Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Sega introduces conversion kits Coin-Op breaks financial records Microsoft buys 86-DOS These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Time Codes: 7 Minutes in Heaven: 10:29 Corrections: 19:42 Time Jump: 42:40 Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video Version - https://www.patreon.com/posts/54022503 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/?s=The+Nutting+Associates https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/they-create-worlds-53243/episodes/dave-nutting-nutting-industrie-90360408 https://www.mobygames.com/game/wizard-of-wor Corrections: June 1981 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/52937539 https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/07/22/487069271/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2021/06/video-game-sales-1972-1999/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/353380/Steam_Link/ https://www.theguardian.com/games/2021/jul/20/steam-deck-valve-nintendo-switch-for-nerds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey_2 1981: Sega/Gremlin introduce their first conversion kits Replay July 1981, pg. 24, pg. 53 Vending Times, July 1981, pg. 46 December 1979 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/32503287 Jim Trucano Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 Donkey Kong released in Japan https://twitter.com/Lord_Arse/status/1413435520449847305 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/donkey-kong General Computer Corp. is looking for new software ideas Play Meter, July 15, 1981 pg. 72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Computer_Corporation https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023366/Classic-Game-Postmortem-Ms-Pac https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/ms-pac-man Midway sues Artic over speed-up kits Replay July 1981, pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc. Stern beats Omni in Scramble bootleg case Replay July 1981, pg. 8 Vending Times, July 1981, pg. 41 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vc-RIkpk40&t=98s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmFCc3vUAw0 Coin Op video games reached $2.8 billion in revenue in 1980 Vending Times Census of the Industry - 1981, pg. 56 Arcades may be putting the pinch on movie theatres https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/06/arts/is-electronic-games-boom-hurting-the-movies.html?searchResultPosition=2 Warner profits soar https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/16/business/warner-profits-jump-66.4.html?searchResultPosition=1 Broderbund begins publishing Star Craft https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198107/page/n119/mode/1up IBM introduces small business computer https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/29/business/an-ibm-computer-for-small-business.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/23_Datamaster Microsoft buys 86-DOS https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=99 Pirates of Silicon Valley Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEyrivrjAuU Pirates of Silicon Valley QDOS scene - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14vHaqEMvXA Patent issued for Age Morphing tech https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/04/business/patents-a-method-that-pictures-a-person-at-any-age.html?searchResultPosition=45 https://www.freepatentsonline.com/4276570.html https://www.nancyburson.com/index Dutch to broadcast software over shortwave https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-07/page/n69/mode/1up Summer camps go geek https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/17/nyregion/a-camp-where-the-program-is-programming-swim-withdavid-evans-and-jonathan-bing.html?searchResultPosition=4 Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

When we last spoke to Gordon, he was just about to enter the online gaming arena. Follow his career from Kesmai to EA, Sony, and beyond. Classic games like Star Wars Galaxies, Star Wars Old Republic, Sims Online, Motor City Online, and Ultima Online Third Dawn. Gordon has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly and he's about to bring you a new MMO, Crowfall! Part 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gordon-walton-1-52644122 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: https://crowfall.com/en-US/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/kesmai-corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_Corporation https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/air-warrior-series https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/aliens-online https://www.mobygames.com/company/ientertainment-network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online https://www.uoguide.com/Ultima_Online:_Third_Dawn https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_Online_2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_City_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_%26_Beyond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimAnt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crowfall/crowfall-throne-war-pc-mmo https://crowfall.com/en-US/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Wars Warren Spector interviews Gordon Walton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWjsJhp3Sc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa

Pokemon gets banned in Saudia Arabia Electronic Arts shuts down Ultima Online 2 Harry Potter mania comes to video games These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Time Codes: 7 Minutes in Heaven: 4m 28s Corrections: 9m 56s Time Jump: 23m 14s Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video Version - https://youtu.be/GqhCrT-mjJ8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_Sam Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Quest_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Dowd_(game_designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network) https://www.mobygames.com/game/duke-nukem-forever 2001: Saudis ban Pokemon https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-controversial-banned-saudi-arabia-gulf-states/ Nintendo tries to discourage Xbox pre-sales https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n7/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010610083954/http://cube.ign.com/news/32525.html May 2001 Episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/52306821 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) EA shutters Ultima Online 2 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_203/page/n34/mode/1up https://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Ultima_Online_2 https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_098.pdf pg. 18 https://archive.org/details/NextGen78Jun2001/page/n8/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/pcgames200106/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ea-closing-janes-combatnet/1100-2706633/ https://crowfall.com/en-US/ GarageGames wants to rev up the engines of creativity https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AEdge_UK_098.pdf&page=113 http://www.garagegames.com/company Paul Neurath forms Floodgate Entertainment https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_103_2001-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n86/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/floodgate-entertainment-llc August 2000 Episode - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42013999 Sid Meier teams up with Maxis https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/sid-meiers-simgolf Harry Potter mania is on the horizon https://archive.org/details/gamepro-magazine-issue-153-2001-06-harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-game/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/harry-potter-licensees May 2000 Jump - https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289753 Vivendi gets Tolkien license https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue77/page/n5/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien/offset,25/so,1d/ Don Daglow Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 Windows XP is coming... https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n191/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Me Infogrames posts losses https://archive.org/details/GDM_June_2001/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA Freeloader.com falls prey to the .com bust https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_103_2001-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n83/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20011121134052/http://www.freeloader.com/en/ FASA ceases operations https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-06/PC-Player-2001-06/page/n201/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASA Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Sonic booms onto Genesis Tengen is shot down in court Sony gets serious about games These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: https://www.patreon.com/posts/53264910 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(1991_video_game) Corrections: May 1991 https://www.patreon.com/posts/51886479 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbo_Teen Turbo Teen Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j18e_ID-DpA https://www.haribo.com/de-de/produkte/haribo/super-mario-fruchtgummi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnmower_Man_2:_Beyond_Cyberspace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_3-D 1991: AMOA and AAMA both lobby congress to move to dollar coins Replay, June 1991, pg. 3, 30 Jim Trucano Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/48912975 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_coin_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipper_Gore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lieberman Nintendo announces earnings Playthings, June 1991 Nintendo confirms name of 16 bit system in North America Toy & Hobby World, June 1991, pg. 15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Game Genie taunts Nintendo https://archive.org/details/video-games-and-computer-entertainment-issue-29-june-1991/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie#Legal_issues Tengen slapped with preliminary injunction https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_023_June_1991 pg. 72 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_(company) Kevin Hayes Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Games_Corp._v._Nintendo_of_America_Inc. Video games may cause epileptic seizures https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n10/mode/1up https://videogameseizures.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/lawsuits-filed-after-games-caused-seizures/ Camerica confirms plans to release portable NES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20023%20%28June%201991%29/page/n29/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quattro_compilations#Quattro_Adventure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladdin_Deck_Enhancer Mario is going CDi Toy & Hobby World, June 1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_CD-i_games CDi ad - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tlrvbyK0F3juMY15W0fRYYLGT8zSLd9C/view?usp=sharing Sony gets serious about games https://www.facebook.com/olafsson.author https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console) TurboGrafx 16 drops to $99 Playthings June 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzyz2TgGls http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-console-market-of-the-70s-and-80s-part-2/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/bonk-series US Gold gets Sonic license for home computers https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue45Jun91/ACE_Issue_45_Jun_91/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/sonic/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga-cd32/battletoads/credits Atari shows off STylus at CeBIT https://archive.org/details/atari_interface_jun91/page/n5/mode/1up http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/16bits/stpad.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeBIT Sierra Network to brng popular franchises to the web https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_83/page/n21/mode/1up https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-sierra-network/ https://allowe.com/games/larry/inside-stories/larryland.html Al Lowe Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game) Indiana Jones to get a fourth outing in the form of a game... and a comic https://archive.org/details/theoneforamigagames33199106/page/n13/mode/1up https://indianajones.fandom.com/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis_(comic) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Fate_of_Atlantis Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.ne

Centipede begins its decent into arcades Analysts predict a big future for video games The BBC chooses Acorn over Sinclair These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: Video - https://www.patreon.com/posts/52937474 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork Corrections: May 1981 - https://www.patreon.com/posts/51570497 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJFnWZH5FXc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_the_Beam 1961: IBM 1301 drive introduces hydrodynamic air bearing slider https://www.nytimes.com/1961/06/05/archives/computers-memory-is-enhanced-reprograming-time-is-cut-sharply-by.html?searchResultPosition=5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_height https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM_magnetic_disk_drives#IBM_1301 1981: Midway gets counterfeits seized RePlay June 1981 pg. 6 Vending Times June 1981, pg. 57 Centipede launches RePlay June 1981 pg. 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_computing https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/07/22/487069271/episode-576-when-women-stopped-coding?t=1624520759815 PlayCable hits the market https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/01/arts/two-way-games-channel-is-coming-to-cable-tv.html?searchResultPosition=1 Video Games are conquering toy stores Toy & Hobby World June 1981 pg. 29 Don Daglow Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 Ed Zaron Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/30697517 Programmable video game market to reach $295 million in revenue by 1990! Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1981, pg. 18 https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States Magnavox pushes Odyssey 2 at CES https://archive.org/details/19810602LeisureTimeElectronicsReports/page/n3/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/19810602LeisureTimeElectronicsReports/page/n4/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey_2 https://www.mobygames.com/game/odyssey-2/quest-for-the-rings Michael Dornbrook Interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732 Bally Arcade gets keyboard add-on https://archive.org/details/1981SummerLeisureTimeElectronics/page/n56/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade Mattel delays Intellivision Keyboard Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1981, pg. 3 Leisure Time electronics Report, June 1, pg. 2 TI gets out of the digital watch business, but Commodore sticks with it https://archive.org/details/19810601LeisureTimeElectronicsReports/page/n2/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/19810601LeisureTimeElectronicsReports/page/n5/mode/1up http://www.digital-watch.com/DWL/searchresults/4de1255c9d624a3b8705b94329703e41/ Micro magazine begins pushing the 6809 https://archive.org/details/Micro_NO._37_1981-06_Micro_Ink_US/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_6809 Bill Stealy Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 Avalon Hill's first batch of games gets reviewed https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-06/page/n39/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/microcomputer-games-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game/warp-factor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Hill Softalk reviews Ultima,Olympic Decathalon, Cartels & Cutthroats, and Zork https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n10jun1981/page/48/mode/2up BBC chooses Acorn over Sinclair https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1981-06/page/n2/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1981-06/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Programme https://archive.org/details/your-computer-magazine-1981-06/page/n31/mode/1up Micro Men movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Gordon Walton, a veteran designer who has developed games since the 70s, worked in computer retail and was there at the dawn of online gaming, dives deep into his history to give up some great insight into the industry of yesterday and today. This first part covers his career up to the moment that online gaming enters his resume. From Konami to Gametek and some Harpoon in between. Recorded March 2021 Links: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2674/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-trek-i https://www.mobygames.com/game/dungeon-of-death https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam https://www.mobygames.com/company/digital-illusions-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/sub-battle-simulator Bill Stealy Interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://www.mobygames.com/company/xor-corporation https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,482/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx https://www.mobygames.com/game/harpoon https://www.mobygames.com/company/three-sixty-pacific-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilnheidkamp/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/gametek-fl-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/alliance-interactive-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game/brutal-paws-of-fury https://www.mobygames.com/game/humans Warren Spector interviews Gordon Walton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UWjsJhp3Sc

