Video Game Newsroom Time Machine

40 years ago: TI reports huge losses, Sega gets out of the arcade business in the US & Nintendo prepares to launch the Family Computer

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 June 1983.

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

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

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7 Minutes in Heaven: G.I.Joe Cobra Strike

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https://www.mobygames.com/game/9959/gi-joe-cobra-strike/

Corrections:

May 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/may-1983-84598928

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

https://archive.org/details/19750103Answers/page/n25/

https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Richard_J._Thome

1953

Doriot predicts the automated office

https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/22/archives/the-business-bookshelf.html?searchResultPosition=1

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

https://hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories/11/archival_objects/3024708

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

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40289287?searchText=%28%22the+automatic+office%22%29+AND+%28doriot%29&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Ddoriot%26prq%3D%2522the%252Bautomatic%252Boffice%2522%26swp%3Don&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_phrase_search%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A200ab83f02f42821164b4f56e9bb8d38&seq=1

https://www.chapmanfuneral.com/obituaries/William-L-Alden?obId=20622559

1963

Corporate espionage at IBM

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/06/30/archives/7-arrests-made-in-an-ibm-case-industrial-espionage-against-computer.html?searchResultPosition=7

1983

Nintendo hunts down pirates

Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 3

FTC goes after Liesure Time

Play Meter June 15, 1983 pg. 10

Sega gets out of arcade biz

Play Meter June 1, 1983, pg. 20

Bally profits plunge

Replay June 1983, pg. 21

Williams offsets coinop losses

Replay June 1983, pg. 24

Konami opens US office

Play Meter June 1, 1983, pg. 20

Atari gets Sente rights

Pizza Times June 1983, pg. 2

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg.. 36

Atari debuts Star Wars

Replay June 1983, pg 28

Dave and Busters profiled

Replay June 1983, pg. 64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_%26_Buster%27s

Pacman land coming to Six Flags

Replay June 1983, pg 138

https://sixflags.fandom.com/wiki/Pac-Man_Land

Kiddie rides' Video Car image reveals what its all about

Play Meter June 15, 1983, pg. 14

Study sees convergence of video games and simulators

Play Meter June 15, 1983, pg. 132

Casio, Bandai, and Nintendo all prepare console launches

The Japan Economic Journal June 21, 1983, pg. 18

Casio Computer will enter home video game market

Atari to fix 5200 joysticks

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 40

https://www.atari-computermuseum.de/5200peri.htm#52pj

Vectrex to show off 3D Imager at CES

https://vectrex.fandom.com/wiki/3D_Imager

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 41

Vectrex drops below $100

https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23

Colecovision sells big post-Xmas

Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 8

Atari to consolidate console and home computer divisions

https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2up

https://web.archive.org/web/20070202054917/http://www.atarimuseum.com/computers/8BITS/XL/XL-Pages/xl-range-main.htm

Brazil to get 2600

https://grupogradiente.com.br/noticias/gradiente-nao-saiu-do-coracao-dos-usuarios/

3rd party controller market booms

Toy and Hobby World June 1983

North American Philips goes multiplatform

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 42

https://www.mobygames.com/company/9446/north-american-philips-consumer-electronics-corp/

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

Atari gets Mario

Jiji Press Ticker Service, June 16, 1983, Atari Signs License Contract with Nintendo

https://youtu.be/BjRuV52Jk78

Starpath prepares to SWEAT

https://www.ataricompendium. com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 35

http://www.atariprotos.com/2600/software/sweat/sweat.htm

Activision announces Decathalon

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 39

Disney license to Atari

Toy and Hobby World June 1983

AT&T may be mulling over online gaming

https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23

TI's losses are massive

https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/19/business/the-coming-crisis-in-home-computers.html

Commodore pushes price in C64 ads

https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n54/mode/1up

Atari offers 800 rebate Toy and Hobby World June 1983

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews012-02Jun1983/page/n6/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n7/mode/1up

Atari 1200 has a problem with slots

https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2uphttps://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n23/page/n1/mode/2up

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_1200XL

MSX standard announced

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-msx-standard/62352975/

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews016-29Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-msx-standard/62353041/

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

Adam debuts at CES

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews015-22Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up

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

Unitronics' Sonic is everything to everyone

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 44

https://books.google.de/books?id=4S8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6&lpg=PA6&dq=unitronics+sonic+computer+1983&source=bl&ots=y7jMIoc6lm&sig=ACfU3U2sW9AZXaimorOQRQRkeAC3sxZO6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiM9cC18eb_AhWsRvEDHck-CgkQ6AF6BAghEAM#v=onepage&q=unitronics%20sonic%20computer%201983&f=false

Move over mice, the Koala is here

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 47

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

Romox bets on rewritability

Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 1

Bye bye carts, hello cassettes!

