Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Jack Tramiel leaves Commodore,

Apple advertises the Mac &

Amstrad enters the home computer market

 

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

 

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in January 1984.

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

 

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here:

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Moon Dust

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https://www.jaronlanier.com/

https://www.mobygames.com/game/47859/moondust/

 

Corrections:

December 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/december-1983-98325214

Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/

 

 

1974:

D&D is released

https://twitter.com/GameResearch_E/status/1751283969583141097?t=_dYbQapJicUWEGYRO-0Q8g&s=03

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons

 

Blue Sky operators catch Pong fever

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-blue-sky-oper/94003918/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-independent-fraudulent-order/94006031/

 

Atari sells Syzygy

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_30/page/53/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari

 

Odyssey begins to get noticed

https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-magnavox-odyssey/81646620/

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gazette-magnavox-odyssey-profile/94005725/

The Times-Picayune, January 5 1974, Section 1, pg. 9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_(1968_TV_program)

 

Despite funding cuts, high schools continue to add computers

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/16/archives/computers-flourish-as-classroom-tools-by-victor-k-mcelheny-high.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minicomputer

 

HP introduces programmable pocket calculator

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/17/archives/hewlettpackard-markets-pocket-calculator-doing-computers-job-many.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-65

 

Watson Jr. steps down

Computerworld Jan 9, 1974, pg. 1,2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson_Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson

 

Japan braces for oil embargo triggered downturn

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/06/archives/in-japan-oil-may-expose-ills-of-growth-japan-haunted-by-growth-ills.html

 

Computer animation conference to feature at 2nd Annual New York animation festival

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/09/archives/screen-2d-animation-festival-begins.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E

 

1984 meets suburban gridlock in kids book

https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/13/archives/three-novels-one-by-an-american-from-england-by-dee-wells-285-pp.html

https://archive.org/details/endlesspavement00jack/mode/2up?view=theater

 

Travelers Insurance Co adopts SSNs

Computerworld Jan. 16, 1974 pg. 1

 

1984:

Chuck E Cheese grows up

https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_2_Number_04_1984-01_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n13/mode/2up

https://chucke.fandom.com/wiki/Wolfman_Zapp

 

Chuck E Cheese isn't Bushnell's only restaurant edeavor

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/07/us/restaurantf-has-recipe-for-multimillion-dollar-computer-deals.html

https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/12/19/silicon-valleys-power-restaurant-lion-compass-closing-after-35-years/

 

Unlicensed arcade shutters after killing

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/06/nyregion/a-video-arcade-the-city-fought-suddenly-closed.html

 

Nintendo sees profits drop

(January 17, 1984). The Japan Economic Journal. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-23K0-000H-H02Y-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

As the smoke clears, the realities of the year of the Crash begin to emerge... https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/sigh-of-relief-on-video-games.html

https://youtu.be/lE3OqJdzP74?si=mipAfE5i-E2OqcWT

 

Game Retailers hit hard

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/sigh-of-relief-on-video-games.html

 

Mattel takes second place in list of biggest stock market losers of 1983

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/03/business/memorable-83-market-moves.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/20/business/market-place-gains-losses-in-new-issues.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Milken

 

Mattel reports further losses

Toys Hobbies & Crafts January 1984

 

Industry predicts Mattel's exit

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/sigh-of-relief-on-video-games.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckCtXK2Gdh0&t=1s

 

Murdoch announces intent to buy big stake in Warner

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/04/business/new-warner-try-by-murdoch.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/08/business/the-battle-for-survival-at-warner.html

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-rupert-murdoch-att/69260875/

https://archive.org/details/cashbox45unse_30/page/n7/mode/1up?q=murdoch

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-rupert-murdoch-att/69260894/

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/19/business/warner-2-way-tv-cutbacks.html

 

Coleco announces losses

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/4th-quarter-loss-seen-by-coleco.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

 

MB closes GCE

Toy and Hobby World, January 1984.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex

 

Imagic turns freelance

computer entertainer page 152

https://www.mobygames.com/game/3929/star-wars/credits/atari-2600/

 

game cancelations continue to mount

computer entertainer page 147

 

Sega signs deal with Broderbund

(January 17, 1984). Sega and Broderbund form software team. The Japan Economic Journal.

https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-23K0-000H-H01R-00000-00&context=1516831.

https://www.mobygames.com/game/243/lode-runner/screenshots/sg-1000/

 

Video tape and compact discs wow at CES

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/09/business/company-news-in-electronics-optimism-and-worry.html

https://archive.org/details/cashbox45unse_30/page/n6/mode/1up

 

Commodore introduces the 264 and 364

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/09/business/computer-makers-new-mood.html

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-12

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Plus/4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_16

 

Jack resigns

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/14/business/founder-of-commodore-resigns-unexpectedly.html

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-19/mode/2up?view=theater

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/16/business/commodore-executive-rift-denied.html

https://archive.org/details/forbes131janforb/page/n355/mode/2up?view=theater

 

Marshall Smith named new head of Commodore

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-26/mode/1up

 

Game selling terminal competition heats up

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/12/business/technology-new-software-delivery-ideas.html

https://www.digitpress.com/library/manuals/atari2600/meltdown_draft.pdf

 

Palmtex launches PVS

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-26/page/n4/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmtex_Portable_Videogame_System

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_11_1984-01_Reese_Communications_US/page/n17/mode/2up

 

1984 won't be like 1984

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_(advertisement)

 

Sinclair Introduces the QL

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-12

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-19/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-19/page/n13/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_68008

 

Amstrad announces home computer

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-05

 

Inmos promotes their Transputer

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1984-01_OCR/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transputer

 

Sierra teases 3rd generation adventure game

computer entertainer page 151

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Quest

 

Warner buys into First Star

computer entertainer page 151

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Star_Software

https://www.mobygames.com/game/4632/boulder-dash/

 

Developers eager for the PCJr give Adam the cold shoulder

computer entertainer page 151

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr

 

MECC goes Commodore

Ahoy Jan. 1984 pg. 13

https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:936/platform:c64/sort:-date/page:1/

 

Ahoy! magazine premieres

Ahoy Jan. 1984

CPU Jan. 1984 - http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=Q1BVLzE5ODQ=

 

Baby Bells are coming for you, modem users

https://archive.org/details/kilobaudmagazine-1984-01/page/n25/mode/1up

 

SCOTUS hears "Beta Max" case

https://archive.org/details/cashbox45unse_30/page/n13/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.

 

Nintendo beats Universal

https://archive.org/details/cashbox46unse/page/31/mode/1up

(JANUARY 6, 1984, FRIDAY). UNIVERSAL APPEALS VIDEO GAME TRADEMARK CASE AGAINST NINTENDO. Copyright 1984 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P2P0-001B-N0JD-00000-00&context=1516831.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City_Studios,_Inc._v._Nintendo_Co.,_Ltd.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074751/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

Software copyright debate heads to showdown in Japan

(January 24, 1984). CLASH WITH MITI THAT ADVOCATES 'PROGRAM RIGHT' LAW; Copyright law can protect programmings: Cultural Agency. The Japan Economic Journal. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-23F0-000H-H51C-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Former Atari employees sue

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_11_1984-01_Reese_Communications_US/page/n17/mode/2up

 

Computer Trade Association files stolen

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1984-01-05/page/n4/mode/1up

 

The Great White North will teach yanks about computers, eh?

https://www.youtube.com/@bitsandbytestvo https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/30/arts/12-lessons-for-novices-in-computers.html

 

Atari signs deal with Androbot

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/atari-licensing-pact.html

 

Learning with Leeper cover art sets Sierra standards

https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198401/page/n108/mode/1up

 

Barbera spills the beans on Pacman TV show

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Games_Volume_02_Number_11_1984-01_Reese_Communications_US/page/n17/mode/2up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man_(TV_series)

 

Mattel airlifts toys

Playthings, January 1984

 

TSR gets new management

https://archive.org/details/MicroAdventurer03-Jan84/page/n5/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gygax#Leaving_TSR

http://playingattheworld.blogspot.com/

 

Quotes of the Month:

William Grubb, chairman of Imagic at CES told the NYT: "For this industry, 1983 was the year of humility." https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/sigh-of-relief-on-video-games.html

 

Arnold Greenberg, president of Coleco at CES, told the NYT, when discussing defective Coleco Adams: "You still hear a few horror stories but they are almost all about machines that were shipped a while ago and just recently put on the shelves."

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/10/business/4th-quarter-loss-seen-by-coleco.html

 

A spokeswoman for CBS Electronics, when asked about the massive number of unsold carts still sitting in the retail pipeline: "We hope retailes can be rid of most of their excess inventory by the first quarter of 1984. Overall retailers reported an excellent Christmas season adn hopefully this will help towards a fresh start in 1984."

Toy and Hobby World, January 1984.

 

 

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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

 

 

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

 

 

Copyright Karl Kuras

 

 

 

Few developers can boast careers spanning more than 4 decades, but today's guest, William Volk has developed games for virtually every platform released, covering every genre, including strategy, RPG, adventures, educational titles, puzzle games, and more.
Sit back and enjoy the insights, memories, and experience of a true legend of the industry!

Recorded October 2023

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https://www.mobygames.com/person/3264/william-d-volk/
He Put in a Bar, in the Back of His Car - https://youtu.be/pEQ_VLo4pBY?si=mw5p8i7-dlDo5-Zp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestake_experiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromemco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_Hill
https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/24/jobs/the-computer-telecommuters-say-theres-no-workplace-like-home.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Minsky
https://www.mobygames.com/game/7390/ports-of-call/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/3165/aegis-interactive-entertainment/
https://www.macintoshrepository.org/6195-mac-challenger
Infinite Loop - https://youtu.be/clxpPQbj234?si=aN1f215CSDnRmkVj
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightWave_3D
https://www.mobygames.com/game/9222/the-manhole/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperCard
https://www.mobygames.com/game/1219/return-to-zork/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/44036/cosmic-osmo/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/434/cyan-worlds-inc/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/39698/rodneys-funscreen/
https://youtu.be/yZbJL5Egyzs?si=abJ5FJ_CS9O-wZju
https://www.mobygames.com/company/42078/lightspan-inc/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realtime_Associates
https://kidscreen.com/2001/10/01/lightspan-20011001/
https://psxdatacenter.com/games/U/L/LSP-010360.html
https://www.gamezone.com/news/wayans_brothers_the_dozens_announced_at_e3/
https://www.pgconnects.com/hong-kong/speakers/william-volk/
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/william-volk-veteran-game-developer-mobile-pioneer
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trump-dump/id1070999857
https://www.apple.com/de/tv-pr/originals/extrapolations/
https://www.theclimatetrail.com/
https://www.calstate.edu/attend/student-services/Pages/esports.aspx
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Oscar-Clark/dp/1138428302
https://www.mobygames.com/game/52384/controller/
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/production/why-johnny-can-t-ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act

Copyright Karl Kuras

Night Trap gets Lieberman's panties in a bunch,
Id unleashes Doom &
Apple II is no more