Gameboy Advance takes Japan by storm Xbox could cost Microsoft billions "All your base are belong to us" goes viral These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. We are joined by our favorite co-host Jon from the Retro Game Squad http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conker%27s_Bad_Fur_Day https://www.patreon.com/posts/52295250 Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51204396 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak_and_Daxter https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-campaign-setting-forgotten-realms https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469 https://www.mobygames.com/game/warcraft-iii-reign-of-chaos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_vs._Blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Neil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi 2001: Gameboy Advance launches in Japan https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic:_Ecks_vs._Sever https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/dungeons-dragons-eye-of-the-beholder https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-advance/star-wars-flight-of-the-falcon https://www.mobygames.com/game/wing-commander-prophecy Majesco relaunches the Game Gear https://www.retromags.com/files/file/2888-gamepro-issue-152-may-2001/ pg. 24 https://www.retrorgb.com/gamegearversions.html https://www.gamesasylum.com/2014/07/18/majesco-and-the-sega-game-gears-second-lease-of-life/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majesco_Entertainment https://www.retrorgb.com/smsongg.html Erricson dumps Red Jade https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Jade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Gage_(device) Nintendo steals the show at Tokyo Game Show with GBA https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_Pocket Yamauchi makes bold statements https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_(video_game_company) Tokyo game show sees Microsoft wooing Japanese consumers https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller https://www.gamesradar.com/i-had-things-thrown-at-me-xbox-designer-on-how-the-duke-controller-went-from-joke-to-beloved-misfit/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_or_Alive_(franchise) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Microsoft shows off Big games at Gamestock https://retrocdn.net/File:Edge_UK_097.pdf pg. 12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowrun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies Xbox signs on more developers https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/double-fine-productions-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/radical-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/blitz-games-ltd_ https://www.mobygames.com/company/curly-monsters-ltd Xbox could cost Microsoft $2 billion https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_102_May_2001/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.engadget.com/2008-01-24-the-xbox-turns-a-profit.html Doom III debuts at MacWorld Expo in Tokyo https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_202/page/n32/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_3 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732 Amusement Operators Union show in Japan is small but brings out the weird https://archive.org/details/NextGen77May2001/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8736 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inu_no_Osanpo https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10393 Defender of the Crown to return https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue76/page/n40/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/robin-hood-defender-of-the-crown Gamers.com is no more https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_202/page/n30/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thresh_(gamer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4_(American_TV_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/w

Nintendo settles with the feds Sierra and Broderbund plan to tie the knot Cinemaware is dead These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven: https://www.patreon.com/posts/51880561 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair_II:_Time_Warp https://www.mobygames.com/game/dragons-lair-ii-time-warp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bluth https://newwavetoys.com/products/dragons-lair-x-replicade Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50928581 http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/12/unlicensed-nes-part-2-unworthy.html 1991: Nintendo settles suit with Government Toy & hobby World May 1991 pg. 14 https://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/11/business/nintendo-to-pay-25-million-in-rebates-on-price-fixing.html https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/feb/02/people-versus-mario-ftcs-investigation-nintendo/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290988/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Game Genie wins in Court.. in Canada https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_022_May_1991 pg. 58 https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/video-games-and-computer-entertainment/videogames-computer-entertainment-issue-28/ pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie Accolade goes Ballistic on the Genesis https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20022%20%28May%201991%29/page/n35/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ballistic https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2 Thomas Rattigan wins suit against Commodore https://archive.org/details/info-magazine-39/Info_Issue_39_1991_May/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Rattigan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Gould Sierra buys Broderbund... or do they? https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1991.05/page/n137/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v8n05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment#Going_public_(1989%E2%80%931995) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund https://archive.org/details/1991-05-compute-magazine/page/n15/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706 https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 Amiga Power is born https://archive.org/details/AmigaPowerHi000 https://theweekly.co.uk/ap2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Power Play Time magazine launches in Germany https://archive.org/details/playtime199105 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computec https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computec_Media Naughty bits postpone Stormlord https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_022_May_1991 pg. 58 https://www.mobygames.com/game/stormlord/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/puzznic Double Dragon is coming to the movies https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue44May91/ACE_Issue_44_May_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/double-dragon https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh9ioolJrd0 Lucasfilm banned from the Ranch https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v8n05 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Gilbert https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v8n05/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregorydhammond/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 New developement studios popping up at Computer Game Design Conference https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v8n05/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/trilobyte-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/dreamers-guild Hewson goes into receivership https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewson_Consultants https://archive.org/details/Amiga_Power_Issue_01_1991-05_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n15/mode/1up But where Hewson failed, 21st Century Entertainment would succeed https://archive.org/details/pc-leisure-07/page/n4/mode/1up?q=pc+leisure https://www.mobygames.com/company/21st-century-entertainment-ltd Cinemaware is dead... long live ... uh... Acme Interactive? https://archive.org/details/pc-leisure-07/page/n4/mode/1up?q=pc+leisure https://www.mobygames.com/company/cinemaware-corporation https://www.mobygames.com/company/acme-interactive-inc CRL is dead... long live On-Line Entertainment https://archive.org/details/pc-leisure-07/page/n7/mode/1up?q=pc+leisure https://www.mobygames.com/company/crl-group-plc https://www.mobygames.com/company/on

Missile Command comes to Atari's VCS Handheld games lose their mojo and Scramble revolutionizes the shoot 'em up These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.patreon.com/posts/51570452 https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/missile-command_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Command https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racing_the_Beam Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/50337962 https://www.patreon.com/posts/50315337 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Alto https://macromedia.fandom.com/wiki/Tim_Mott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_effect https://bestclassicbands.com/ozzy-osbourne-bat-1-20-16/ 1981: First meeting of the International association of video game manufacturers is held in Tokyo Replay, May 1981, pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Amusement_Machine_and_Marketing_Association Midway goes after Pacman and Rally X gray importers Replay May 1981 pg. 12 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/rally-x https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pac-man https://www.patreon.com/posts/47087268 Cinematronics wins Star Castle case Replay May 1981 pg. 12 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/star-castle https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure Stern secures rights to Konami's Scramble Replay May 1981 pg. 14 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/scramble https://www.patreon.com/posts/50315337 Atari ventures to Japan ... again Replay May 1981, pg. 71 https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_5_Number_3_April-May_1981/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 Atari launches Asteroids Deluxe and VCS Missle Command with National Press conference Replay May 1981 Toys Hobbies & Crafts May 1981, pg. 12 https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_5_Number_3_April-May_1981/page/n2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/missile-command_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/asteroids-deluxe Atari promotes Stephen D Bristow to VP of advanced technology consumer electronics Toy and Hobby World May 1981 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/02/obituary-gaming-pioneer-steve-bristow-helped-design-tank-breakout/ Atari adds $1 million in punitive damages to its suit against Activision Playthings, May 1981, pg. 32 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/activision-and-atari/ Atari slashes prices https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/05/business/company-news-atari-cuts-prices-discloses-products.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44632017 Atari wants your programs https://archive.org/details/1981-05-compute-magazine/page/n151/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Program_Exchange Electronic games lag as Xmas sell off ripples through market Playthings, May 1981, pg. 39, pg. 122 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He-Man Mattel reports $15.5 million loss for fourth quarter Toy and Hobby World May 1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsUFBm1uENs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A-Team https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manimal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugb_TIpPoWA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWyl4k4LRRg Coleco sues Tandy... and Mattel... and well, everyone.. https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1981-05/page/n64/mode/1up Playthings May 1981 TSR licenses Escape from New York Playthings, May 1981 pg. 9 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/731/escape-new-york https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckvDo2JHB7o Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

PS2 supplies drop to a trickle Naughty Dog has a new master & The Gameboy Advance gets competition from Korea These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Slug https://www.mobygames.com/game/metal-slug-x Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49842383 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichiro_Irimajiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game 2001: Gamepark enters the handheld arena https://archive.org/details/NextGen76Apr2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy_Advance iMode brings gaming to phones https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-mode https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a33957256/this-programmer-figured-out-how-to-play-doom-on-a-pregnancy-test/ Arcade game show in London dissapoints https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.flickr.com/photos/gggames/3882148066 Gamepro highlights Namco's System 246 https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3965-gamepro-issue-151-april-2001/ pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_System_246 https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namco_System_11 PS2 discontent. https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20141%20%28April%202001%29/page/n24/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Dreamcast reborn... as a set top box https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pace_plc https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/71946-dream-of-dreamcast-settops-dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo Nuon is out https://archive.org/details/edgeuk095/page/n44/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuon_(DVD_technology) https://www.mobygames.com/game/nuon/tempest-3000 https://www.mobygames.com/game/grand-theft-auto-iii Sony purchases Naughty Dog https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3965-gamepro-issue-151-april-2001/ pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty_Dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavedog_Entertainment Infogrames gets D&D license https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n135/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/dungeons-dragons-dd-add-licensees/offset,0/so,3a/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://www.mobygames.com/company/bioware-edmonton https://www.mobygames.com/game/descent-to-undermountain Turbine gets former Origin talent https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue75/page/n5/mode/1up Sierra management gets further shake-up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n34/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Longano https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brash_Entertainment https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706 Havas becomes Vivendi https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue75/page/n5/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havas No game design degree for YOU! https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n30/mode/1up https://faculty.rpi.edu/node/34691 Will Machinima democratize movie making? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_201/page/n44/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machinima https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115108/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Arcades get new tech Nintendo stabs Sony in the back and Everyone is getting into the CD-ROM game These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy/operation-c https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/contra-series https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/contra-series Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/49507040 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_video_games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 1991: Acme shows off hits RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons https://www.mobygames.com/game/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/batman____ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://www.mobygames.com/game/botss-battle-of-the-solar-system https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6985 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8478 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Sega shows off new tech at ACME show RePlay April 1991 pg 16. Acme pg 1 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9234 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10124 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8382 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Dyer_(video_game_designer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lyTasMAYic http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/03/hologram-time-traveler-revolution-that.html TMNT2 the arcade game for NES comes to the arcade? Play Meter April 1991 pg. 21 https://www.mobygames.com/game/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__ https://www.pstos.org/instruments/wa/seattle/pizza-pipes.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese https://www.facebook.com/vanishingseattle/posts/tbt-seattle-funplex-this-entertainment-center-in-industrial-interbaymagnolia-on-/1352717244807560/ Nintendo topped toys sales chart Playthings April 1991, pg. 15 https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_Entertainment_System_packages https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System Nintendo drops exclusivity rule https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76 https://archive.org/details/VGCE27Apr1991/page/n23/mode/1up AVE locked out of NES https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_22_April_1991/page/n25/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20160817065727/http://www.nesworld.com/ave-article2.php https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_021_April_1991 pg. 76 https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengen_(company) https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo) Sega unveils MegaCD https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer Sony and Nintendo to partner on CDRom drive for SNES https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue43Apr91/ACE_Issue_43_Apr_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_81/page/n13/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20021%20%28April%201991%29/page/n33/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_NES_CD-ROM Phillips announces CDRom add-on for SNES https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_1991-04_Markt_Technik_DE/page/n5/mode/2up https://venturebeat.com/2018/06/23/the-story-behind-nintendos-betrayal-of-sony-and-how-it-created-its-fiercest-rival/ https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/03/business/nintendo-philips-deal-is-a-slap-at-sony.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_CD-i_games Commodore shows off Amiga CD add on at CES https://archive.org/details/amig

