January 2020

Commodore updates its Systems for the new decade The Turbo Grafix 16 heralds in the age of the CD Gaming takes to the web...

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 November 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..

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Show Notes: 1980: HP goes PC https://www.nytimes.com/1980/01/05/archives/new-entry-in-personal-computers-hewlettpackard-sells-3250-unit.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_series_80

Commodore's Pet learns some new tricks https://archive.org/details/1980-01-compute-magazine/page/n8 The Temple of Apshai gets not one but two sequels! https://archive.org/details/1980-01-compute-magazine/page/n10 https://www.mobygames.com/game/dunjonquest-morlocs-tower https://www.mobygames.com/game/dunjonquest-the-datestones-of-ryn https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198001/page/n1 https://www.filfre.net/tag/dunjonquest/

Muse advertises their Super Text software in Micro magazine https://archive.org/details/Micro_NO._20_1980-01_Micro_Ink_US/page/n64

Cinematronics sells Vectorbeam to Exidy RePlay 01-1980, pg. 7 https://www.mobygames.com/company/leland-interactive-media https://dadgum.com/giantlist/archive/cinematronics.html

Chuck E Cheese breaks out of CA RePlay 01-1980, pg. 18

1990: TurboGrafix CD hits the US! https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_006_January_1990/page/n17 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TurboGrafx-16

Michael Katz is the new CEO of Sega https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_006_January_1990/page/n81 https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_006_January_1990/page/n56 https://segaretro.org/Michael_Katz#cite_note-:File:ElectronicGames2_US_04.pdf_p55-2

Unlicensed NES carts are all the rage https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_006_January_1990/page/n81 https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-game-cartridges-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System#Third-party_licensing Konix Multisystem saved! https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-03/page/n56

Nintendo launches big marketing push in the UK https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-03/page/n58 https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/02/business/nintendo-is-sued-by-atari.html

Nintendo announces network services https://www.retromags.com/files/file/2993-video-games-and-computer-entertainment-issue-012-january-1990/

Arcade video games slumped in 1989 RePlay January 1990 pg. 44 RePlay January 1990 pg. 38

Dave and Busters gets bought out Play Meter magazine January 1990, pg. 24 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Brothers_Stores

Amiga "New Art" limited edition A500s released in Germany https://archive.org/details/64er_1990_01/page/n13 https://www.vongestern.com/2017/03/amiga-500-new-art-limited-edition-1989.html

Cinemaware becomes an EA affiliate Label https://archive.org/details/1990-01-computegazette/page/n89

Virgin licenses Dune https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-76/page/n5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_games_based_on_Dune

Codemasters gets into the CD game https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_28_1990-01_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n9 http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Codemasters_CD

German magazine 64er previews the new Manfred Trenz game, Hurrican https://archive.org/details/64er_1990_01/page/n27

Hard Drivin' for the C64 looms https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_28_1990-01_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2XFkdTJ4LM https://www.mobygames.com/game/hard-drivin

2000: Romero blocks Playboy.com https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_186/page/n38

Ultima 9 plagued by bugs http://wiki.ultimacodex.com/wiki/Development_History_of_Ultima_IX https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_085_2000-01_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n21

Babylon 5 license up for grabs https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_186/page/n38 https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Babylon_5:_Into_the_Fire_(Game)

Microsoft is found guilty https://archive.org/details/NextGen61Jan2000/page/n13 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.

FAA bans In-Flight Entertainment systems https://archive.org/details/NextGen61Jan2000/page/n13 https://www.lhsystems.com/blog-entry/history-ife-systems-analog-digital-start-difficulties

Sega's Chairman sees a hardwareless future for the company https://archive.org/details/NextGen61Jan2000/page/n13

Interplay refocuses as a console developer https://archive.org/details/NextGen61Jan2000/page/n13 Infogrames buys GT Interactive https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-01/page/n9 https://sec.report/Document/0000950123-02-002084/

Pokemon movie had to catch'em all https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20126%20%28January%202000%29#page/n33/mode/2up https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/1999W46/?ref_=bo_rl_table_1

The Web is where it's at PlayMeter January 2000, pg. 34 http://shockwave.com https://web.archive.org/web/20010609110241/http://www.midway.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Midway/Play https://web.archive.org/web/19990420230242/http://www.webquest.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000229050319/http://www.webquest.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20000407094641/http://www.ipong.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010609110241/http://www.midway.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=FutureTense/Apps/Xcelerate/Midway/Play Thresh launches gamers.com https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_186/page/n41 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Fong

Origin hard at work on Privateer Online https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_186/page/n38 https://www.wcnews.com/articles/art15.shtml https://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/earth-beyond

WWII Online announced https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_085_2000-01_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n28 https://store.steampowered.com/app/251950/WWII_Online/

Former head of CompuServe Germany acquitted on appeal http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/524951.stm https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-01/page/n10 https://www.tecchannel.de/a/ex-compuserve-chef-felix-somm-im-interview,401170 The Day Pinball died... https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3937-gamepro-issue-136-january-2000/ https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20126%20%28January%202000%29#page/n37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries

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