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September 1983
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:
https://www.theycreateworlds.com/
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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Battlezone Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-92412140 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
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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:
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!
https://www.patreon.com/VGNRTM
Send comments on Mastodon @[email protected]
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Links:
7 Minutes in Heaven: Battlezone Video Version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/7-minutes-92412140 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