As we pick up our conversation with Gregory Fischbach, Acclaim's long standing contract to port Williams/Midway arcade games is coming to an end and a shift to originally developed content begins. The purchase of Valiant Comics, the launch of franchises such as Turok and NFL Quarterback Club will redefine the company as it nears its end and Greg goes off to new ventures. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment https://www.mobygames.com/company/acclaim-entertainment-inc https://accelerate.games/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://www.mobygames.com/game/turok-dinosaur-hunter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valiant_Comics https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/spider-man-licensees/offset,75/so,1d/ https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1243 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/nhl-breakaway-series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclaim_Studios_Austin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Acclaim_Entertainment_subsidiaries#Acclaim_Studios_London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden_NFL https://www.mobygames.com/company/mrgoodliving-ltd https://www.mobygames.com/company/mumbojumbo-llc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoostar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabb.it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us https://accelerate.games/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Crush_Saga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest

Data East goes Cassette Sony introduces the 3.5 inch floppy and Xerox reinvents the desktop These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.patreon.com/posts/50315337 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defender_(1981_video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/defender Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/march-1981 https://storybundle.com/books/2836 https://www.patreon.com/posts/49206968 https://www.mobygames.com/game/asteroids-deluxe https://www.mobygames.com/game/gravitar https://www.mobygames.com/game/blasteroids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674970977 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epyx 1981: Computer glitch grounds first shuttle flight... temporarily https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/12/weekinreview/another-try.html?searchResultPosition=21 https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/07/science/special-shuttle-issue-voyage-spaceship-columbia-overview-columbia-s-maiden.html?searchResultPosition=56 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle Data East launches Casette System in US Play Meter April 15, 1981 pg. 52, 101 Play Meter April 15, 1981 pg. 100 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECO_Cassette_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BurgerTime https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder_Dash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_%27n%27_Jump Survey predicts electronic games to beat video in '95 Toy & Hobby World, April 1981 pg. 4 https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Video_game_industry Mattel announces Intellivision Keyboard again... and a price! https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-04/page/n49/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119 Sony announces the 3.5 inch floppy https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1981-04_OCR/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk#%E2%80%8B3_1%E2%81%842-inch_disk Xerox introduces the 8010 Star Information System https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/28/business/xerox-s-simpler-computer.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn4vC80Pv6Q The Osborne takes computing on the go https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1981-04_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6PUWZ0FOZM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbnTZREMEJI Compute magazine reviews the Vic20 https://archive.org/details/1981-04-compute-magazine/page/n34/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 https://www.mobygames.com/game/vic-20/pac-man NYT Profiles Clive Sinclair https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/12/business/inventor-trying-again-in-consumer-electronics.html?searchResultPosition=57 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/uncle-clives-radionics/ http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM Softalk talks to Microsoft https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n08apr1981/page/30/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS Cathy Carlston joins Broderbund https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n08apr1981/page/60/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733 Thomas Whitney leaves Apple https://www.nytimes.com/1981/04/23/business/business-people-shift-at-apple-computer.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Thomas_Whitney https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Gregory Fischbach has had a career most of us could only dream of. Starting out as a civil rights lawyer in the 1960s, he then represented some of the biggest musical acts of the 70s, before reinventing himself in the video game industry and running Activision's European operations. All of this culminated in the formation of Acclaim and the building of one of the most powerful publishers of the 8 and 16 bit eras. In part 1 of our interview, Greg talks about those early years, what drove him, and how business was done when games were young. NOTE: This interview was recorded over many sessions. Any meandering is purely due to the fact that we kept getting lost on tangents and coming back to topics sometimes weeks later. Yeah, we were having way too much fun. :) Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Corps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lloyd_Prosser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Miller_(musician) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boz_Scaggs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merle_Haggard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostbusters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8V7TwlYCt0 https://accelerate.games/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/toy-soldiers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ZOWWs6rNE https://www.mobygames.com/game/turok-dinosaur-hunter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acclaim_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Arakawa https://www.mobygames.com/company/acclaim-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/game/mortal-kombat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://www.mobygames.com/game/nba-jam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Team_(TV_series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165600/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6RH33lDxrY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LJN https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/Bart_Simpson https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Acclaim/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortal_Kombat_(1992_video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/dave-mirra-freestyle-bmx https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/nfl-quarterback-series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Probst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Line_Cinema https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/gtfo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 https://store.steampowered.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/mary-kate-and-ashley-licensees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payola

Resident Evil heads to theatres GTA goes 3D and Korean MMOs are eyeing US shores These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. We are again joined by our guest co-host Jon from the Retro Games Squad https://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Timecodes: 7 Minutes in Heaven 02:40 Corrections 09:45 Time Jump 14:16 Links: 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/hellboy-dogs-of-the-night https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167190/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 https://www.mobygames.com/company/cryo-interactive-entertainment-bro-deutschland Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/february-2001 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyetic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider:_The_Angel_of_Darkness 2001: Mila Jovovich cast in Resident Evil movie https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3933-gamepro-issue-150-march-2001/ pg. 31 https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398913/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/metal-gear-series https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/nocturne Interplay and Shiny to enter The Matrix https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue74/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/matrix-licensees https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 Nintendo sues Imagine Media over Unofficial Pokemon Guide https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n19/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_Publishing Shoichiro Irimajiri leaves Sega https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoichiro_Irimajiri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/ Intel announces chip price drops https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue74/page/n33/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_100_March_2001/page/n19/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_(console) EA gets real with Majestic https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3933-gamepro-issue-150-march-2001/ pg. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_(video_game) https://shadowrun.fandom.com/wiki/UCAS_Presidential_Election_2057 Grand Theft Auto is going 3D https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-03/PC-Player-2001-03/page/n17/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_100_March_2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/grand-theft-auto-iii https://www.mobygames.com/game/grand-theft-auto-mission-pack-1-london-1969 https://www.mobygames.com/game/grand-theft-auto-mission-pack-2-london-1961 https://www.mobygames.com/game/simcity https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/streets-of-simcity https://www.mobygames.com/game/simcopter https://www.mobygames.com/company/rockstar-north-ltd Sid Meier benches Dinosaurs https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-03/PC-Player-2001-03/page/n18/mode/1up http://flashofsteel.com/index.php/2005/05/20/games-that-never-were-sid-meiers-dinosaurs/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY7aRJE-oOY https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101081/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 The Koreans are coming https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_100_March_2001/page/n89/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lineage_(video_game) Correction: Gordon Walton, not White 3Q is putting you in the game https://archive.org/details/NextGen75Mar2001/page/n12/mode/1up Ben Heck's Portable 2600 brings retro gaming on the go https://archive.org/details/edgeuk094/page/n19/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Heckendorn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64lUCnLA3o0 Ubisoft buys Blue Byte https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue74/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft_Blue_Byte https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/anno-ad-series https://www.mobygames.com/game/mad-tv https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098546/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_high_frequency Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.co

Mario is heading to the movies Star Wars returns to gaming And Bobbi Kotick saves Activision These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Timecodes: 7 Minutes in Heaven 3:05 Corrections 9:02 Time Jump 9:20 Links: Peter's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/creatures_ Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48323760 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,10168/ 1991: Did the "Video Game War" hurt video games? Replay, March 1991, pg. 14 Replay, March 1991, pg. 16 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8927 https://9gag.com/gag/aAbBxEL https://www.mobygames.com/game/operation-wolf Winter CES reports flooding in https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n17/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1991.03/page/n75/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20020%20%28March%201991%29/page/n25/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/cdtv/ https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N36.1991.03-kultpower/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Lynx https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120 https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboExpress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_motion_video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/september-2019 Mario is going to the movies https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co https://entertainment.ie/gaming/danny-devito-was-originally-supposed-to-play-super-mario-in-the-1993-film-277633/ Lucasfilm Games gets into the Star Wars business https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n6/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n31/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-wars_ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/star-wars-licensees/offset,250/so,1d/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TG3BEHdRHI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riIOiNq0RHk&list=PLx1UA5PiBi5rVuSDFr3JLYdUE80O_aCH3 https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/star-wars-droids https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819 https://www.patreon.com/posts/37807684 https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733 Computer RPGs are coming to consoles https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_Issue_21_March_1991 pg. 88 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_020_March_1991 pg. 92 https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/heroes-of-the-lance https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/pool-of-radiance https://www.mobygames.com/game/ultima-runes-of-virtue https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/kings-bounty https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/dark-castle https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/might-and-magic-ii-gates-to-another-world Software rentals are no more https://archive.org/details/1991-03-compute-magazine/page/n67/mode/1up https://itlaw.wikia.org/wiki/Computer_Software_Rental_Amendments_Act_of_1990 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44720677 386 clones get the green light https://books.google.de/books?id=slAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&pg=PT39#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=rlAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA95&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80386 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium Richard Garriott turns his mansion into a fantasy haunted house https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n35/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Manor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott Peter Molyneux promises cross game data sharing https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue42Mar91/ACE_Issue_42_Mar_91/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Molyneux https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/2019/03 Activision management gets reshuffled https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_2

The Integrated Circuit is born, Home computers storm CES and Atari orders massive chip inventory These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in March of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Peter is still out "on assignment" so we are joined again by Jon from the Retro Game Squad. http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Jon's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/asteroids-deluxe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEvQCLhkwGg Corrections: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/transcripts/tcw114 https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/sierra-hi-res-adventures https://www.mobygames.com/company/aventuras-ad https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,82501/ https://archive.org/details/SoftwarePeopleDougCarlston/page/n9/mode/2up 1961: Fairchild introduces the IC https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/15/archives/fairchild-introduces-circuits-in-miniature.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Semiconductor The libraries of the year 2000 will be on computer tape https://www.nytimes.com/1961/03/28/archives/librarian-of-2000-may-be-computer-mathematician-gives-plan-for.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Kemeny 1971: Film editing goes non-linear thanks to computers https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/14/archives/computer-to-save-millions-in-film-editing-due-soon-computer-to-save.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear_editing#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMX_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMX_600 https://web.archive.org/web/20080210020634/http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/offline/cmx600.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npExd1D6mtI George Lucas makes his feature film debut with THX1138 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/12/archives/lucass-thx1138love-is-a-punishable-crime-in-future.html?searchResultPosition=66 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066434/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/21/archives/wandas-a-wow-sos-thx-wandas-a-wow-sos-thx.html?searchResultPosition=121 1981: Electronic toys dissapoint at CES but video games come out swinging Toys Hobbies & Crafts March 1981, pg. 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/tom-dusenberry-interview Microcomputers take the stage at CES https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1981-03/page/n51/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_MZ http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-japanese-pc-industry/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APF_Electronics_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASS_(programming_language) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFnD_K3abOc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/dan-daglow-interview-part-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/asteroids_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-8-bit/missile-command_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scram_(video_game) https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-1 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/tom-dusenberry-interview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 https://www.mobygames.com/company/commodore-business-machines-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sir-clive-of-zx/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/rockys-boots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TMS9918 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086567/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/1979-fcc-reform-special-feat-quarterpast38 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-8000_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16 Atari orders chips from Commodore https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/06/business/briefs-030360.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_2600 Membrane keyboards are vying for dominance https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/05/business/technology-the-membrane-keyboard.html?searchResultPosition=32 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane_keyboard Surge expected at the pat

