May 2019

Jun 1, 2019

Downloadable games come home,
CD based systems are on the rise,
and
The PS2 eats Dreamcast's lunch before either's launch

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

We look back at the biggest stories in and around the video game industry in May of 1979, 1989, 1999.
As always, we'll mostly be using magazine cover dates for the 20 and 30 year jumps, while relying on newspaper articles and historical documents for the 40 year jump, as there weren't many dedicated gaming publications on the market yet.

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Show Notes:
1979
Capcom is founded.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenzo_Tsujimoto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capcom

Cosmac VIP profiled in Kilobaud Magazine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COSMAC_VIP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDoVBMSYfPw

Playcable test markets announced
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayCable

First call goes out for submissions to the Annals of Computing History
Creative Computing May 1979
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197905/page/n7 https://www.computer.org/csdl/magazines/an

Electronic games at Toyfair
https://archive.org/details/CreativeComputingbetterScan197905/page/n17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BMe2HNH6c8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9czIDh6cTQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5JuHMBvEw
http://videogamekraken.com/microvision

1989
Computer and Video Games magazine has its first pic of the Gameboy
CVG 91
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Video_Games_Issue_091_1989-05_EMAP_Publishing_GB/page/n15

Acclaim and Konami get into the LCD game
VG&CE May 1989
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989

ACE reviews the PC Engine CD add-on
Ace 20
https://archive.org/details/ACEIssue20May89/page/n7

CDi is DOA
CGW 59
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n13 https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/CD-ROM-XA
http://www.philipscdi.com/history.htm

Nintendo announces their 1988 results
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989

286 PCs dominate the Xmas 88 in the USA
Compute 107
https://archive.org/details/1989-05-compute-magazine/page/n7

Apple misjudges chip shortage
Compute 107
https://archive.org/details/1989-05-compute-magazine/page/n7

Maniac Mansion tops German charts for three months straight
VG&CE May 1989
https://archive.org/details/Video_Games_Computer_Entertainment_Issue_04_May_1989

The first Lucasfilm produced Indiana Jones games are announced
CGW 59
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n13

Project Firestart hits the mags
CGW 59
https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_59/page/n6

GamePro issue 1 is released
GamePro 1
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_001_May-June_1989/page/n11

1999
PS2 specs and rumors abound!
GamePro 118
https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_118_May_1999
Next Generation 53
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n9

Nintendo's next console is in the works
NG 53
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n15

Konami announces 5 titles for Dreamcast's US launch
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n16

Japanese Arcade show has some surprises in store
NG 53
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n19

Infogrames buys Accolade
Micromania 52
https://archive.org/details/MicromaniaTerceraEpocaSpanishIssue52/page/n5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accolade_(company)

Star Wars Episode 1 games are previewed
NG 53
https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_53/page/n53

More fallout from Chainsaw Monday
PC Player 1999 May
https://archive.org/details/PC-Player-German-Magazine-1999-05/page/n9

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