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December 1993. 
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
and order his book here:
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7 Minutes in Heaven: Street Fighter II
Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-ii-99045806
    Nostalgia Nerd's video about the game - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haAxGfvCitE&t=447s
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/6239/street-fighter-ii/screenshots/c64/
    https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Street_Fighter_II

Corrections:
November 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/november-1993-97323863
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS_Technologies
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_Instinct_Gold
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_3DO_Company
    htps://sites.google.com/view/sources-why-we-hate-each-other/
    https://www.internethistorypodcast.com/

1993:
Capcom sues Data East
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater   
    RePlay Dec. 1993 pg. 32
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/6239/street-fighter-ii/
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/17110/fighters-history/

Tournament Battle brings networking to arcades
    https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-67/page/n41/mode/1up    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Street_Fighter_II#Tournament_Battle

Japanese mix video game and parks shows
    RePlay Dec. 1993, pg. 9
    https://segaretro.org/Amusement_Machine_Show_1993

Namco teams up with magic Edge    
    Play Meter Dec. 1993 pg. 3    
    https://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=832

WMS suspected of stock market shenanigans
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/07/business/redstone-tied-concern-invested-in-viacom.html  
    https://wondery.com/shows/business-wars/season/73/

Al Stone defects to Sega
    Play Meter Dec. 1993 pg. 18
    https://segaretro.org/Alan_Stone

Sega set for world domination
    RePlay Dec. 1993.  pg. 52
    http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/dreams-of-sega/

Sonic tops Q survey
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n53/mode/1up?view=theater

Bill Kunkel calls it for Say-Guh!
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n147/mode/1up?view=theater

3DO launch a dud
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater

Atari announces Jaguar devs
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Atari launches Jaguar ad campaign
    https://archive.org/details/video-games-december-1993/page/n19/mode/2up?view=theater

Bit Hype forces Sega's hand
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n70/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Nintendo announces Project Reality chip makers
    (December 20, 1993). NINTENDO PICKS 64-BIT CHIP SUPPLIERS. The Nikkei Weekly (Japan). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-4KR0-000H-H3WP-00000-00&context=1516831.

Nintendo disses CDs
    Edge Dec. 1993, pg. 15
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleem!

Lieberman attacks video game violence
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/17/nyregion/toys-r-us-stops-selling-a-violent-video-game.html
    Our Commentary of the hearings - https://youtu.be/-dWCFp_hmNU?si=7dC4UG9X2VOEkiaF

Lethal Enforcers is on Genesis... and maybe coming to SNES
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/15901/lethal-enforcers/cover/group-103113/cover-279819/   
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n47/mode/2up?view=theater

Toys R Us stops selling Night Trap
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/17/nyregion/toys-r-us-stops-selling-a-violent-video-game.html

MK gets cut for Japan
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n92/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Nintendo is only after kids...
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n34/mode/1up?view=theater

Nintendo releases game content guidelines
    Gamepro Dec. 1993, pg. 267

Video Game industry agrees on a rating system
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/business/industry-set-to-issue-video-game-ratings-as-complaints-rise.html
    Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim - https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
    Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim - https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120

MPAA threatened to sue video game makers
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n34/mode/1up?view=theater

VictorMaxx Stuntmaster VR headset reviewed
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n153/mode/1up?view=theater

Movies and games should stay in their own lanes
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/10/arts/home-video-290893.html    
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/28/business/market-place-home-software-s-treasure-hunt.html
    William Volk - Activision, Avalon Hill, Lightspan, PlayScreen - https://www.patreon.com/posts/william-volk-95625819
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/6142/the-horde/

Interactivity is the new hype word.
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
    Gary Carlston- Broderbund - https://www.patreon.com/posts/50036733
    
Edge sees the future in 3D
    Edge Dec. 1993, pg. 3

Id to make modding Doom easy
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n57/mode/1up?view=theater
    American McGee - id - spicy horse - ea - https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970

Origin announces Interactive Movie
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.12/page/n11/mode/1up    '    https://archive.org/details/bioforge
    
Sierra sees stars
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n93/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n95/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.12/page/n11/mode/1up

Standardization is the future
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-12_OCR/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-12_OCR/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-12_OCR/page/n35/mode/1up?view=theater

Bill Gates wants Little Johnny to learn to be an office drone
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/07/business/microsoft-aims-for-younger-market.html   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Home#Kids   
    https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1993/12/14/495893.html?pageNumber=58
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/business/sound-bytes-a-glimpse-into-the-future-as-seen-by-chairman-gates.html

Ahead Inc readies virtual guitar
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/26/business/interface-people-and-technology-are-virtual-groupies-included.html    
    https://archive.org/details/virtual-guitar/PXL_20211230_050908168.jpg   
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/20009/quest-for-fame/    https://www.ebay.com/itm/173062395733   
    https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19941120&slug=1942916   
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexdonnini/details/experience/
    Michael Dornbrook Part 2 - Infocom - Guitar Hero - https://www.patreon.com/posts/44632017

Sierra buys Coktel Vision
    Amiga Joker Dec. 1993, pg. 10    
    https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-12/page/28/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_113/page/n11/mode/1up
    Ken Williams - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/1127/coktel-vision/

Maxis breaks free from Broderbund    
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/24/business/company-reports-broderbund-stock-tumbles-on-growth-concerns.html

Sinclair gets into software retailing
    https://archive.org/details/PCZone009   pg. 55     
    https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_11_February_1994/page/n7/mode/2up?view=theater

RIP Apple II
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/26/business/the-executive-computer-from-novelty-to-necessity-reminiscences-of-a-pc-fanatic.html

Amiga dead?  Not at the World of Commodore show in Cologne it ain't
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1231993Dec/page/n9/mode/1up

Brian Moriarty leaves The Dig
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-12/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater
    
3DO goes online in Omaha
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_113/page/n13/mode/1up   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_West   

Businesses see the future of commerce in Mosaic
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/08/business/business-technology-a-free-and-simple-computer-link.html
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/09/garden/interactive-video-armchair-activities.html
    
Fantastic Four movie pushed back
    https://archive.org/details/video-games-december-1993/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/video-games-december-1993/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n27/mode/1up?view=theater

Quotes of the Month:
    Edge Dec. 1993 pg. 43
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20053%20%28December%201993%29/page/n53/mode/1up?view=theater

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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

Toys push games off of shelves,

GUIs vie for supremacy &

Coinops' laserdisc dreams dashed

 

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

 

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in December 1983.

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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7 Minutes in Heaven: Porky's

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https://www.mobygames.com/game/22975/porkys/

 

 

Corrections:

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1973

Coinop braces for oil-crisis fallout

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/43/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_24/page/42/mode/1up

http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/space-invaders-and-nishikado/

 

Ball and paddle goes color

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/43/mode/1up

http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-ultimate-so-far-history-of-nutting_21.html

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_23/page/n47/mode/1up

 

Kee Games teams up with Atari

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_24/page/42/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_Games

https://archive.org/details/cashbox05unse_9/mode/2up?view=theater

 

1983

Marschfield kicks games out

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/08/us/massachusetts-town-exiles-pac-man-and-all-that.html

https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/marshfield-mariner/2021/09/23/marshfield-ma-coin-machine-industries-association-supreme-court-ban-pacman-donkeykong-look-back/8241109002/

 

AMOA a dud

Play Meter Dec. 31, 1983

 

Laserdisc is DOA in the UK

https://archive.org/details/play-meter-december-15-1983/page/60/mode/2up

Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

 

Laserdisc games coming home... just not any time soon.

Play Meter Dec. 1, 1983

 

Sente debuts the Sente Computer System

NewsBytes 12/20/83 - Entering the Snakepit - A Winner:

https://arcadeblogger.com/2019/11/10/bally-sente-saviour-of-the-arcades/

Games People Dec. 18, 1983, pg. 1

https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/videogames/search/gallery?manuf_id=63

https://youtu.be/dSwR9ra57uk?si=nY7UQORTBVaK-mLa

 

Battle of the Cons is over

RePlay, Dec. 1983 pg. 13

Play Meter Dec. 1, 1983

 

Rosen steps down

Playthings, Dec. 1983, p. 11

RePlay, Dec. 1983, pg. 18

 

Nintendo profits drop

(DECEMBER 21, 1983, WEDNESDAY). NINTENDO'S CONSOLIDATED NET DOWN 2.3 PCT. Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P360-001B-N1P6-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Nintendo buys Pizza Time franchise

(December 6, 1983). Family restaurant will be opened in Vancouver. The Japan Economic Journal. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-1MS0-000H-H0FJ-00000-00&context=1516831.

https://archive.org/stream/0966961706/0966961706_djvu.txt pg. 114

 

 

Atari opens first Atari Adventure location

https://archive.org/details/Atari_Coin_Connection_Volume_7_Number_11_December_1983

https://atari-computermuseum.de/aac.htm

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fpaot66m84vm41.jpg

 

Dragon's Lair merch on the way

Playthings, Dec. 1983

http://www.dragons-lair-project.com/games/related/merchandise/trading_cards_stickers.asp

 

Video game prices drop as toys take Xmas center stage

Playthings, Dec. 1983

 

Intellivision System Changer launched

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/130/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/143/mode/1up?view=theater

https://retroconsoles.fandom.com/wiki/System_Changer

 

Wagner out at Mattel

Playthings, Dec. 1983

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-19-me-412-story.html

 

Warner sells movie and TV rights

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/22/business/warner-will-sell-existing-contracts.html

(December 23, 1983, Friday). Warner sells film contracts for $350m. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-29G0-000F-5467-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Atari teams with Activision to bring games home

(December 16, 1983, Friday, AM cycle). Atari, Activision To Broadcast Video Games to Homes. The Associated Press. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-K6B0-0011-5089-00000-00&context=1516831.

NewsBytes 12/20/83 - Software Through the Airwaves

 

Romox test units hit the streets

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/141/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Vidco brings piracy to the 2600

https://www.retrothing.com/2006/06/vintage_video_g.html

Electronic Games Hotline Dec. 4, 1983 pg. 4

 

Move over 5200 joystick, 5200 controller buttons shoddy too!

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/135/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Comdex fails to impress

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/06/science/personal-computers-windows-and-gateways-loom-in-near-future.html

 

VisiOn launch fails to impress

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews039-07Dec1983/page/n5/mode/2up

 

Really, windows? Who needs it?

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews041-21Dec1983/page/n5/mode/2up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VNS8TE4XhU&t=250s

 

Apple introduces Lisa development tools

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-12_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

 

Sierra's Homeword makes word processing easy

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/142/mode/1up?view=theater

http://nerdlypleasures.blogspot.com/2014/08/homeword-sierra-onlines-easy-to-use.html

https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-12/page/n195/mode/2up?view=theater

 

EA gets into productivity

https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-12/page/n69/mode/2up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-12/page/n161/mode/2up?view=theater

 

Tandy goes PC compatible

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/01/business/tandy-s-personal-computer.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_2000

 

PCJr gets tested

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/27/science/personal-computers-the-little-ibm-finally-arrives-for-a-test.html

 

Computers are the hottest item this Xmas...