One of the legendary names behind the Doom and Quake, American McGee has been making games for almost 30 years. From doing technical assistance at the scrappy start-up that was id, he moved to being a capo at EA and, then, innovated as a studio head in China. American has had a wild ride in the industry with many ups and down and he tells us candidly about his career. A fascinating look at the evolution of game development and an insight into how China plays a key role in the future of gaming. Links: https://www.americanmcgee.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_McGee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom https://www.mobygames.com/game/doom https://www.mobygames.com/game/doom-ii_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/quake https://www.mobygames.com/game/timeline https://www.mobygames.com/company/ion-storm-lp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice https://www.mobygames.com/game/american-mcgees-alice https://www.mobygames.com/company/rogue-entertainment https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,63361/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/american-mcgee-presents-bad-day-la https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/american-mcgee-presents-bad-day-la https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spicy_Horse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameTap https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/american-mcgees-grimm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson https://www.mobygames.com/company/spicy-horse-international-ltd https://www.patreon.com/americanmcgee https://blog.patreon.com/american-mcgee

Nintendo shows off the Gamecube controller Gaming is going to the movies and Is Bethesda in trouble? These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 2001. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Peter's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Operative:_No_One_Lives_Forever https://www.mobygames.com/game/operative-no-one-lives-forever http://nolfrevival.tk/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7qpSUvNM9I&t=359s https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/terminator-future-shock https://www.mobygames.com/game/duke-nukem-3d https://www.mobygames.com/game/shogo-mobile-armor-division Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/47384269 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_Studios https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo9buo9Mtos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DualShock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast#Accessories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Peripherals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockstar_Games 2001: Nintendo reveals the Gamecube controller https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameCube_controller https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_controller Tomb Raider gearing up for nextgen https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 27 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146316/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_2 https://www.mobygames.com/game/lara-croft-tomb-raider-the-angel-of-darkness https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider__ https://www.mobygames.com/game/tomb-raider-ii American McGee signs deal for Alice movie https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n38/mode/1up https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970 Crazy Taxi and Perfect Dark licensed for movies https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4332-gamepro-issue-149-february-2001/ pg. 26 https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0080051 https://www.mobygames.com/game/crazy-taxi https://www.mobygames.com/game/perfect-dark https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106761/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113855/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/ John Woo to get into game development https://archive.org/details/NextGen74Feb2001/page/n14/mode/1up https://variety.com/2000/voices/columns/digital-rim-has-global-ambitions-1117788298/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/rainbow-studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/john-woo-licensees Shenmue the Movie hits Japan https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue73/page/n5/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971215/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_6 https://www.mobygames.com/game/dreamcast/shenmue https://www.mobygames.com/game/shenmue-ii https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de3UTAfKGfQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenmue The D&D movie came out... https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up https://www.metacritic.com/movie/dungeons-dragons https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190374 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0406728 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733125 Amazon is advertising their games selection https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n39/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20001109185900/http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/home.html/ Is Bethesda about to go under? https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n129/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethesda_Softworks https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/sea-dogs https://www.mobygames.com/game/elder-scrolls-iii-morrowind EA cans Baltimore sim developers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_199/page/n36/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ea-baltimore Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Street Fighter 2 bows in London Nintendo admits bootlegs are legit and Microsoft's Minesweeper invades Windows These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine Special Guest Co-Host Jon from the Retro Game Squad http://www.retrogamesquad.com/ This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Jon's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/turrican-ii-the-final-fight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Trenz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/january-1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST#STE_models 1991: ATI show in London shows off lots of sequels and clones https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n75/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/operation-wolf https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/space-gun https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/laser-ghost_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/steel-gunner https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/gp-rider https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/over-drive https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/outrun https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/after-burner https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner-ii/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner_/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/g-loc-air-battle https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/taitos-super-space-invaders https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/double-dragon-3-the-rosetta-stone https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pit-fighter https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/high-impact-football https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mad-dog-mccree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X68000 Microprose's first arcade game is a slow burn Replay, February 1991, pg. 92 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle-ii https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/wild-bill-stealey-interview https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__ SNK to hold back home ports of titles Replay, February 1991, pg. 23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspring91/ Over ordering puts pressure on console game makers Replay, February 1991, pg. 16 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-crash-that-almost-was/ Nintendo admits some unlicensed games are legal https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34 https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/color-dreams-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/sharedata-inc https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/2019/04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLA_d9q6ySs C64GS games fail to materialize https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-05/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System Team 17 announces their first titles https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n6/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-breed https://www.mobygames.com/game/full-contact https://www.mobygames.com/company/team17-digital-limited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team17 Steve Meretzky returns post-Infocom https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N35.1991.02-kultpower/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/spellcasting-101-sorcerers-get-all-the-girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Entertainment https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-dornbrook-interview-part-1 Sweeping Mines want to know... https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack#Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Minesweeper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%27s_Challenge https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/centurions-power-x-treme Budget game market heats up in the UK https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-16/page/n8/mode/1up https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/jerry-wolosen

Williams fights copycats Sierra beats Atari and Holograms promise the third dimension These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Peter's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/astro-blaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR2kStMWBCs Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/january-1981 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bowser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanders_Associates https://www.mobygames.com/game/adventure https://www.mobygames.com/game/akalabeth-world-of-doom/cover-art/gameCoverId,51963/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4577/ https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/docs.php?id=1113 1981: Williams defends its rights to Defender Replay February 1981, pg. 6 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8709 Atari loses preliminary injunction against On-Line System's Jawbreaker https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.1/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.1/page/n3/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawbreaker_(video_game) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY-yUGwLoM0 Atari warns developers against copycats https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n06feb1981/page/21/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n06feb1981/page/37/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-38/page/n15/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-38/page/n16/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-38/page/n16/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/missile-command_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/abm_ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb87qqEhEd0 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ed-zaron-interview Mattel introduces the Discovery System Toy and Hobby World, February 1981 pg. 102 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEQXKzrskd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXSH60XQRs0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Discovery_System https://web.archive.org/web/20160308024718/http://www.ggdb.com/GameByName.aspx?c=Handheld&s=Other&vid=6592 https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1981-Sears-Christmas-Book/0558 https://christmas.musetechnical.com/ShowCatalogPage/1981-Sears-Christmas-Book/0666 Atari announces Hologram system Toy and Hobby World, February 1981 pg. 270 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Cosmos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Invader https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waY3svOHGGI Siro-Tech launches its first title https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n06feb1981/page/12/mode/1up http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/2020/05/ http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-return-of-the-sdraziw-of-sir-tech/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/wizardry-games Time Zone will finally hit shelves https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.1/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_2.1/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.filfre.net/2012/06/time-zone/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/sierra-hi-res-adventures https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/scott-adams-questprobe-series Sirius becomes a corporation https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n06feb1981/page/12/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(Alphaville_song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ3uSL9aeqg SPI releases Dawn of the Dead boardgame Toy and Hobby World, February 1981 pg. 275 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1773/dawn-dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXuy1Jocfw https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

When last we left Michael Dornbrook, Infocom's fortunes had just begun to change with the Cornerstone database project turning sour and new competitors hitting the market. Listen, as we find out how the company reacted to the changing market, being purchased by Activision, management changes, and a reluctant entry into the world of graphics, as well as, Michael's life after text adventures. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision https://www.hackerpledge.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Snyder_(animator) http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tomsnyder.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soup2Nuts https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,14936/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/legend-entertainment-company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanfords https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52777/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/boffo-games-inc https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,62246/ https://www.thenewseveryday.com/iconic-alien-and-back-to-the-future-designer-ron-cobb-has-died/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/rocket-science-games-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/looking-glass-studios-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/harmonix-music-systems-inc

Sega abandons the Dreamcast Nintendo's 64DD is a bust and Hasbro Interactive is no more These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine Welcome back to the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, the show where we travel back in time to see what was making headlines in the computer and video game business 40, 30 and 20 year ago. On this episode we will look back at the biggest stories from publications dated January of 2001. As always, a disclaimer, we are using magazine cover dates so the events reported always happened a tad bit earlier. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Corrections: https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/SegaNet https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/559522 2001: Sega exits the console hardware market https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n45/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_U http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/ The US launch of the PS2 marred by shortages https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n13/mode/2up https://www.gamesradar.com/how-do-the-ps5-launch-titles-compare-to-ps4-ps3-ps2-and-playstation/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2 Sony launches PS2 in Europe with Yabasic https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n15/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yabasic#PlayStation_2 64DD pulled from sale https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4076-electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-138-january-2001/ pg. 58 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64DD Germany to get its own gaming convention https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamescom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Con Youth violence in Japan puts pressure on games industry https://archive.org/details/NextGen73Jan2001/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Entertainment_Rating_Organization https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/august-2020 Everquest reaches 300,000 subscribers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_198/page/n40/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EverQuest#Sales_and_subscriptions https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/don-daglow-interview-part-2 Lucasarts announces Star Wars Galaxies MMO https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Galaxies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Knights_of_the_Old_Republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Obi-Wan https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/noah-falstein-interview Ultima Online goes 3D https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n19/mode/1up https://ultima.fandom.com/wiki/Ultima_Online:_Third_Dawn Take 2 buys Duke Nukem publishing rights https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive#1993%E2%80%932000:_Formation_and_initial_growth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem_Forever#Development Microsoft buys Digital Anvil https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Anvil https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2001-01/PC-Player-2001-01/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/conquest-frontier-wars Infogrames buys Hasbro Interactive https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue72/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/tom-dusenberry-interview Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Game Gear launches in Japan Capcom goes public and VGA steals Christmas These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/december-2000 1991: Parallel Board battle continues Play Meter January 1991, pg. 14 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/simpsons https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__ Video games lose their domination of the coin-op market Replay January 1991, pg. 44 Capcom goes public Replay January 1991, pg. 20 https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/company/history.html First rumors of the Nintendo Super System emerge https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20018%20%28January%201991%29/page/n31/mode/1up https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System Sega's TeraDrive announced https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue40Jan91/ACE_Issue_40_Jan_91/page/n7/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20018%20%28January%201991%29/page/n33/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_TeraDrive Game Gear launches in Japan https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3029-game-players-issue-019-january-1991/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear Cheetah launches the Gamate in the UK https://archive.org/details/Crash_No._84_1991-01_Newsfield_GB/page/n29/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamate Gilbert Hyatt's patent for microchips granted https://archive.org/details/1991-01-compute-magazine/page/n111/mode/1up https://patents.google.com/patent/US4942516 https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2019/07/16/episode-12-gilbert-hyatt/id=116807/ https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=95 https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/31/why-80-year-old-inventor-gil-hyatt-says-patent-office-is-waiting-for-him-to-die/ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/20/business/for-texas-instruments-some-bragging-rights.html Atari debuts the Mega STe https://archive.org/details/atari_interface_jan91/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_MEGA_STE Atari USA in management shakeup https://archive.org/details/startissue03winter1986/STart%20Issue%2040%20%28January%201991%29/page/n17/mode/1up https://translate.google.com/translate? hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://obligement.free.fr/articles/itwkenan2.php&prev=search&pto=aue https://www.computerwoche.de/a/commodore-im-clinch-mit-frankreich-distributor,1164482 https://www.stcarchiv.de/ace/50/1990-atari https://mcurrent.name/atarihistory/tramel_technology.html Games are missing their release dates https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_78/page/n95/mode/1up Sierra renames Hero's Quest to Quest for Glory https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N34.1991.01-kultpower/page/n13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/heros-quest-so-you-want-to-be-a-hero https://www.mobygames.com/game/hero-u-rogue-to-redemption https://www.mobygames.com/game/heroquest https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/699/heroquest Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Nintendo opens its first offices in New York Commodore introduces the VIC 20 and Adventure gets reviewed These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January of 1981. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. 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 twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] Links: Corrections: https://books.google.de/books?id=sy8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=gene+lipkin&source=bl&ots=R4C2CM7gzm&sig=ACfU3U2ETkAXNpGOsq2ypyp8gFO8lM6nGA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVqceun7btAhWGCuwKHQ53AwMQ6AEwD3oECBIQAg#v=onepage&q=gene%20lipkin&f=false 1981: Nintendo of America opens its first offices Vending Times, January 1981, pg. 40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Bowser Atari debuts Warlords and Red Baron https://www.mobygames.com/game/warlords_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/red-baron____ https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_5_Number_1_January_1981 https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 Commodore introduces the Vic20 https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198101/page/n25/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A Chris Crawford explains sprites on the Atari 8 bits https://archive.org/details/1981-01-compute-magazine/page/n67/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-raiders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Crawford_(game_designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Miner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_VDM8nC9sM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN49G3RwSQs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Developers_Conference Akalabeth reviewed https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n05jan1981/page/17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akalabeth:_World_of_Doom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTG3KRGJAjk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yINb5Huh0C4 Adventure reviewed Video January 1981, pg. 28 https://www.mobygames.com/game/adventure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventure_(1980_video_game) http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-100-most-influential-games-part-1/ Record sales slipping Forbes, January 5, 1981, pg. 227 Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

