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Show Notes
A computer in every home Atari and Nintendo sue each other and Nintendo gets its panties in a bunch over emulation
These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom time Machine
We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 1979, 1989, 1999. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates for the 20 and 30 year jumps, while relying on newspaper articles and historical documents for the 40 year jump, as there weren't many dedicated gaming publications on the market yet.
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Show Notes: 1979 A computer in every home Newsweek, US edition, April 2, 1979
Privacy laws start popping up Starting to Protect Privacy, New York Times April 10, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/10/archives/starting-to-protect-privacy.html
Stopping Compuer Chomping of Privacy, New York Times April 28, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/28/archives/stopping-computer-chomping-of-privacy.html
Pinball in the News On the Light Side: Pinball Wizardry, The Associated Press, April 10, 1979
Pinball: Nassau's Big Zero, New York Times, April 8, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/08/archives/long-island-weekly-pinball-nassaus-big-zero.html
Williams' Crazy Story Part 1 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/williams-crazy-story-pt-1/
Carl Sagan to host show about space and science Dr. Carl Sagan to Be Host of PBS Science Series, NYT, April 18, 1979 https://www.nytimes.com/1979/04/18/archives/dr-carl-sagan-to-be-host-of-pbs-science-series-interplanetary.html
1989 CES in Vegas shows the dominance of the NES CVG 90 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_090_1989-04_EMAP_Publishing_GB Atari and Nintendo start suing each other over lock out chips and unfair practices Compute 107 https://archive.org/details/1989-04-compute-magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Games
Domark cuts deal with Tengen The games machine 17 https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix_Europe#Domark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6JC-HCNcio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntEz4o5eq7k
Atari ST support in the industry eroded through piracy. Letter from the CEO of Spectrum Holobyte CGW58 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_58/page/n3
Dynamix signs on to Mediagenic's affiliated label program CGW58 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_58/page/n9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdps1r38004 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usme3xqyBBg
Mirrorsoft launch Defender of the Crown on CD with limited 200 unit print run The games machine 17 https://archive.org/details/TheGamesMachineIssue17Apr89/page/n11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJrJvhrV7Mo&t=321s
Scott Orr leaves Gamestar VG&CE 3 https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_03_April_1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Orr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIo5yTScaDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EbPghLpK6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZR7hiRPjwY
1999 Microsoft pushes Windows CE for Dreamcast development. Next Generation 52 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n13 https://segaretro.org/Windows_CE
Agora Interactive launch their G.A.T.E. arcade system to integrate satellite networking into arcades Next Generation 52 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Tee_Golf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3#Ultimate_Mortal_Kombat_3_Wave_Net
The first classic gaming expo is announced Next Generation 52 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n17
NeoGeo Pocket has been released, sold 37,000 units, and now is dead. Long live NeoGeo Pocket Color. Next Generation 52 https://archive.org/details/NextGeneration52Apr1999/page/n19 Havas closes Sierra's Oakhurst office Micromania 51 https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue51 https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/03/01/story1.html
Emulation hits the N64 PC Player 1999 04 https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-04/page/n32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraHLE
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