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/10/business/under-1983-christmas-tree-expect-the-home-computer.html

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/mode/1up?view=theater

https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/12/18egh/text/ pg. 1

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/25/nyregion/the-guilt-of-computerless-parents.html

 

JCPenney drops computers

NewsBytes 12/20/83 Next Casualty

 

Coleco tries to calm markets

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/02/business/market-placevartanig-g-vartan-split-view-on-coleco-continues.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/01/business/coleco-says-its-adam-is-in-very-short-supply.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/09/business/coleco-can-t-savor-a-success.html

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Commodore plagued by defective machines

Electronic Games Hotline Dec. 4, 1983, pg. 2

 

Atari announces Translator for the XL

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/mode/1up?view=theater

http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-400-800-xl-xe-translator-_29943.html

 

Apple gets sprites

https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/12/18egh/text/ pg. 4

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_02_No_02_1983-12_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n19/mode/2up

 

Apple to enter home computer market

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-9/mode/1up?view=theater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIc

 

Computer game sales expected to rise dramatically in 1983

Playthings, Dec. 1983

 

TI99 software draught is over

electronic Games Hotline Dec. 4, 1983 pg. 2

 

MSX unites Japanese appliance makers

(DECEMBER 22, 1983, THURSDAY). TOKYO REPORT; SALES DRIVE FOR 'MSX' LAUNCHED. Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P320-001B-N1F3-00000-00&context=1516831.

CHARLES SMITH. (December 12, 1983, Monday). Adoption of MSX brings a new era. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-2C80-000F-51NS-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Speccy hits 1 million

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-22/page/n3/mode/2up

 

British hunger for computers outstrips supply

By Jason Crisp. (December 12, 1983, Monday). 'They're walking off the shelves'; BRITAIN'S HOME COMPUTER BOOM. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-2C70-000F-51JX-00000-00&context=1516831.

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews041-21Dec1983/page/n3/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews041-21Dec1983/page/n5/mode/2up

 

The Welsh give it another go

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews039-07Dec1983/page/n23/mode/2up

 

Manic Miner moves publishers

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-08

 

Hungarian software makes a splash in the UK

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-01

 

Marvel gets Adventure-ous

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-22

https://www.mobygames.com/group/256/scott-adams-questprobe-series/

 

Richard Scarry signs deal with Coleco

https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/12/18egh/text/ pg. 4

https://www.mobygames.com/game/174878/richard-scarrys-best-electronic-word-book-ever/

 

Might & Magic: Adventure Number 1: The Lava Pits of Aznar goes on sale

https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-12/page/n339/mode/2up?view=theater

https://www.mobygames.com/game/132448/might-magic-the-lava-pits-of-aznar/

 

Quicksoft goes shareware

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-12_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-Write

 

Penguin Publishing enters software market

https://archive.org/details/MicroAdventurer02-Dec83/page/n5/mode/2up

https://www.mobygames.com/game/26582/the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain/screenshots/

https://www.mobygames.com/company/8195/puffin-books-ltd/

 

Microsoft gets into book publishing

electronic Games Hotline Dec. 4, 1983 pg. 3

 

6502 goes 16 bit

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-12_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDC_65C816

https://www.westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/index.php

 

Hey baby, I got a gig on 12 inches...

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-12_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

 

Online banking gaining steam

By PHILIP T. SUDO. (December 2, 1983, Friday). Pronto Tailored for More Systems; Home Banking Program Supported by Apple, IBM Computers. The American Banker. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-5Y90-000F-R551-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Shopping goes online

https://archive.org/details/family-computing-04/page/n55/mode/2up

https://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/69/CUC-International-Inc.html

 

Compuserve introduces online ads

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-12_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

 

Political scandal inspires Japanese computer game

Play Meter Dec. 15, 1983 pg. 92

 

PBS brings computer education to US TV

By DAVID O. TYSON. (December 2, 1983, Friday). Chase Promoting Public TV Series; Bank Is Taking Out Full-Page Ads in Newspapers To Boost 'Academy on Computers,' a 12-Week Course. The American Banker. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-5Y80-000F-R54S-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Automan premieres

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/03/arts/tv-notes-cbs-tops-fall-sweeps-fifth-time.html

https://youtu.be/kA1NT4I0s34?si=sAQgPQyUimj-hqIi

 

Quotes of the Month:

https://archive.org/details/family-computing-04/page/n69/mode/2up

Al Lowe - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/29977733

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-12-15/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater

 

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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

 

 

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

 

 

Copyright Karl Kuras

40 years ago, American television saw the dawn of a nationwide show updating viewers on the latest developments in the exciting world of computers, The Computer Chronicles.

We dive into the history of this show with blogger S.M.Oliva, author of The Computer Chronicles Revisited, to find out what it was, what it achieved, and how it left us an invaluable record of the early consumer computer industry.

 

Recorded: October 2023

 

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Halcyon Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeI5zKeGELA

Halcyon NFL game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9EbCv48z84

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4HyBLgmRlw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Morrow_(computers)

https://www.mobygames.com/game/1775/amnesia/

Julie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewu_NBUHePU

Mr. Gameshow Game - https://youtu.be/OKR5nxQcj3M?si=tUAW5Jw9msonwEvF

https://www.mobygames.com/game/54306/apache-strike/

https://www.mobygames.com/company/1338/pbi-software-inc/

https://www.smoliva.blog/post/computer-chronicles-revisited-100-strategic-conquest-beyond-dark-castle-apache-strike-chuck-yeager-advanced-flight-trainer-mean-18/

https://www.mobygames.com/person/12686/richard-l-seaborne/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall

Gary Kildall Special - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdj8gh9GPc4

 

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Next gen trash talk heats up,
Nintendo and Sega trapped by strong yen &
CDROM can't pay the rent

 

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

 

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November 1993.

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

 

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here:

https://www.theycreateworlds.com/

and order his book here:

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Aladdin - Genesis

Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-97263025

https://www.mobygames.com/game/2069/disneys-aladdin/

 

Corrections:

October 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1993-95287239

Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/402330/Press_X_to_Not_Die/

https://tokyo-joypolis.com/

 

 

1993:

AMOA shows little promise for street ops

Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 3

 

EA beefs up coinop efforts

Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 5

https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_144.pdf&page=7

 

Nintendo returns to coinop

Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 18

 

FunExpo attracts burgeoning family fun center biz

Play Meter, Nov. 1993, pg. 38

 

Operators and Manufacturers agree on violence in games

RePlay Nov. 1993, pg. 78, 88

 

Operators and Manufacturers don't agree on revenue sharing

RePlay Nov. 1993, pg. 78

 

The Moloney's are back!

Replay Nov. 1993, pg. 32 , 33, 35

https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=tap-a-tune&page=detail&id=4249

 

Virtuality goes public

Replay Nov. 1993, pg. 34

 

James Clark disses 3DO

Paula Parisi. (November 4, 1993, Thursday). SGI's Clark: 3DO doesn't add up. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CDB0-006P-R3MS-00000-00&context=1516831.

https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n121/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Trip Hawkins gets defensive

Edge, November 1993, pg. 6, 12, 19 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_112/page/n9/mode/2up

 

Where's the money in interactivity?

BY CYNTHIA LITTLETON. (November 4, 1993, Thursday, BC cycle). Panel: Interactive tech ready, but viewers aren't. United Press International. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-J0R0-001S-60JY-00000-00&context=1516831.

Paula Parisi. (November 5, 1993, Friday). Goodson: Lose interactive game shows. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CD90-006P-R3K8-00000-00&context=1516831.

Paula Parisi. (November 8, 1993, Monday). CD-ROM players: next VCRs?; Multimedia format is poised for major growth in '90s, study finds. The Hollywood Reporter. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-CD90-006P-R3HS-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

King World invests in Crystal Dynamics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_World_Productions

https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

 

VideoCD logo coming

Edge November 1993, pg. 8

 

First look at CDi Zelda

https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n97/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Sony decides to go it alone

BY STEVE McCLURE. (November 20, 1993). Sony Ventures Into Video Game Biz; With A New Integrated Hardware/Software System. Billboard. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJF-0NJ0-002S-H3KS-00000-00&context=1516831.

BY SONOKO WATANABE Staff writer. (November 1, 1993). Sony to set up video-game unit Shelves plan to hook up with Nintendo, zooms in on low end of market. The Nikkei Weekly (Japan). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-4N60-000H-H552-00000-00&context=1516831.

(November 1, 1993). NEW SONY VIDEOGAME FACES UNCERTAIN PROSPECTS. Consumer Electronics. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKP-XDT0-006B-64X1-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Commodore preps US CD32 launch

https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_112/page/n11/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1221993Nov/page/n17/mode/2up

 

Wall street bullish on Atari

(November 4, 1993, Thursday, BC cycle). Wall Street impressed with Atari's propsects. United Press International. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-J0P0-001S-60HN-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Generation transition concerns an issue for Sega

https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n65/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20052%20%28November%201993%29/page/n67/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Nintendo Extends Super Mario All Stars giveaway

(November 1, 1993). Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYS0-000S-845B-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Nintendo sales and profits down

By MICHIYO NAKAMOTO. (November 19, 1993, Friday). Tough new players in video games - Michiyo Nakamoto watches Matsushita and Sony enter the field. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKR-MTT0-006F-W3FM-00000-00&context=1516831.

Yomiuri Shimbun. (November 19, 1993, Friday). Nintendo sales, profits down. The Daily Yomiuri. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SC6-V290-001X-J39V-00000-00&context=1516831.

(NOVEMBER 18, 1993, THURSDAY). Nintendo posts 23.9% pretax drop for fiscal half. Japan Economic Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SP7-GS90-000F-P13B-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Sega begins mnaufacturing in Wales

MARY FAGAN, Industrial Correspondent. (November 1, 1993, Monday). Welsh factory to produce Sega video-game catridges; First contract outside Far East goes to AB Electronic. The Independent (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T47-89T0-0021-R536-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Sega downgrades forecast

GAIL COUNSELL. (November 10, 1993, Wednesday). Sega slashes profit forecast; Video game group says strength of yen will hit earnings. Gail Counsell reports. The Independent (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T47-88T0-0021-R2N1-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

EA suspends SNES lineup

https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:CVG_UK_144.pdf&page=8

https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File%3ACVG_UK_144.pdf&page=33

 

EA resumes SNES lineup

 

Sega decides to crash Mario's big bash

(November 4, 1993). Lancaster: Sega's big self-projection racket. Marketing. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:419K-5BV0-00X8-J51R-00000-00&context=1516831.

Ad games on the rise

By Kate Fitzgerald. (November 1, 1993). Videogames attract advertisers; McDonald's signs on as number of games tied to products grows. Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYR0-000S-844B-00000-00&context=1516831.

By David Kilburn. (November 1, 1993). Dentsu already deep into interactive; Japanese agency links with 3DO, creates videogames for clients. Advertising Age. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-GYR0-000S-8446-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Nitendo wins big in South African court

(November 8, 1993, Monday). SOUTH AFRICAN SUPREME COURT RULES FOR NINTENDO IN MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST VIDEO GAME PIRATES. PR Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJJ-3CT0-007J-72FH-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Console game pirates start to train

https://amr.abime.net/amr_popup_picture.php?src=amiga_joker/magscans/aj_1993_11/040.jpg&c=92625

 

Pad computing more of an Uh? than an Aahhh!