Michael Dornbrook Interview Part 1 He was there at the birth of Infocom, founded the Zork Users Group, the first hint books, and stayed on through thick and thin. Michael Dornbrook is an industry legend and he sat down for a mammoth interview with me. The first half covers his background, the founding of Infocom, his involvement, the creation of InvisiClues, some pretty aggressive advertising and the first signs that something may not be right in the house that Zork built. Links: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52777/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldornbrook/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/infocom-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCorp https://typewriterdatabase.com/1923-underwood-5.10903.typewriter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Meretzky https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InvisiClues https://www.filfre.net/2013/03/the-top-of-its-game/ http://www.chrishecker.com/Can_a_Computer_Make_You_Cry%3F https://www.mobygames.com/game/fooblitzky https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/24/apple-launched-macintosh-on-january-24-1984-and-changed-the-world----eventually https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams

Japanese games get weird 3Dfx is no more and Steven Kent ushers in a new age of game history These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December of 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: N/A 2000: AMOA 2000 https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000/ pg. 36 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/grid__ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqDCk15Zcc https://www.mobygames.com/game/cart-fury-championship-racing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtUyXMqow2c https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/627439/ms-pac-man-galaga-arcade-game-on-amazon Japanese arcade show brings out the weird https://www.highwaygames.com/arcade-machines/boong-ga-boong-ga-spank-7607/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg6sXy4ZHhA https://www.highwaygames.com/arcade-machines/images/boong-ga-boong-ga-spank-17758-7607.jpg SegaNet goes live https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20137%20%28December%202000%29/page/n32/mode/1up https://sega.fandom.com/wiki/SegaNet https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000 pg. 44 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/ Dreamcast to get flatfee internet service in Spain https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n5/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20010201064400/http://dreamcast.terra.es/ Microsoft is touting their Xbox exclusives https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4321-gamepro-issue-147-december-2000/ pg. 36 https://www.mobygames.com/game/silent-hill-2-restless-dreams/release-info https://www.mobygames.com/game/crash-bandicoot-the-wrath-of-cortex https://www.mobygames.com/game/xbox/metal-gear-solid-2-substance/mobyrank Supreme Court refuses to hear Sony's appeal in Virtual Game Station case https://archive.org/details/NextGen72Dec2000/page/n16/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix_Virtual_Game_Station 3Dfx reports $100 million in second quarter losses https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_197/page/n46/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3dfx_Interactive#Voodoo_4_and_5 3Dfx sues Nvidia https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-13/page/n149/mode/1up https://www.cbronline.com/news/3dfx_sues_nvidia_for_patent_infringement/ https://www.theregister.com/2000/08/29/nvidia_sues_3dfx_over_patents/ 3Dfx sells to Nvidia and is shuttered http://www.x86-secret.com/articles/divers/v5-6000/letter_to_customers.htm AmigaOne is coming... maybe... https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOne Last Ninja reboot planned https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_97_Xmas_2000/page/n28/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ninja_(series)#Last_Ninja_4 Gameplay.com introduces streaming games https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_97_Xmas_2000/page/n120/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(retailer) Mattel sells off game division https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-12/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Interactive https://www.broderbund.com/ Samsung announces camera phone https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue71/page/n55/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-SH04 Steven L Kent releases his first book on video game history https://archive.org/details/NextGen72Dec2000/page/n22/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_L._Kent Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

Virtuality is bringing VR to the arcades Nintendo goes easy on NES developers and Sierra bets on CD-Rom These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December of 1990. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: https://www.patreon.com/posts/44335732 https://www.patreon.com/posts/44632017 1990: AMOA 90 video product dissapoints Play Meter pg. 56 Parallel boards legalized Play Meter Dec. 1990 pg. 12 RePlay pg. 23 Cyberspace is coming to an arcade near you, thanks to Virtuality https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue871990Dec/page/n156/mode/1up https://virtuality.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X_E_Kg9roE Nintendo relaxes cartridge production rules Toy and Hobby World Dec. 1990 pg. 18 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Nintendo) US game releases delayed due to translations https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v7n12 https://www.mobygames.com/game/dragon-wars https://www.mobygames.com/game/jrr-tolkiens-the-lord-of-the-rings-vol-i https://www.oldgames.sk/codewheel/secret-of-monkey-island-dial-a-pirate Wing Commander gets tested https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue39Dec90/ACE_Issue_39_Dec_90/page/n71/mode/2up Sierra bets big on CD-Rom https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v7n12 CDTV delayed https://archive.org/details/RAZE_Issue_02_1990-12_Newsfield_Publishing_GB/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_CDTV League of Programming Freedom protests against Software patents https://archive.org/details/1990-12-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_for_Programming_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_and_feel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

Gene Lipkin leaves Atari Electronic toys are heading for a cliff and Digital information services go corporate These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December of 1980. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Computer_Corporation https://www.mobygames.com/company/general-computer-corporation https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,343/ 1980: Gene Lipkin leaves Atari Replay, Dec. 1980, pg. 10 http://www.atarimuseum.com/articles/10yranniversary/cut2pin.html https://books.google.de/books?id=sy8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=gene+lipkin&source=bl&ots=R4C2CM7gzm&sig=ACfU3U2ETkAXNpGOsq2ypyp8gFO8lM6nGA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVqceun7btAhWGCuwKHQ53AwMQ6AEwD3oECBIQAg#v=onepage&q=gene%20lipkin&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarnerMedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kassar Gottlieb signs deal with Sigma Replay, Dec. 1980 pg. 10 https://www.mobygames.com/game/new-york-new-york https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview Toy business Chaos https://www.nytimes.com/1980/12/23/archives/a-troubled-season-in-toyland-heated-rivalry-buyer-caution-depress.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_%26_Watch:_Super_Mario_Bros. D&D co-developer gets into computer game design https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198012/page/n173/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/raf-the-battle-of-britain/screenshots/gameShotId,984390/ http://www.4dintsys.com/projects.htm https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joel-billings-interview Reader's Digest buys The Source https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-12/page/n53/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source_(online_service) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL#1983%E2%80%931991:_Early_years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest Nexis is born https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud198012/page/n13/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LexisNexis Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

From stacking inventory on the Parker Brothers loading docks, to being knee deep in the trenches of the video game crash, to founding Hasbro Interactive and helping acquire Magic and D&D, Tom Dusenberry has seen the industry like few others and he's here to share his story, his passion for innovation, and some great inside insight on the business of gaming. Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Brothers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mills https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_Insanity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlin_(console) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerf https://www.handheldmuseum.com/ParkerBros/index.html http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-2600-vcs-parker-brothers-usa_publisher_25_2_G.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenner_Products https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonka https://www.mobygames.com/company/parker-brothers https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/heavy-shreddin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios https://www.mobygames.com/game/monopoly https://www.mobygames.com/company/hasbro-interactive-ltd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_HoloByte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_SA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Electronics http://www.dusenberryentertainment.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Platform,_Micro_Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for_Wireless https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glu_Mobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glover_(video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Con https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_G._Hassenfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR_Heat_(series)

Tom Clancy sells to UbiSoft AOL gets sued by its volunteers and Uwe Boll sets his sights on games These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: 2000: Gamecube demos shown at Space World https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n35/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-zelda-the-wind-waker Sega keeps pinning its hopes on SegaNet https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4319-gamepro-issue-146-november-2000/ pg. 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast_online_functionality#SegaNet_(United_States) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jCFAm6WBU http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-untold-history-of-sega/ WonderSwan Color announced https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n51/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WonderSwan Dragon's Lair is coming to the GBC https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4319-gamepro-issue-146-november-2000/ pg. 38 https://www.mobygames.com/game/gameboy-color/dragons-lair____ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XiUvMowedA Infogrames announces joint venture with Hudson https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue70/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/infogrames-hudson-kk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Soft Ubi Soft buys Red Storm https://archive.org/details/NextGen71Nov2000/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/red-storm-entertainment-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Storm_Entertainment AOL Volunteers wanna get paid! https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_196/page/n38/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOL_Community_Leader_Program#Department_of_Labor_investigation https://archives.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/aol_settled_with_unpaid_volunt.php Sierra sues Tolkien and Tolkien sues back https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_196/page/n50/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien/offset,25/so,1d/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1967_film)#cite_note-companion-1 Pogo.com to by bought by Excite@Home https://archive.org/details/NextGen71Nov2000/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo.com Square isn't done with Hollywood https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20136%20%28November%202000%29/page/n51/mode/1up House of the Dead is coming to theatres https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue70/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0062103 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317676/?ref_=adv_li_tt Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