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up

IBM tries to break free from MSDOS

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews014-15Jun1983/page/n22/mode/1up

Microsoft expands Multi-Tool with Word

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n8/mode/1up?view=theater

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

https://classictech.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/microsoft-multi-tool-word/

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-06_OCR/page/n257/mode/1up?view=theater

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews016-29Jun1983/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater

Commodore forms software division

Toy and Hobby World June 1983

Epyx launches Thinker logo

Playthings June 1983, pg. 39

Michael Katz Part 1 - Coleco - Epyx - Mattel https://www.patreon.com/posts/35169258

The learning company unveils Discovery Tool line

Toy and Hobby World June 1983

https://www.mobygames.com/game/42318/rockys-boots/

Imagic shifts to computers

Arcade Express June 8, 1983

https://www.mobygames.com/company/56/imagic/

Ultimate Play the Game ads debut

https://archive.org/details/Personal_Computer_Games_Issue01/page/n89/mode/1up

https://www.mobygames.com/company/41150/ashby-computers-and-graphics-limited/

EA wonders, can a computer make you cry

https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n167/mode/1up

Midway beats Artic

Replay June 1983, pg. 18, 12, 15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Manufacturing_Co._v._Artic_International,_Inc.

Cross media licensing is the new name of the game

Toy and Hobby World June 1983

video game cereal is coming

Arcade Express June 8, 1983 p. 3

https://movieweb.com/video-game-cereals-1980s-1990s-2000s/

Commodore User debuts

https://archive.org/details/CommodoreUserIssue001983Jun

Newsroom artist gets comics published in Creative Computing

https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputing198306/page/n19/mode/1up

Wargames premieres

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

Blade Runner premieres

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

Clive becomes Sir Clive

https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews015-22Jun1983/page/n3/mode/1up

Zimag RIP

https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/newsletters/video_game_update/video_game_update_jun83.pdf pg. 35 Toy and Hobby World June 1983

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

Super Mario Brothers hits theatres, Blast Processing brings sega to the next level & Id shows off Doom

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 May 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: April 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-1993-83830415 Ethan's fine site The History of How We Play: https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/12795/king-arthurs-world/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_YKqu0uOfs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT_Computer

1993: Morici to unify Capcom Play Meter May 1993 pg. 3 Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815

Capcom brings Street Fighter to Genesis https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater Joe Morici - Capcom https://www.patreon.com/posts/37289815 https://www.mobygames.com/game/6239/street-fighter-ii-the-world-warrior/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/8053/street-fighter-ii-champion-edition/

Sega explains Blast Processing at CES https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n12/mode/1up

Sega to offer games over cable Play Meter May 1993 pg. 3 Replay May 1993 pg. 33 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellaview

Marty announced https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20046%20%28May%201993%29/page/n51/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_Towns_Marty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)

Return to Zork to come to 3DO https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n18/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/1219/return-to-zork/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:2/platform:3do/sort:title/page:1/ Nintendo launches barebones Gameboy https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Boy

Sonic brings Game Gears to HoJos https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Gear

PDAs take CES by storm https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/90s/93/PE-1993-05.pdf pg. 5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_digital_assistant https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC/GEOS Doom previewed https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1993-05/page/n5/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n5/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game) https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/1068/doom/cover/group-72091/cover-194558/

First Pentium systems ship https://archive.org/details/computerworld2719unse/page/16/mode/1up?view=theater

Intel sues AMD https://archive.org/details/computerworld2718unse/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater

Intel sees stock soar https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_106/page/n9/mode/1up

Plug-and-play coming to PC https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n35/mode/1up?view=theater

Mac compatibles arrive too late https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n35/mode/1up?view=theater Layoffs hit computer game makers https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v10n05/page/n1/mode/1up Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924 Joel Billings - SSI https://www.patreon.com/posts/36827469

Commodore clocks in big in the UK https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-56/page/n14/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.pagetable.com/?p=547

The Future of C64 game software looks bleak https://commodore.software/downloads?task=download.send&id=14993&catid=721&m=0 pg. 13 Binary Asylum formed https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-56/page/n18/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/5576/binary-asylum/

Cable providers move into information services https://archive.org/details/computerworld2712unse20/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater

TSN teams up with AT&T https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v10n05/page/n1/mode/1up https://www.filfre.net/2018/02/the-sierra-network/

Interplay locks down Star Trek license https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/group/11345/star-trek-licensees/sort:date/

Shaq signs with EA https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamesLC2/Electronic%20Games%20LC2%20Issue%208%20%28May%201993%29/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/14585/shaq-fu/

Street Fighter action figures debut https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=166 https://www.3djoes.com/the-gi-joe-yearbook-a-visual-index-of-carded-figures.html

Computerland cuts back https://archive.org/details/computerworld2719unse/page/6/mode/1up?view=theater Software industry enlists USTR to fight piracy https://ustr.gov/about-us https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:GamePro_US_046.pdf&page=167