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/09/science/personal-computers-zoomers-newtons-real-life-so-far-promise-exceeds-usefulness.html

 

Big Blues chronicles fall of IBM

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n86/mode/1up?view=theater

 

AI puts help desks on disk

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n47/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Smartec bets on dual scan

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n54/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Broderbund announces Living Books

https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Shakespeare does Karaoke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?a&v=CpHnp9JKgcY&feature=youtu.be Minute 1:30

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n69/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Komisar becomes CEO of Lucasarts

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/business/company-news-chief-executive-named-at-lucas-s-software-unit.html

(November 1, 1993, Monday). LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT NAMES RANDY KOMISAR PRESIDENT; LUCASARTS TOPS BEST YEAR IN ITS HISTORY WITH NEW LEADER. PR Newswire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJJ-3G30-007J-7008-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Logitech goes 3D with the Cyberman

https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Larry Probst sees software download future

STUART VARNEY. (November 2, 1993). Exec Explains Interactive Lane of Electronic Highway. CNN. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3TD9-1JJ0-0029-50P8-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Wireless Email taking off

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-11_OCR/page/n31/mode/2up

 

Free lunches on the internet may be coming to an end

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/03/business/business-technology-jams-already-on-data-highway.html

By KATE MADDOX, Staff reporter. (November 8, 1993). The big picture; Visions of a new TV begin to emerge. Electronic Media. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-X370-002S-52YW-00000-00&context=1516831.

 

Renegade ports to Interactive TV

Edge November 1993, pg. 75

 

Sex sells

Edge November 1993, pg. 63

 

Cable News fuels tech stock rollercoaster

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/business/market-watch-watch-what-they-pay-not-what-they-say.html

 

Video Games move into museum

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/07/style/token-art.html

 

Tom Quinn, RIP

https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-11/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Man!ac launches

http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=TUFOIUFDLzE5OTM=

 

 

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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

 

 

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

 

 

Copyright Karl Kuras

IBM introduces the PCJr

Coleco ships the Adam

Infocom disses graphics

 

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

 

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in November 1993.

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

 

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost. Check out his podcast here:

https://www.theycreateworlds.com/

and order his book here:

https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

 

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Beach Head

Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/96037276

https://www.mobygames.com/game/19932/beach-head/

 

 

Corrections:

October 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1983-94392565

Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/

Chronicles Revisited Podcast 14 — Touch the Screen! Touch the Screen! https://www.smoliva.blog/post/chronicles-revisited-podcast-014/

The Computer Chronicles 40th Anniversary with S.M. Oliva https://www.patreon.com/posts/computer-40th-s-95453094

https://www.cashbox-magazine.com/about

https://www.mobygames.com/game/11121/chiller/

 

 

1973

Video Games take center stage at MOA show

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_18/page/51/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_21/page/47/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_19/page/55/mode/1up

 

Atari asks ops to steer clear of copycats

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_19/page/61/mode/1up

 

German arcade owners seeth

https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_21/page/48/mode/1up

 

Heathkit offers budget priced calculator kit

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-11.pdf pg. 89

 

Electronic watches on the rise

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-11.pdf pg. 5

 

Video Phone shown at CeBit

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1973/Poptronics-1973-11.pdf pg. 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzdCKBZP4Jo

 

 

1983-11

Williams loses $6 million in fourth quarter

Games People, Nov. 19, 1983, pg. 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecVcA3l6v3E

 

Atari is the (coinop) come-back kid

RePlay Nov. 1983, pg. 123

 

Battle of the Cons

Replay, Nov. 1983, pg. 15

 

Tokyo Amusement Machine Show side steps laser craze

Replay Nov. 1983, pg. 23

Games People Nov. 28, 1983, pg. 9

Replay Nov. 1983, pg. 86

 

Monitor maker TSK cuts credit

Games People, Nov. 19, 1983, pg. 1

 

Activision to lay off a quarter of its workforce

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/12/business/activision-sets-layoffs-for-90.html

 

Odyssey2 is no more

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-8/page/120/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Starpath bows out

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-8/page/117/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Fox drops out of games

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/10/business/fox-quitting-video-games.html

 

Milton Bradley expects losses

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/15/business/milton-bradley-expects-deficit.html

 

Vectrex debuts 3D Imager

https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_novdec83/page/5/mode/2up

 

Spectravideo's Compumate gets reviewed

Personal Computer News, Nov. 23, 1983 pg. 38

 

Amiga to release computer/game combo machine

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_02_No_01_1983-11_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n105/mode/2up

 

Berlin Consumer Trade Show sees micros and video games galore

http://www.atarimuseum.de/gamesum.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_MZ

https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/die-fans-fragen-klaus-ollmann-antwortet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_Videopac%2B_G7400

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFA_(Messe)#1970%E2%80%931990

http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=Q1BVLzE5ODM=

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp7z5j6N5lhyqNEEtxz1bnkhjCTbJ_rqS&si=GVvJ9SIMYkaOO7av

 

TI stock shoots up

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/01/business/a-seesaw-day-for-computers.html

 

IBM Introduces the PC Jr

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/02/business/the-debut-of-ibm-s-junior.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/02/business/ibm-s-speedy-redirection.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/business/week-in-business-japan-s-car-makers-are-sent-a-message.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PCjr

 

Small Idaho company to supply PCJr keyboard

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/26/business/advanced-input-s-ibm-coup.html

 

Atari and Coleco hike prices

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/10/business/atari-coleco-raise-computer-prices.html

Personal Computer News Nov. 9, 1983, pg. 6

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/12/business/commodore-corp-reports-earnings-for-qtr-to-sept-30.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

Atari backs away from home computers

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-8/page/119/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Coleco lowers Adam shipment targets

Toy & Hobby World November 1984, pg. S1

https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_02_No_01_1983-11_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n11/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_novdec83/page/5/mode/2up

 

JCPenney and KMart pass on Adam

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/15/business/penney-s-holiday-line-omits-adam-computer.html

 

Adam shipments lower than expected

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/24/business/dow-declines-0.20-in-heavy-trading.html

 

Adam review

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/29/science/personal-computers-the-new-adam-arrives-for-a-test.html

 

Cabbage Patch Doll Mania ensues

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/29/us/adoptable-dolls-aren-t-having-any-trouble-finding-homes.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbage_Patch_Kids

https://youtu.be/qR0aVHlXpvM?si=PoN1JgbZkmkA39Hi

 

Aquarius discounted

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1983/11/27/issue.html

 

Commodore teases TED

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-11-24/mode/1up?view=theater

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Plus/4

 

Comdex to be swamped by PC clones

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/80s/Byte-1983-11.pdf pg. 7

 

Tandy to enter PC compatible market

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/30/business/tandy-computer-s-hard-test.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandy_1000

 

HP moves to reduce OS options

Personal Computer News, Nov. 2, 1983 pg. 3

 

Reflex launches Hercules

Personal Computer News, Nov. 2, 1983 pg. 3

 

Apple outlook flat

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/08/business/apple-sees-flat-profit-outlook.html

 

Apple funds IBM clone adapter

Personal Computer News, Nov. 23, 1983 pg. 2, 5

Personal Computer News, Nov. 30, 1983, pg. 4

 

Microsoft Debuts Windows

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/13/business/wekk-in-business-more-good-news-about-inflation.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/11/business/microsoft-displays-window-program.html?searchResultPosition=1

Personal Computer News, Nov. 30, 1983, pg. 4, 6

 

Lightpens, the interface choice of the future

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-computegazette/page/n33/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-02/page/n5/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-compute-magazine/page/n170/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/Info-64_Issue_2_Winter_83-84_1983_Cybertech_US/page/n13/mode/2up

 

Newbrain to return from the dead

Personal Computer News, Nov. 2, 1983 pg. 3

 

Electron deliveries fall short

Personal Computer News, Nov. 2, 1983 pg. 2

Personal Computer News, Nov. 30, 1983, pg. 2

 

Acorn second processor sticker shock

Personal Computer News, Nov. 30, 1983, pg. 2

 

Dynasty Computer corp wants to sell you a computer in your home

https://www.retromags.com/files/file/5858-electronic-games-hotline-volume-2-no-7-november-6-1983/ pg. 2

http://www.atariprotos.com/othersystems/sorcerer/hardware/smartalec.htm

 

Broderbund announces partnership with TI

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-8/page/119/mode/1up?view=theater

Toy and Hobby World Nov. 1984, pg. S12

https://www.retromags.com/files/file/5858-electronic-games-hotline-volume-2-no-7-november-6-1983/ pg. 8

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-computegazette/page/n49/mode/2up

 

Infocom disses graphics

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-computegazette/page/n23/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-computegazette/page/n29/mode/2up

https://archive.org/details/family-computing-03/page/n15/mode/2up

 

EA brings album cover aesthetics to game software packaging

https://archive.org/details/family-computing-03/page/n15/mode/2up

 

Quicksilva arrives in the US

https://archive.org/details/1983-11-computegazette/page/n133/mode/2up

 

Mirror Group jumps into software

https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-11-17/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Computer magazines boom

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/09/business/boom-in-computer-magazines.html

 

Hobby Computer magazine debuts

http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=SGFwcHkgQ29tcHV0ZXIvMTk4Mw==

 

Info64 debuts

https://archive.org/details/Info-64_Issue_2_Winter_83-84_1983_Cybertech_US

 

GameLine adds stock info and email

https://www.retromags.com/files/file/5858-electronic-games-hotline-volume-2-no-7-november-6-1983/ pg. 2

 

Time exits Teletext

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/22/business/time-inc-drops-teletext-experiment.html

 

Online education may be the future

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/20/us/from-1500-miles-professor-teaches-his-class-by-computer.html

 

Bond plays games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUc4GkMN1qs

RePlay Nov. 1983, pg. 178

https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-8/page/117/mode/1up?view=theater

 

Atari 5200 ad mentioned in Videogaming and computergaming illustrated

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-pingC-xY

https://archive.org/details/Videogaming_and_Computer_Gaming_Illustrated_1983-11_Ion_International_US/page/n3/mode/1up

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/09/business/advertising-changes-by-atari-and-ibm.html

 

Japan agrees to loosen restrictions on the Yen

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/13/business/wekk-in-business-more-good-news-about-inflation.html

 

New study finds games designed to be addictive

Games People, Nov. 19, 1983, pg. 1

https://archive.org/details/mindatplaypsycho0000loft/page/n9/mode/2up

 

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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

 

 

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

 

 

Copyright Karl Kuras

 

 

 

Gregg Barnett is a 40 year veteran of the gaming industry, having started with porting The Hobbit to the C64, developing the legendary Way of the Exploding Fist, bringing Discworld to computers and today working on high tech VR based training gear for firefighters.  Gregg opens up about all the massive shifts in the industry he has witnessed, as well as the good and the bad involved with being a game dev.