Nintendo goes 16 bit in Japan Blockbuster tries to pull some political strings, and The Bitmap Brothers go Renegade These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 1990. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision 1990: Super Famicom launches in Japan! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System Michael Katz is out and Tome Kalinske is in at Sega Playthings Nov 1990 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Kalinske 3rd parties are rumored to be developing for the Genesis https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n25/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/ninja-gaiden-series/offset,25/so,1d/ https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n92/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/batman-the-video-game_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/genesis/batman-the-video-game___ https://www.mobygames.com/game/turbo-grafx/batman First rumors of the Atari Panther surface https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n25/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Panther EGM previews Double Dragon 3 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20016%20%28November%201990%29/page/n30/mode/1up https://www.moviemistakes.com/picture121043 Blockbuster lobbying to get Video Game Rental exception Toy and Hobby World, November 1990, pg. 19 https://itlaw.wikia.org/wiki/Computer_Software_Rental_Amendments_Act_of_1990 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-104/pdf/STATUTE-104-Pg5089.pdf#page=46 Renegade Software is born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renegade_Software https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue861990Nov/page/n5/mode/1up Activision Uk isn't quite done yet... https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-108/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/hunter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgFPnocmf7Q https://www.mobygames.com/game/deuteros-the-next-millennium https://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/beast-busters/credits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft https://www.mobygames.com/game/rayman Infocom reborn... on the NES? https://archive.org/details/RAZE_Issue_01_1990-11_Newsfield_Publishing_GB/page/n17/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/tombs-treasure https://www.mobygames.com/company/nihon-falcom-corp https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview https://www.patreon.com/posts/michael-part-1-44335732?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

Midway's lawyers are on a tear, Atari's profits are breaking records, and Apple bets on the luck of the Irish These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine We celebrate our second anniversary with a change to our format. Now, instead of a giant ep a month, you'll get three weekly ones, each covering one of our jumps through the history of video game news. This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November of 1980. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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 Links: Corrections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari#Atari_Corporation_(1984%E2%80%931996) https://www.mobygames.com/company/hayden-software-co-inc https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/amoa-1980-with-gameresearch_e https://www.mobygames.com/company/romstar-inc 1980: Universal settles suit with Midway Replay Nov, 1980, pg. 120 https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7398 https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-invaders________ Midway files suit against Artic for Galaxian speed up kits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc. PlayMeter Nov. 15, 1980 https://www.mobygames.com/game/ms-pac-man https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/virtua-fighter-3 Columbia Pictures' Gottlieb amusement machine division shows a loss https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/07/archives/columbia-pictures-shows-profit-rise.html?searchResultPosition=2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Pictures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conglomerate_(company) Atari more than doubles revenue, quadruples profits Toy and Hobby World, Nov 1980 Atari is seeking the Space Invader champion https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/09/archives/4000-line-up-to-join-battle-against-electronic-invader-4000.html https://www.nytimes.com/1980/11/16/archives/westchester-opinion-the-fastest-ray-gun-in-the-east.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Heineman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series) https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920328&slug=1483450 Sublogic Flight Simulator reviewed by Kilobaud Magazine https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud198011/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/flight-simulator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvvfJ60gIf0&t=90s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmkYVSbodw4 Broderbund's Galactic Empire trilogy gets reviewed in Softalk magazine https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n03nov1980/page/26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/galactic-saga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waxrpG-19jM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/dan-daglow-interview-part-1 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/don-daglow-interview-part-2 Acorn Atom introduced at the PCW show https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1980-11/page/n20/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Atom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXBxV6-zamM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture Apple goes Irish https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n03nov1980/page/12/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_illegal_state_aid_case_against_Apple_in_Ireland#History_of_Apple_in_Ireland The sad fate of MITS https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-11/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Instrumentation_and_Telemetry_Systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800 Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/ Sound Effects by Ethan of History of How We Play.

In the earliest days of computer games, someone had to get games from fledgling publishers to the mom-and-pop computer stores dotted across the country. Our guest, Jerry Wolosenko, was one such man and from picking product at events like the West Coast Computer Faire, to representing Psygnosis in the USA, to getting involved with a little start-up called Harmonix, Jerry has met every big name in the business, seen every ebb and flow the industry has to offer and regales us with some truly amazing stories. Sit back and relax as we go deep into the history of gaming with Jerry Wolosenko. Links https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,6968/ https://angel.co/p/jerry-wolosenko https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videodisc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://www.mobygames.com/game/defender https://www.mobygames.com/company/synapse-software-corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire https://www.mobygames.com/company/infocom-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/psygnosis-limited https://www.mobygames.com/game/lemmings https://www.mobygames.com/company/ravensburger-interactive-media-gmbh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psygnosis https://www.mobygames.com/game/holiday-lemmings_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/shadow-of-the-beast http://www.indieretronews.com/2020/06/legacy-of-beast-atari-2600-shadow-of.html https://www.mobygames.com/company/looking-glass-studios-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EA_Vancouver https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Storm_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonix https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldornbrook/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/guitar-hero-series https://www.mobygames.com/game/rock-band https://www.mobygames.com/company/redoctane-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Coast_Computer_Faire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broderbund

Apple gets ready to go public Sega does what Nintendon't The world gets its first look at the GameCube These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: Corrections: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1y3V2VAdpE https://twitter.com/Gazimaluke?s=20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMO9hJ3zzms&t=274s https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/arcadedreams/Arcade-Dreams-The-Definitive-Arcade-Documentary-Series https://arcadedocumentary.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game.com https://archive.org/details/hh_tgaunt https://www.mobygames.com/game/mortal-kombat 1980: Apple is getting ready to go public https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/5/mode/1up https://investor.apple.com/faq/ https://kensbook.com/ https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/ken-williams-interview Commodore facing scrutiny https://nyti.ms/1kS9Xye https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086465/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/?ref_=tt_sims_tt https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/why-nyse-switch-fractions-to-decimals/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International Hayden Book Company buys Programma International https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n02oct1980/page/2/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/programma-international-inc http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/09/programma-international-coin-op.html Stern Electronics is getting a running start in video games Play Meter, October 15, 1980, pg. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company) https://www.mobygames.com/game/astro-invader_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/galaxian https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/amoa-1980-with-gameresearch_e 1990: Sega launches Nintendon't ad campaign Plaything, October 1990, pg. 12 Splatterhouse to make Halloween debut on TG16 Plaything, October 1990 https://www.mobygames.com/game/splatterhouse No such thing as a Nintendo Plaything, October 1990, pg. 20 https://www.businessinsider.com/google-taser-xerox-brand-names-generic-words-2018-5?r=DE&IR=T DUO FC is gonna bridge the gap between PCs and consoles https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n11/mode/1up http://atarihq.com/tsr/nes/duo-fc.html https://www.mobygames.com/company/capstone-software Microprose enters the NES market https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-12/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/ultra-software-corporation EA enters Genesis market with a cross-platform promotion Plaything, October 1990 https://www.mobygames.com/game/budokan-the-martial-spirit https://www.mobygames.com/game/populous https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n58/mode/1up Activision settles suit with Magnavox https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/ pg. 24 https://www.ipmall.info/content/magnavox-co-v-activision-inc-ralph-baers-litigation-files Mediagenic kills Activision UK https://www.filfre.net/2017/01/a-time-of-endings-part-3-mediagenic-or-the-patent-from-hell/ https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up First reports are coming in from The Computer Entertainment Show in London... https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epocha-29/page/n7/mode/1up Commodore Format magazine launches! https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-01 Commodore debuts the C286 LT https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_100.pdf&page=4 https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=2 https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Commodore-Laptop_C286LT Commodore profits plunge https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue851990Oct/page/n125/mode/1up "What you see is what you play" ads for Wing Commander hit magazines https://archive.org/details/1990-10-compute-magazine/page/n88/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Commander_(video_game) https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3006-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-21-october-1990/ p. 132 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfRvCSBD4q0 MSX the third... or fourth, announced https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:NewComputerExpress_UK_101.pdf&page=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX#Evolution https://www.mobygames.com/game/metal-gear_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/snatcher No one wants to publi

We often think of trade shows today as just gimmicky PR extravaganzas that rarely surprise and amaze, with most big reveals having been leaked way before hand, and little revolutionary happening on the show floor. The Amusement & Music Operators Association International Exposition of Games and Music in 1980 was everything but though, with some (pun intended) game changing reveals, as the market shifted with old companies pivoting, new, global players entering the fray and new technology and game play innovations forever changing what consumers would expect from a visit to the arcade. Join Karl and Ethan of The History of How We Play, as we deep dive into the historic turning point that was the 1980 AMOA. Links: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://www.amusementexpo.org https://www.amoa.com/ https://www.homeleisuredirect.com/pinball-machines/buying-advice/what-are-solid-state-pinball-machines.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcade_cabinet http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-game-mythbusters-was-rally-x-hit.html https://www.mobygames.com/game/king-balloon https://www.mobygames.com/game/tank-battalion https://www.mobygames.com/game/pac-man https://www.mobygames.com/game/spectar https://www.mobygames.com/game/rally-x https://www.mobygames.com/game/space-panic https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/joe-morici-interview https://www.mobygames.com/game/crazy-climber https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/radar-scope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo https://www.mobygames.com/game/star-castle https://www.mobygames.com/game/battlezone_ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_East https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DECO_Cassette_System http://youtube.com/watch?v=QrCeO6H1jFg http://videogamekraken.com/video-action-ii-by-universal-research-laboratories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company) https://www.mobygames.com/game/berzerk https://www.mobygames.com/game/defender https://rawthrills.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Jarvis https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/infinity-war-defender-mini-game-price-increase-defenders-netflix/ https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ https://twitter.com/gamingalexandri?lang=en https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/OurLostArcade https://gamehistory.org/sega-gremlin-archive/ https://www.jmargolin.com/vgens/vgens.htm

Ken Williams is the co-founder, with his wife Roberta, of Online Systems, later Sierra Online, and then just Sierra. He lead the company through the creation of the first graphic adventure, Mystery House, animated adventure, King's Quest, the first online games network, TSN, and so many other firsts, as well as, acquiring such developers as Dynamix, Papyrus, and Coktel Vision. He has now written a book, Not All Fairytales Have Happy Endings. We talk about the book, life at Sierra, financial realities of running a games company, and so much more. Sit back and relax, and remember to pick up a copy of his book, it's an amazing read full of insight into the birth, life, and death of a legendary company. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: https://kensbook.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Williams_(game_developer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Williams https://www.mobygames.com/company/sierra-entertainment-inc http://allowe.com/ https://www.apl2bits.net/2019/11/25/sierra-on-line-house-for-sale/ https://www.realliving.com/homes-for-sale/40367-Goldside-Drive-Oakhurst-CA-93644-284692284 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softporn_Adventure https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/hi-res-football/screenshots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Garriott Recommended Links: Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/