UK court expands software copyright protection https://archive.org/details/BYTE-1993-05/page/n31/mode/1up Super Mario Brothers hits theaters https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-may-1993/page/n17/mode/1up https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108255/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Superman is dead https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3AGamePro_US_046.pdf&page=51 https://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/wizard-superman-tribute-edition/

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doom nintendo sega mario shaqfu star trek sierra intel amd fm towns marty gameboy street fighter

The Supreme Court comes to the aid of video games Commodore's Vic20 drops below $100 Electronic Arts ships its first games

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 May 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

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1963 Engstrom says computers are being underutilized https://www.nytimes.com/1963/05/23/archives/head-of-rca-sees-computer-upsurge.html?searchResultPosition=4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_William_Engstrom

1973 Williams enters Pong clone market https://archive.org/details/cashbox34unse_44/page/48/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/cashbox34unse_44/page/54/mode/1up https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8965 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9074 http://podcast.theycreateworlds.com/e/sons-of-pong/

1983 Coinop continues to suffer Replay May 1983, pg. 53, 38, 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-unsuccessful-arcade-ga/92045929/ https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9647

Bally beats City of Mesquite Replay May 1983, pg. 15 Play Meter May 15, 1983 pg. 14

Magnavox sues Bally over Pacman royalties Arcade Express pg. 2 https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/04/05/The-Magnavox-Co-filed-suit-against-Bally-Midway-Manufacturing/7736418366800/

Mario Bros. debuts at AOE Replay May 1983, pg. 11

Nintendo moves to Tokyo stock exchange Nintendo Stock to be Listed on TSE's 1st Section, Jiji Press Ticker Service, May 24, 1983

Malls embrace arcades Replay, May 1983 pg. 66

Atari enters the arcade biz Replay May 1983, pg. 11

Unions see tech as future of organized labor https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/25/us/unions-press-drive-to-enlist-high-technology-workers.html

Alabama legislature votes to boycott Atari Play Meter May 1, 1983, pg. 24 Play Meter May 15, 1983, pg. 32

Atari keeps making cuts https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/business/more-layoffs-at-atari-inc.html

Warner losses mount https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/28/business/warner-sees-wider-deficit.html

Parker Bros. loses injunction against Atari Toys Hobbies and Crafts May 1983 pg. 7

Mattel sues Atari https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/04/business/atari-suit-filed-by-mattel.html Toys Hobbies and Crafts May 1983 pg. 8 https://www.mobygames.com/company/97/atarisoft/

Atari to release Coleco carts The Video Game Update May 1983 pg. 4 https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update

Atari teams up with MCA https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/11/business/briefs-158965.html

Atari signs Williams deal Replay May 1983, pg. 20

Console game delays pile on The Video Game Update May 1983 pg. 1 https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update

Atari signs deal with Cynex https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/11/business/market-rises-dow-gains-1.45.html https://www.atari-computermuseum.de/2600peri.htm

Amiga introduces The Power Toys Hobbies and Crafts May 1983 pg. 59

Vectrex to go color Arcade Express pg. 2

Milton bradley wants you to tell your Atari what to do. Arcade Express May 22, 1983, pg. 1 http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/hardware/mbx/mbx.html https://thegamescholar.com/2020/04/28/conversations-with-consoles/

Odyssey3 is dead Arcade Express pg. 1

Activision prepares IPO https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-activision-readying-to-go/77695565/

Thundar is coming to Colecovision Arcade Express May 22, 1983, pg. 1 https://www.mobygames.com/game/15909/tomarc-the-barbarian/screenshots/

Atari sponsors pro-gaming event at Harvard https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/24/us/video-game-specialists-come-to-harvard-to-praise-pac-man-not-to-bury-him.html?searchResultPosition=10 Control Video readies launch of Gameline https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/02/business/business-people-entrepreneur-sees-success-on-games.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameLine

Commodore abandons 16 bit chip project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_900 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z8000 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-05_OCR/page/n495/mode/1up

You got application software in my operating system! You got an operating system in my application software! https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-05_OCR/page/n495/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews010-20May1983/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-05_OCR/page/n495/mode/1up?view=theater

Ethernet gets endorsements https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-05_OCR/page/n495/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet

CP/M86 DOA https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews011-26May1983/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews011-26May1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Atari Computer division goes big on advertising https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-05_OCR/page/n495/mode/1up

Vic20 breaks through $100 floor Arcade Express May 22, 1983, pg. 1 https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_may83/page/n22/mode/1up

Sinclair line gets price cut https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews008-06May1983/page/n3/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews010-20May1983/page/n3/mode/2up

Electron delayed again https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews008-06May1983/page/n3/mode/2up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron

Spectra announces SV328 https://archive.org/details/logical_gamer_may83/page/n22/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV-318 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV-328

Commodore introduces the new form C2N https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette#Models https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews009-13May1983/page/n13/mode/2up

Profit margins on computers cause retailer consternation Toys Hobbies and Crafts May 1983 pg. 18