Recorded October 2023

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1982_video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_(video_game_series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_Australia#Renaissance_%E2%80%93_1970s_and_1980s
https://www.mobygames.com/company/27/krome-studios-melbourne/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_of_the_Exploding_Fist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate_Champ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karateka_(video_game)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_America%27s_Cup#Aftermath
https://www.mobygames.com/game/19426/bedlam/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/18/cinemaware-corporation/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/181/defender-of-the-crown/screenshots/nes/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8662/shadowrun/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
https://www.mobygames.com/group/199/discworld-universe/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/63/psygnosis-limited/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/2602/sony-electronic-publishing-ltd/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/2221/sick-puppies-studio/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/9400/ghost-master/
https://www.mobygames.com/person/4217/will-wright/
https://flaimsystems.com/

Nintendo profits crash,
Next gen console battle begins &
Arcades go 3D

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October 1993. 

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Hired Guns
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https://www.mobygames.com/game/6742/hired-guns/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/83985/overcooked/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/59006/spaceteam/

Corrections:
September 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1993-93580366
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
Video Game Historian - Aladdin Deck Enhancer - https://youtu.be/_eG-PSZU5MI?si=UkmcQ6RDEs_Ljm-w

1993-10:
JAMMA show brings the tech
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/222/mode/1up?view=theater

Riiiiiiiiiiiiidge Racer debuts, remember that one?
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/64/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaBUeINW_3s

Sega takes fighting 3D
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/66/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega teams up with W Industries
    https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1993-07-01:_W_INDUSTRIES_MAKES_VIRTUAL_REALITY_A_REALITY_FOR_SEGA    
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_57_Oct_1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Williams sues Capcom
    Play Meter Oct. 1993, pg. 3

7-Eleven's coinop exodus continued
    Play Meter Oct. 1993, pg. 3
    
Nintendo reduces profit outlook
    (October 5, 1993, Tuesday). Nintendo. The Times. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8VY0-00H1-F1G8-00000-00&context=1516831.   
    https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/usd/USD-to-JPY-1993    
    They expect exports to make up 59% of their sales in the first half of the year and only 42% in the second half.   (October 5, 1993). Nintendo to suffer 1st profit decline in 10 years. Report From Japan. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKM-Y970-004C-93PW-00000-00&context=1516831. BY YUZO SAEKI, Staff writer. (October 11, 1993). 
    Nintendo expects profits to fall 26%; HIGH YEN, COMPETITION HURT PERFORMANCE. The Nikkei Weekly (Japan). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-4NH0-000H-H0BX-00000-00&context=1516831.  Garth Alexander and Helen Davidson. (October 10, 1993, Sunday). 
    Super Mario under threat as Sega closes profits gap. The Sunday Times (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8WK0-00H1-F37F-00000-00&context=1516831.
    Garth Alexander and Helen Davidson. (October 10, 1993, Sunday). Super Mario under threat as Sega closes profits gap. The Sunday Times (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8WK0-00H1-F37F-00000-00&context=1516831.

Sega calls for truce
    By MAT TOOR. (October 21, 1993). Sega calls for truce. Marketing. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:419K-59R0-00X8-J073-00000-00&context=1516831.

Sega beats Nintendo in UK
    Dominic Mills. (October 30, 1993, Saturday). Ad of the Week. The Times. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T2M-8YV0-00H1-F3G0-00000-00&context=1516831.   https://youtu.be/X-LGs3AkkXY?si=tuzHTmEqjM2fSFuc

Jaguar role out plans revealed
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_051_October_1993  pg. 16
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/58/mode/1up?view=theater

EGM goes hands-on with 3DO
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
    Edge 1, pg. 49
    Edge 1 pg. 54
    Edge1 pg. 58

Nintendo signs up Silicon Graphics
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater   https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/70/mode/1up?view=theater

CGI vs  clayamation vs. Digitization
    https://archive.org/details/play-time-1993-10/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_57_Oct_1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/play-time-1993-10/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.10/page/n9/mode/1up

Nintendo gives away Mario All-Stars
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_051_October_1993  pg. 168   
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_57_Oct_1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Wolfenstein 3D to come to the SNES
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/220/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega does Sports
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_051_October_1993  pg. 132

EA announces EA Sports Soccer
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_051_October_1993  pg. 149

Sega introduces the Activator
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://segaretro.org/Activator

Move Over Gameboy, Newton is here
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/207/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Newton

ReelMagic wants to bring FMV to the PC
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-october-1993/page/56/mode/1up?view=theater   

Buggy software on the rise
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-october-1993/page/4/mode/1up?view=theater

Centergold prepares for stock launch
    By PAUL TAYLOR. (October 7, 1993, Thursday). CentreGold valued at Pounds 50m. Financial Times (London,England). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SKR-N110-006F-W48W-00000-00&context=1516831.   
    GAIL COUNSELL, Business Correspondent. (October 5, 1993, Tuesday). Nintendo losing ground to Sega ; Video games giant blames profit warning on soaring yen. The Independent (London). https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3T47-8F30-0021-R1WR-00000-00&context=1516831.

Apple goes Multimedia
    https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-10/page/n32/mode/1up

EA plans to ditch floppies
    Edge 1, pg. 21

Sam & Max undergoes pizza party testing
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.10/page/n9/mode/1up

More details of AT&T deal to buy TSN emerge
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_051_October_1993  pg. 168
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/31/business/company-encountering-digital-age-occasional-look-computers-everday-life-keyboard.html

Arnie Katz argues for National Electronic Gaming Convention
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-october-1993/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater

Ziff Davis buys CGW
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-october-1993/page/56/mode/1up?view=theater

Edge 1 premieres
    Edge 1
    
Mario teaches... English?
    https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-10/page/n29/mode/2up   
    https://www.nexgam.de/artikel/buch-super-mario-super-englisch-multi

Mortal Kombat goes multimedia
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox57unse_6/page/30/mode/1up

TSR brings video to board games
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_57_Oct_1993/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater

Matt Groening launches Bongo Comics
    https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-51-october-1993/page/208/mode/1up?view=theater

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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/
Modo Historia - https://www.youtube.com/c/ModoHistoriaPodcast

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

The Boom is over,
Texas Instruments is out &
Nintendo becomes stock market darling

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in October 1983. 

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:

https://www.theycreateworlds.com/

and order his book here:

https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Kool-Aid Man
Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-aid-94380376
https://www.mobygames.com/game/16706/kool-aid-man/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/40671/kool-aid-man/
https://youtu.be/mpbaznILT3s?si=oGZ8BCrVkhGu_aeG

Corrections:
September 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-1983-92463308
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nio3hYAx_Tc
https://youtu.be/zONxBXLw4YY

1973-10
Sega joins pong craze
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_16/page/n108/mode/1up

Midway announces Space Race clone
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_14/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater. 

Kee Games plant opens
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_14/page/52/mode/1up?view=theater

Video game sales exceed 45,000
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_17/page/59/mode/1up?view=theater

1983-10
Supreme Court refuses to hear speed up kit case
    "Economy At A Glance, United Press International, October 3, 1983, Monday, AM cycle, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJB-F6H0-001X-R0FX-00000-00&context=1516831.    
    By ELIZABETH OLSON, United Press International, October 3, 1983, Monday, BC cycle, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJB-F6M0-001X-R0W3-00000-00&context=1516831."
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/23/business/the-gavel-comes-down-on-computer-copycats.html

Lasermania grips coinop
    Replay Oct. 1983, pg. 8
    Replay, Oct. 1983, pg. 97, 41, 136
    
Coleco catches Singe
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7

SENTE is a go...
    Replay Oct. 1983 pg. 22, 8

Nintendo dividend tops charts
    NINTENDO INCREASES ANNUAL DIVIDEND BY 6.5 YEN, Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service, OCTOBER 11, 1983, TUESDAY, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P7J0-001B-N4KX-00000-00&context=1516831.   Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd., Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji 
    Press Ticker Service, OCTOBER 11, 1983, TUESDAY, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-P7G0-001B-N4GD-00000-00&context=1516831.   
    Matsushita Electric tops 807 firms in consolidated earnings figures, The Japan Economic Journal, October 11, 1983, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-1PT0-000H-H1RH-00000-00&context=1516831.
    https://www.jstor.org/stable/43294923

Konami opens US operations
    Replay Oct. 1983 pg 136

Atari opens Chicago dealership
    Replay Oct 1983 pg. 10

Harry Williams, RIP
    Replay Oct. 1983 pg. 28

Bars need not fear arcades
    PR Newswire, October 5, 1983, Wednesday, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJB-2S40-000D-81GN-00000-00&context=1516831.

The boom is over
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/17/business/video-games-industry-comes-down-to-earth.html

Warner loses $122.4 million in third quarter
    New York Times, October 15, 1983, pg. 37

Warner cuts 250 jobs at New York HQ
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/business/warner-cuts-corporate-staff-by-250.html

2600 being sold off for $60
    Playthings, Oct. 1983, pg. 24
    
Activision supports 5200
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7/page/105/mode/1up

Mattel revenues collapse
    By James E. Braham, Profit's a question on home screens, Industry Week, October 3, 1983, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SPF-0RB0-0010-M0WW-00000-00&context=1516831.
    
Mattel Computer Adaptor tested
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater

Coleco revenue plummets
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/25/business/declines-sharp-for-apple-and-coleco.html   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/05/business/market-placedaniel-f-cuff-coleco-s-adam-betting-heavy.html   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews031-12Oct1983/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7/page/108/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n5/mode/1up

CBS posts gains
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/13/business/cbs-inc-profits-surge-3-groups-help-results.html

Toys R Us sees drop in video games and computers
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/13/business/toys-r-us.html

Apple earnings plummet
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/25/business/declines-sharp-for-apple-and-coleco.html   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n3/mode/1up

Commodore numbers surge
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/27/business/results-are-mixed-for-xerox.html

MacNeil Lehrer Newshour interviews Jack Tramiel
    https://youtu.be/U5skpKlVOqc?si=6vDkO5DnwZJZIbrd   
    https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip_507-mp4vh5d74j#at_2421.316381_s
    
TI drops out
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/29/business/retreat-set-by-texas-instruments.html   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/31/business/ibm-may-benefit.html
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-10_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

David Ahl presents Price Wars, the Graphic Novel
    https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-10/page/n187/mode/1up?view=theater

IBM profits up
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/15/business/ibm-net-up-24.8-in-quarter.html

IBM welcomes Taiwanese imitators
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews033-26Oct1983/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater

Apple cuts price of Lisa by 15%
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews030-05Oct1983/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Formats, formats everywhere
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.5/page/n4/mode/1up

Japanese show off at SICOB
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews031-12Oct1983/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater   
    http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Cartridges/Interface2_RC_Cartridges.htm   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n62/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews033-26Oct1983/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater

Tandy introduces Coco2
    "https://oldcomputermuseum.com/tandy_coco2.html   
NEW PRODUCTS ON THE MARKET, United Press International, October 5, 1983, Wednesday, BC cycle, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJB-F670-001X-R50S-00000-00&context=1516831."

