people who talk about old games today rarely talk about sports games, so they never even come up in that context. But I found them to be an interesting company to research because it's a classic rise-and-fall story. You can read more about that in the GDRI entry.
Hank Bauer of local TV station KFMB visited Park Place and sat down with founders Michael Knox (who died in 2009) and Troy Lyndon. I've dated this to 1993, so it wasn't long before the company imploded. The video appears to have been uploaded by Knox.
NFL Quarterback Club is seen and mentioned. This eventually got handed off to Iguana Entertainment because of what happened to Park Place. The unreleased 3D Football for 3DO is also shown.
Knox and Lyndon talk about home shopping. Lyndon once had an interactive television patent, but I don't know if that had anything to do with this, or if it had anything to do with 3DO, as this report implies.
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