Book retailers eye software https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/29/business/what-s-new-in-the-book-business.html

Software piracy becomes returns problem https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-may-1983/page/n17/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-may-1983/page/n43/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/software-merchandising-may-1983/page/n67/mode/2up

Toys R Us controls 11% of toy market Toys Hobbies and Crafts May 1983 pg. 7

First EA games go on sale https://www.linkedin.com/posts/triphawkins_ea-founder-ceo-activity-7065701862527684608-yzb1 https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.3/page/n4/mode/1up https://www.newspapers.com/article/palladium-item-electronic-arts-profile/60299320/

Virgin Games is looking for a few good programmers https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_019_1983-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n3/mode/1up

Canucks get into games Arcade Express pg. 3 https://www.mobygames.com/game/7196/bcs-quest-for-tires/cover/group-27973/cover-72965/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Development_Corporation

Spectrum Games has been launched https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews006-22Apr1983/page/n90/mode/1up I got a home computer! Uh...now what? https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/11/business/finding-home-computer-uses.html

RIP Data Age The Video Game Update May 1983 pg. 9 https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update Arcade Express pg. 4

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At the dawn of 3D acceleration a battle was fought over who would control the APIs that would allow programmers to unlock the power of this new type of PC hardware. Would it be an open source community effort born of Silicon Graphics tech or would the industry juggernaut Microsoft win the day?

Our guests today, Servan Keondjian, lead architect of Direct3D and game development veteran Casey Muratori take us into those heady days, the zealous arguments and how it all panned out.

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Street Fighter 2 merch goes into overdrive, Nintendo neuters Mortal Kombat & The World Wide Web goes open source

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 April 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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1993.04 ACME Show goes for diversity Replay April 1993 pg. 43 https://www.virtual-reality-shop.co.uk/awt-reality-rocket/ https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/Nintendo_Super_System

Visions of Reality joins VR race Play Meter April 1993 pg. 3 Replay April 1993, pg. 3 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-10-fi-33739-story.html

Zool arcade game debuts at Earls Court https://archive.org/details/pc-review-018/page/18/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/5776/zool/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/1321/arcadia-systems-inc/

Capcom does "moichendising"! Play Meter April 1993 pg. 20 RePlay April 1993 pg. 22 American Laser goes after Picmatic https://archive.org/details/cashbox56unse_30/page/26/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/company/5258/picmatic-sa/ https://www.mobygames.com/company/442/american-laser-games-inc/

Jaguar impresses at CES https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n26/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Jaguar eonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153

Konix Multi System is back! https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20045%20%28April%201993%29/page/n55/mode/1up https://www.konixmultisystem.co.uk/index.php?id=msu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konix_Multisystem

SNES MK to be neutered https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/599/mortal-kombat/trivia/ Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122

John Madden goes rental only https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/game/43734/john-madden-football-93-championship-edition/

Sammy shuts down Treco https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/10527/american-treco-corporation/ DOS 6.0 learns to compress https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 44 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x

Microsoft gets sued for violating patents https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS#MS-DOS_6.x https://gunkies.org/wiki/Stacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_patent

IBM losses mount https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM

Canon buys Next hardware division https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36, 40 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXT#1993%E2%80%931996:_NeXT_Software,_Inc.

MECC pulls Freedom! https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n17/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/company/936/mecc/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/42271/freedom/trivia/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/27756/freedom-rebels-in-the-darkness/

Daryl Gates to design Police Quest 4 https://archive.org/details/video-games-computer-entertainment-april-1993/page/n19/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.mobygames.com/person/83001/james-walls/ https://www.mobygames.com/person/26457/daryl-f-gates/

Photoshop arrives on Windows https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 48 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

First GSM call made https://vintageapple.org/byte/pdf/199304_Byte_Magazine_Vol_18-04_Fighting_Fatware.pdf pg. 36 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM NBC plans to bring news to the PC https://archive.org/details/1993-04-compute-magazine/page/n37/mode/1up?view=theater https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/12/business/ibm-and-nbc-will-market-a-news-service-to-pc-users.html

internet opened up https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-wide-web-launches-in-public-domain https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web

Sinclair User is no more.. https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-134 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_User

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40 years ago: The line between computers and consoles blur, Dragon's Lair wows coinop & Reagan thinks video games are swell

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 April 1983.  As always,  we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

Dale is this month's cohost, check out his research work at  https://twitter.com/QuarterPast83

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1943.04     RCA's Engstrom sees long term benefits of war time radio research         https://www.nytimes.com/1943/04/04/archives/future-good-seen-in-radio-research-dr-ew-engstrom-predicts.html?searchResultPosition=1         https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/33991      1973.04     Pong clones are on the rise     https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82314877/allied-leisure-sales-increase-with-new/        https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82314697/computer-space-ball-mention-at-arcade/        https://web.archive.org/web/20170616011152/https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7382        https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8963      Washington State legalizes pinball     https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/28/archives/gambling-bill-signed.html?searchResultPosition=1