Tandy introduces the MC10
    https://archive.org/details/Creative_Computing_1983-10/page/n42/mode/1up?view=theater   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80_MC-10

Osborne effect postulated as cause of death
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews030-05Oct1983/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater

Computer industry shakeup not affecting jobs
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/16/jobs/computer-industry-more-jobs-despite-layoffs.html   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-150

UK computer makers want to make Acorn a standard
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews030-05Oct1983/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

British homes in love with micros
    Computer buying bonanza awaited; Jason Crisp reveals problems behind the Christmas surge, Financial Times (London,England), October 8, 1983, Saturday, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-2PT0-000F-54WF-00000-00&context=1516831.   By BARNABY J. FEDER. (October 10, 1983, Monday, Late City Final Edition). 
    COMPUTER MARKET STRONG IN BRITAIN. The New York Times. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8G-J7J0-0008-Y1B4-00000-00&context=1516831.
Teenage programming superstars blossom in the UK    
    Joan Gray, A world of asteroids and whizz-kid programmers, Financial Times (London,England), October 10, 1983, Monday, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3S8H-2PS0-000F-54VH-00000-00&context=1516831.

Spectrum goes cartridge
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews031-12Oct1983/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater   
    http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Cartridges/Interface2_RC_Cartridges.htm   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n62/mode/1up?view=theater
    http://www.fruitcake.plus.com/Sinclair/Interface2/Cartridges/Interface2_RC_Unreleased.htm

Microdrive weakness becomes more apparent
    https://archive.org/details/nzbitsandbytes-2-03/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
sinclair recommends photocopying printouts
    https://archive.org/details/nzbitsandbytes-2-03/page/n3/mode/1up?view=theater

Game software prices begin to drop in England
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_024_1983-10_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n90/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.5/page/n4/mode/1up
    Martin Wheeler - Virgin, BITS, Recluse https://www.patreon.com/posts/72185638
    Jerry Wolosenko - Synapse - https://www.patreon.com/posts/42014024

Guild of Software Houses forms
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue011983Oct/page/n5/mode/2up

CGW hates on the c64
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.5/page/n26/mode/1up
    http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=Q1BVLzE5ODM= CPU 10-1983  pg. 30, 25, 1
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.5/page/n39/mode/1up

Cmmodore User magazine debuts
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue011983Oct/page/n5/mode/2up

Atarisoft launches
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/27/business/atari-s-new-games-fit-other-machines.html  
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7  
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7/page/105/mode/1up

Trip is bringing the hotness
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-10_OCR/page/n101/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.5/page/n11/mode/1up
    
Epyx launches the "Preview Disk"
     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-7/page/108/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/a8b_Epyx_Preview_Disk_1983_Epyx_US

Computer games go 3D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RoNTTPcPwI   
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_024_1983-10_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater

Turn your micro into an animation studio
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-10_OCR/page/n357/mode/1up?view=theater

Tom Carter Productions goes interactive
    Replay Oct. 1983 pg. 137    
    https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hucks-landing/

Animated features are dead... except for Disney
    TODAY'S TOPIC: Little Life Left In Full-Length Animated Feature Production, The Associated Press, October 3, 1983, Monday, PM cycle, available at https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJ4-M6D0-0011-523X-00000-00&context=1516831.
    
Activists go after commercial length TV shows aimed at kids
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/12/arts/eight-children-s-tv-shows-assailed.html
    
Wherehouse goes public
    (October 6, 1983, Thursday). WHEREHOUSE; Public offering. Business Wire. https://advance.lexis.com/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:3SJD-MK90-001B-R0VJ-00000-00&context=1516831    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wherehouse_Entertainment

First commercial cellphone service introduced
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/business/cellular-mobile-phone-debute.html
    
Best Quote of the month:    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews032-19Oct1983/page/n5/mode/1up    

 

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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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

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Copyright Karl Kuras

Mortal Monday, 
F-15 Strike Eagle saved by Falcon, 
Sega announces Saturn

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in September 1993. 

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:
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7 Minutes in Heaven: General Chaos
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https://www.mobygames.com/game/23830/general-chaos/
 

Corrections:
August 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1993-91387119
5th Anniversary Interview - https://www.patreon.com/posts/5th-anniversary-92773072
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/63391/battletoads/
https://www.mobygames.com/game/8131/virtua-racing/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Famicom_Naizou_TV_SF1
https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Nintendo_Television
Ethan, in fact, playing Wizkid - https://www.patreon.com/posts/71057943

 

1993    
September 13th is Mortal Monday 
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater
    Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
    Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120
    Chris Garske - EA - Activision - Sierra - Sega - GT Interactive  https://www.patreon.com/posts/39835860

Street Fighter 2 sequels not as pricey as expected
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/133/mode/1up?view=theater

Bill White switches sides
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater

Nintendo Espana founded
    https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-64/page/n7/mode/1up

Sega beats Nintendo at CES
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n85/mode/1up?view=theater

CES closes to the public
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater

Multimedia is the new hotness
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n45/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4OQcBaV5c&list=PLBw24bgyD-sJkM_K9uPP6N73WwyxRFLaW
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-september-1993/page/61/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://www.filfre.net/2023/10/a-digital-pornutopia-part-1-the-seedy-rom-revolution/
    https://www.filfre.net/2023/11/a-digital-pornutopia-part-2-the-internet-is-for-porn/

MPEG becomes standard
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater

Commodore sets big goals for CD32
    The One , Sept. 1993, pg. 14

CDI gets FMV add-on
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

Saturn is Sega's future
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n49/mode/2up   
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n53/mode/2up

Japanese turn to yanks
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater

Game crossovers taking off
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater

Acclaim is wheeling and dealing
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater

Acclaim signs deal with James Cameron
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Barkley signs with Accolade
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n7/mode/1up

Game while you fly in Europe
    https://archive.org/stream/FinancialTimes1993UKEnglish/Jul%2007%201993%2C%20Financial%20Times%2C%20%23606%2C%20UK%20%28en%29_djvu.txt   
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20050%20%28September%201993%29/page/n79/mode/2up

Top Guy takes the NES on the go
    https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Top_Guy   
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/112/mode/1up?view=theater.  
    
Microprose bought by Spectrum Holobyte
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.09/page/n8/mode/1up  
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/computer-game-review-and-cd-rom-entertainment-september-1993/page/60/mode/1up?view=theater
    Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924

Windows goes to the Arcade
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/2842/microsoft-arcade/

Lucasfilm sends Amiga owners mixed messages
    http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==  
    Amiga Games September 1993 pg. 8   
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.09/page/n8/mode/1up  
    https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue1201993Sep/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater

SSI diversifies D&D
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n41/mode/1up?view=theater
    Joel Billings - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469
    Don Daglow Part 2 - Broderbund - Beyond Software - Stormfront - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/39095819
    Don Daglow Part 1 - PDP - Mattel - Intellivision - EA https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119

Psygnosis partners with MDI
    https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/49109/Dictionary%20of%20the%20Living%20World/    
    https://archive.org/details/micromania-segunda-epoca-64/page/n7/mode/1up   
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/3187/media-design-interactive/

Ad games continue to proliferate in Germany
    https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N012.1993.09-fl0n/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater    
    http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==  Amiga Games September 1993 pg. 9

Tandy to sell off computer manufacturing operations
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TRS-80_and_Tandy-branded_computers#PC-compatible_computers
    
MediaVision give Soundblaster a run for its money
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Vision_Pro_AudioSpectrum
    https://archive.org/details/powerplaymagazine-1993-09/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Mediavision gets into interactive movie biz
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/47/hyperbole-studios/

Scorched Earth reviewed in CGW
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_110/page/n75/mode/1up
    http://www.whicken.com/scorch/index.html
    http://www.cafepress.com/officialscorch

Sega gets into toys
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Toys

TSN goes paperless
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-09/page/n94/mode/1up?view=theater
    Ken Williams - Sierra https://www.patreon.com/posts/42700706
    
Andy Eddy leaves Video Games and Computer Entertainment
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Smithsonian inducts software
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-09/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Vectrex makers post OG files online
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_The_Ultimate_Gaming_Magazine_Issue_56_Sept_1993/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vectrex
    
Camerica shuts down
    https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-50-september-1993/page/136/mode/1up?view=theater

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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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

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After 5 years of asking the questions, the tables get turned and Karl finally has to get grilled.  You, the listener (or at least some of you) asked for it, so by multiple demand, the Karl interview!

Recorded: November 2023

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This is the full 7 Minutes in Heaven clip for the September 1983 episode covering Battlezone on the Atari 2600.

An error in the edit of the full episode cut it short, so I decided to upload it to the feed as its own file.

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Atari dumps product in the desert
Commodore and Sinclair revenues sore
The Vic20 is no more

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in September 1983. 

As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:

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7 Minutes in Heaven: Battlezone
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https://www.mobygames.com/game/360/battlezone/
 

Corrections:
August 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/august-1983-89829848
Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
https://youtu.be/A-6AKe2pvsQ?si=Y86cYPldukmG2V-H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMS9918

1973    
Rally big in Europe
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_9/page/45/mode/1up

Atari launches Gotcha and Pong Doubles
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_13/page/n53/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://edfries.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/fixing-color-gotcha/

1983:
Warner posts MASSIVE loss
    Play Meter Sept. 1, 1983 pg. 130

Atari dumps carts in desert
    Atari Buries Videogame Gear In New Mexico Dump, The Associated Press, September 27, 1983, Tuesday, AM cycle
    Atari Parts Are Dumped, The New York Times, September 28, 1983, Wednesday, Late City Final Edition
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial
    Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798
    https://eu.alamogordonews.com/story/news/2022/08/25/et-atari-tomb-alamogordo-nm-games-auctioned/65418680007/

Deck chairs on the SS Atari get shuffled
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S6
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/08/business/business-people-atari-replaces-head-of-unit-after-9-months.html

Milton Bradley v Atari suit details revealed
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S4
    http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/hardware/mbx/mbx.html
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmD2lT5oeOE

SEC files charges against former Atari execs
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/27/business/2-charged-in-atari-stock-sale.html

Mattel reports higher than expected second quarter loss
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/09/business/mattel-reports-losing-156.1-million-in-quarter.html  
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-6/mode/1up?view=theater
    Don Daglow Part 1 - PDP - Mattel - Intellivision - EA  https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119

Activision expects massive losses
    Maker of Video-Game, Computer Software Sees Loss, The Associated Press, September 16, 1983, Friday, PM cycle

Layoffs hit Imagic
    Imagic lay-offs in wake of U.S. video game glut, Financial Times (London,England), September 20, 1983, Tuesday

Interton files for bankruptcy
    https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf/page/n76/mode/1up?view=theater    
    http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/pg70-1292_vc4000.htm#page=reviews     
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interton_Video_Computer_4000
    https://www.interton.com/de-de/
    https://blog.hnf.de/vom-hoergeraet-zum-computerspiel/

Marshfield bans coinop games
    Replay September 1983, pg. 10    
    https://eu.wickedlocal.com/story/marshfield-mariner/2021/09/23/marshfield-ma-coin-machine-industries-association-supreme-court-ban-pacman-donkeykong-look-back/8241109002/  
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/08/us/massachusetts-town-exiles-pac-man-and-all-that.html

Williams reports lower earnings
    Play Meter Sept. 1, 1983 pg. 130

Sega sells US operations to Gulf and Western
    September 29, 1983, Thursday  PR Newswire
    September 27, 1983, Tuesday

