Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

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/

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https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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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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Android: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly92aWRlb2dhbWVuZXdzcm9vbXRpbWVtYWNoaW5lLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz

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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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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

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The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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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: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/ and order his book here: https://www.theycreateworlds.com/book

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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

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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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