IBM introduces memory enhanced typewriter     https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/27/archives/ibm-introduces-memory-in-a-typewriter-at-11800.html?searchResultPosition=4        https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102662757

First Cell phone call made     https://twitter.com/fabiodidone/status/1510780261734174722?s=20&t=lMORcKlnszht57E5lCjaXg        https://www.npr.org/2023/04/03/1167815751/50-years-ago-martin-cooper-made-the-first-cell-phone-call

Soylent Green ad misses opportunity     https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1973/04/11/issue.html  pg. 41     https://youtu.be/7wpfzfHWy-o     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soylent_Green

1983.04 Dragon's Lair awes AOE     Replay April 1983 pg. 64     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_Lair_(TV_series)

Tron is a hit!      https://archive.org/details/electronic-fun-with-computers-and-games-volume-1-number-6-april-1983/page/n97/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron     https://www.mobygames.com/game/33983/tron/

Simutron wants to take you were no man has gone before     Play Meter April 1983, pg. 32      http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-simutron-tournament-center-ultimate.html     Play Meter April 1983 pg. 28       https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8822     Play Meter April 1983 pg. 31     https://www.mobygames.com/game/12177/star-trek-strategic-operations-simulator/     https://www.mobygames.com/game/57723/microleague-wrestling/screenshots/

Gamers will flip for SakerOne      Games People April 9, 1983 pg. 1        http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-saker-one-space-probe.html

Bally sticks to dedicated cabs     Replay April 1983, pg. 24

IRS may be coming for conversion kits     Replay April 1983, pg. 42

Universities struggle with video games on campus     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/11/nyregion/colleges-finding-video-games-a-mixed-but-profitable-blessing.html?searchResultPosition=2

Reagan believes that games do improve hand eye coordination     Replay April 1983, pg. 10, 16        https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/remarks-during-visit-walt-disney-worlds-epcot-center-near-orlando-florida        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup_as_a_vegetable

Atari goes after Bushnell     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-04-21/page/n4/mode/1up

Ottumwa declared Video Capital of the World     Replay April 1983, pg. 13     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Galaxies

Move over Game and Watch, here comes Game and RADIO!     Playthings April 1983, pg. 47       https://picclick.co.uk/VGC-1980s-Vintage-Pop-Game-Emergency-Radio-Watch-266171641750.html      Atari launches in Japan     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/13/business/atari-unit-in-japan.html?searchResultPosition=12     https://gamicus.fandom.com/wiki/Atari_2800      Warner losses mount     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/20/business/warner-citing-atari-posts-18.9-million-loss.html?searchResultPosition=16        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/30/business/annual-reports-more-candor.html?searchResultPosition=23     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/27/business/commodore-international-ltd-reports-earnings-for-qtr-to-march-31.html?searchResultPosition=12

MB takes a hit on Vectrex     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/07/business/milton-bradley.html?searchResultPosition=4

Mattel refiles for debt offering     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/12/business/briefs-093737.html?searchResultPosition=11

Philips announces Chess add-on for G7000     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews004-08Apr1983/page/n10/mode/1up        https://www.chessprogramming.org/Videopac_C_7010

3rd party software reaches the Odyssey2     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update  April 1983 pg. 2

Intellivision becomes a Transforrmer     Play things April 1983        https://retroconsoles.fandom.com/wiki/System_Changer

WICO introduces the BOSS     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update  April 1983 pg. 1

Unitoys, K-Tel, Answer Software, and Avalon Hill enter 2600 fray     https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update  April 1983 pg. 1         https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:348/platform:atari-2600/sort:date/page:1/        https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n19

Quaker Oats says goodbye to video games     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/27/business/restructuring-plan-set-by-quaker-oats.html?searchResultPosition=20

Move over porn... hotels have a new on-demand amenity!     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n18/page/n1/mode/1up

Battle between console makers and home computer makers heats up     https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/28/business/computer-or-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=1        https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/12/business/commodore-aims-at-video-games.html?searchResultPosition=10        Playthings April 1983, pg. 38

Short sellers smell blood in the gaming and computer business waters         https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/22/business/short-interest-up-on-big-board-amex-sets-mark.html?searchResultPosition=10

Computer game makers discover cartridges     Toys Hobbies and Crafts April 1983

TI locks out 3rd parties     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n18/mode/1up        http://www.mainbyte.com/ti99/computers/ti99qi.html

Sierra acquires Sunnyside Soft, prepares to publish Ultima 2     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n18/page/n2/mode/1up

First Star eyes movie licenses     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n18/page/n2/mode/1up

EA gathers its rockstars     https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n19/page/n1/mode/1up

Sharp shows off the X1     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-04_OCR/page/n111/mode/1up

Sinclair micro-drive to be game changer     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-04_OCR/page/n459/mode/1up     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Microdrive