Sente gets ready to open for business
    PIZZA-TIME; Game division to open Oct. 1, Business Wire, September 29, 1983, Thursday
    Roger Hector - Atari, Disney, Sega, Namco, Sente https://www.patreon.com/posts/72058794
    Owen Rowley - Chuck E Cheese, Autodesk - https://www.patreon.com/posts/owen-rowley-88533133

Wells Gardner feels arcade tumble pinch
    Bull market bums, Forbes, September 26, 1983

Funai joins forces with Electronic Specialty Products
    ELECTRONIC-SPECIALTY; Forms joint venture with Funai Electric Co. to market coin-operated video games, Business Wire, September 21, 1983, Wednesday    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB0Wkel_R5Q   
    https://www.arcade-museum.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1392   
    Replay September 1983, pg. 9

4 killed at Malibu Grand Prix massacre
    Play Meter Sept. 1, 1983, pg. 24    
    https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/06/01/evidence-room-extra-family-member-of-man-executed-after-malibu-grand-prix-murders-shares-memories-with-kprc-2/
    Play Meter Sept. 1, 1983, pg. 14
    https://citizennewspapergroup.com/news/2009/sep/02/cases-gone-cold/

Intellivision drops below a hundo
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S8

VCS Cartridge prices drop even in the UK
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_023_1983-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n27/mode/1up?view=theater

European 5200 launch canned
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_023_1983-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf/page/n4/mode/1up?view=theater 

Atari cancels Graduate
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-6/page/n2/mode/1up?view=theater

Sharp announces Famicom TV
    https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Sharp_C1   
    Sharp develops TV with microcomputer, The Japan Economic Journal, September 27, 1983
    https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/07/how_sharp_accidentally_copyright_trolled_nintendo_almost_40_years_ago

Unions fail at Atari
    High Tech's Challenge, Newsweek, September 5, 1983, UNITED STATES EDITION
    Unions in Trouble; PART III: Looking For New Members  The Associated Press, September 1, 1983, Thursday, PM cycle

Broderbund goes console
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S26

Fischbach promoted
    PR Newswire, September 9, 1983, Friday
    Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122
    Gregory Fischbach Part 1 - Activision - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/46578120

International variants proliferate
    https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf/page/n75/mode/1up?view=theater
    http://atariboxed.com/index.php?go=output&sort=T1.Modul_Complete_Title,%20T1.Modul_Complete_Model,%20T1.Modul_Complete_TV,%20T1.Modul_Complete_Label&dir=DESC&rows_per_page=50&select_system=1&select_company=42

Move over pay-per-view porn, video games are the new hotness in hotel room entertainment
    PR Newswire, September 20, 1983, Tuesday   
    https://patents.justia.com/assignee/international-anasazi-inc   
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1983/09/11/computer-shortcuts-nuclear-tour/0cafa363-b334-482f-a5b9-3a9453de3ec6/

Sooo many controllers!
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-6/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater

Coleco shocks analysts
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/07/business/coleco-s-new-memory-device.html

Adam, meet FCC, FCC stop Adam
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n5/mode/2up

TI cuts prices even further
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S6
    
TI hires coffee man to run computer division
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S4

TI opens up to 3rd parties
    https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf/page/n75/mode/1up?view=theater

Commodore reports record earnings and new ad strategy
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S4

Sinclair profits soar
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n7/mode/2up

Sinclair looks to China
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n5/mode/2up

Acorn second processors delayed... again
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews029-28Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Tandy licenses software to CBS
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S10

HES  teams up with Microsoft
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S8

Osborne files for bankruptcy
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/15/business/pacesetting-computer-maker-files-for-bankruptcy.html

Toshiba gets into PC clone market.
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Digital Research bets on productivity
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews026-07Sep1983/page/n4/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews027-14Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Computing goes mobile
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-09_OCR    
    https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=891&st=1
    https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=891&st=1    
    https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=891&st=1
    https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/80s/1984/CE-1984-06.pdf

Wizardry goes Windows
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S26

Infocom names Dornbrook product manager
    Toy and Hobby World September 1983, S40

Draw like Bilbo
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews027-14Sep1983/page/n5/mode/2up

Computer magazines for the whole family flourish
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/10/style/children-s-magazines-for-a-computer-age.html

AT&T and Coleco join forces to bring games online
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/08/business/at-t-and-coleco-in-video-game-venture.html

College goes online
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/13/us/correspondence-school-via-computer-is-planned.html   
    https://news.elearninginside.com/what-happened-to-the-electronic-university-network/

German gaming news goes Teletext
    https://archive.org/details/TeleMatch.N05.1983.08-KCz.pdf/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater

Apple secures silicon copyright
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Will computers take your job?
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/weekinreview/computers-worker-menace.html

Your computer is keeping you from making babies!
    Mass contraception, Nuclear News, September, 1983   
    https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Bill-Minkler/dp/0894485679  

Pop music goes games
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_023_1983-09_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eIzNE356-Q
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGSoOgcWnLE   
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4X2FG9Jbqw

He-Man cartoon debuts    
GI Joe miniseries debuts
    Toy and Hobby WorldL8/18
    Playthings September 1983

D&D cartoon debuts    
    
Vic20 RIP
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-6/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

New Brain RIP
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews026-07Sep1983/page/n5/mode/1up   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grundy_NewBrain   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews028-21Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Dragon saved!
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews027-14Sep1983/page/n3/mode/2up

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/

Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/

Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/

Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

At the height of the arcade boom, two young entrepreneurs wanted to take arcade gaming higher, creating a unique, immersive cooperative experience combining computer game tech with the latest laser disc audio visuals.

Simutron promised gamers an immersive experience, in the Star Trek universe no less, at dedicated game centers.  Sadly it would not come to pass.

 

Brent Naseath, cofounder of the venture tells us what happened back then with Simutron, how his career in tech evolved and his new quest to harness the power of technology to save democracy itself.

 

Recorded May 2023

 

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https://emotionalblackholes.com/essay-27-simutron/

https://www.digitpress.com/library/magazines/joystik/joystik_sep83.pdf   pg. 10

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https://www.timeextension.com/features/the-rise-and-fall-of-laserdisc-video-gaming

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7-11 drops coinop
Nintendo disses Sega's rating system
Commodore premieres Amiga CD32

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August 1993. 
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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July 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1993-89127883
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https://youtu.be/A-6AKe2pvsQ?si=Y86cYPldukmG2V-H
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_superhighway

 

1993:
7 Eleven moves away from games
    Replay August 1993 pg. 3

Microprose shutters arcade division
    PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22
    Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:10/platform:arcade/sort:-date/page:1/

Hong Kong debating anti-violent game law
    PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 32

Elite enters coinop
    PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 22
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/108/elite-systems-ltd/

Wolfenstein goes VR
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n23/mode/2up?view=theater   
    https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=wolfenstein-vr&page=detail&id=12612

Super Street Fighter 2 hits Japanese arcades
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n34/mode/1up
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/10119/super-street-fighter-ii/

Capcom gets TSR license
    PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 3
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/63783/dungeons-dragons-tower-of-doom/    
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/63847/dungeons-dragons-shadow-over-mystara/

Arcade 1 brings arcade history to print
    PlayMeter August 1993 pg. 132   
    https://archive.org/details/arcade-1-1993-book-scans
    
Atari announces Jaguar launch
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n55/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar   
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n56/mode/1up
    Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153

Commodore debuts CD32
    http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=QW1pZ2EgR2FtZXMvMTk5Mw==  
    Amiga Games August 1993, pg.  8, 92   
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_CD32

Sega shows off VR at CES
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega launches Pico
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n75/mode/1up   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Pico

3DO gains support
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_55_August_1993/page/n15/mode/2up

EA reports big earnings
    https://archive.org/details/pc-review-22/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Nintendo hikes cart prices
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater

Bandai shows off portable SNES at Tokyo Game Show
    https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/04/bandai_almost_made_a_laptop_with_a_built-in_snesn   
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

NES gets a makeover
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n53/mode/2up?view=theater

Gamepro laments no-shows
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n55/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega and Park Place launch sports labels
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/3483/park-place-productions/   
    https://www.mobygames.com/group/8552/sega-sports-games/
    Michael Katz Part 2 - Atari - Sega https://www.patreon.com/posts/63732329

Mario's greatest hits coming to SNES
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/6613/super-mario-all-stars/

Genesis gets Special Champion Edition
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater
    Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/8053/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition/

STD makes Street Fighter 2 easier
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater
    http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Wiki/index.php?title=InterAct_SN_ProgramPad

UK outraged at Night Trap
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n119/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://www.eurogamer.net/the-rise-and-fall-of-sega-enterprises

Nintendo responds to Sega's ratings system
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n161/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Move over violence... here comes SEX!
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater  
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n22/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Help me obi-wan kenobi, you, or Terminator, or Lawnmower Man... 
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater

PowerPC promises to decouple CPUs from OSs
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-08_OCR
    
Microsoft and Compaq join forces for plug-and-play
    https://archive.org/details/pc-review-22/page/15/mode/1up

Say goodbye to the interface
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_109/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Konami abandons computer gaming
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater

Microsoft unveils their Mouse 2.0
    http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=UEMgSm9rZXIvMTk5Mw==  August 1993 pg. 7
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Mouse

Get that real pilot feel for just $2,800 bucks
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n28/mode/1up?view=theater

Tablet computing market gets crowded
    https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-08/page/n26/mode/1up
    http://www.grot.com/zoomer/documents/bindery.html
    http://www.geos-infobase.de/zoomer/ZOOMER01
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm,_Inc.#History

SimCity goes mobile
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://handheld.computer/?p=446    
    https://alchetron.com/EShop
    
AT&T wants to give Sega an Edge
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_049_August_1993/page/n53/mode/2up?view=theater   
    https://segaretro.org/Edge_16

AT&T shows off Personal Communicator
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n163/mode/1up   
    https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?entryid=2902

Delphi enters online gaming arena
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater

Sierra signs deal with Prodigy
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n95/mode/1up?view=theater

NTN Trivia coming to TSN
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTN_Buzztime
    
Virtual Vision brings TV to eyewear
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20049%20%28August%201993%29/page/n163/mode/1up

Epyx brings games to planes
    https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-08/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Goeken   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/15/business/interface-a-new-digital-air-to-ground-link-gets-an-in-flight-test.html

Spaceship Warlock shown at CES
    https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1993.08/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://www.joesparks.com/whyyes/

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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

Starting out as a signals decoder for the air force, through to working for Nolan Bushnell's Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Time Theatre on its ill-fated Kadabrascope animation initiative, Autodesk, VRML and so many others, Owen Rowley is a man of a thousand lives in tech.

Heck, he may have even helped invent the mousepad.

Listen to some amazing stories, from the dawn of the computer age through to the rough and tumble world of the dot com bubble.