Electronic games may be about to crash! Amstrad enters the console wars Pokemon single handedly saves video games These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in September of 1970, 1980, 1990, and 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: 1970: IBM launches their first macine exclusively using semiconductor RAM https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/24/archives/a-new-computer-unveiled-by-ibm-main-memory-system-uses.html?searchResultPosition=9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-core_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_memory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_System/370_Model_145 World's first Chess competition between computers takes place in New York https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/02/archives/chess-computer-loses-game-in-a-kingsize-blunder.html?searchResultPosition=17 https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~newborn/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Newborn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers:_Heroes_of_the_Computer_Revolution 1980: Mattel announces test market for Intellivision keyboard Plaything, Sept 1980 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellivision#Keyboard_Component Mattel warns shareholders that competitors may start dumping game inventory Plaything, Sept 1980, pg. 11 Pizza Time Theatre loses first round to Topeka Inn Management Play Meter, September 1, 1980, pg. 5 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/may-2020 Stratavox brings speech to the video games! Play Meter, September 15, 1980, pg. 39 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C-1J5XvhB0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovox Williams is entering the video game biz Play Meter, September 15, 1980, pg. 40 Computer magazines report from Summer CES https://archive.org/details/1980-09-compute-magazine/page/n14/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198009/page/n17/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_TI-99/4A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Scientific https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_series_80#85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_8-bit_family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 https://archive.org/details/Kilobaud198009/page/n25/mode/2up Japan takes on the US for 64k supremacy https://www.nytimes.com/1980/09/16/archives/the-fight-over-computer-chips-us-japanese-competing-on-new-advance.html?searchResultPosition=11 Softalk launches https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n01sep1980/mode/1up Dan Bunten's first major release tested https://archive.org/details/softalkv1n01sep1980/page/13/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,8515/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/apple2/computer-quarterback/credits https://youtu.be/xsGfXR0m8Lg The other trinity https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198009/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Astrocade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interact_Home_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VideoBrain_Family_Computer 1990: Computer games are coming to TV https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_74/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniac_Mansion_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_on_Earth_Is_Carmen_Sandiego%3F Cinemaware slugs it out with Beyond over TV Sports Baseball https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_74/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/tony-la-russas-ultimate-baseball TMNT is getting a second Amiga port https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue36Sep90/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFQkdLd4M_g Mediagenic becomes first US SNES dev https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_74/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/snes/activision-publishing-inc/ Megadrive finally coming to the UK https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_106_1990-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n12/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis First rumors of a Sega CD add-on for the Genesis surface https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20014%20%28September%201990%29#page/n21/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_CD Amstrad launches the GX4000 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_106_1990-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epocha-28/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_GX4000 Atari to redesign the Lynx https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Mo

Electronic Arts, Activision, Sierra, Sega, GT Interactive, Konami... few resumes include so many illustrious names, but Chris Garske's does. Find out how this industry veteran helped bring some of the biggest games to market in this in depth interview. Links: https://chrisgarske.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-garske-2625624/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,25751/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Gordon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cranford https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Kotick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/sega-master-system/activision-publishing-inc/ Correction: Die Hard did get released by Activision on the NES. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(character) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Pico The system Chris couldn't remember was the Pico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari,_Inc._(Atari_SA_subsidiary)#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konami

Ethernet heralds a new age of networked computing Sonic the Hedgehog is coming... Playstation2 gets a US launchdate These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: 1980: Stern Electronics gets into video RePlay August 1980, pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_(game_company)#Stern_Electronics Nintendo signs distribution deal with Far East Video RePlay August 1980, pg. 25 https://moneyppl.com/two-washington-frat-boys-became-millionaire-arcade-game-distributors/1238/ Musee Mecanique featured in Atari Coin Connection https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_4_Number_8_August_1980/page/n2/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mus%C3%A9e_M%C3%A9canique https://museemecanique.com/ RePlay magazine profiles Argentine coin-op operator RePlay August 1980, pg. 17 http://www.sacoacard.com/press_release/playmetercoverstory.html Handheld games take to TV Plaything August 1980, pg. 27 pg. 33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYovW27KBC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p49nY1dyq2M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwt9Lk6e-7s Fantasy and strategy games are booming Toys Hobbies & Crafts August 1980, pg. 45 D&D implicated in student's death https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/18/archives/brilliant-computer-student-dies-from-gun-wound-intellectual-fantasy.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dungeon_Master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazes_and_Monsters https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=0046 Ethernet is here! https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198008/page/n18/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet Radio Shack expands TRS-80 line https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/01/archives/radio-shack-broadens-its-home-computer-line-broadening-a-threeway.html?searchResultPosition=2h https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_Pocket_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Color_Computer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_Model_II https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-08/page/n7/mode/1up The fourth Hypertext conference takes playce in Pennsylvania https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198008/page/n22/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson SoftSide becomes a real boy... I mean magazine and advertises Mystery House from On-Line Systems! https://www.mobygames.com/game/hi-res-adventure-1-mystery-house https://archive.org/details/softside-magazine-23/page/n4/mode/1up Cryptologist funding cut https://www.nytimes.com/1980/08/27/archives/science-agency-blocks-funds-to-aid-research-on-computer-coding.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Adleman 1990: MGT enters receivership https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n6/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_105_1990-08_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9 https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-79/page/n13/mode/1up ST CD to take on CDTV sans CDi https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-10/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.maedicke.de/atari/hardware/cdar504.htm Wingleader gets in depth previews https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n38/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/wing-commander Leisure Suit Larry is going to the movies https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n8/mode/1up https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/al-lowe-interview Sierra remakes King's Quest 1 https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-10/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/roberta-williams-kings-quest-i-quest-for-the-crown Nolan Bushnell wants to bring VR to the masses within three years https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n8/mode/1up And Bushnell also wants to bring TV to your screen... https://www.inc.com/magazine/19890901/5784.html https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue35Aug90/page/n9/mode/1up Super Famicom gets a release date https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20013%20%28August%201990%29#page/n24/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Nintendo_Entertainment_System British developer Argonaut rumored to be developing 3D graphics for Nintendo https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_105_1990-08_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/argonaut-games

Activision launches the third party publisher business EA bets big on Sega and Microsoft nabs Halo These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: 1980: Summer CES sees attendance drop Toys, Hobbies & Crafts, July 1980, pg. 7 Coleco sales reach $136 million Plaything magazine, July 1980, pg. 11 Activision launches its first four games Plaything magazine, July 1980 Missile Command is targeting 50 cent play Replay July 1980, pg. 27 https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_4_Number_7_July_1980 Midway sues Universal over Cosmic Alien Replay July, 1980, pg. 10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhYVcwhSWjI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ4rC_gAWPM https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7398 Japan is stepping up chip production Plaything magazine, July 1980 Computers are doing graphics... and some even in color https://www.nytimes.com/1980/07/06/archives/computers-that-draw-pictures-some-even-work-in-color-the-computers.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Catmull Zork is coming! https://books.google.de/books?id=Uj4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT8&dq=infoworld+1980+june&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia9sbu7p3qAhXQ3KQKHfFBA5IQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=infoworld%201980%20june%20zork&f=false https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zork Zork's Z-Machine explained https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198007/page/n81/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-machine https://www.mobygames.com/game/zork-the-great-underground-empire Playing D&D on a computer is super easy https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198007/page/n67/mode/2up https://classicreload.com/dungeon-masters-assistant-vol-1-encounters.html https://www.mobygames.com/game/neverwinter-nights 1990: Play Meter features PlayChoice Play Meter, July 1990, pg. 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayChoice-10 NEC signs ICOM to develop for TG16 CD Plaything, July 1990, pg. 10 https://www.mobygames.com/company/rabid-entertainment-inc EA goes 16 bit on Genesis Plaything, July 1990, pg. 10 https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/genesis/electronic-arts-inc/ https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2 Mario goes four colors Playthings, July 1990 https://archive.org/details/NintendoComicsSystemBookCollection/mode/2up Nintendo sues Galoob over Game Genie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Galoob_Toys,_Inc._v._Nintendo_of_America,_Inc. Toys and Hobby, July 1990, pg. 14 9 year old sues Nintendo... and LJN... and Major League Baseball https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_18_July_1990 pg. 22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1F0bh4aVhQ Tynesoft goes bust https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue821990July/page/n91/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/company/tynesoft-computer-software http://www.stairwaytohell.com/articles/KBlake.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dJXgJ1c4vY https://www.mobygames.com/game/superman-the-game https://www.mobygames.com/game/superman-the-man-of-steel__ Nuclear War is coming to the C64 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_73/page/n19/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/nuclear-war https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/gtw64/nuclear-war/ Infocom is no more https://archive.org/details/thegamesmachine-32/page/n77/mode/2up Apogee offers free "try-out" games https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_18_July_1990 pg. 22 2000: Sony announces $300 launch price https://archive.org/details/NextGen67Jul2000/page/n20/mode/1up https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/Launch_price Bleem gets court order against Sony https://archive.org/details/NextGen67Jul2000/page/n19/mode/1up Bleem is coming to the Dreamcast https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20132%20%28July%202000%29#page/n41/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem! Bleem on Xbox? https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20132%20%28July%202000%29#page/n43/mode/1up https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-12-11-the-history-of-bleem Microsoft buys Bungie https://archive.org/details/MicromanaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue66/page/n3/mode/1up https://web.archive.org/web/20060502035147/http://bungie.net/Inside/CustomPage.aspx?section=History&subsection=Main&page=6 The Sims gets an expansion pack https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_I

We pick up in this second part of our interview with Don Daglow, as he leaves EA to join Broderbund, where he would produce Prince of Persia, help land distribution for SimCity and license Star Wars. He followed that amazing run with his own studio, Beyond Software, later renamed Stormfront Studios, that would create the first graphical MMO, Neverwinter Nights, bring Madden to the PC and so much more. Links: https://www.daglowslaws.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daglow https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3246/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/brderbund-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,4217/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/maxis-software-inc https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,11566/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,87067/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,9286/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,8515/ https://www.amazon.com/Making-Prince-Persia-Journals-1985/dp/1468093657 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormfront_Studios https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Computer_Trade_Show https://www.mobygames.com/company/stormfront-studios

Don Daglow started making games on PDP-10s in the 70s, before becoming one of the first developers for the Intellivision, creating the groundbreaking strategy title Utopia. Later, he went on to be an early producer at EA and Broderbund, helping bring us classics like Racing Destruction Set, Shufflepuck Cafe (a personal favorite of mine), Prince of Persia, SimCity and Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego. We explore these early years of his career, the nature of the business back then and how we could have had a Star Wars RPG back in the 80s in this first half of our 2 part interview. https://www.daglowslaws.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Daglow https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3246/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_crash_of_1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