WHSMith slashes Spectrum price          Vic20 upgrade to 64 scrapped     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews003-01Apr1983/page/n5/mode/1up     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews005-15Apr1983/page/n13/mode/1up

PC Compatibles in droves     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews006-22Apr1983/page/n3/mode/1up        https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews007-29Apr1983/page/n3/mode/1up

John Scully assumes top job at Apple     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews007-29Apr1983/page/n13/mode/1up

Siemens shows off flat color display     https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1983-04_OCR/page/n461/mode/1up      BBC to broadcast software over teletext     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews003-01Apr1983/page/n5/mode/1up        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceefax     https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews004-08Apr1983/page/n10/mode/1up

Jeff Minter tops US charts     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-04-07/page/n4/mode/1up

Legal wrangling over Hitchhiker game rights     https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1983-04-21     https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1g84m0sXpnNCv84GpN2PLZG/the-game-30th-anniversary-edition

Video games declared sexist     Games People April 9, 1983 pg. 1

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Nintendo leaks SNES CD specs Sega touts Genesis VR Mortal Kombat coming to consoles

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 March 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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1993.03 Japanese coinop cabs go BIG Replay March 1993 pg. 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtua_Racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_%26_Wild October 1992 ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1992-75188159

David C. Rockola passes away Replay March 1993 pg. 25, 101 https://www.jukeboxhistory.info/rock-ola/history.html https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1295 https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?searchtype=advanced&mfgid=269

CES belonged to CD https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_104/page/n9/mode/1up September 2002 ep- https://www.patreon.com/posts/september-2002-73539855

SNES CDRom specs leaked https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20044%20%28March%201993%29/page/n51/mode/1up https://gamingdoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/SNES-CD-ROM-System-1993.pdf

LaserActive brings laserdisc gaming home https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-03/page/n9/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserActive https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20044%20%28March%201993%29/page/n49/mode/1up http://www.laserdiscarchive.co.uk/laserdisc_archive/pioneer/pioneer_cld-a100/pioneer_cld-a100.htm https://www.linkedin.com/in/triphawkins/

VR is coming from Sega https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-03/page/n10/mode/1up Replay march 1993, pg. 37 https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=10340 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_VR Leonard Tramiel - Part 2 - Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/71643153 https://www.mobygames.com/person/296287/kyle-hodgetts/ https://mumbrella.com.au/software-developer-lodges-court-claim-nines-aca-429820 https://www.pressreader.com/australia/weekend-gold-coast-bulletin/20121013/282123518741574

Acclaim gets Mortal Kombat https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-03/page/n10/mode/1up https://www.giantbomb.com/mortal-monday/3015-4703/ Gregory Fischbach Part 2 - Acclaim https://www.patreon.com/posts/47720122

MicroProse moves onto Mac https://archive.org/details/asm_magazine-1993-03/page/n9/mode/1up https://www.mobygames.com/game/company:10/platform:macintosh/sort:date/page:1/ https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n45/mode/1up Wild Bill Stealey - Microprose https://www.patreon.com/posts/36710924

The Brits go ga-ga for the 486 https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n31/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n35/mode/1up

AMD and Cyrix optimistic https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n31/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix

Virgin bundles up with Interplay https://archive.org/details/Electronic-Games-1993-03/page/n11/mode/1up

CGW starts the Patch File https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_104/page/n144/mode/1up

HDTV delayed but software industry stands at the ready https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n29/mode/1up FTC considers breaking up Microsoft https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n37/mode/1up

New European law hits pirates Replay March 1993 pg. 7 http://www.tilt.it/deb/edevg-en.html https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!paolo-di-nunno/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGA1nAngdwPYCcAmYANGAC5wAepSYADlNgDbYAE+AlixAK4QTZgAvgF0gA https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-03_OCR/page/n35/mode/1up Sonic is coming to comics https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20044%20%28March%201993%29/page/n148/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)

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The modern world of gaming revolves around designers and programmers being able to harness the raw power of today's high end GPUs. APIs make this task manageable and no API set has been more important in the tradition from software rendered graphics to the age of the GPU than Direct3D. We speak with one of its original architects, Servan Keondjian, about is initial work on machines like the ZX81, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, developing early 3D engines, working with adventure legend Magnetic Scrolls, his ground breaking work with Reality Lab, becoming part of the Microsoft machine and his current mega project Earthsim.

Recorded September 2022.

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Commodore goes portable IBM introduces the XT Nintendo shows off Game and Watch

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 February 1983. As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates, and those are of course always a bit behind the actual events.

