Atari sues Activision Sega takes on the Gameboy and Nintendo gives away gloves

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

This month we will look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in June of 1980, 1990, 2000. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events..

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Links: 1980: Working from home by computer is becoming a reality https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n14/mode/1up

TI gets patent for Synth Chip https://www.nytimes.com/1980/06/28/archives/patents-devices-aid-synthetic-speech-a-new-apparatus-for-brain.html?searchResultPosition=11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_LPC_Speech_Chips

Radio Shack announces intensification of Computer product support https://archive.org/details/80-microcomputing-magazine-1980-06/page/n33/mode/1up https://marketingexperiments.com/value-proposition/radio-shack-value-prop-part

Microsoft gets into the hardware game https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n18/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n10/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputing198006/page/n116/mode/1up

Digital Audio is coming https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan198006/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

Atari launches nationwide ad campaign featuring Space Invaders Playthings June 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC0LN3BDH4I

Activision announes sales manager and regional reps Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980

Atari files suit against Activision Toys Hobbies & Crafts, June 1980, pg. 7 Toy and Hobby World, January 1982 Sega takes on Chuck E Cheese with PJ Pizzazz eplay, June 1980, pg. 63 https://segaretro.org/P.J._Pizzazz

1990: Sega's Last Survivor introduces FPS Deathmatch to the arcades https://archive.org/details/ACE_Issue_33_1990-06_Future_Publishing_GB/page/n95/mode/2up https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/last-survivor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvWBlaj1LiI

Sega signs deal with Buster Douglas Playthings, June, 1990, pg. 15 https://www.mobygames.com/game/final-blow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0G4h5u7c_s

Sega reveals the Game Gear https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n28/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear

BDL wants you to take your NES games on the go... https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n29/mode/1up https://www.bitcultures.com/unreleased-consoles-nintendo-express/ http://users.skynet.be/am035782/EGM%2022%20-%20June%201991%20-%20Article%20on%20Gameboy%20to%20NES%20converter%20and%20The%20Express%20-%20handheld%20NES.jpg http://users.skynet.be/am035782/GamePro%20October%201990%20-%20Article%20about%20BDL%20Nintendo%20Handheld.jpg

Galoob announces the Game Genie https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n30/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Genie

Acclaim is doing the Bartman https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20011%20%28June%201990%29#page/n22/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/simpsons-bart-vs-the-space-mutants

Sierra celebrates its 10th anniversary https://archive.org/details/Sierra_News_Magazine_The_Volume_3_Number_2_Summer_1990_1990_Sierra_On-Line_US/page/n12/mode/1up

2000: Spring Tokyo Game Show dissapoints https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n29/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Game_Show#History

Square quintuples its profits https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fantasy_VIII

Sony reveals plans for their broadband adapter https://archive.org/stream/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20131%20%28June%202000%29#page/n37/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_2_online_functionality

Nintendo gives away free gloves https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 28 https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2000/nintendo-address-effects-video-game-children https://www.zdnet.com/article/nintendo-to-issue-protective-game-gloves-5000106151/

Gaming is now a college degree https://www.retromags.com/files/file/3942-gamepro-issue-141-june-2000/ pg. 34 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-27-me-3194-story.html https://www.admissions.uci.edu/study/programs.php

Havas may lose the Tolkien license https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_191/page/n55/mode/1up https://middle-earth.xenite.org/sierra-lawsuit-against-saul-zaentz-tolkien-enterprises-appears-to-be-real/ https://www.mobygames.com/game-group/inspiration-author-j-r-r-tolkien

Ubi Soft continues to gobble up companies https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue65/page/n9/mode/1up

The bleeding at Mattel Interactive continues https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Learning_Company

Eidos drops 51% https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n11/mode/1up https://www.investegate.co.uk/eidos-plc--eid-/rns/4th-quarter---final-results/200006130700141369M/

Sucker Punch has announced they are working on a PS2 title https://www.mobygames.com/company/sucker-punch-productions-llc https://archive.org/details/NextGen66Jun2000/page/n18/mode/1up

Apple is working on a PC compatible OS https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n28/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/06/apple-announces-mac-transition-to-apple-silicon/

Richard Garriott leaves Origin Systems https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-2000-06/page/n34/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Games https://www.gamespot.com/articles/lord-british-leaves-his-origin/1100-2542005/ https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_Issue_090_2000-06_Dennis_Publishing_GB/page/n19/mode/1up