Recorded April 2023

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_packet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_E._Cheese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAX

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Karamazov_Brothers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Catmull

http://platypuscomix.com/darkvault/misfits/misfit52.html

https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes3-1.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sente_Technologies

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan_Bushnell#Catalyst_Technologies_Venture_Capital_Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etak

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk

https://techmonitor.ai/technology/autodesk_releases_the_cyberspace_developer_kit

https://www.keanw.com/2017/03/autodesks-early-role-in-the-vr-revolution.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk_3ds_Max

https://segaretro.org/Ono-Sendai

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RenderWare

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Pesce

Servan Keondjian - Direct3D - Interview   https://www.patreon.com/posts/servan-keondjian-75383519

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Lab

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Douglas-Engelbart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML

https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/11/column_cyberbanana_windows/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidelity_Investments

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypherpunk

https://web.archive.org/web/20010412094448/http://www.echo.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_People%27s_Money

https://twitter.com/owen93

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensorama

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Sonoma

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakes_the_Clown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidoo_(film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_for_Fake

https://fortune.com/2023/04/27/elon-musk-lawyers-argue-recordings-of-him-touting-tesla-autopilot-safety-could-be-deepfakes/

Copyright 2023 Karl Kuras

Dragon's Lair takes arcades by storm,
Commodore rules the computer roost &
Video game makers pivot to micros

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in August 1983. 
As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
and order his book here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Decathlon
    Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-in-89553431
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/11537/the-activision-decathlon/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHeXlhxeX4
    
Corrections:
    July 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/july-1983-87998862
    Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://youtu.be/A-6AKe2pvsQ?si=Y86cYPldukmG2V-H
    The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983

1973    
Atari moves into new facilities
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_5/page/n49/mode/1up?view=theater
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_7/page/47/mode/1up

Atari announces new cabinet for Space Race    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race_(video_game)
    https://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=464

Are pongs slowing down?
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_7/page/48/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_8/page/47/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_8/page/48/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/cashbox35unse_8/page/47/mode/1up

1983
Dragon's Lair gives arcades hope
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-laserdisc-games-prof/85528743/   
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-dragons-lair-in/86477004/   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/02/arts/hollywood-playing-harder-at-the-video-game.html  
    Replay August 1983 pg. 10
    Replay August 1983, pg. 54
        
Sega sells manufacturing to Bally
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/28/business/barry-diller-s-latest-starring-role.html   
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/30/business/advertisingn-r-kleinfield-computers-take-aim-at-schools.html   

Bally To Buy Sega's U.S. Coin-Op Game Assets 
    The Associated Press, August 25, 1983, Thursday, AM cycle     
    PR Newswire, August 25, 1983, Thursday
    PR Newswire, August 11, 1983, Thursday
    Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122

Coinop returns to its roots
    Games People August 6, 1983 pg. 1

Off duty cops patrolling arcades
    Replay August 1983, pg.  81
    
Mattel lays off 400 in Electronics
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/05/business/mattel-to-lay-off-400-in-electronics-division.html
    Don Daglow Part 1 - PDP - Mattel - Intellivision - EA  https://www.patreon.com/posts/38445119

Amiga buys US Games titles
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-5/page/68/mode/1up   
    http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/powerarcade/powerarcade.htm

Telesys anounces budget games
    https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_aug83/page/5/mode/1up    
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/4847/telesys/

Mythicon introduces budget 2600 line
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-5/page/72/mode/1up?view=theater    
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/4823/mythicon-inc/

Gammation to support Supercharger
    https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_aug83/page/5/mode/1up    
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/11203/gammation/

Game cancellations mount
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-5/page/68/mode/1up

Milton Bradley sues Atari over voice unit cancellation
    Electronic Games Hotline August 28, 1983 pg. 1

Suncom brings physical fitness to the VCS
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S31    
    https://picclick.fr/RARE-AEROBICS-JOYSTICK-exercise-bike-385448488962.html   
    http://www.atarihq.com/museum/2678/hardware/aerobics.html

Atari moves to TSX
    With Multiuser Operating System; Atari Resolves PRogrammer/System Dilemma, Computerworld, August 15, 1983

Bring on the celeb endorsements
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S11

C64 hits $199
    Playthings August 1983 

Commodore reigns supreme in the home computer wars... for now
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/01/business/two-standouts-in-electronics.html

TI changes the color of the 994A
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S7
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-99/4A

99/2 is dead...
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up
    https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=267
    https://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/computer.asp?c=268&st=1

Adam price announcements deceptive
    https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-2-5/page/68/mode/1up   
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S12
    Electronic Games Hotline August 14, 1983 pg. 1

Adam prototypes are no shows
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/01/business/coleco-strong-in-marketing.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleco_Adam

Romox to bring software teledelivery to MSX
    Software Teledelivery is planned, The Japan Economic Journal, August 2, 1983

MSX licensing fees come under fire
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX#Manufacturers  
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews023-17Aug1983/page/n5/mode/1up

JVC brings laser disc games to MSX
    https://www.msx.org/wiki/Victor_HC-7   
    JVC To Produce Personal Computer, Copyright 1983 Jiji Press Ltd.Jiji Press Ticker Service AUGUST 31, 1983, WEDNESDAY   
    https://youtu.be/ShDiFJFoXSg?si=UY6QM_kM_i5JABlX

Japan moves to protect against software rentals
    Consent of copyright holders should be won for renting, The Japan Economic Journal, August 2, 1983

Timex reveals TS2000 details
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews021-03Aug1983/page/n3/mode/2up   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews025-31Aug1983/page/n6/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews023-17Aug1983/page/n36/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews025-31Aug1983/page/n43/mode/1up

Osborne cuts jobs, closes factory
    https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/08/28egh/pages/19830828egh.pdf

IBM announces plans to sell Concurrent CPM
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up
    Japanese version of CP/M-86 is introduced, The Japan Economic Journal, August 2, 1983  

Creative Computing begins publishing price list    
    
Commodore sues former employees and Atari over VCS add-on
    https://www.ataricompendium.com/faq/bagnall_vcs_keyboard.pdf
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S7

Commodore announces 70 new software packages
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

Infocom unleashes Z Machine
    Electronic Games Hotline August 14, 1983 pg. 2

Activision lands on home computers
    Electronic Games Hotline August 14, 1983 pg. 7

Epyx announces outside studio
    Toy and Hobby World July/August 1983 S12

Spectrum Games renamed Ocean
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews022-10Aug1983/page/n12/mode/1up

Sony teams up with Data East
    Sony ties up with Data East in MSX software development, The Japan Economic Journal, August 2, 1983

Stellar 7 debuts
    https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/08/28egh/pages/19830828egh.pdf  pg. 7

Park Brothers goes big on ads
    https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/08/28egh/pages/19830828egh.pdf   pg. 8

Jon Shirley becomes Microsoft prez
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up
    
Games Network hits the stock market
    https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/24/business/briefs-119250.html?searchResultPosition=1
    https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_aug83/page/6/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews025-31Aug1983/page/n8/mode/1up

Softyme tests online distribution
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up

BBS's bring out the Pirates
    Gilded youth, jaded youth  , Forbes, August 15, 1983
    The "On-Line" Society, Computerworld, August 17, 1983

Microcom licenses MNP
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-08_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up
    
Softwareland wants standardized UPCs
    https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/08/28egh/pages/19830828egh.pdf  pg. 4
    https://books.google.de/books?id=baj-kGvs1L0C&pg=RA1-PA76&lpg=RA1-PA76&dq=%22softwareland%22+retail+store+taylor+coleman&source=bl&ots=QngUR-drNu&sig=ACfU3U1Iz9L7kenfh8SwIYdbRq9IGafJgw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwurn2iaWBAxUd_rsIHXI1CaQQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22softwareland%22%20retail%20store%20taylor%20coleman&f=false
    
UK leads in computer adoption
    Commodore News Vol1 Num3 1983

Gamer begins to enter the vernacular
    https://vgpavilion.com/mags/1983/08/28egh/pages/19830828egh.pdf  pg. 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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras

 

 

Sega introduces ratings
Nintendo beats Tengen
Sony buys Psygnosis

These stories and many more on this episode of the VGNRTM

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in July 1993. 
As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Alex Smith of They Create Worlds is our cohost.  Check out his podcast here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
and order his book here:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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!
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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Mighty Final Fight
    Video Version:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/89127339
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Final_Fight
    https://www.mobygames.com/game/11085/mighty-final-fight/

Corrections:
    June 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/june-1993-86864543
    Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.GIGA
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler

1993:
EA sales way up!
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater

Japanese game makers had bumper 1992
    Replay July 1993 pg. 14

Sega's Nakayama sees bright future
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/business/sega-takes-aim-at-disney-s-world.html
    
Namco goes to China
    Replay July 1993 pg. 3

The press discovers violent games
    Play Meter July 1993
    
Sega introduces rating system
    Play Meter July 1993  pg. 38
    RePlay July 1993 pg. 18

Genesis Street Fighter gets delayed
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n11/mode/2up
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater

Sunsoft beats Action Replay
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
    
Sega announces Mega Drive 2 and MegaCD 2
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20048%20%28July%201993%29/page/n56/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n25/mode/1up?view=theater

Hook your TurboDuo up to your PC
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n9/mode/2up  
    https://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOFORCE/TF-03-04.jpg    https://archives.tg-16.com/00_feature.htm

Summer CES belongs to multimedia and networking
    Replay July 1993 pg. 28
    
7th Guest gets mixed reviews
    https://archive.org/details/PC.Games.N010.1993.07-fl0n/page/n75/mode/2up

Games gum up the works on office PCs
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/04/weekinreview/zap-whang-aieeee-eat-phaser-klingon-er-boss.html

US government promotes Clipper
    https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-07_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up   
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip
    
Nintendo launches barebones Gameboy
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n144/mode/1up

Toys R Us drops the Lynx
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n143/mode/2up

FAA considering game ban
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n146/mode/1up
    
Nintendo beats Atari Games in court
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/30/business/company-news-jury-says-atari-infringed-nintendo-system.html

Phillips launches barrage of lawsuits
    Replay July 1993 pg. 14

Accolade and Sega bury the hatchet
    https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_048_July_1993/page/n144/mode/1up
    
AT&T buys stake in Sierra Network
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/29/business/at-t-sees-the-future-in-games.html   
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n29/mode/1up?view=theater

Spectrum Holobyte buys Bullet-Proof
    https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up    
    https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_54_July_1993/page/n27/mode/1up?view=theater

Sony buys Psygnosis
    https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/pc-review-21/page/15/mode/1up
    Imagine documentary - https://youtu.be/ZoDh61sgCOg?si=MG-VMl41JvvEN6-X

EA goes to Sesame Street
    https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_Issue_4_July1993_U/page/n7/mode/1up
    https://www.mobygames.com/company/3076/eakids/

Double Dragon coming to TV
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n11/mode/2up
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_(TV_series)

Chris Crawford gives his Dragon Speech at CGDC
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_108/page/n33/mode/2up    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBrj4S24074   
    https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_108/page/n161/mode/1up   
    https://archive.org/details/pc-review-21/page/32/mode/1up
    https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%2010%20%28July%201993%29/page/n9/mode/2up

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/
Playthrough Podcast: https://playthroughpod.com/
Retromags.com: https://www.retromags.com/
Games That Weren't - https://www.gamesthatwerent.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play.

Copyright Karl Kuras