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

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Corrections: February 1983 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/february-1983-79444139 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Magnavox-Odyssey-Switchbox.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcian_Hoff https://www.pinterest.de/pin/141933825729597463/ https://www.mobygames.com/game/9789/tacscan/ https://thehistoryofhowweplay.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/the-unreleased-games-of-sega-gremlin/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWmVlgIR2HA https://www.mobygames.com/game/9789/tacscan/ https://www.msx.org/wiki/Spectravideo_SVI-728 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13365876/ Why The First Playable Women Of The '80s Were Naked | Video Dames (Streaking / Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHYXAoUQ_LI

1943.03 Uncle Sam wants your pinballs https://www.nytimes.com/1943/03/07/archives/pinball-boards-to-train-fliers.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11587355/notifies-army-to-come-and-pick-up/ Billboard Mar 27, 1943 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Printed_Classification_Tests/92kaAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22mechanical+aptitude+test%22&pg=PA297

1963.03 Raytheon introduces infrared wargaming weapons https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/60s/63/Pop-1963-03.pdf pg. 6

1973.03 Japan's computer industry is on the rise Business Japan March 1973 pg. 73 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aggretsuko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDGkcwNjoUY

1983.03 Used games hit the auction block https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_37/page/31/mode/1up?view=theater

Distributors embrace conversion kits https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_40/page/35/mode/1up

Chuck E Cheese breaks records https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes3-1.pdf pg. 2 Games People March 5, 1983 pg. 1

You aren't playing games, you're making an investment! https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_05_1983-03_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n17/mode/1up Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

News Flash: 2600 ET was a flop! https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68993030/et-on-atari-2600-declared-a-failure-by/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial_(video_game) The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 2: Everyone Else https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-76259421 The Video Game Crash 40th Anniversary - Part 1: Atari https://www.patreon.com/posts/video-game-crash-75643983

The great cartridge discount has begun Playthings March 1983 pg. 30 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beige_Book

Wall Street predicts end of video game growth Games People March 12, 1983 pg. 17

Video games increasingly dominate toy retail Toy & Hobby World March 1983 pg. 14

Atari distribution goes exclusive https://archive.org/details/cashbox44unse_40/page/5/mode/1up Court halts Atari distribution reform https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/30/business/atari-distribution-plan-is-blocked.html?searchResultPosition=1

Delays plague game release schedules https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update March 1983 pg. 1

Amiga announces the Power Module Playthings March 1983 http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/amigahistory/powermod.html Toy and Hobby World March 1983

Starpath cuts supercharger price Playthings March 1983 Toyand Hobby World March 1983

CBS ups the RAM Toy and Hobby World March 1983 https://www.buckosoft.com/~dick/resume.html https://patents.justia.com/patent/4485457 https://www.mobygames.com/game/19721/tunnel-runner/

Intellivision 2 doesn't like Coleco https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update March 1983 pg. 7 Milton Bradley goes multiplatform Toy and Hobby World March 1983 https://www.mobygames.com/company/2767/milton-bradley-co/ Data Age spends big on Journey game Toy & Hobby World March 1983 https://youtu.be/V41ajt3euYQ

Move over Custer, Leatherface is here Games People March 12, 1983 https://www.mobygames.com/game/21563/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre/ Vectrex jumps on console-to-computer bandwagon https://archive.org/details/computer-entertainer-video-game-update March 1983 pg. 7 https://www.mobygames.com/game/10350/journey-escape/

Summer CES to be the biggest yet https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n17 Japanese games invade CES Toy and Hobby World March 1983 https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Nintendo/index.html https://www.handheldmuseum.com/Bandai/index.html

Computer price war continues Toy & Hobby World March 1983 pg. S3 https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews001-18Mar1983/page/n14/mode/1up

TI extends rebate Playthings March 1983

TI reaches a new PLATO Toy and Hobby World March 1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLATO_(computer_system)

TI announces cost of defective TI994A transformer https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/02/business/texas-instruments-earnings-charge.html?searchResultPosition=13

Vic20 beats competition in install base https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-03-rescan/page/n495/mode/1up American McGee - id - spicy horse - ea https://www.patreon.com/posts/45549970

Commodore introduces the 1702 Toy and Hobby World March 1983 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64_peripherals#Other_peripherals

Commodore and Timex debut new machines at CES https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-03-rescan/page/n497/mode/1up

HDs go 3.5" https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews001-18Mar1983/page/n18/mode/1up

IBM PC Add-ons and clones become a cottage industry https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/27/business/big-ibm-has-done-it-again.html?searchResultPosition=1

IBM drops 16k systems in US https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-03-rescan/page/n494/mode/1up

IBM announces the XT https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews002-25Mar1983/page/n7/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer_XT

Intel gets into GPUs https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews001-18Mar1983/page/n4/mode/1up Retailers can sell software without carrying hardware Toy & Hobby World March 1983 pg. S3

Hundreds of computer stores close https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-03-rescan/page/n496/mode/1up

Software leasing comes to the faire https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/29/science/personal-computers-report-from-the-faire.html?searchResultPosition=34

Microsoft hits UK high street https://archive.org/details/PersonalComputerNews/PersonalComputerNews001-18Mar1983/page/n3/mode/1up https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/micro_Live_Windows_gem/zm6mjhv