Atari sues Activision Sega takes on the Gameboy and Nintendo gives away gloves These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: 1980: Working from home by computer is becoming a reality https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n14/mode/1up TI gets patent for Synth Chip https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/28/archives/patents-devices-aid-synthetic-speech-a-new-apparatus-for-brain.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_LPC_Speech_Chips Radio Shack announces intensification of Computer product support https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-06/page/n33/mode/1up https://marketingexperiments.com/value-proposition/radio-shack-value-prop-part Microsoft gets into the hardware game https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n18/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n10/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n116/mode/1up Digital Audio is coming https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc Atari launches nationwide ad campaign featuring Space Invaders Playthings June 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0LN3BDH4I Activision announes sales manager and regional reps Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980 Atari files suit against Activision Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980, pg. 7 Toy and Hobby World, January 1982 Sega takes on Chuck E Cheese with PJ Pizzazz eplay, June 1980, pg. 63 https://segaretro.org/P.J._Pizzazz 1990: Sega's Last Survivor introduces FPS Deathmatch to the arcades https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_33_1990-06_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n95/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/last-survivor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWBlaj1LiI Sega signs deal with Buster Douglas Playthings, June, 1990, pg. 15 https://www.mobygames.com/game/final-blow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0G4h5u7c_s Sega reveals the Game Gear https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n28/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear BDL wants you to take your NES games on the go... https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n29/mode/1up https://www.bitcultures.com/unreleased-consoles-nintendo-express/ http://users.skynet.be/am035782/EGM%2022%20-%20June%201991%20-%20Article%20on%20Gameboy%20to%20NES%20converter%20and%20The%20Express%20-%20handheld%20NES.jpg http://users.skynet.be/am035782/GamePro%20October%201990%20-%20Article%20about%20BDL%20Nintendo%20Handheld.jpg Galoob announces the Game Genie https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n30/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie Acclaim is doing the Bartman https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n22/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants Sierra celebrates its 10th anniversary https://archive.org/details/Sierra_News_Magazine_The_Volume_3_Number_2_Summer_1990_1990_Sierra_On-Line_US/page/n12/mode/1up 2000: Spring Tokyo Game Show dissapoints https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n29/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Game_Show#History Square quintuples its profits https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII Sony reveals plans for their broadband adapter https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_online_functionality Nintendo gives away free gloves https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 28 https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2000/nintendo-address-effects-video-game-children https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-to-issue-protective-game-gloves-5000106151/ Gaming is now a college degree https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 34 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-27-me-3194-story.html ht

From the earliest days of hand held electronic games, and arcade hits like Sinistar, through the golden era of Lucasarts adventures to the cutting edge tech of games as therapeutic tools, Noah Falstein was there, pushing boundries and showing the world what gaming really could do. Links: https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,1657/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Bradley_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://www.mobygames.com/game/sinistar https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3340/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3345/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer https://www.mobygames.com/company/dice-la https://www.mobygames.com/game/medal-of-honor https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/trespasser-the-lost-world-jurassic-park http://www.theinspiracy.com/

He was there when Universal came to US shores, he helped pioneer arcade distribution, brought Capcom into the home, and made the Disney Afternoon a gaming legend. Today we talk to industry veteran, Joe Morici. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-morici-1994b/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Entertainment_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Do! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bally_Technologies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Disney_games_by_Capcom https://www.mobygames.com/company/capcom-usa-inc https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/transferprice.asp https://arcade.tokyo/9pp/postcards-from-the-game-centre-18 Street Fighter 2 Genesis ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfW8GHlg18g Street Fighter 2 comic with MK ads https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/2018/11/malibu-comics-street-fighter-issue-2.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romstar https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,31916/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameTek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamCatcher_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAM!_Entertainment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Enix_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro3D,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/505_Games https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic_Erotic_Ball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameStop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmalade_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roku https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Valenti https://www.crunchbase.com/person/arthur-pober https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Cranston https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-02-fi-1361-story.html https://www.mobygames.com/game/25-to-life https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,59175/

If you ever played a computer strategy game on your home micro computer in the 80s or 90s, spending countless hours moving your troops around the battlefield, be it Antietam, Vietnam, WWII or even the mythical land of Krynn, or one of the amazing Gold Box games, you have one man to think, Joel Billings, founder of SSI. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Simulations https://www.mobygames.com/company/strategic-simulations-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulations_Publications,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl_Corporation https://www.mobygames.com/game/computer-bismarck https://www.mobygames.com/game/computer-quarterback https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Bunten_Berry https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198004/page/n44/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,2121/ louissaekowdesign.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSR,_Inc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Williams 2by3games.com https://store.steampowered.com/developer/Slitherine Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060

Apple introduces its next gen system Acclaim powers up its team and Nintendo wants a piece of the Harry Potter pie These stories and many more on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 1980: Coleco reports record first quarter profits Toy & Hobby World, May 1980 Mattel reports a 22% increase in net sales Playthings, May 1980 French planning to launch terminals https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/26/archives/french-back-phone-computers-new-terminals-scheduled-for-popular-use.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOhK9bgQo8g My apologies, I said it was the Nostalgia Nerd who did this history of the Minitel but it was RetroManCave. Pizza Time Theatre sues Topeka Inn Management Inc Replay May 1980, pg. 10 https://books.google.de/books?id=7-WcKK01H1cC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=pizza+time+theatre+sues+topeka+inn&source=bl&ots=4IS3fHWgGj&sig=ACfU3U3PK974svmkbhZnXY8q-IHsxPu5uA&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwihg4zV-MfoAhXQ5KQKHfvxDNQQ6AEwAHoECAwQLw#v=onepage&q=pizza%20time%20theatre%20sues%20topeka%20inn&f=false Midway warns against copying Galaxian Replay May 1980, pg. 35 http://patentarcade.com/2015/12/1982-case-midway-mfg-co-v-bandai.html https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4669&context=penn_law_review Mego's Time Out series to be shown at CES Toy & Hobby World, May 1980 http://www.intheattic.co.uk/time-out.htm https://patents.google.com/patent/US4687200 Apple debuts Apple III https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/08/archives/new-breed-emerges-in-home-computers-who-makes-them-a-new-breed-of.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_III Avalon Hill enters the computer game market Toy & Hobby World, May 1980 https://www.mobygames.com/company/microcomputer-games-inc Katie goes into the computer https://archive.org/details/Katie_and_the_Computer_1979_Creative_Computing_Press/page/n43/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198005/page/n46/mode/1up 1990: Core Design becomes its own publisher https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-20/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/core-design-ltd/offset,50/so,1d/list-games/ https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,19669/ Don Bluth to produce its own games https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-20/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/sullivan-bluth-interactive-media-inc https://www.facebook.com/donbluthfilms/photos/a.538790976189206/1160072624061035/?type=3&theater http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/related/prototype/cinematronics.asp Data East makes Joe Keenan their new president Play Meter May 1990, pg. 3 Acclaim triples previous years revenue Plaything May 1990, pg. 13 Acclaim cuts deal with Williams Play Meter May 1990, pg. 3 https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/08/business/company-news-acclaim-entertainment-deal-for-comics-publisher-near.html Acclaim builds a power team https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_16_May_1990 pg. 18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDbD0216NaU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Team_(TV_series) F-15 Strike Eagle is heading to arcades https://archive.org/details/computer-video-games-magazine-102/page/n91/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/wild-bill-stealey-interview https://www.microprose.com/news/ Arcade vs. Home: The debate heats up Play Meter May 1990, pg. 34 https://www.computerspielemuseum.de/ TG16 gets a price cut https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_16_May_1990 pg. 22 PC Engine is finally coming to the UK https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue32May90/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16 https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/george-soros-bank-of-england.asp Atari's Panther is waiting in the wings https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue32May90/page/n93/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Panther#cite_note-theone-2 Sega lines up computer games for the Genesis https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_16_May_1990 pg. 22 https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-katz-interview-part-2 Electronic Arts becomes an NES licensee https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_71/page/n49/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/nes/electronic-arts-inc/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/n

There are many legendary CEOs in the gaming business, and while many of them were famous for either their charisma, their business acumen, or their larger than life personalities, I can think of only one who was famous for all three, and he's our guest today on the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine, Mr. Wild Bill Stealey. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroProse https://www.mobygames.com/company/microprose-software-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier https://www.mobygames.com/game/hellcat-ace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Instrument https://angel.co/p/jerry-wolosenko https://www.mobygames.com/game/floyd-of-the-jungle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-19_Stealth_Fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117A_Nighthawk_Stealth_Fighter_2.0 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7746 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Hill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Pirates! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1830:_The_Game_of_Railroads_and_Robber_Barons https://www.mobygames.com/game/sid-meiers-railroad-tycoon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(1980_board_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_(video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/red-storm-rising https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paragon_Software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take-Two_Interactive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEntertainment_Network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Arts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip_Hawkins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rosen_(businessman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Nakayama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Blast https://www.microprose.com/index.html Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060

Arcade operators fear the VCS Nintendo trounces Atari in court and The PS2 takes Japan by storm These stories and a very tired Karl on this month's episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in April of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.. Send comments on twitter @videogamenewsr2 Or Instagram https://www.instagram.com/vgnrtm Or [email protected] 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/user?u=7594060 Correction: Tiertex did not do Back to the Future 2, it was Images Software Ltd. 1980: FCC lets Ma Bell go online https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/08/archives/computer-curb-lifted-for-phone-companies-fcc-in-decontrol-move.html?searchResultPosition=2 The Ludites are back... and their wearing berets https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/11/archives/raiders-in-france-destroy-two-computer-centers.html?searchResultPosition=3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_directe_(armed_group) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Warner, Mattel, and Coleco report record profits Playthings, April 1980, pg. 11 Toy & Hobby World, April 1980 AMD is making it rain https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/30/archives/companies-compete-to-lure-employees-california-computer-suppliers.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Micro_Devices https://www.nytimes.com/1980/04/08/archives/intel-reports-higher-profits.html?searchResultPosition=17 Game Consoles are the up and coming thing... just not at toy retailers. Playthings, April 1980, pg. 55 Arcade game operators fear the VCS Play Meter, April 1980, pg. 36 Inflation grips the arcade industry... and the industry fights back! Replay, April 1980, pg. 29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_funds_rate Cinematronics sues Atari over Asteroids Play Meter April 1980, pg. 41 Play Meter October 15, 1981 pg. 148 https://tinyurl.com/ybhc4gxy TSR opens UK office Playthings, April 1980, pg. 10 https://www.webcitation.org/655ldIQOO?url=http://www.thekyngdoms.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=37 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhammer_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_Workshop SSI brings wargaming to the digital world https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198004/page/n44/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Billings 1990: Nintendo can sue retailers that carry unlicensed NES carts Playthings April 1980 https://casetext.com/case/atari-games-corp-v-nintendo-of-america The arcade is coming home https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20009%20%28April%201990%29#page/n29/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20009%20%28April%201990%29#page/n42/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue31Apr90/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNtfVTaSLOg&list=PLjnUa-_dnEnMFh2ANIXDqLShwMuDu2Ols https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSYKXaFK0M&list=PLjnUa-_dnEnMFh2ANIXDqLShwMuDu2Ols&index=26 The GX4000 is on its way https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue31Apr90/page/n8/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_GX4000 Sega expands Master System licensees to European companies https://archive.org/details/computer-and-videogames-101/page/n8/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-06/page/n8/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/sega-master-system/us-gold-ltd/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/sega-master-system/image-works/ https://www.mobygames.com/browse/games/sega-master-system/titus-interactive-sa/ Atari turns a profit https://www.atariarchives.org/atarileaks/timeline.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_g-JIfV3sg&feature=youtu.be https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-24-fi-2005-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-09-fi-1502-story.html Playthings April 198 US Memories shuts down. https://archive.org/details/1990-04-compute-magazine/page/n7/mode/1up https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-12-26-fi-922-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-01-28-fi-1464-story.html https://tinyurl.com/yafagpwh https://tinyurl.com/y7obdfup Madden gets updated Roster data disk https://archive.org/details/1990-04-compute-magazine/page/n125/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Madden_Football_(1988_video_game) Super Mario Ice Capades https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuuhn2cfVUE https://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Ice_Capades https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue31Apr90/page/n9/mode/1up 2000: PS2 launches in Japan. https://archive.org/details/mm63_20190722/page/n10/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2#Reception Xbox finally re