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Show Notes
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.
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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.