Atari going multiplatform Toy & Hobby World March 1983 pg. S3 https://www.mobygames.com/company/97/atarisoft/ More details of Disney's software plans revealed Toy and Hobby World March 1983

Before there was Typing of the Dead... https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_05_1983-03_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n26/mode/1up https://youtu.be/T3YcbvgCsh4

Benji is going into space Playthings March 1983 https://www.mobygames.com/game/32180/benji-space-rescue/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benji

Games Network test ends https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_3.2/page/n4/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_05_1983-03_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n77/mode/1up legal

Coleco and Atari settle https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/12/business/company-news-atari-coleco-pact.html?searchResultPosition=6 https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/31/business/technology-issue-of-deceit-in-electronics.html?searchResultPosition=2

France levies fine against anglicized computer documentation https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-03-rescan/page/n497/mode/1up https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/31/23148358/france-academie-francaise-esports-gaming-translations

Pacman merch may have maxed out Games People March 12, 1983 pg. 20 https://vglegacy.com/pop-culture/pac-man-vitamins/ https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Volume_1_Number_06_1983-03_Pumpkin_Press_US/page/n18/mode/1up

Atari launches Ataritel https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/18/business/company-news-atari-plans-entry-in-communications.html?searchResultPosition=12

The race for digital TV is on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITT_Inc. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/17/business/technology-the-flexibility-of-digital-tv.html?searchResultPosition=21 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television

Penthouse wants to advertise your game https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_05_1983-03_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n26/mode/1up

Marvel teams up with George Romero for media cross polination project https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/01/movies/new-film-comic-superhero-coming.html?searchResultPosition=19 https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a839148/george-romero-marvel-superhero-movies/

Kadabroscope promises to bring hand drawn animation into the computer age https://www.showbizpizza.com/info/documents/ptt/ptt_pizzatimes3-1.pdf pg. 5 https://twitter.com/mjsamps/status/1331301343135457283?lang=en

German mag Homecomputer hits newsracks http://www.kultmags.com/mags.php?folder=SG9tZWNvbXB1dGVy https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/Homecomputer RIP US Games https://archive.org/details/arcade_express_v1n17 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGames/Electronic%20Games%20Issue%2013%20%28March%201983%29/page/n96/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Games

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Video game violence begins to make operators uneasy 3DO plans to shake up console biz Federal investigation into Nintendo dropped

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 February 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: January 1993 Ep - https://www.patreon.com/posts/january-1993-78923081 https://youtu.be/Sr0BVKb9Am0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMS_Industries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Turbo https://twitter.com/itsjohnnyturbo?lang=en https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craftsman_(tools) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%2BDecker

1993.02 WMS sues to stop Aladdin sale RePlay Feb. 1993, pg. 16 Kevin Hayes - Atari - Namco https://www.patreon.com/posts/50612798

Capcom's Revenue Sharing scheme shakes up AMOA RePlay Feb. 1993, pg. 29

Move over Battletech... Star Wars is here! https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Vernost https://books.google.de/books?id=vBaRlzJ2LKkC&lpg=PP1&hl=de&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q=vernost&f=false https://youtu.be/oLmFwsZsS7U https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue_on_Fractalus! Video game violence issue returns RePlay Feb. 1993 pg. 101 Gary Brose - Seattle Funplex https://www.patreon.com/posts/gary-brose-79660873 3DO business model revealed https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3DO_Interactive_Multiplayer https://youtu.be/yxF1_wg2d_Q

Sega announces Genesis 2 https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n49/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Genesis#Variations

NEC wants to kick your butt with the Virtual Cushion https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n67/mode/1up https://consolevariations.com/variation/accessory/nec-pc-engine-virtual-cushion

And on the SNES CD front https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n43/mode/1up Namco brings bar code battling to Gameboy https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n65/mode/1up https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Barcode_Boy

CD burners become affordable https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n17/mode/1up https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n37/mode/1up

Court squashes AMD 486 roll out https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n41/mode/1up https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-12-fi-19170-story.html https://archive.org/details/pc-review-16/page/20/mode/1up?view=theater https://archive.org/details/eu_BYTE-1993-02_OCR/page/n39/mode/1up Notebooks come of age at COMDEX https://archive.org/details/1993-02-compute-magazine/page/n185/mode/1up?view=theater FTC drops case against Nintendo https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n21/mode/1up?view=theater

Sega settles Magnavox suit Play Meter Feb. 1993 pg. 3

German software leasing may be coming to an end https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n7/mode/1up

European law to fill software protection gaps https://archive.org/details/AmigaJoker199302/page/n39/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Programs_Directive

Sonic is coming to TV https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20043%20%28February%201993%29/page/n216/mode/1up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventures_of_Sonic_the_Hedgehog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_(Archie_Comics)

Virtuality adds flight sim https://archive.org/details/theone-magazine-53/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuality_(product)

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/

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