Gary Bracey - Part 2 - Ocean, Telstar, Digimask

From Video Game Newsroom Time Machine by Karl Kuras

April 28, 2026 · 2h 7m

About this episode

Gary Bracey discusses his experiences at Ocean Software and his subsequent ventures.

For computer gamers in the 1980s and 90s, few companies were more ever-present than Ocean, a powerhouse in publishing, through their massive ad campaigns and amazing film licenses and coin-op conversions. Our guest today, Gary Bracey, was the VP of Development at Ocean and oversaw the production of many a classic, such as Batman, Green Beret and Robocop, to say nothing of being their in-house go-to guy for judging film licenses. Gary tells us about life in the Ocean dungeon, the amazing youngsters that coded the titles and what it took to get them to market and life after Ocean at Telstar and the startup he cofounded Digimask. Recorded: May and August 2025 Find Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/03T9HZ7iYys?si=iBzrOnHbNR30gSCy Get us on your mobile device: Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz iOS: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/video-game-newsroom-time-machine And if you like what we are doing here at the podcast, don't forget to like us on your podcasting app of choice, YouTube, and/or support us on patreon! https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM Send comments on Mastodon…

People in this episode

Host: Karl Kuras

Guest: Gary Bracey

Topics covered

video game history
Ocean Software
game development
interviews
1980s gaming
film licenses

Keywords

Ocean Software
Gary Bracey
video games
game development
film licenses
1980s
Telstar
Digimask

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ocean, Telstar, Digimask

Products: Batman, Green Beret, Robocop