Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

February 1991


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Street Fighter 2 bows in London Nintendo admits bootlegs are legit and Microsoft's Minesweeper invades Windows

These stories and many more on this episode of the Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

Special Guest Co-Host Jon from the Retro Game Squad http://www.retrogamesquad.com/

This episode we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in February of 1991. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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Links: Jon's 7 Minutes in Heaven https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/turrican-ii-the-final-fight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Trenz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Giana_Sisters

Corrections: https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/january-1991 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_ST#STE_models

1991: ATI show in London shows off lots of sequels and clones https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n75/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/operation-wolf https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/space-gun https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/laser-ghost_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/steel-gunner https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/gp-rider https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/over-drive https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/outrun https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/after-burner https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner-ii/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/after-burner_/screenshots https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/g-loc-air-battle https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/taitos-super-space-invaders https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/double-dragon-3-the-rosetta-stone https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/pit-fighter https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/high-impact-football https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/mad-dog-mccree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X68000

Microprose's first arcade game is a slow burn Replay, February 1991, pg. 92 https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/f-15-strike-eagle_ https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle https://www.mobygames.com/game/f-15-strike-eagle-ii https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/wild-bill-stealey-interview https://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles__

SNK to hold back home ports of titles Replay, February 1991, pg. 23 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_Geo_(system) https://huguesjohnson.com/scans/ebspring91/

Over ordering puts pressure on console game makers Replay, February 1991, pg. 16 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/the-crash-that-almost-was/

Nintendo admits some unlicensed games are legal https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34 https://www.mobygames.com/company/american-video-entertainment-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/color-dreams-inc https://www.mobygames.com/company/sharedata-inc https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/2019/04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLA_d9q6ySs

C64GS games fail to materialize https://archive.org/details/commodore-format-magazine-05/page/n6/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_Games_System

Team 17 announces their first titles https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue891991Feb/page/n6/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-breed https://www.mobygames.com/game/full-contact https://www.mobygames.com/company/team17-digital-limited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team17

Steve Meretzky returns post-Infocom https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N35.1991.02-kultpower/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/spellcasting-101-sorcerers-get-all-the-girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_Entertainment https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/michael-dornbrook-interview-part-1

Sweeping Mines want to know... https://www.retromags.com/files/file/4646-video-games-computer-entertainment-issue-25-february-1991/ p. 34 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack#Microsoft_Entertainment_Pack_1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Minesweeper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%27s_Challenge https://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/centurions-power-x-treme

Budget game market heats up in the UK https://archive.org/details/zero-magazine-16/page/n8/mode/1up https://videogamenewsroomtimemachine.libsyn.com/jerry-wolosenko-interview

id is born https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Id_Software https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/catacomb-3-d https://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/wing-commander Recommended Links: The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ Gaming Alexandria: https://www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/ They Create Worlds: https://tcwpodcast.podbean.com/ Digital Antiquarian: https://www.filfre.net/ The Arcade Blogger: https://arcadeblogger.com/ Retro Asylum: http://retroasylum.com/category/all-posts/ Retro Game Squad: http://retrogamesquad.libsyn.com/

Sound Effects by Ethan Johnson of History of How We Play and Enzo Maida.

 

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